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Jones County Partnership for Children

Public charity · Grantmaker Trenton, NC EIN: 56-1857162 Website

To provide services to children and their parents to support their readiness for school.

Jones County Partnership for Children at a glance

In short: Jones County Partnership for Children gave $265K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $133K), mostly in North Carolina. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$265,493
-20.1% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$132,747
-20.1% vs 2024
Median grant
$132,747
Total assets
$127,658
-43.6% vs 2024
Primary geography
North Carolina (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Jones County Partnership for Children funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Jones County Board of Education: $245KJones County Board ofEducation$245KRainbow Child Care Center: $20KRainbow Child Care Center$20K

The largest 2025 recipient was Jones County Board of Education ($245K). Together the top 2 received $265K.

Grant Size Distribution

13 grants across all recorded years

8<$50K$50–100K1$100–250K4$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 8 grants of 13 (62%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

Cities

TrentonPollocksville

How Jones County Partnership for Children gives

  • Giving fell 44% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K2 grants2019 2 grants2020 3 grants2021 3 grants2022 3 grants2023 2 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $265K (2025) to $473K (2022). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $265K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Jones County Board of Education Trenton, NCNorth Carolina Pre Kindergarten$245,050
Rainbow Child Care Center Trenton, NCQuality Incentive$20,443
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2025$127,658$438,060$549,987$265,4932
2024$226,194$713,721$639,313$332,3902
2023$126,569$781,277$761,487$432,7503
2022$112,508$886,562$822,159$472,5003
2021$40,417$690,183$720,642$464,8303
2020$67,952$616,960$604,503$406,1652
2019$55,511$667,555$632,957$410,3682

About Jones County Partnership for Children

Based on IRS filings

Jones County Partnership for Children is a public charity focused on Education, based in Trenton, NC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $128K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $265K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Jones County Partnership for Children is led by Norma Sermon Boyd, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 1 of 13 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Norma Sermon Boyd

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $91K (2019) → $121K (2025)

  • Donna Paige

    Chair

    Chairman → Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charlotte Neely

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Glady Meadows

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mathew Brinkley

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2019

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patricia Bryant

    Secretary

    On filings since 2019

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rodney Young

    Vice Chair

    On filings since 2019

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ronald Bryant

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rose Marie Strayhorn Bell

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sudonna Murrell

    Board Member

    On filings since 2019

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jenelle Ehnstrom

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lori Davis

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tina Mayfield-Willis

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (9)
  • Former: Beth Meadows (2019–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Danielle Stroud (2019–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Brenda Bryant (2019–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Tuyet Franks (2019–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Janelle Edhourm (2022–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: David Moody (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Danielle Bryant (2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Felicia Kilgensmith (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Marquis Bryce (2020) — Board Member

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Dr Norma Sermon Boyd — Executive Director: $121KDr Norma Sermon BoydExecutive Director$121K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $121K, to Dr Norma Sermon Boyd (Executive Director).

Frequently asked questions about Jones County Partnership for Children

How much does Jones County Partnership for Children give each year?

Jones County Partnership for Children gave $265K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $332K across 2 grants.

How large is Jones County Partnership for Children?

Jones County Partnership for Children reported $128K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $438K.

What is Jones County Partnership for Children?

Jones County Partnership for Children is a public charity focused on Education, based in Trenton, NC. It holds $128K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Jones County Partnership for Children operate?

Jones County Partnership for Children has awarded grants in North Carolina.

What is Jones County Partnership for Children's EIN?

Jones County Partnership for Children's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 56-1857162. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 10, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 16, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 7, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 27, 2020)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 29, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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