Hickory Nut Gorge Foundation

Name: IRS record for Hickory Nut Gorge Foundation
Creator: Internal Revenue Service
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Lake Lure, NC. EIN 26-2633589. Reported $44,845 of revenue for 2024 on its Form 990-EZ.

The IRS record

Registered name: HICKORY NUT GORGE FOUNDATION; As the IRS records it, which is how it appears in their own search.
Employer Identification Number: 26-2633589; The identifier the IRS uses for this organization.
Recognized under: 501(c)(3) — charitable, religious, educational, scientific; The subsection of the code its exemption was granted under.
Recognized in: 2016; The year of the IRS ruling.
Classification: Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations; NTEE code T50, assigned at registration.
Gifts to it: Contributions are deductible; Whether the IRS treats a contribution to this organization as deductible.
Legal form: Corporation; How the organization is constituted, as recorded at registration.
Location of record: Lake Lure, NC; The address the IRS holds, not necessarily where it operates.
Most recent filing: Form 990-EZ; For tax year 2024.

$44,845
Total revenue: Contributions, grants, program service revenue and investment income.; $27,541
Total expenses: As reported on the return.; $31,189
Total assets, book value: At the end of the year, at what the organization paid for them.; 0
People listed: Officers, directors, trustees, key employees and highest-paid employees.; not reported
Largest reported compensation: This organization reported paying nobody it listed.

Total revenue: $44,845, 2024: By the revenue it reported, ranks 552,883rd of 685,136 organizations with revenue on their return nationally, 14,841st of 17,897 in North Carolina and 52,218th of 73,016 in Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations. Larger than 19% of the 685,136 organizations with revenue on their return nationally. It is < 0.1% of the $4,505,194,528,546 reported by every organization with a return on record.

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Data retrieved September 19, 2026