North Carolina · Public charity
Bruce Barclay Cameron Foundation Inc
Support local community arts and historical preservation as well as education
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 22
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $60M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Bruce Barclay Cameron Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 16 | $1.8M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $2.0M | 8% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $2.8M | 16% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $2.9M | 41% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $3.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum | $4,075,000 | 5 | 47% |
| North Carolina Marine and Estuary Foundation Inc | $2,751,000 | 5 | 99% |
| Beacon Education Inc | $1,025,000 | 5 | 8% |
| Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc | $900,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of Oakdale Cemetery Inc | $600,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Eden Village of Wilmington | $400,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Cape Fear Academy | $400,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation Inc | $370,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Salvation Army | $360,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Wilmington - College of Health & Human Serv | $250,000 | 5 | n/a |
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Where it is load-bearing
Bruce Barclay Cameron Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 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: New Hanover Community Endowment Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Dan Cameron Family Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Eshelman Foundation · The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North · The Landfall Foundation Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Truist Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Dhs Charitable Trust Uad May 21 1965
How this is measured
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About Bruce Barclay Cameron Foundation Inc
- How much does Bruce Barclay Cameron Foundation Inc give?
- Bruce Barclay Cameron Foundation Inc reported 16 grants totaling $1,801,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Bruce Barclay Cameron Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Environment (25%), Education (17%).
- Who are Bruce Barclay Cameron Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum ($4.1M), North Carolina Marine and Estuary Foundation Inc ($2.8M), Beacon Education Inc ($1.0M).
- Does Bruce Barclay Cameron Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bruce Barclay Cameron Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Hanover Community Endowment Inc, North Carolina Community Foundation, Dan Cameron Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Bruce Barclay Cameron Foundation Inc based?
- Bruce Barclay Cameron Foundation Inc is based in NC.
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