Grants awarded
Who does Carl Meares Private Foundation fund?
Carl Meares Private Foundation has awarded $307,000 across 178 grants to 65 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $1,000, with most between $1,000 and $2,500.
Total awarded
$307K
Typical grant
$1K
Grantees
65
Grants
178
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| F Fair Bluff Baptist Church | $24K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
First Tee Greater Charleston
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$23K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
Woodberry Forest School
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$23K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
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$16K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| U Unc Pembroke Foundation INC | $14K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Southeastern Community College Fdn | $14K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Fair Bluff Babtist Church | $12K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| D Duke Cancer Institute | $11K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Life Resources - Seeds of Life Scholarship Fund | $10K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Columbus Regional Healthcare System Foundation | $9K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
St Jude Children's Research Hospital INC
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$8K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Spring Island Trust
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$8K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| G Good Friends of the Low Country | $7K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Cape Fear Council Boy Scouts of America | $6K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $6K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Boys & Girls Homes of North Carolina | $6K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Division of Athletics | $6K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F First Scots Presbyterian Church | $6K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Shriners Hospitals for Children
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$5K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| W Woodberry Forest School | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Medical University of South Carolina Foundation | $5K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Mars Hill University
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$5K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$5K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| C Ccc Employee Assistance Fund | $5K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$4K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| T The First Tee of Greater Charleston | $4K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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Port Royal Sound Foundation
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$4K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| B Buist Academy Foundation | $4K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Porter-Gaud School | $4K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| V Virginia Episcopal School | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Still Worthy INC | $3K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | SC | |
| T The Blake King Corp | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| S St Jude Children's Research Hospital | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Folds of Honor | $2K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S St Philip's Church | $2K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Y Yeamans Hall Club Foundation INC | $2K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| S Spring Island Employee Fund | $2K | 2 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Charleston Parks Conservancy
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$2K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| C Cleveland Clinic Philanthropy Institute | $2K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Tiger Foundation | $2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Columbus Jobs Foundation INC | $1K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NC | |
| T The Blake King Corp | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Fairmount First Baptist Church | $1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T The Lilibet Snellings Kyte Foundation | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Carolinas Golf Foundation | $1K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NC | |
| C Charleston Recovery Center | $1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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Roper St Francis Foundation
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$1K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | SC | |
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$1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | SC | |
| T The Greater Fair Bluff Historical Society | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Mars Hill University Office for Institutional Advancement | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Save the Children | $1K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Seeds of Life INC | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Shriners Hospitals for Children | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Asheville School | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Missions Development International
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$1K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TN | |
| C Children's Museum of the Lowcountry | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| G Greater Fair Bluff Historical Society | $500 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NC | |
| I Individual recipient | $500 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Y Yeamans Hall Club Foundation INC | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $500 | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| P Port Royal Sound Foundation | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lilibet Snellings Kyte Foundation | $500 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | VA |
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