The Morehead-Cain Foundation
Chapel Hill, NC · EIN 56-0599225. Reported 426 grants totalling $24.3M to 411 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Morehead-Cain Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $23,769. Half of everything it gave fell between $4,000 and $28,590; the smallest was $140 and the largest $4,745,945. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
411 recipient names appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unc Chapel Hill - Scholarship Program | Chapel Hill, NC | $15.9M | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Unc Chapel Hill - Morehead House Maintenance | Chapel Hill, NC | $708,359 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Unc Chapel Hill - Morehead Planetarium and Science Center | Chapel Hill, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shi Nan Feng | Chapel Hill, NC | $45,901 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Helena Rose Walsh | Chapel Hill, NC | $41,334 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Flight School Inc | Sonoma, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lucy-Rose Dyson | Chapel Hill, NC | $39,578 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Maryam Hana Khan | Chapel Hill, NC | $39,262 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Catherine D'arcy Miyoung Chang | Chapel Hill, NC | $38,831 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Meagan Jacqueline Harrington | Chapel Hill, NC | $38,698 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Robert Franklin Keener IV | Chapel Hill, NC | $38,561 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Maria Fernanda Lucia Silva Morote | Chapel Hill, NC | $38,049 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Raymond Tu | Chapel Hill, NC | $37,750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Roli Enonuya | Chapel Hill, NC | $37,560 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Noor Mostafa El-Baradie | Chapel Hill, NC | $37,289 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jona Bocari | Chapel Hill, NC | $37,065 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Brianna Elizabeth Thompson | Chapel Hill, NC | $35,651 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Morgan Jack Davies | Chapel Hill, NC | $35,281 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Aryan Jwalant Talati | Chapel Hill, NC | $34,406 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Phoebe Margaret Flaherty | Chapel Hill, NC | $34,212 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Milena Almitra Jojic | Chapel Hill, NC | $34,082 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nina Simone Fisher | Chapel Hill, NC | $33,918 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jonathan Suwen Huang | Chapel Hill, NC | $33,896 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Quintin Avery Gay | Chapel Hill, NC | $33,227 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Makenna Marie Mcgough | Chapel Hill, NC | $33,120 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Montgomery Marcus Eyre Evans | Chapel Hill, NC | $33,087 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Soul Jade Dayan | Chapel Hill, NC | $32,854 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Frances Annette Reed | Chapel Hill, NC | $32,849 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Julian Ruben Goldner | Chapel Hill, NC | $32,497 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Benjamin Forrest Humphries | Chapel Hill, NC | $32,455 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| William Alberto Mcgregor | Chapel Hill, NC | $32,124 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ashley Hunt Wade | Chapel Hill, NC | $32,081 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Isabel Mae Kintzley | Chapel Hill, NC | $31,966 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Daniel Oluwakorede Ogunbamowo | Chapel Hill, NC | $31,702 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Takhona Grace Hlatshwako | Chapel Hill, NC | $31,675 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jason Ray Cowan | Chapel Hill, NC | $31,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Charlie Tran | Chapel Hill, NC | $31,540 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Emily Margaret Galvin | Chapel Hill, NC | $31,124 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alexandria Leigh Chadwick | Chapel Hill, NC | $31,110 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Aneesha Mekayla Tucker | Chapel Hill, NC | $30,919 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Eugenia Cheuk Yin Chow | Chapel Hill, NC | $30,863 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Krupa Sanjiv Patel | Chapel Hill, NC | $30,837 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Emile Leo Charles | Chapel Hill, NC | $30,819 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sophie Seoyoung Cho | Chapel Hill, NC | $30,653 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kimathi Mokua Muiruri | Chapel Hill, NC | $30,545 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Andrew Jack Buchanan | Chapel Hill, NC | $30,474 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mary Katherine Stukenborg | Chapel Hill, NC | $30,470 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Richard Scott Hallyburton | Chapel Hill, NC | $30,457 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Carson Ryan Moore | Chapel Hill, NC | $30,411 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Varun Jain | Chapel Hill, NC | $30,355 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Samantha Christine Ferris | Chapel Hill, NC | $30,334 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Samuel Butler Sands | Chapel Hill, NC | $30,152 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Shivam Shankar Bhargava | Chapel Hill, NC | $30,133 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Junead Khan | Chapel Hill, NC | $30,132 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Eleanor Anne Christianson | Chapel Hill, NC | $30,086 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tatum Kay Trysla | Chapel Hill, NC | $30,005 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Patrice Miranda Mcgloin | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,929 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lucia Helena Hagert | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,924 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mirza Abbas Hasan | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,869 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sonam Jyoti Shah | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,836 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mackenzie Elizabeth Dion | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,824 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jacob Larsen Turner | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,727 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Naomi Elise Burns | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,678 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bogue Hiram Dick | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,644 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Connor Antonio Daz | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jay Ashish Sheth | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jordan Nicole Feldman | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Katherine Elizabeth Carroll | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kelsie Naomi King | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mollie Anna Pepper | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Patrick Anderson Bradey | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| William Grant Everist | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hunter Alexis West | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,612 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Michael Charles Alcorn JR | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,518 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alayna Camille Powell | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,475 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nisarg Hetal Shah | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,458 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Eleanor Jane Hummel | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,444 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Zoe Virginia Conner | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,352 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Max Ryan Kobernick | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,338 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Vibhu Kishan Ambil | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,332 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Christiana Hope Wayne | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,285 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Levi Thomas Mccracken | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,233 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Daniel De Campo Bonomo | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hannah Rose Motley | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,192 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Evelyn Ashley Dalton | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,184 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jack Thomas Moore | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,177 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jennifer Andrea Te Vazquez | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,153 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Emily Ann Schmidt | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,144 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Andrea Lynn Cornel | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,119 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Christopher Gantt Holliday | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,119 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Grayson Spencer Sword | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,078 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sita Marie Tayal | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,040 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ilyas James Colie | Chapel Hill, NC | $29,038 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Selina Shi | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,798 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Emily Mary Jenkins | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,745 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lucas Saunders Buxton | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,721 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Olivia Kelly Pitt | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,674 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jesus-Javier Rodriguez Olmedo | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,645 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Matthew Haynes Keith | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,590 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lia Starr Salvatierra | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,581 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mary Hunter Russell | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,468 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Donald L Fejfar | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,424 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Carolina Coch | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,342 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Grace Lane Fulton Henley | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,306 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ana Lucia Ciro | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,305 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Anna Andreevna Ilyasova | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,274 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Richard Ekene Okoro | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Allison Nicole Reilly | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,241 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Benjamin Samuel Klein | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,223 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chloe Madison Saine | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,214 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Katherine Grace Waddell | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,214 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Parker Lane Prysiazniuk | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,202 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Simon Nayak Palmore | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,196 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kayris Anna Baggett | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,181 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Julia Rose Bassett | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,174 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ryan Matthew Jensen | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,174 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Brandon Sean Torng | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,147 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Charlie Donald Hirsch | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,134 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Caroline Ann Furrier | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,124 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Claire Reeves Hyde | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,124 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tess Isabella Mcgrinder | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,107 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Olivia Riley Delborne | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,095 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| John Garnett Nelson | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,083 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Luis Salvador Sanchez | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,045 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Emily Rednall Smither | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,034 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Maya Groff | Chapel Hill, NC | $28,019 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ann Hook Goulian | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,939 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Raymond Theodore Palma | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,934 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Vivian Ying Deng | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,932 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kayden Suzanne Hunt | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,912 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jessica Jiadai Wang | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,887 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jaya Rani Mishra | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,878 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Anna Elizabeth Connors | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,858 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Savannah Jane O'brien | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,853 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| William Mark Dillon JR | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,830 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Anna Louise Danek Pickens | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,824 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Frances Galloway Sentilles | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,824 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Urael Eliam Mussie | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,819 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Evelyn Louise Mccrady | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,770 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| William Kade Sutton | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,760 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Shuhud Abdelhadi Mustafa | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,689 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Daughtry Reid Williams | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,674 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jonathan Paul Osborne | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,674 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lindley Bradyn Andrew | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,674 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Emerson Fant Harrison Houser | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,642 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sadie Arlene Cheston-Harris | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,555 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Molly Katelyn Dorgan | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,554 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jasper Munro Schutt | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,526 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cullen Stuart Duval | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,382 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Senam Mwiza Yawo Adedze | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,249 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Matthew Linley Michael Deo | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,228 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Miranda Elizabeth Almy | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,206 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ananya Tadikonda | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,194 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mable Yiling Miao | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,064 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kelsey Megan Rappe | Chapel Hill, NC | $27,036 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ethan James Phillips | Chapel Hill, NC | $26,900 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jose Eduardo Neri | Chapel Hill, NC | $26,892 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kochoe Akosua Nikoi | Chapel Hill, NC | $26,788 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ivana Cheyenne Devine | Chapel Hill, NC | $26,774 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Taya Sherie Joseph | Chapel Hill, NC | $26,774 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Taner Kylan Jacobs | Chapel Hill, NC | $26,747 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Heidi Marie Alkoutami | Chapel Hill, NC | $26,674 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jared Seth Pittman | Chapel Hill, NC | $26,674 