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Calvin and Kelly Carter Family Foundation

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.

$118k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2025
19
Organizations funded FY2024
26%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
19 to 41
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$2.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 26% of the organizations Calvin and Kelly Carter Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesInternationalHealthReligionEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving21$118k14%
FY202419$106k26%
FY202341$102k5%
FY202239$132k13%
FY202139$104k10%
FY202033$107k15%
FY201941$107k17%
FY201837$106k35%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$219kHuman Services$125kReligion$117kFood & Nutrition$115kInternational$93kHousing & Shelter$86kScience & Tech$55kPhilanthropy$50kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
VA
AZ
AR
NC
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Nc State Engineering Foundation Inc$55,00080%
The Carying Place Inc$54,50091%
Unc Health Foundation Inc$50,00050%
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc$48,30090%
Pretty in Pink Foundation Inc$45,00090%
Amigos of Costa Rica Inc$33,50020%
Hope Community Church of Cary Inc$32,0006n/a
Designed For Joy$31,70081%
The V Foundation$30,00050%
Duke University$25,00030%
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All grantees of Calvin and Kelly Carter Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Nc State Engineering Foundation Inc$55,00080%
The Carying Place Inc$54,50091%
Unc Health Foundation Inc$50,00050%
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc$48,30090%
Pretty in Pink Foundation Inc$45,00090%
Amigos of Costa Rica Inc$33,50020%
Hope Community Church of Cary Inc$32,0006n/a
Designed For Joy$31,70081%
The V Foundation$30,00050%
Duke University$25,00030%
North Carolina Coastal Federation Inc$25,00060%
The Ship Outreach and Community Center Inc$22,00092%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc$21,00060%
Out of the Garden Project$20,00080%
The Neuroscience Group$19,235321%
Children's Flight of Hope$18,50060%
Backpack Beginnings$18,00070%
Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us$17,50070%
Blood Cancer United Inc$17,50050%
The Family Violence Prevention Center Inc$16,50080%
Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc$15,50070%
Ignite the Spirit Greensboro$13,5008n/a
Oceana Inc$13,50060%
The Caring Community Foundation Inc$13,25071%
Mental Health Association in Greensboro Dba Mental Health Greensboro$12,0005n/a
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle$12,00060%
Friends of the Wake County Guardian Ad Litem Program$12,00043%
Rescue Missions Ministries Inc$11,50070%
Mabopane Foundation$10,00071%
Kellin Foundation$10,0001n/a
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Hope for Ukraine Inc$10,00010%
Family Promise of Wake County Inc$10,00061%
House of Joy Inc$10,00017%
The Green Chair Project$9,75070%
The Hope Center at Pullen Inc$8,00030%
Western Wake Crisis Ministry$7,90040%
Safechild$7,50070%
Read and Feed$7,50060%
Me Fine Foundation$7,00070%
Table Ministries Inc$6,75060%
Hospice of Wake County Inc$6,00060%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina$5,50050%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$5,50040%
The Hope Project Live Love Serve Inc$5,0001n/a
Samaritan's Purse$5,00010%
United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc$5,00010%
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$5,0001n/a
Global Hope India$5,00011%
Authoracare Foundation$4,50030%
Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation$4,50030%
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression$4,00020%
Young Life$3,50030%
Helpers of Our Farm$3,5001n/a
Feeding America$3,50030%
Thomas Mentor Leadership Academy$3,00014%
The Miracle League of the Triangle$2,50010%
Dress for Success Triangle Nc$2,15010%
North Carolina Climate Solutions Co$2,00012%
Greensboro United Soccer Association Inc$2,00011%
Neighborup$2,0001n/a
PTA North Carolina Congress$1,5001n/a
Heifer International Foundation$1,50030%
Greensboro United Soccer Foundation$1,0001n/a
Treatment Advocacy Center$1,00010%
The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598)$50010%
Nc Triad Fusion Inc$50010%
Grimsley High School Athletics Booster Club Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($69k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Calvin and Kelly Carter Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNc State Engineering Foundation Inc: $55,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Carying Place Inc: $54,500 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetUnc Health Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc: $48,300 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPretty in Pink Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetAmigos of Costa Rica Inc: $33,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDesigned For Joy: $31,700 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetThe V Foundation: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDuke University: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Carolina Coastal Federation Inc: $25,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ship Outreach and Community Center Inc: $22,000 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc: $21,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOut of the Garden Project: $20,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Neuroscience Group: $19,235 over 3y, 21% of budgetChildren's Flight of Hope: $18,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBackpack Beginnings: $18,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetOpportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Family Violence Prevention Center Inc: $16,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAls Therapy Development Foundation Inc: $15,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOceana Inc: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Caring Community Foundation Inc: $13,250 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetInter-Faith Food Shuttle: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Wake County Guardian Ad Litem Program: $12,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetRescue Missions Ministries Inc: $11,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMabopane Foundation: $10,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetGlobalgiving Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Ukraine Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Promise of Wake County Inc: $10,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHouse of Joy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetThe Green Chair Project: $9,750 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Hope Center at Pullen Inc: $8,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWestern Wake Crisis Ministry: $7,900 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSafechild: $7,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRead and Feed: $7,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMe Fine Foundation: $7,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTable Ministries Inc: $6,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHospice of Wake County Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina: $5,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGlobal Hope India: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAuthoracare Foundation: $4,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAlexs Lemonade Stand Foundation: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Life: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 58.

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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.

Triangle Community Foundation IncNC46.5× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Carolina Hurricanes Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Mistler Charitable Trust · Knier Family Foundation · John William Pope Foundation · Hillsdale Fund · Credit Suisse Americas Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Calvin and Kelly Carter Family Foundation

How much does Calvin and Kelly Carter Family Foundation give?
Calvin and Kelly Carter Family Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $117,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Calvin and Kelly Carter Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (23%), Human Services (13%), Religion (12%).
Who are Calvin and Kelly Carter Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Nc State Engineering Foundation Inc ($55k), The Carying Place Inc ($55k), Unc Health Foundation Inc ($50k).
Does Calvin and Kelly Carter Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Calvin and Kelly Carter 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 Calvin and Kelly Carter Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Triangle Community Foundation Inc, Duke Energy Foundation, United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc.
Where is Calvin and Kelly Carter Family Foundation based?
Calvin and Kelly Carter Family Foundation is based in DE.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 73 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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