The William Gaston Allen Foundation concentrates its support on postsecondary and workforce education by funding scholarship administration and community/technical college foundations, typically as general operating support. Grants are relatively large and focused—often directed to a small number of institutions (including repeat support to a scholarship-administration intermediary)—and to community foundations that manage local philanthropic resources.
Concentrated giving: a small number of sizable grants (three equal-sized grants plus one larger, repeated award). Emphasis on general operating support and repeat funding to an intermediary that administers scholarships rather than many small, one-off grants.
A defining feature of William Gaston Allen Foundation Tr is its direct support for postsecondary access through scholarship awards to individual students and operating grants to the organizations that administer them. In the latest grants, the foundation paired a large grant to the Center for Scholarship Administration in Taylors, South Carolina with repeated support for North Carolina institutions that connect students to community and technical education. That mix shows a funder working through intermediaries and campus-based foundations rather than broad open calls. The foundation’s recent giving also reaches scholarship recipients across multiple colleges and universities, including North Carolina State University, UNC Chapel Hill, and Wake Technical Community College. Several awards are framed as general operating support, while scholarship payments appear as fixed individual awards. The pattern suggests a focused, education-centered funder that supports both the infrastructure behind scholarship delivery and the students who receive aid. Its grantmaking is regional in scope and centered on workforce-oriented higher education, especially community and technical colleges in the Southeast. Repeat support to a scholarship-administration intermediary and to local college and community foundations points to a consistent model: fund the systems that move educational aid to students, then fund the students themselves.
Postsecondary and workforce education sit at the center of William Gaston Allen Foundation Tr’s grantmaking. The foundation gave $50,864 to Wake Technical Community College Foundation Inc in Raleigh, North Carolina for general operating support, and it gave the same amount to Brunswick Technical College Fdn in Supply, North Carolina for general operating support. Those grants point to a preference for institutions tied to career and technical pathways. Scholarship administration is another clear focus. The foundation gave $93,940 to the Center for Scholarship Administration in Taylors, South Carolina for general support, and it followed with another operating grant of $85,187 the next year. That repeated funding shows support for the intermediary side of scholarship delivery. Community foundation infrastructure also appears in the portfolio. Wayne Community Foundation Trust in Goldsboro, North Carolina received general operating support, reflecting interest in local philanthropic vehicles that can steward education-related resources.
$203K
$3.5M
$237K
$251K
Most grants fall between $5K and $5K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$5K
About 1% of grants go to recipients in NC.
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Notable grantees: Center for Scholarship Administration, Wake Technical Community College Foundation, Brunswick Technical College Foundation, Wayne Community Foundation Trust
Typical grant size is fixed at $4,500 at the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile, which is consistent with the scholarship awards in the recent grants list. The foundation also makes larger operating grants to nonprofit organizations, including repeated support across multiple years to the same recipients. That pattern shows both recurring support and one-time scholarship payments. William Gaston Allen Foundation Tr is a trust, funds individuals, and does not make program-related investments. The structure reflected in the data combines organization-level operating grants with direct student awards.
Grant activity is concentrated in the United States, with all 34 recent grants going to US recipients. North Carolina is the top state by grant count, and the recent grants include Raleigh, Goldsboro, Supply, Chapel Hill, Greensboro, Charlotte, Greenville, Smithfield, and Cullowhee. Outside North Carolina, recipient locations include Taylors, South Carolina; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Jackson, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee; Daytona Beach, Florida; and Hampton, Virginia. Only 3% of grants went to recipients in the foundation’s Florida headquarters state.
It supports scholarship-administration organizations, community foundation intermediaries, and community and technical college foundations. Recent grants include general operating support to campus-based and regional education organizations, alongside direct scholarship awards to students through colleges and universities.
Yes. The recent grants list includes multiple $4,500 scholarship awards to individual students, showing that the foundation funds both organizations and individual beneficiaries.
The typical grant size is $4,500 at the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile. That fixed level matches the individual scholarship awards shown in the recent grants data.
North Carolina is the top state by grant count. Recent recipient cities there include Raleigh, Goldsboro, Supply, Chapel Hill, Greensboro, Charlotte, Greenville, Smithfield, and Cullowhee.
