FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON INC
EIN 56-6050338 WILMINGTON, NC
- Revenue 2024
- $542,511
- Expenses 2024
- $413,121
Program services were 80.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B43I
- Classification
- 1200
- Street
- 601 SOUTH COLLEGE ROAD BOX 5990
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
THE PURPOSE OF THE UNCW FOUNDATION, A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, IS TO ASSIST THE UNIVERSITY IN SOLICITING AND RECEIVING PRIVATE GIFTS TO FURTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. THE UNIVERSITY IS THE FOUNDATION'S SOLE BENEFICIARY.
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GIFTS IN-KIND TO BENEFIT UNCW: THE FOUNDATION, THROUGH ITS ABILITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS IN-KIND, WHICH WILL BENEFIT THE UNIVERSITY, MAINTAINED REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES, AS WELL AS LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES AND CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITIES AND TRUSTS, WHOSE PROCEEDS WILL ULTIMATELY BE GIFTED TO THE UNIVERSITY UPON THE DEATH OF THE DONORS.
Expenses $45,455
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CASH SUPPORT OF UNCW PROGRAMS: THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTED UNIVERSITY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS WITH CASH GIFTS.
Expenses $286,647 · Grants $286,647
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.
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Sandra SpiersSANDRA SPIERS
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Linda B SayedLINDA B SAYED
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Alison BaringerALISON BARINGER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Philip BrownPHILIP BROWN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Max T CoffeyMAX T COFFEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Wilma W DanielsWILMA W DANIELS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Holly G GrangeHOLLY G GRANGE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Craig DavisCRAIG DAVIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Yvonne W KiddYVONNE W KIDD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jennifer B MertusJENNIFER B MERTUS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Martin B MeyersonMARTIN B MEYERSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joseph S PerkinsJOSEPH S PERKINS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joseph KittingerJOSEPH KITTINGER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Marcela Lauria-WhiteMARCELA LAURIA-WHITE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Howard M SteinHOWARD M STEIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Judy R TharpJUDY R THARP
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Miles LackeyMILES LACKEY
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $356,259
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $303,936
- Other
- $52,323
- Hours/week
- 1 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $303,936 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $44,087 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $8,236 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $356,259 related
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Melissa KennedyMELISSA KENNEDY
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $196,823
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $149,553
- Other
- $47,270
- Hours/week
- 1 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $149,553 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $39,034 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $8,236 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $196,823 related
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Eddie StuartEDDIE STUART
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $319,965
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $273,049
- Other
- $46,916
- Hours/week
- 1 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $273,049 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $38,680 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $8,236 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $319,965 related
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Kimberly NelsonKIMBERLY NELSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Gabriel RichGABRIEL RICH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joseph S WellsJOSEPH S WELLS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Margaret RobinsonMARGARET ROBINSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Marian WrightMARIAN WRIGHT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
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2024
- Revenue
- $542,511
- Expenses
- $413,121
- Contributions
- $75,394
- Grants paid
- $286,647
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2023
- Revenue
- $599,858
- Expenses
- $272,735
- Contributions
- $119,742
- Grants paid
- $159,012
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2022
- Revenue
- $270,735
- Expenses
- $255,866
- Contributions
- $99,142
- Grants paid
- $146,932
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $591,342
- Expenses
- $243,978
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,854,577
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $545,372
- Expenses
- $1,520,501
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,038,483
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,138,762
- Expenses
- $270,183
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,788,484
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- -$125,157
- Expenses
- $420,340
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,695,136
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $96,675
- Expenses
- $392,777
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,655,608
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $400,988
- Expenses
- $303,639
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,566,666
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $377,365
- Expenses
- $280,933
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,207,955
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $328,463
- Expenses
- $314,945
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,318,941
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $33,786
- Expenses
- $310,872
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,172,718
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $233,898
- Assets (EOY)
- $10,111,304
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
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON
$286,647
2024 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNCW STUDENTS
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON
$159,012
2023 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNCW STUDENTS
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON
$146,932
2022 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNCW STUDENTS
Grants received
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$200,000
2023 FOR THE RE-ENTRY SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM.
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2022 Scholarships
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$66,667
2022 YOUTH EDUCATION - RSM SCHOLARSHIP IN ACCOUNTING ENDOWMENT AND RSM FACULTY FELLOWSHIP
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2024 FG25-05 NEURAL ANOMALIES IN THE SMALLTOOTH SAWFISH, PRISTIS PECTINATA
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$50,000
2024 Operating Support
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$49,000
2024 EDUCATIONAL
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$48,500
2025 Operating Support
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$35,252
2023 MATCHING GIFTS
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$35,000
2023 PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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.
Declared on its 2024 return
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON
GOVERNMENT · EDUCATION · NC
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Disregarded entities on its 2024 return
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SEAHAWK INVESTMENT STRATEGIES LLC
INVESTMENTS · NC · income $131,573 · assets $2,888,309
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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.