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FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON INC

EIN 56-6050338 WILMINGTON, NC

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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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Sandra Spiers

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda B Sayed

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alison Baringer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Philip Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Max T Coffey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wilma W Daniels

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Holly G Grange

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yvonne W Kidd

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer B Mertus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Martin B Meyerson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph S Perkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Kittinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcela Lauria-White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Howard M Stein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judy R Tharp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Miles 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
  • Melissa 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
  • Eddie 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
  • Kimberly Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gabriel Rich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph S Wells

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Margaret Robinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marian 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $542,511
    Expenses
    $413,121
    Contributions
    $75,394
    Grants paid
    $286,647
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $599,858
    Expenses
    $272,735
    Contributions
    $119,742
    Grants paid
    $159,012
  • 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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $591,342
    Expenses
    $243,978
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,854,577
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $545,372
    Expenses
    $1,520,501
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,038,483
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,138,762
    Expenses
    $270,183
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,788,484
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    -$125,157
    Expenses
    $420,340
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,695,136
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $96,675
    Expenses
    $392,777
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,655,608
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $400,988
    Expenses
    $303,639
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,566,666
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $377,365
    Expenses
    $280,933
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,207,955
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $328,463
    Expenses
    $314,945
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,318,941
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $33,786
    Expenses
    $310,872
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,172,718
  • 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

  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON

    $286,647

    2024 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNCW STUDENTS

  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON

    $159,012

    2023 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNCW STUDENTS

  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON

    $146,932

    2022 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNCW STUDENTS

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

  • 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

  • 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.