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sarah Grace Prosser | Chapel Hill, NC | $26,674 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jalen Anthony Mckoy | Chapel Hill, NC | $26,627 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jalen Wayne Johnson | Chapel Hill, NC | $26,489 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Avni Pandya Singh | Chapel Hill, NC | $26,476 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Amalia Gabriela Marmolejos | Chapel Hill, NC | $26,174 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Clay Bingham Morris | Chapel Hill, NC | $26,156 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Christopher Graham Watkins | Chapel Hill, NC | $26,116 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Harrison Sean Pumphrey | Chapel Hill, NC | $26,024 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Caitlin Wen Nygren | Chapel Hill, NC | $25,985 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Olivia Ellene Bell | Chapel Hill, NC | $25,797 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Melanie America Godinez-Cedillo | Chapel Hill, NC | $25,763 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Andrew Philip Mcracken | Chapel Hill, NC | $25,729 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alexander Samuel Mazer | Chapel Hill, NC | $25,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Katherine Armistead Loughran | Chapel Hill, NC | $25,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lauren Emily Gornto | Chapel Hill, NC | $25,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Michael James Dorgan | Chapel Hill, NC | $25,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Reagan Emery Woodard | Chapel Hill, NC | $25,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Robert Dudley Mcqueen | Chapel Hill, NC | $25,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Emma-Katherine Almeida Bowers | Chapel Hill, NC | $25,358 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jaida Jett | Chapel Hill, NC | $25,287 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Zianne Mackenzie Richardson | Chapel Hill, NC | $25,124 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Camryn Gerard Kellogg | Chapel Hill, NC | $25,113 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Taylor Siena Molina | Chapel Hill, NC | $25,032 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Greear Arthur Webb | Chapel Hill, NC | $24,986 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Grace Walker Berry | Chapel Hill, NC | $24,939 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ashton Lee Rierson | Chapel Hill, NC | $24,782 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Symone Elise Welch | Chapel Hill, NC | $24,765 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Richard Lowder Whitfield | Chapel Hill, NC | $24,676 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mckenzie Elizabeth Martin | Chapel Hill, NC | $24,674 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Olivia Leigh Hoynes | Chapel Hill, NC | $24,657 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Anna Katherine Kalifey Aluise | Chapel Hill, NC | $24,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Isabelle Maria Mcgoey | Chapel Hill, NC | $24,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kobe William Roseman | Chapel Hill, NC | $24,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kelly Ann Ray | Chapel Hill, NC | $24,596 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rhea Bhagia | Chapel Hill, NC | $24,384 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hayden Christopher Vaughn | Chapel Hill, NC | $24,358 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Joanna Kuang | Chapel Hill, NC | $24,124 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jacquelyn Claire Hedrick | Chapel Hill, NC | $24,019 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Joshua William Kennedy | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,924 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Marlee Noelle Walls | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,924 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chiazo Corne Agina | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,804 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Anna Katherine Brandao | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,774 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tracy Colburn Laughlin | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,764 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| John Patrick Dinges | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,747 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ashley Chandler Simpson | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chelsea Tate Deitelzweig | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Christina Marie Alperi | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Daniel Joseph Gonzalez | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Dennis Montgomery Cmiel | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Grant Charles Abrams | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hunter Davis | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Justin G Hadad | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Katherine Muse Collamore | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kayley Elizabeth Carpenter | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kristina Kathleen Chapple | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kurt Eric Axel Lindquist III | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lucas Cole Risinger | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Madison Grace Tart | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Marcella Francesca Pansini | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mia Wendy Colloredo-Mansfeld | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Michael Hosseini Marand | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mina Yakubu | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nathan John Pait | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pearce Armstrong Landry | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rhea Manish Jaisinghani | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Richard Foster Livingston | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sarah Jane Kuehn | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,624 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Leticia Tuset | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,439 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Richard Andrew Wayland | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,297 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Praveena Somasundaram | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,289 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ira Stone Wilder | Chapel Hill, NC | $23,246 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Reuben V Chemmanam | Chapel Hill, NC | $22,854 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Caroline Elizabeth Durante | Chapel Hill, NC | $22,747 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Christian Sutton Rust Gillespy | Chapel Hill, NC | $22,747 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jordyn Marie Williams | Chapel Hill, NC | $22,747 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ruth Etiesit Samuel | Chapel Hill, NC | $22,747 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sara Rose Holley | Chapel Hill, NC | $22,747 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sophia Wessels Swift | Chapel Hill, NC | $22,747 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ruta Gabriele Petrikis | Chapel Hill, NC | $22,652 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bailey Simone Benson | Chapel Hill, NC | $22,498 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Charlotte Sophia Nowell Dorn | Chapel Hill, NC | $22,438 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Zane Star Dash | Chapel Hill, NC | $21,886 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Webster Woltersdorf | Chapel Hill, NC | $21,086 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Avni Bannuru | Chapel Hill, NC | $21,010 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kartik Tyagi | Chapel Hill, NC | $20,622 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Angel Rodolfo Gaona | Chapel Hill, NC | $20,186 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sanya Shah | Chapel Hill, NC | $19,941 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
4 of 411 (1%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 44%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Unc Chapel Hill - Scholarship Program
SUPPORT AND PROMOTION OF THE MOREHEAD-CAIN SCHOLARS PROGRAM - Unc Chapel Hill - Morehead House Maintenance
TO MAINTAIN FACILITY FOR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS - Shi Nan Feng
SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDY - Shelby Barrier
HURRICANE HELENE EMERGENCY RELIEF
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 16 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 376 | $9,901,830 | $24,720 |
| 2021 | 13 | $2,408,980 | $500 |
| 2022 | 4 | $3,261,164 | $72,117 |
| 2023 | 7 | $3,712,160 | $4,000 |
| 2024 | 26 | $4,979,279 | $500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
100% of its giving went to organizations in North Carolina. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Morehead-Cain Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Post Office Box 690, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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