POLK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

T31Z

Classification

1200

Street

255 S TRADE ST

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Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

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• MARJORIE M & LAWRENCE R BRADLEY ENDOWMENT FUND OF POLK COUNTY N CA

  EIN 20-2953427

• STUART AND MARGARET L FORBES FOUNDATION INC

  EIN 56-2079528

Mission and programs · 2025

• THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN POLK COUNTY, NC, AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. IT FULFILLS THIS MISSION BY: AWARDING GRANTS FROM UNRESTRICTED FUNDS TO SUPPORT MEANINGFUL LOCAL NONPROFIT PROJECTS PROVIDING VOCATIONAL AND COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO LOCAL STUDENTS DISTRIBUTING INCOME FROM ENDOWMENT FUNDS ACCORDING TO DONOR OR NONPROFIT GUIDELINES ADMINISTERING PLANNED GIVING PROGRAMS OFFERING RESOURCES AND MEETING SPACES FOR NONPROFITS HELPING DONORS AND NONPROFITS ACHIEVE THEIR CHARITABLE GOALS THE FOUNDATION CURRENTLY ADMINISTERS OVER 225 CHARITABLE FUNDS. IN RESPONSE TO HURRICANE HELENE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORIZED THE USE OF THE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND TO ADDRESS URGENT COMMUNITY NEEDS. ADDITIONALLY, THREE NEW GRANTMAKING FUNDS WERE ESTABLISHED: THE REPAIR AND REBUILDING FUND THE GREEN RIVER RESTORATION FUND THE PACOLET VALLEY RESTORATION FUND THESE FUNDS ENABLED THE LAUNCH OF A STREAMLINED GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS, ALLOWING FOR THE QUICK AND EFFECTIVE DISTRIBUTION OF CRITICAL RESOURCES. THEY SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON RECOVERY, RECONSTRUCTION, AND RESTORATION EFFORTS, AS WELL AS THOSE IMPACTED BY THE STORM, HELPING THEM REOPEN AND CONTINUE SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $3,845,740 · Grants $3,304,890 · Revenue $2,871,632

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $8,209,960

  Expenses

  $4,326,991

  Contributions

  $5,338,328

  Grants paid

  $3,304,890

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,549,691

  Expenses

  $3,091,951

  Contributions

  $489,668

  Grants paid

  $2,238,821

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,247,757

  Expenses

  $2,512,033

  Contributions

  $2,079,172

  Grants paid

  $1,610,706

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

  $2,369,323

  Expenses

  $2,308,096

  Assets (EOY)

  $66,618,195

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,595,104

  Expenses

  $3,041,183

  Assets (EOY)

  $61,835,986

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,374,913

  Expenses

  $2,231,036

  Assets (EOY)

  $55,699,137

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.

Grants made

• THERMAL BELT OUTREACH MINISTRY INC

  $320,888

  2025 · SUPPORT FOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION, HOUSING, MEDICAL & FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE IN NEED

• POLK COUNTY SCHOOLS

  $276,708

  2025 · SUPPORT FOR GIFTED CAMPS, BAND PROGRAM, FIELD TRIPS, INTERNSHIPS, TEACHER CONFERENCES & EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, MENTORING & SPECIAL PROJECTS

• FENCE

  $267,606

  2023 · Support for 400+ acre nature & equestrian center

• Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry Inc

  $229,456

  2023 · Support for food distribution, housing, medical & financial assistance for those in need

• FENCE

  $203,775

  2025 · SUPPORT FOR 400+ ACRE NATURE & EQUESTRIAN CENTER

• HOPEFUL RESTORATION GROUP

  $200,000

  2025 · DONOR ADVISED FUND DISTRUBUTION TO SUPPORT STORM RECOVERY IN POLK COUNTY

• SUNNY VIEW CLUBHOUSE

  $186,900

  2025 · SUPPORT COMMUNITY CENTER IMPROVEMENTS & PROGRAMS

• Tryon Fine Arts Center

  $183,548

  2023 · Support for community arts center programs, operations & facilities

• FENCE

  $182,229

  2022 · 400+ ACRE NATURAL FACILITY FOR NATURE AND EQUESTRIAN (SOLAR PANELS, SUSTAINABILITY)

• Tryon Arts & Crafts Inc

  $160,006

  2023 · Support for arts education programs, community events, operations & facilities

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• MARJORIE M & LAWRENCE R BRADLEY ENDOWMENT FUND OF POLK COUNTY N CA

  $841,318

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• MARJORIE M & LAWRENCE R BRADLEY ENDOWMENT FUND OF POLK COUNTY N CA

  $750,000

  2022 · SUSTAINABILITY

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $318,850

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION

  $250,000

  2023 · MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS, OPERATIONS, OR OTHER PURPOSES

• SALUDA COMMUNITY LAND TRUST INC

  $51,345

  2022 · OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $13,000

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $6,700

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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