The Carrie E and Lena V Glenn Found
Gastonia, NC · EIN 20-1808211. Reported 86 grants totalling $1,022,800 to 50 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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 Carrie E and Lena V Glenn Found 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $75,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaston County Education Foundation | Gastonia, NC | $123,625 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Gaston County | Gastonia, NC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crisis Assistance Ministries | Gastonia, NC | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dream Center of Gaston County | Gastonia, NC | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army | Gastonia, NC | $44,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Catherine's House | Belmont, NC | $35,550 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Heart Society of Gaston County | Gastonia, NC | $35,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs Greater Gaston | Gastonia, NC | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gaston County Family YMCA | Gastonia, NC | $33,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Classroom Central | Charlotte, NC | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Off the Streets Program | Gastonia, NC | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nc Wildlife Federation | Raleigh, NC | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Gaston Together Communities of Excellence - Civic Leadership | Gastonia, NC | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Keep Gastonia Beautiful | Gastonia, NC | $22,050 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Least of These Carolinas | Gastonia, NC | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Backpack Weekend Food Program | Gastonia, NC | $21,875 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cancer Services of Gaston County | Gastonia, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dallas- High Shoals Christian Minis | Dallas, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gaston Aquatics | Dallas, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gaston Literacy Council | Gastonia, NC | $18,730 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Schiele Museum of Natural Histo | Gastonia, NC | $16,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gaston School of the Arts | Gastonia, NC | $15,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| African American Museum | Gastonia, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bountiful Blessings Food Pantry | Gastonia, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dyep | Gastonia, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bit of Hope Ranch | Gastonia, NC | $13,920 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Carolina Cross Connection | Gastonia, NC | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Piedmont Chapter of the Links | Gastonia, NC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shining Hope Farms | Mount Holly, NC | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Now Outreach - Crowders Ridge Camp | Lowell, NC | $10,650 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gaston County Honor Guard | Gastonia, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gaston County Museum of Art and Hi | Dallas, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Gaston Coun | Gastonia, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Autism Society of North Carolina | Charlotte, NC | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gaston Together Communities of Excellence | Gastonia, NC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Animal League of Gaston County | Gastonia, NC | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Director's Grant | Gastonia, NC | $6,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Displaced Roses | Gastonia, NC | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| African American Museum of History and Culture | Gastonia, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Charlotte Symphony Orchestra | Charlotte, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace | Pocatello, ID | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| HOPE4GASTON | Gastonia, NC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Christ Community Outreach Food Ministry | Gastonia, NC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gaston Choral Society | Gastonia, NC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gaston County Extension Community | Gastonia, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Monarch | Gastonia, NC | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First United Church | Gastonia, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Gaston County | Gastonia, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Paws | Gastonia, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
23 of 50 (46%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 52%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
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.
- Habitat for Humanity of Gaston County
HOME REPAIR HOUSING SOLUTIONS - Salvation Army
HVAC UNITS AT CENTER OF HOPE - Gaston County Family YMCA
NEW YMCA CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - Boys and Girls Clubs Greater Gaston
COVID RESPONSE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM - Gaston County Education Foundation
GLENN SISTERS LEGACY FUND - Crisis Assistance Ministries
CRISIS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 34 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | $282,300 | $12,000 |
| 2022 | 21 | $283,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 23 | $211,500 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 23 | $246,000 | $10,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Carrie E and Lena V Glenn Found has 81 of them, worth $963,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Gaston County Education Foundation | Gastonia, NC | $74,250 |
| Salvation Army | Gastonia, NC | $29,000 |
| Gaston County Family YMCA | Gastonia, NC | $25,000 |
| Gaston County Family YMCA | Gastonia, NC | $25,000 |
| Schiele Museum | Gastonia, NC | $25,000 |
| Gaston County Education Foundation | Gastonia, NC | $25,000 |
| Gaston County Education Foundation | Gastonia, NC | $24,375 |
| Catherine's House | Belmont, NC | $23,050 |
| Catawba Lands Conservancy | Charlotte, NC | $20,000 |
| Catherine's House | Belmont, NC | $20,000 |
| Crisis Assistance Ministries | Gastonia, NC | $20,000 |
| Gaston Aquatics | Dallas, NC | $20,000 |
| Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $20,000 |
| The Schiele Museum of Natural Histo | Gastonia, NC | $16,100 |
| African American Museum | Gastonia, NC | $15,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 100% of this one's giving went to organizations in North Carolina. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in North Carolina.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Carrie E and Lena V Glenn Found's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1552 Union Rd Ste D, Gastonia, NC, 28054. 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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