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Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Pinehurst, NC EIN: 56-0946799 Website
AcademicsStudentsEducationHigher educationCommunity college education

To promote the mission of sandhills community college in the community and seek financial support from the community. The foundation ensures that donated funds are invested wisely and disbursed in ways that contribute to the ongoing excellence of sandhills community college.

Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc at a glance

In short: Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc gave $374K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $374K), mostly in North Carolina. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$374,171
-43.8% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$374,171
-43.8% vs 2024
Median grant
$374,171
Total assets
$59,392,353
+12.1% 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 Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Sandhills Community College: $374KSandhills Community College$374K

The largest 2025 recipient was Sandhills Community College ($374K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K2$250–500K3$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $500K–1M range: 3 grants of 5 (60%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

Cities

Pinehurst

How Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc gives

  • Giving fell 58% 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$500K$1M$1.5M1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $374K (2025) to $1.5M (2020). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $374K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Sandhills Community College Pinehurst, NCFinancial Support$374,171
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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$59,392,353$4,515,678$4,101,065$374,1711$1,094,696
2024$52,985,109$6,336,883$4,321,871$665,6791$2,374,492
2023$46,514,169$3,771,385$3,772,463$382,8231$1,092,366
2022$43,423,719$5,563,864$3,576,321$881,2071$342,337
2021$46,350,941$6,679,638$3,458,547$641,7361$744,828
2020$36,171,060$5,614,104$3,566,852$1,495,2491$900,306

About Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc

Based on IRS filings

Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc is a public charity focused on Academics, based in Pinehurst, NC. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $59.4M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $374K. Net investment income was $1.1M.

Focus Areas

AcademicsStudentsEducationHigher educationCommunity college education

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc is led by Alexander McLeod Stewart, President Sandhills Communications since 2025 (on filings since 2024); none of the 38 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Alexander McLeod Stewart

    President Sandhills Communications

    President Sandhills Community College → President Sandhills Communications, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jj Jackson

    Board Chair

    Board Vice Chair → Board Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Linda R. Branch

    Donor Relations Committee Chair & Secretary

    Donor Relations Committee → Secretary, 2024

    Secretary → Donor Relations Committee Chair & Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Stan Bradshaw

    Finance Committee Chair & Treasurer

    Finance Committee Chair → Treasurer, 2024

    Treasurer → Finance Committee Chair & Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Larry Caddell

    Trustee Chair

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Arlene Diosegy

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • David Woronoff

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Helen Probst Mills

    Director

    Development Committee Chair → Development Committee Chai, 2021

    Development Committee Chai → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Jeff Yow

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Kathy Johnson

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Kathy McPherson

    Director

    Board Chair → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Konni McMurray

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Mary Cloonan

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Mary Margaret McNeill

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Meredith Clifton

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Nancy Ellis

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Rita Dinapoli

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Sally Bold Frick

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Susan Fletcher

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Irish Pickett

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Paul Murphy

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Tom Beddow

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Germaine Elkins

    Director of Foundation & Assistant Secretary

    Director of Foundation → Director of Foundation & Assistant Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rosa G. Ronalter

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Elizabeth Thomas

    Director of Finance

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bob McCann

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cathy Milligan

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charlie Meyer

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dave Weiss

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dick Phelps

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Liz Skvarla

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Pat Molamphy

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Penny Enroth

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Terry Brown

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ollie Sweeney

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Williams

    Development Committee Chai

    Development Committee Chai → Development Committee Chair, 2024

    Development Committee Chair → Development Committee Chai, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • Jon Giles

    Board Vice Chair

    Donor Relations Committee Chair → Donor Relations Committee, 2022

    Donor Relations Committee → Board Vice Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    $1 (2023) → $0 (2025)

