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THE KORNERS FOLLY FOUNDATION

EIN 56-1984048 KERNERSVILLE, NC

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Revenue 2024
$392,141
Expenses 2024
$562,420

Program services were 76.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A80Z
Classification
2000
Street
413 S MAIN ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PRESERVE, RESTORE, MAINTAIN, AND INTERPRET THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH TOURS, PROGRAMS, AND SPECIAL EVENTS YEAR-ROUND

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE KORNER'S FOLLY FOUNDATION PRESERVES, INTERPRETS, AND SHARES KORNER'S FOLLY, A DESIGNATED LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, THROUGH HISTORIC PRESERVATION, EDUCATION, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND TOURISM COLLABORATION. THE FOUNDATION STEWARDS THE HISTORIC HOUSE, ITS COLLECTIONS, AND THE ARTISTIC LEGACY OF DESIGNER, DECORATOR, AND ENTREPRENEUR JULE GILMER KORNER, WHILE INTERPRETING THE LIVES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE KORNER FAMILY AND THE BROADER HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, AND CULTURAL CONTEXT IN WHICH THEY LIVED AND WORKED.THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES SELF-GUIDED AND GUIDED TOURS, SCHOOL PROGRAMS, EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC LECTURES, CONCERTS, WORKSHOPS, COMMUNITY FESTIVALS, AND PRESERVATION INITIATIVES THAT FOSTER APPRECIATION FOR ARCHITECTURE, DECORATIVE ARTS, LOCAL HISTORY, AND TRADITIONAL TRADES. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, TOURISM AGENCIES, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS, THE FOUNDATION EXPANDS ACCE

  • THE KORNER'S FOLLY FOUNDATION PRESERVES, INTERPRETS, AND SHARES KORNER'S FOLLY, A DESIGNATED LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, THROUGH HISTORIC PRESERVATION, EDUCATION, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND TOURISM COLLABORATION. THE FOUNDATION STEWARDS THE HISTORIC HOUSE, ITS COLLECTIONS, AND THE ARTISTIC LEGACY OF DESIGNER, DECORATOR, AND ENTREPRENEUR JULIE GILMER KORNER, WHILE INTERPRETING THE LIVES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE KORNER FAMILY AND THE BROADER HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, AND CULTURAL CONTEXT IN WHICH THEY LIVED AND WORKED.THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES SELF-GUIDED AND GUIDED TOURS, SCHOOL PROGRAMS, EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC LECTURES, CONCERTS, WORKSHOPS, COMMUNITY FESTIVALS, AND PRESERVATION INITIATIVES THAT FOSTER APPRECIATION FOR ARCHITECTURE, DECORATIVE ARTS, LOCAL HISTORY, AND TRADITIONAL TRADES. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, TOURISM AGENCIES, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS, THE FOUNDATION EXPANDS ACCESS TO CULTURAL RESOURCES WHILE SUPPORTING HERITAGE TOURISM AND ECONOMIC VITALITY THROUGHOUT KERNERSVILLE AND THE SURROUNDING REGION.DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, THE FOUNDATION WELCOMED MORE THAN 16,000 VISITORS AND PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ACROSS ITS CAMPUS AND VISITORS CENTER, CONTINUED RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION PROJECTS, EXPANDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, STRENGTHENED REGIONAL TOURISM PARTNERSHIPS, AND MAINTAINED THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PUBLIC VISITATION IN THE ORGANIZATION'S HISTORY.

    Expenses $428,952 · Revenue $159,757

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Molly Barber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tony Beddick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Fradenburg

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Grubbs

    1ST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Suzanne Hill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Betty Korner-Atkins

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Monte Long

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Spencer McCall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Neal Parnell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Redfearn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynn Renee Rogers

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christian Schroeder

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelly Sealey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pat Shaw

    2ND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edwin Walker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Suzanna Ritz Malliett

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $64,000
    From this org
    $64,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $392,141
    Expenses
    $562,420
    Contributions
    $177,920
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,093,873
    Expenses
    $1,905,406
    Contributions
    $952,547
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,671,982
    Expenses
    $266,786
    Contributions
    $1,519,994
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $424,989
    Expenses
    $288,971
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,167,749
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $504,003
    Expenses
    $239,239
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,029,625
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $588,191
    Expenses
    $354,777
    Assets (EOY)
    $791,555
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $303,986
    Expenses
    $267,945
    Assets (EOY)
    $529,832
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $400,663
    Expenses
    $240,940
    Assets (EOY)
    $492,934
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $221,020
    Expenses
    $236,745
    Assets (EOY)
    $333,972
  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $190,687
    Expenses
    $169,423
    Assets (EOY)
    $350,381
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $206,428
    Expenses
    $304,792
    Assets (EOY)
    $328,258
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $500,736
    Expenses
    $475,127
    Assets (EOY)
    $425,799
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $226,472
    Assets (EOY)
    $409,319

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.