Realtor Foundation of Wake County
Realtor Foundation of Wake County is a private foundation based in Cary, North Carolina. It supports local charitable organizations and conducts charitable activities focused on people and families experiencing homelessness or housing-related challenges.
Realtor Foundation of Wake County at a glance
In short: Realtor Foundation of Wake County gave $207K across 11 grants in 2025 (avg $19K), mostly in North Carolina. 18% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $206,880
- +7.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 11
- -8.3% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $18,807
- +17.4% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $5,000
- Total assets
- $676,827
- +22.3% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 18% first-time grantees (2 of 11, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- North Carolina (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Realtor Foundation of Wake County
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- Contact
Mailing address: 111 Realtors Way, Cary, NC 27511
Phone: (919) 654-5400
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Realtor Foundation of Wake County funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was The Hope Center at Pullen ($71K). Together the top 10 received $206K.
Grant Size Distribution
69 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 64 grants of 69 (93%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
All grant dollars reported for filing year 2025 went to recipients in North Carolina. The listed 2025 grants include organizations in Raleigh, Cary, Dunn, and Greensboro.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 11 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Realtor Foundation of Wake County open to new grantees?
18%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 2 of 11 grantees (18%) were first-time recipients. With only 11 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 9 points. First grants averaged $4K; repeat grants $22K. How we count
Medians: $4K first-time, $9K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $7K (2019) to $223K (2023). In 2025 it made 11 grants totaling $207K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Hope Center at Pullen Raleigh, NC | Foster Care Transition | $70,752 |
| CASA Raleigh, NC | Affordable Housing | $50,000 |
| The Carying Place Cary, NC | Transitional Housing | $50,000 |
| The Women's Center Raleigh, NC | Crisis Intervention & Housing | $10,000 |
| Friends of the Wake County Gal Cary, NC | Child Services | $8,750 |
| A Doorway to Hope Cary, NC | Crisis Intervention | $5,000 |
| NC Realtors Foundation Greensboro, NC | Disaster Relief | $5,000 |
| Haven House Raleigh, NC | Youth Support | $3,378 |
| The No Woman No Girl Initiative Raleigh, NC | Hygiene Kits | $2,000 |
| Family Promise Raleigh, NC | Housing Support | $1,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $676,827 | $419,770 | $317,668 | $206,880 | 11 | $256,879 | $20,895 |
| 2024 | $553,196 | $289,697 | $273,538 | $192,180 | 12 | $252,125 | $8,895 |
| 2023 | $537,797 | $320,741 | $337,703 | $222,500 | 25 | $302,978 | $6,313 |
| 2022 | $524,241 | $403,787 | $230,867 | $153,145 | 11 | $212,975 | $5,151 |
| 2021 | $400,773 | $246,329 | $232,242 | $56,070 | 10 | $214,633 | $23,290 |
| 2020 | $391,787 | $169,714 | $157,316 | $24,000 | 11 | — | $7,775 |
| 2019 | $358,254 | $171,436 | $171,128 | $6,750 | 7 | — | $8,459 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The foundation’s filing describes its grant program as supporting local organizations that empower and provide relief to individuals and families experiencing homelessness or life challenges affecting housing quality and stability. Its reported 2025 direct activities also included adopting and furnishing apartments, providing more than 1,000 hygiene kits in partnership with local nonprofits, and funding holiday gifts for 150 children through Friends of Wake County Guardian Ad Litem.
Its 2025 grantees include organizations addressing housing, crisis support, and services for children and families. For example, The Hope Center at Pullen says it supports young adults transitioning out of foster care in Wake County toward safe, stable adulthood. CASA says it develops and manages rental communities to provide stable, affordable housing for people who are homeless or at risk. The Carying Place says it provides short-term housing and support services while teaching homeless working families with children skills for independent living.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the foundation made 11 grants totaling $206,880. Grants ranged from $1,000 to $70,752, with a median grant of $5,000. The largest grants were $70,752 to The Hope Center at Pullen for foster-care transition, $50,000 to CASA for affordable housing, and $50,000 to The Carying Place for transitional housing. Other grants included $10,000 to The Women’s Center for crisis intervention and housing, $8,750 to Friends of the Wake County GAL for child services, and $5,000 to A Doorway to Hope for crisis intervention.
