North Carolina · Private foundation
Bryson Foundation Limited
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.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2024
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 31
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $10M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Bryson Foundation Limited 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; $12k 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 | 30 | $2.1M | 7% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $665k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $1.2M | 10% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $1.1M | 24% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $1.2M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berry College Inc | $1,410,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Duke School | $1,000,000 | 2 | 4% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Educational Foundation Inc | $483,300 | 2 | 1% |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598) | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| No 9 Productions Inc | $50,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity Orange County NC Inc | $48,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Higher Ed Works | $40,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Alachua Conservation Trust Inc | $35,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berry College Inc | $1,410,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Duke School | $1,000,000 | 2 | 4% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Educational Foundation Inc | $483,300 | 2 | 1% |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598) | $200,000 | 1 | 0% |
| No 9 Productions Inc | $50,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity Orange County NC Inc | $48,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Higher Ed Works | $40,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Alachua Conservation Trust Inc | $35,500 | 5 | 0% |
| United Way of North Central Florida Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Riverside Theatre Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Transplanting Traditions Community Farm | $17,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Carolina for Kibera Inc | $17,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Inter-Faith Council for Social Service Inc | $12,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of St Joseph State Parks Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Francis House | $9,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Vero Beach Museum of Art Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alachua Habitat for Humanity | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Florida | $2,500 | 5 | n/a |
| The Arc of Indian River Countyinc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bryson Foundation Limited 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: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Community Foundation of North Central Florida · The Prentice Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Bryson Foundation Limited
- How much does Bryson Foundation Limited give?
- Bryson Foundation Limited reported 30 grants totaling $2,127,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 31 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Bryson Foundation Limited fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (63%), Human Services (4%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are Bryson Foundation Limited's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Berry College Inc ($1.4M), Duke School ($1.0M), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ($1.0M).
- Does Bryson Foundation Limited fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bryson Foundation Limited 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 Bryson Foundation Limited?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Triangle Community Foundation Inc, Duke Energy Foundation, Community Foundation of North Central Florida.
- Where is Bryson Foundation Limited based?
- Bryson Foundation Limited is based in NC.
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