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The Zelnak Private Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 56-2115096 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$1.3M
Grants reported
11
Typical grant
$60K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: THE ZELNAK PRIVATE FOUNDATION

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 yearGrants paidAmount
20255$550K
20246$750K

Where The Zelnak Private Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Ncsu Foundation

RALEIGH, NC

$320KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Charitable general support

Ncsu Foundation

RALEIGH, NC

$320KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Charitable general support

Alexander Tharpe Fund

ATLANTA, GA

$200KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Charitable general support

Raleigh Police Department Ftn

RALEIGH, NC

$100KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Charitable general support

Raleigh Police Department Ftn

RALEIGH, NC

$100KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Charitable general support

Showing 5 of the 11 largest grants (11 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Zelnak Private Foundation'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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