North Carolina · Private foundation
Associated Foundation Incorporated
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $31k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $957k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Associated Foundation Incorporated funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $31k | 72% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $20k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $18k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $26k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $16k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $37k | 55% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation Inc | $19,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wildacres Retreat | $18,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Belmont Abbey College Inc | $13,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Spoleto Festival USA Inc | $11,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Charlotte Master Chorale | $9,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Charlotte Repertory Orchestra Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 8% |
| First Presbyterian Church | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Gaston County Schools | $5,000 | 5 | n/a |
| City of Belmont | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation Inc | $19,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wildacres Retreat | $18,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Belmont Abbey College Inc | $13,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Spoleto Festival USA Inc | $11,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Charlotte Master Chorale | $9,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Charlotte Repertory Orchestra Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 8% |
| First Presbyterian Church | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Gaston County Schools | $5,000 | 5 | n/a |
| City of Belmont | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Development Foundation of the Nccat Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Holy Angels Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Gaston School of the Arts | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospice of Gaston County Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Catherine's House | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Belmont Community Organization | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mountain Island Charter School | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Gaston Arts Council | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Charlotte Flute Association Inc | $400 | 1 | n/a |
| Belmont Historical Society Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Aj and the Cool Kids Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($82k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Associated Foundation Incorporated supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Gaston Community Foundation · The Howe Foundation Inc · The Stowe Foundation Inc · The Carrie E and Lena V Glenn Found · Duke Energy Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · The David Belk Cannon Foundation · United Way of Gaston County Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Associated Foundation Incorporated with peer funders
About Associated Foundation Incorporated
- How much does Associated Foundation Incorporated give?
- Associated Foundation Incorporated reported 18 grants totaling $31,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Associated Foundation Incorporated fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (42%), Religion (24%), Arts & Culture (19%).
- Who are Associated Foundation Incorporated's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Community Foundation Inc ($19k), Wildacres Retreat ($19k), Belmont Abbey College Inc ($14k).
- Does Associated Foundation Incorporated fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Associated Foundation Incorporated accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Associated Foundation Incorporated?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gaston Community Foundation, The Howe Foundation Inc, The Stowe Foundation Inc.
- Where is Associated Foundation Incorporated based?
- Associated Foundation Incorporated is based in NC.
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