Montreat College Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Montreat, NC EIN: 56-1324199

To support the educational purposes of montreat college

Montreat College Foundation at a glance

Total assets
$4,694,803
+4.9% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$-1,610,194
-11841.2% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$-1,624,806
+141187.5% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$13,415
-14.5% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who Montreat College Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

2 grants across all recorded years

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

The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 1 grant of 2 (50%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Cities

Montreat

How Montreat College Foundation gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2019 to 2022 (−10%). 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$50K$100K$150K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2022, annual grant giving ranged from $86K (2022) to $144K (2021). In 2022 it made 1 grant totaling $86K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Montreat College Montreat, NCOperational Support$85,950
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$4,694,803$-1,610,194$13,415——$-1,624,806
2024$4,473,435$13,714$15,698——$-1,150
2023$4,235,806$137,178$4,121——$116,822
2022$4,388,182$327,128$90,917$85,9501$309,614
2021$4,725,409$208,057$148,384$144,0001$187,638
2020$6,943,896$131,496$136,205$93,7001$116,424
2019$6,943,648$136,046$137,286$95,7001$113,711

About Montreat College Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Montreat College Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Montreat, NC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $4.7M in total assets.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Montreat College Foundation is led by Paul Maurer, CEO on every filing since 2019; none of the 5 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Paul Maurer

    CEO

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Beau Moffatt

    Chairman

    Vice Chair → Chairman, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dayle Seneff

    Trustee

    Board Member → Trustee, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Claire Efrid

    Vice Chair

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Beaghan

    CFO

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (8)
  • Former: Eugene John Truschel (2022) — CFO
  • Former: Rhonda Devanvault (2022) — Interim CFO & Assistant Vice President of Finance
  • Former: Allen Bell (2019–2021) — Secretary
  • Former: Claire Efird (2019–2021) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Jack Heinen (2019–2021) — CFO
  • Former: H. Benjamin Scott Jr. (2019–2020) — Chairman
  • Former: William B. Haynes (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Richard Moffatt (2019) — 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.

Frequently asked questions about Montreat College Foundation

How large is Montreat College Foundation?

Montreat College Foundation reported $4.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

What is Montreat College Foundation?

Montreat College Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Montreat, NC. It holds $4.7M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Montreat College Foundation operate?

Montreat College Foundation has awarded grants in North Carolina.

What is Montreat College Foundation's EIN?

Montreat College Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 56-1324199. 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

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 5, 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 5, 2023)
  4. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 14, 2020)
  5. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 11, 2026)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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