  • David Farmer

    Executive Vice President & Assistant Treasurer

    Executive Vice President of Operations → Executive Vice President & Assistant Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (22)
  • Former: Bob Lovell (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Pamela Guest (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: C. Foster Brown (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Catherine Milligan (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Charles G. Meyer (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: David Weiss (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Elizabeth Skvarla (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: George Little (2020–2023) — Trustee Chair
  • Former: Jennifer Dail (2020–2023) — Director of Donor Relations
  • Former: Mary Enroth (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Patrick Molamphy (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: R. Emmet Logan (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Richard J. Phelps (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Sherry Knappenberger (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Bobby Allen (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Robert McCann (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Brenda Jackson (2023) — Secretary & Treasurer
  • Former: John Dempsey (2020–2022) — Secretary & Treasurer
  • Former: Marilyn Morgan Grube (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: William B. Clement (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Susan C. Leader (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Joseph Brown (2020) — Director of Finance

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2023 IRS filing

Tom Beddow — Director: $1Tom BeddowDirector$1Susan Fletcher — Director: $1Susan FletcherDirector$1Stan Bradshaw — Finance Committee Chair: $1Stan BradshawFinance Committee Chair$1Sherry Knappenberger — Director: $1Sherry KnappenbergerDirector$1Sally Bold Frick — Director: $1Sally Bold FrickDirector$1Robert McCann — Director: $1Robert McCannDirector$1Rita Dinapoli — Director: $1Rita DinapoliDirector$1Richard J Phelps — Director: $1Richard J PhelpsDirector$1Rev Dr Paul Murphy — Director: $1Rev Dr Paul MurphyDirector$1R Emmet Logan — Director: $1R Emmet LoganDirector$1Patrick Molamphy — Director: $1Patrick MolamphyDirector$1Meredith Clifton — Director: $1Meredith CliftonDirector$1Mary Margaret McNeill — Director: $1Mary Margaret McNeillDirector$1Mary Enroth — Director: $1Mary EnrothDirector$1Mary Cloonan — Director: $1Mary CloonanDirector$1Linda Branch — Donor Relations Committee: $1Linda BranchDonor Relations Committee$1Konni McMurray — Director: $1Konni McMurrayDirector$1Kathy McPherson — Director: $1Kathy McPhersonDirector$1Kathy Johnson — Director: $1Kathy JohnsonDirector$1Jon Giles — Board Vice Chair: $1Jon GilesBoard Vice Chair$1John Williams — Development Committee Chai: $1John WilliamsDevelopment Committee Chai$1Jeff Yow — Director: $1Jeff YowDirector$1Irish Pickett — Director: $1Irish PickettDirector$1Helen Probst Mills — Director: $1Helen Probst MillsDirector$1George Little — Trustee Chair: $1George LittleTrustee Chair$1Elizabeth Skvarla — Director: $1Elizabeth SkvarlaDirector$1Dr Pamela Guest — Director: $1Dr Pamela GuestDirector$1Dr Nancy Ellis — Director: $1Dr Nancy EllisDirector$1David Woronoff — Director: $1David WoronoffDirector$1David Weiss — Director: $1David WeissDirector$1Charles G Meyer — Director: $1Charles G MeyerDirector$1Catherine Milligan — Director: $1Catherine MilliganDirector$1C Foster Brown — Director: $1C Foster BrownDirector$1Brenda Jackson — Secretary/Treasurer: $1Brenda JacksonSecretary/Treasurer$1Bobby Allen — Director: $1Bobby AllenDirector$1Bob Lovell — Director: $1Bob LovellDirector$1Arlene Diosegy — Director: $1Arlene DiosegyDirector$1J J Jackson — Board Chair: $1J J JacksonBoard Chair$1

The highest reported compensation on the 2023 filing was $1, to Tom Beddow (Director). 38 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc

How much does Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc give each year?

Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc gave $374K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $666K across 1 grant.

How large is Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc?

Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc reported $59.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $4.5M.

What is Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc?

Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc is a public charity focused on Academics, based in Pinehurst, NC. It holds $59.4M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc operate?

Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc has awarded grants in North Carolina.

What is Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc's EIN?

Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 56-0946799. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

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

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 11, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 25, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 10, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 9, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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