Yes. The Center for Scholarship Administration received support in 2023 and again in 2024, and several North Carolina education organizations also received grants in both 2024 and 2025. That shows a recurring pattern rather than a purely one-time approach.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC | RALEIGH, NC | $16,667 | 2026 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| WAYNE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TRUST | GOLDSBORO, NC | $16,667 | 2026 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| BRUNSWICK TECHNICAL COLLEGE FDN | SUPPLY, NC | $16,667 | 2026 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| FULGRUM GEORGIA C/O MERIDITH COLLEGE | RALEIGH, NC | $9,000 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| JONES LEXI C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | RELEIGH, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| WHITING AARON C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | RELEIGH, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| FLORES RAMOS KIARA C/O WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE | RALEIGH, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| SICOLA DANIAIL C/O OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY | OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| ESKRIDGE SARAH C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL | CHAPEL HILL, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| RICHARDSON LANDON C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | RELEIGH, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| HALL DALIYAH C/O UNC/ GREENSBORO | GREENSBORO, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| WALLS CONNOR C/O EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY | GREENVILLE, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| WEAVER EMMABELLE C/O UNC CHARLOTTE | CHARLOTTE, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| EVERETTE KYRA C/O WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY | CULLOWHEE, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| MAHESH SANJANA C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL | CHAPEL HILL, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| GOURLEY ANNA C/O EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY | GREENVILLE, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| HILL ALANA C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | RELEIGH, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| PERRY KASH C/O EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY | GREENVILLE, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| BUSTAMANTE ETHAN C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL | CHAPEL HILL, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| FISHER JOSEPH C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | RELEIGH, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| RAWIS KAYDRA C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL | CHAPEL HILL, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| AKPAKA CHELSEY C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL | CHAPEL HILL, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| CORCORAN KEIRA C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | RELEIGH, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| RATNESAR NICHOLAS C/O METHODIST UNIVERSITY | FAYETTEVILLE, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| BUCKNER SERENITY C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | RALEIGH, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| NYAGA STACY C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL | CHAPEL HILL, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| DYER DALE C/O UNION UNIVERSITY | JACKSON, TN | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| JENNETTE AVERY C/O WAYNE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | GOLDSBORO, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| LEE TAYLOR C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL | CHAPEL HILL, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| BUNCH MADISON C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL | CHAPEL HILL, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| LEE KENNEDY C/O UNC/ CHARLOTTE | CHARLOTTE, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| MANN SILAS C/O BELMONT UNIVERSITY | NASHVILLE, TN | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| KEYES KAIYA C/O HAMPTON UNIVERSITY | HAMPTON, VA | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| JOHNSON JOSIAH C/O WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY | WISTONSALEM, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| HYLTON SAMANTHA C/O COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON | CHARLESTON, SC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| BROWN HUNTER C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | RALEIGH, NC | $4,500 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| BRUNSWICK TECHNICAL COLLEGE FDN | SUPPLY, NC | $5,100 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC | RALEIGH, NC | $5,100 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| WAYNE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TRUST | GOLDSBORO, NC | $5,100 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| ORTIZ EDGAR C/O EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY | DAYTONA BEACH, FL | $4,500 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| EVERETTE KYRA C/O WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY | CULLOWHEE, NC | $4,500 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| RICHARDSON LANDON C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | RELEIGH, NC | $4,500 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| WHITING AARON C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | RELEIGH, NC | $4,500 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| NORTON RYAN C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | RALEIGH, NC | $4,500 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| DYER DALE C/O UNION UNIVERSITY | JACKSON, TN | $4,500 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| RAWLS KAYDRA C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL | CHAPEL HILL, NC | $4,500 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| JOHNSON JOSIAH C/O WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY | WISTONSALEM, NC | $4,500 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| ESKRIDGE SARAH C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL | CHAPEL HILL, NC | $4,500 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| HALL DALIYAH C/O UNC/ GREENSBORO | GREENSBORO, NC | $4,500 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| HILL ALANA C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | RELEIGH, NC | $4,500 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
WAYNE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TRUST
$16,667GENERAL OPERATING
BRUNSWICK TECHNICAL COLLEGE FDN
$16,667GENERAL OPERATING
FULGRUM GEORGIA C/O MERIDITH COLLEGE
$9,000SCHOLARSHIP
JONES LEXI C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
WHITING AARON C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
FLORES RAMOS KIARA C/O WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
SICOLA DANIAIL C/O OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
ESKRIDGE SARAH C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
RICHARDSON LANDON C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
HALL DALIYAH C/O UNC/ GREENSBORO
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
WALLS CONNOR C/O EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
WEAVER EMMABELLE C/O UNC CHARLOTTE
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
EVERETTE KYRA C/O WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
MAHESH SANJANA C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
GOURLEY ANNA C/O EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
HILL ALANA C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
PERRY KASH C/O EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
BUSTAMANTE ETHAN C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
FISHER JOSEPH C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
RAWIS KAYDRA C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
AKPAKA CHELSEY C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
CORCORAN KEIRA C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
RATNESAR NICHOLAS C/O METHODIST UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
BUCKNER SERENITY C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
NYAGA STACY C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
DYER DALE C/O UNION UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
JENNETTE AVERY C/O WAYNE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
LEE TAYLOR C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
BUNCH MADISON C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
LEE KENNEDY C/O UNC/ CHARLOTTE
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
MANN SILAS C/O BELMONT UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
KEYES KAIYA C/O HAMPTON UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
JOHNSON JOSIAH C/O WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
HYLTON SAMANTHA C/O COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
BROWN HUNTER C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
BRUNSWICK TECHNICAL COLLEGE FDN
$5,100GENERAL OPERATING
WAYNE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TRUST
$5,100GENERAL OPERATING
ORTIZ EDGAR C/O EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
EVERETTE KYRA C/O WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
RICHARDSON LANDON C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
WHITING AARON C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
NORTON RYAN C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
DYER DALE C/O UNION UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
RAWLS KAYDRA C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
JOHNSON JOSIAH C/O WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
ESKRIDGE SARAH C/O UNC/ CHAPEL HILL
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
HALL DALIYAH C/O UNC/ GREENSBORO
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP
HILL ALANA C/O NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
$4,500SCHOLARSHIP