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John Rex Endowment: 48 grants to organizations, $2.3 million (tax year ended December 2024)
John Rex Endowment, a private foundation in Raleigh, NC, paid 48 grants to organizations totaling $2,316,024 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 11, 2025. The largest was $254,100 to Wake County Smart Start in Raleigh, NC for the kaleidoscope project expansion ii.
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- EIN
- 311678223
- Based in
- Raleigh, NC
- Assets
- $85,084,954
- Grants paid
- $2,316,024
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 11, 2025, IRS object ID 202513159349101106. It reported $2,316,024 in grants paid; 48 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wake County Smart Start | Raleigh, NC | The kaleidoscope project expansion ii | $254,100 | apps.irs.gov | |
| NC Counts Coalition | Raleigh, NC | Behavioral health and western nc support | Education | $175,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| 100 Black Men Triangle East Inc | Raleigh, NC | Small grassroots organizational development grant | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Smart Bus | Raleigh, NC | Small grassroots organizational development grant | Youth development | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gifted Arts Inc | Raleigh, NC | Small grassroots organizational development grant | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Resiliency Collaborative | Raleigh, NC | Small grassroots organizational development grant | Education | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arts Access Inc | Raleigh, NC | Racial equity and disability | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Artspace | Raleigh, NC | Ideas for inclusion, diversity, equity, access, and sucess in the wake county arts sector | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle | Morrisville, NC | Bbbst racial equity capacity building | Youth development | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Education Justice Alliance | Raleigh, NC | Education justice alliance small grassroots organizational development grant | Education | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| El Pueblo Inc | Raleigh, NC | Counteracting the narrative | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fiesta Cristiana Mission Congregation | Apex, NC | Fiesta cristiana mission congregation small grassroots organizational development grant | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Foundation for Appalachian Kentuckyappalachia Funders Network | Hazard, MA | Capacity support for appalachia funders network | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Haven House Services | Raleigh, NC | Haven house services racial equity | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Learning Together Inc | Raleigh, NC | Increasing racial equity knowledge and resources to better serve families and children | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Corral Riding Academy | Cary, NC | Corral riding academy | Education | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hope Center at Pullen | Raleigh, NC | Centering racial equity to improve the social-emotional health of wake county's foster youth | Human services | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wakeed Partnership | Raleigh, NC | Wake education partnership strategic plan | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| NC Counts Coalition | Raleigh, NC | Hurricane helene relief | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| North Carolina Community Foundation | Raleigh, NC | Invest early nc fund #2011 | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Triangle Community Foundation | Durham, DC | Tcbn | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wake County | Raleigh, NC | Capacity building support for wake county - odei, division of race equity | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education | Raleigh, NC | Poe center equity capacity building | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| LGBT Center of Raleigh | Raleigh, NC | Lgbt center of raleigh's capacity building for lgbtq+ youth programs | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Raleigh Little Theatre | Raleigh, NC | Redefining standards & renewing community at rlt | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Safechild | Raleigh, NC | Partners in capacity building and impact | Crime and legal-related | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| United Way of the Greater Triangle | Durham, NC | Triangle 10 to watch, 2024-2025 | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carolina Common Enterprisefertile Ground Food Cooperative | Durham, NC | Supporting fgfcs efforts to develop impact investment strategies | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| North Carolina Alliance for Health | Durham, NC | Capacity support for nc alliance for health tobacco-use prevention coalition | Health care | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Community Music School | Raleigh, NC | Stipend partners in capacity building and impact rfp 2024 - 7023 community engagement grants- healing justice | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| NC Counts Coalition | Raleigh, NC | Stipend-partners in capacity building and impact rfp 2024 | Education | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| NCCF-NC Network of Grantmakers | Raleigh, NC | For the benefit of 2024invest early nc | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina | Morrisville, NC | Stipend partners in capacity building and impact rfp 2024 - 7023 community engagement grants- healing justice | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stepup Ministry | Raleigh, NC | Stipend partners in capacity building and impact rfp 2024 - 7023 community engagement grants- healing justice | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Barbershop Therapy Foundation | Raleigh, NC | Capacity development for the barbershop therapy foundation | Youth development | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| North Carolina Center for Nonprofit Organizations Inc | Raleigh, NC | Annual conference registrations for jre grantees | $4,370 | apps.irs.gov | |
| NC Community Foundationnc Pediatric Society | Raleigh, NC | To the nc pediatric society legacy fund in honor of john rusher's board service | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Raleigh Area Land Trust | Raleigh, NC | Charitable contribution | Housing and shelter | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Note in the Pocket Inc | Raleigh, NC | In honor of tasha winstead's board service | Human services | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hope Center at Pullen | Raleigh, NC | In honor of warren ludwig's board service | Human services | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Positive Childhood Alliance North Carolina | Morrisville, NC | In honor of tasha winstead's board service | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Raleigh Village East | Raleigh, NC | Matching gift - kellan moore | Human services | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wake County Smart Start | Raleigh, NC | For the benefit of kaleidoscope - honorarium for mission moment at march board meeting | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| North Carolina Center for Nonprofits | Raleigh, NC | Matching gift - sabrina slade 2024/2025 | $400 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Manna Food Bank Inc | Mills River, NC | In honor of warren ludwig's board service | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $250 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Federation of the Blind of North Carolina | Durham, NC | In honor of s board service for the triangle federation of the blind | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Artspace Inc | Raleigh, NC | Matching gift - krystin jorgenson | Arts, culture and humanities | $104 | apps.irs.gov |
| Raleigh Chamber | Raleigh, NC | Community success initiative | $50 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $555,000 |
| Youth development | $230,000 |
| Human services | $227,500 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $105,104 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $75,000 |
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $25,000 |
| Crime and legal-related | $25,000 |
| Health care | $10,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | $2,191,024 |
| Massachusetts | $75,000 |
| District of Columbia | $50,000 |
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Updated November 11, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.