North Carolina · Private foundation
Brinkley Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $395k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $175,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $332k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Brinkley Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $395k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $363k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $897k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $636k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $859k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $510k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $309k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $359k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Mountain Touchdown Club Inc | $1,855,774 | 8 | 56% |
| Gardner-Webb University | $919,767 | 7 | 0% |
| Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation Inc | $415,248 | 5 | 67% |
| Western Carolina University Foundation | $332,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Kings Mountain Elite Club | $132,500 | 7 | 44% |
| Purple Heart Homes Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Cleveland County Family YMCA Inc | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Community Math Academy Inc | $12,800 | 5 | 3% |
| Cleveland County Abuse Prevention Council Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| 4 Paws for Ability Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Mountain Touchdown Club Inc | $1,855,774 | 8 | 56% |
| Gardner-Webb University | $919,767 | 7 | 0% |
| Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation Inc | $415,248 | 5 | 67% |
| Western Carolina University Foundation | $332,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Kings Mountain Elite Club | $132,500 | 7 | 44% |
| Purple Heart Homes Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Cleveland County Family YMCA Inc | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Community Math Academy Inc | $12,800 | 5 | 3% |
| Cleveland County Abuse Prevention Council Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| 4 Paws for Ability Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kings Mountain Little Theatre Inc | $8,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Special Olympics North Carolina Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cleveland County Seminoles | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hospice of Cleveland County Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Cleveland Community College Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Moffitt Family Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina Incorporated | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethlehem Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($564k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Brinkley Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Albemarle Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Paul and Margaret Porter Charitable Foundation · The Neisler Foundation TUA · Dover Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Brinkley Family Foundation
- How much does Brinkley Family Foundation give?
- Brinkley Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $395,025 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Brinkley Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (45%), Education (41%), Youth Development (4%).
- Who are Brinkley Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Kings Mountain Touchdown Club Inc ($1.9M), Gardner-Webb University ($920k), Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation Inc ($415k).
- Does Brinkley Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brinkley Family Foundation 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 Brinkley Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Albemarle Foundation, Duke Energy Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas.
- Where is Brinkley Family Foundation based?
- Brinkley Family Foundation is based in NC.
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