The foundation states that it makes contributions only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Heather Thompson as Executive DI; Christina Valkanoff as Chair; Jenn Cole as Past Chair; Mackenzie Sottini as Treasurer; and Eddie Alie, Stacy Danzey, Shruti Desai, Autumn Dubois, Lori Edwards, and Taralynn Farrell as directors.
Realtor Foundation of Wake County is led by Christina Valkanoff, Chair since 2025 (on filings since 2023); none of the 18 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Christina Valkanoff
Chair
Director → Chair Elect, 2024
Chair Elect → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tim McBrayer
Director
Past President → Director, 2022
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrea Siracuse
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Autumn Dubois
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Teresa Pitt
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Almaree Gordon
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Davis Holt
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eddie Alie
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jason Gardze
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lori Edwards
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Terbet
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rachel Lowe
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shruti Desai
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stacy Danzey
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Taralynn Farrell
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Heather Thompson
Executive Di
Director → Executive Di, 2022
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jenn Cole
Past Chair
Director → Past Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mackenzie Sottini
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (35)
- Former: Derrick Thornton (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Joe Schabot (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Kevin Woody (2020–2024) — Past Chair
- Former: Mary Ivey Stewart (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Darrana Yehia (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Erica Sizemore (2022–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Susan Bashford (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Diana Dane (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Gretchen Coley (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Mahala Landin (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Beth Smoot (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Daniel Harmon (2019–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Heather Gool (2019–2023) — Past President
- Former: Tim Mock (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Jaclyn Barker (2020–2023) — President El
- Former: Matt Fowler (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Sharon Gupton (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Ann Gray (2023) — Director
- Former: Brian Wolborsky (2023) — Director
- Former: Brett Bushnell (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Myra Zollinger (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Renee Hillman (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Colleen Blondell (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Heather Williams (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: David Phillips (2021–2022) — CEO & Executive Officer
- Former: Annette Knox (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Ben Wills (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Hanes Joyner (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Leslie Williams (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Teri Fountain (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Ginger Vereen Peters (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Andrew Sims (2019–2020) — CEO & Executive Officer
- Former: Dawn Nuzzi (2019) — Director
- Former: Diana Braun (2019) — Director
- Former: Steve Collins (2019) — Director
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 Realtor Foundation of Wake County
How much does Realtor Foundation of Wake County give each year?
Realtor Foundation of Wake County gave $207K across 11 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $192K across 12 grants.
What is Realtor Foundation of Wake County's typical grant size?
Realtor Foundation of Wake County's median grant in 2025 was $5,000, and its average grant was $18,807, across 11 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Realtor Foundation of Wake County that year got $4K on average.
Where does Realtor Foundation of Wake County give grants?
Realtor Foundation of Wake County gives mostly in North Carolina: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Raleigh, NC (6 grants) and Cary, NC (3 grants).
Does Realtor Foundation of Wake County give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 11 grants with a stated purpose on Realtor Foundation of Wake County's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support.
Who are Realtor Foundation of Wake County's largest grantees?
Realtor Foundation of Wake County's largest 2025 grantees include The Hope Center at Pullen ($70,752), CASA ($50,000) and The Carying Place ($50,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 83% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Realtor Foundation of Wake County?
Realtor Foundation of Wake County reported $677K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $420K.
What does Realtor Foundation of Wake County fund?
The foundation’s filing describes its grant program as supporting local organizations that empower and provide relief to individuals and families experiencing homelessness or life challenges affecting housing quality and stability. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Realtor Foundation of Wake County?
Realtor Foundation of Wake County does not accept unsolicited proposals, according to Grantable's research on its published guidelines.
What is Realtor Foundation of Wake County's EIN?
Realtor Foundation of Wake County's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 26-1716740. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Does Realtor Foundation of Wake County accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 12, 2020)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 23, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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Cite this profile
Grantable. (2026). Realtor Foundation of Wake County funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 22, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/realtor-foundation-of-wake-county-morg_4dffead6aaee440782fc0fe562b7a997
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