Turner B Bunn JR and Catherine E Bunn
Wilson, NC · EIN 56-1692623. Reported 257 grants totalling $533,200 to 67 organizations 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. Turner B Bunn JR and Catherine E Bunn 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $2,500; the smallest was $100 and the largest $25,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Timothy's Episcopal Church | Wilson, NC | $110,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wilson Youth United (the Spot) | Wilson, NC | $32,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Childrens Hunger Elimination of Wilson Nc | Wilson, NC | $27,800 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Carteret Community College Foundation | Morehead City, NC | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wilson County Office of Senior Citizens Affairs | Wilson, NC | $21,200 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Soup Kitchen of Wilson County Inc | Wilson, NC | $21,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Barton College Scholarship Fund | Wilson, NC | $19,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wilson Community College Foundation | Wilson, NC | $18,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| La Iglesia De La Guadalupana Episcopal Dioces of Wilson | Wilson, NC | $15,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hope Station Renovation | Wilson, NC | $12,700 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Pink Ladies of Wilson Nc | Wilson, NC | $12,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Coastal Carolina | Morehead City, NC | $11,800 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wilson Education Partnership | Wilson, NC | $11,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Oic of Wilson | Wilson, NC | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Sidekix of Wilson Nc | Wilson, NC | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Raleigh, NC | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army of Cartaret County | Morehead City, NC | $8,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wesley Shelter | Wilson, NC | $8,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Whirlidogs Training Center Inc | Wilson, NC | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $8,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jcans Inc | Wilson, NC | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staton Island, NY | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center | Durham, NC | $7,400 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| For the Love of Dogs | Wilson, NC | $5,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels Wilson | Wilson, NC | $5,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society | Greenville, NC | $5,100 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Appalachian State University Foundation | Boone, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harris Family YMCA | Rocky Mount, NC | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Judes Children Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Volunteer Florida Foundation | Tallahassee, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wilson Family YMCA | Wilson, NC | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Diversified Opportunities Inc | Wilson, NC | $4,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Neal Foundation | Morehead City, NC | $4,100 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Sallie B Howard School | Wilson, NC | $4,100 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Whirligig Park & Museum Festival | Wilson, NC | $4,100 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wilson Youth Soccer Association | Wilson, NC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Institute for Cancer Research | Washington, DC | $3,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Flynn Christian Fellowship Home | Wilson, NC | $3,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Veterans Residential Services of Wilson | Wilson, NC | $3,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Unc Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Research | Chapel Hill, NC | $2,700 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Imagination Station Science Museum | Wilson, NC | $2,600 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Wilson, NC | $2,100 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Conetoe Family Life Center | Conetoe, NC | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Healthcare Foundation of Wilson | Wilson, NC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nc Wesleyan College | Wilson, NC | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| North Carolina East Sports | Morehead City, NC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Foundation of Hope | Raleigh, NC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wilson Pal | Wilson, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Core Sound Waterfowl Museum | Harkers Island, NC | $1,900 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Pro Music Conservatory | Wilson, NC | $1,700 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Oliver Nestus Freeman Roundhouse Museum | Wilson, NC | $1,600 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sound Rivers | New Bern, NC | $1,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Arts Council of Wilson | Wilson, NC | $1,200 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boy Scouts of America East Carolina Council | Kinston, NC | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Freeman Roundhouse Museum | Wilson, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greenfield School | Wilson, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harrison Barnett Fund | Chapel Hill, NC | $1,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Harrison Family YMCA | Rocky Mount, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jimmy V Foundation | Cary, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Paws Animals Adoption Center | Zebulon, NC | $1,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wilson County Humane Society | Wilson, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Downtown Morehead City Revitalization Association | Morehead City, NC | $700 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Communities in Schools Rocky Mount Region | Rocky Mount, NC | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Orange County | Santa Ana, NC | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Outdoors at Last Mattamuskeet Chapter | Haw River, NC | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Rocky Mount Rotary Charitable Trust | Rocky Mount, NC | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Wilson Arts Center | Wilson, NC | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
55 of 67 (82%) 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 95%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- Carteret Community College Foundation
EDUCATION & RESEARCHEDUCATION & RESEARCH - Jcans Inc
PUBLIC RELATIONS & EDUCATION - Rocky Mount Rotary Charitable Trust
COMMUNITY SERVICECOMMUNITY SERVICE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 79 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 49 | $85,000 | $500 |
| 2021 | 51 | $91,800 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 53 | $105,300 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 53 | $119,900 | $1,500 |
| 2024 | 51 | $131,200 | $2,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 94% 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 $1,000. 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Turner B Bunn JR and Catherine E Bunn's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 128 Canterbury Rd Nw, Wilson, NC, 27896. 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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