Funding search · EIN 562276922 · Hays, NC

Melton Foundation

Name: Melton Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

54
grants reported: $137,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship agriculture backpack food kids life memorial nursing

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Rescue America4 grants · $21,000
Samaritan Kitchen of Wilkes4 grants · $20,000
The Health Foundation4 grants · $12,000
Walk By Faith Christian Camp2 grants · $10,000
Cattlemen'S Association of Wilkes3 grants · $9,000
The Gideons International4 grants · $8,000
Wilkes Pregnancy Care Center4 grants · $7,000
Millers Creek Christian School2 grants · $7,000
Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission3 grants · $6,000
Mtn View Ruritan4 grants · $5,500

Giving over time

$32,000

2022

$32,000

2023

$37,500

2024

$36,000

2025

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

$6,000
Rescue America · Millers Creek, NC · 2025
Operating fund
$6,000
Samaritan Kitchen of Wilkes · Wilkesboro, NC · 2025
Backpack food program for kids
$5,000
Walk By Faith Christian Camp · Hays, NC · 2025
General fund
$5,000
North Wilkes High School · Hays, NC · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Rescue America · Millers Creek, NC · 2024
Operating fund
$5,000
Samaritan Kitchen of Wilkes · Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
Backpack food program for kids
$5,000
Walk By Faith Christian Camp · Hays, NC · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Rescue America · Millers Creek, NC · 2023
Operating fund
$5,000
Samaritan Kitchen of Wilkes · Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
Backpack food program for kids
$5,000
Rescue America · Millers Creek, NC · 2022
Operating fund
$5,000
Wilkes Soil & Water Conservation District · Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General fund
$4,500
Millers Creek Christian School · Millers Creek, NC · 2023
General fund
$4,000
Samaritan Kitchen of Wilkes · Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
Backpack food program for kids
$3,000
The Gideons International · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2025
Operating fund
$3,000
The Health Foundation · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2025
Nursing scholarship
$3,000
Wilkes Cattlemen'S Association · Wilkesboro, NC · 2025
Memorial agriculture scholarship
$3,000
Cattlemen'S Association of Wilkes · Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
Memorial agriculture scholarship
$3,000
The Health Foundation · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
Nursing scholarship
$3,000
Cattlemen'S Association of Wilkes · Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
Memorial agriculture scholarship
$3,000
The Health Foundation · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
Nursing scholarship
$3,000
Cattlemen'S Association of Wilkes · Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
Memorial agriculture scholarship
$3,000
The Health Foundation · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
Nursing scholarship
$2,500
Millers Creek Christian School · Millers Creek, NC · 2022
General fund
$2,500
North Wilkes Middle School · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
Lead program
$2,000
Wilkes Pregnancy Care Center · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2025
General fund
$2,000
Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
Meals on wheels
$2,000
The Gideons International · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
Operating fund
$2,000
Wilkes Pregnancy Care Center · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General fund
$2,000
Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
Meals on wheels
$2,000
The Gideons International · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
Operating fund
$2,000
Wilkes Pregnancy Care Center · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
General fund
$2,000
Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
Meals on wheels
$1,500
Mtn View Ruritan · Hays, NC · 2025
Operating fund
$1,500
Wilkes Heritage Museum · Wilkesboro, NC · 2025
General fund
$1,500
Mtn View Ruritan · Hays, NC · 2024
Operating fund
$1,500
Mtn View Ruritan · Hays, NC · 2023
Operating fund
$1,000
Good News Club · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Hope Ministries · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Hospice of Wilkes · Wilkesboro, NC · 2025
Annual donation
$1,000
Relay for Life-American Cancer Society · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Relay for life
$1,000
Wilkes Literacy Center · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Hope Ministries · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Hospice of Wilkes · Wilkesboro, NC · 2024
Annual donation
$1,000
Relay for Life-American Cancer Society · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Relay for life
$1,000
West Wilkes High School · Millers Creek, NC · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Hope Ministries · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Hospice of Wilkes · Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
Annual donation
$1,000
North Wilkes Middle School · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2023
Lead program
$1,000
Relay for Life-American Cancer Society · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Relay for life
$1,000
Hospice of Wilkes · Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
Annual donation
$1,000
Mtn View Ruritan · Hays, NC · 2022
Operating fund
$1,000
Relay for Life-American Cancer Society · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Relay for life
$1,000
The Gideons International · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
Operating fund
$1,000
Wilkes Pregnancy Care Center · North Wilkesboro, NC · 2022
General fund

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