Polk County Community Foundation
TRYON, NC
$2.3MTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Continued scholarships for polk cty
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Stuart and Margaret L Forbes Foundation Inc Grants
Private foundation · EIN 56-2079528 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
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- Contact
- Stuart and Margaret L Forbes Found
- Phone
- (828) 859-5314
- Restrictions
- Per the foundation's exemption application: "...of particular interest are those public charities focusing their activities on educational (including pre-school & head start), health care, medical research and religious needs and concerns of the general public and, in particular, but not limited to, those citizens of polk county, nc and spartanburg county, sc." "...to award college scholarships based on scholastic achievement, need, qualities of leadership, character and community responsibility. These scholarships will be awarded to students attending the polk county, nc public school systems."
Original filing text
- Contact
- STUART AND MARGARET L FORBES FOUND
- Address
- 255 S TRADE ST TRYON, NC, 28782
- Phone
- 8288595314
- Restrictions
- PER THE FOUNDATION'S EXEMPTION APPLICATION: "...OF PARTICULAR INTEREST ARE THOSE PUBLIC CHARITIES FOCUSING THEIR ACTIVITIES ON EDUCATIONAL (INCLUDING PRE-SCHOOL & HEAD START), HEALTH CARE, MEDICAL RESEARCH AND RELIGIOUS NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE CITIZENS OF POLK COUNTY, NC AND SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SC." "...TO AWARD COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS BASED ON SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT, NEED, QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP, CHARACTER AND COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY. THESE SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BE AWARDED TO STUDENTS ATTENDING THE POLK COUNTY, NC PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS."
Reported organization name: STUART AND MARGARET L FORBES FOUNDATION INC
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | $2.3M |
| 2024 | 5 | $126.7K |
Where Stuart and Margaret L Forbes Foundation Inc gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
North Carolina$2.4M
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Polk County Schools
COLUMBUS, NC
$105KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Operational support
Go Global NC - Global Teachers
MORRISVILLE, NC
$15KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Operational expenses
North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching
CULLOWHEE, NC
$8.3KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Polk county schools funding
Tryon Children'S Theater Festival
TRYON, NC
$5KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Operational expenses
Showing 5 of the 8 largest grants (8 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Stuart and Margaret L Forbes Foundation Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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