· Private foundation
Carlyle Adams 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k13 grants · $56k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $265k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $487k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NC MUSEUM OF ART | $210,000 |
| WILL & DENI MCINTYRE FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| CATERET COMMUNITY COLLEGE FDN | $77,000 |
| ST MARY'S SCHOOL | $50,000 |
| NC COASTAL FEDERATION | $50,000 |
| PINE CONE FOUNDATION | $32,500 |
| NC MUSEUM OF HISTORY FOUNDATION | $26,000 |
| NC MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE | $25,000 |
| DOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY | $25,000 |
| HELPING HORSE INC | $25,000 |
| CORE SOUND WATERFOWL MUSEUM | $25,000 |
| ARISE COLLECTIVE | $25,000 |
| NC ZOO SOCIETY | $20,000 |
| ARTSPLOSURE | $20,000 |
| CAMP SEA GULLYMCA OF THE TRIANGLE | $15,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $79k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $174k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
DOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY6× · 2018–2024 · $275k · revenue +232%- WAWILL AND DENI MCINTYRE FOUNDATION6× · 2019–2024 · $237k · revenue +13% · 25% of their budget
- NCNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC4× · 2021–2024 · $150k · revenue +125%
Funded once
- UHUNC HEALTH CARE FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $25k
- NMNC MUSEUM OF ART - ARTS KIDS INITIATIVEone grant, 2020 · $25k
- CSCAMP SEA GULLYNCA OF THE TRIANGLEone grant, 2023 · $15k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To promote the arts in caldwell county, nc
To enrich and connect individuals in the greater raleigh community through intimate and exceptional chamber music experiences. we are committed to presenting world class artists performing music of the highest caliber, providing…
To be north carolina's state orchestra, an orchestra achieving the highest level of artistic quality and performance standards, and embracing its dual legacies of statewide service and music education.
To assist carteret general hospital in providing the best possible healthcare to the people of carteret county through fund raising programs that support community based programs, purchase of vital equipment, capital expansion, renovations…
To support the cultural arts programs of its members by providing educational information as well as conferences and workshops.
To create a place of lifelong learning where people, from young child to senior citizen, embrace science as a way of knowing about themselves, their community, and their world.
To receive and hold the endowment of the north carolina symphony society, inc. (the "society"), solicit additions to the endowment, safeguard assets, and expend funds for the exclusive use and benefit of the society.
The preservation of the heritage and history of Rockingham County, North Carolina
To organize members of the medical profession to advance medical science.
To connect, enrich, and enlarge the community through history, storytelling, an informed, balanced perspective that leads to acceptance, understanding, and belonging.
To strengthen nc's vibrant theatre industry and engage tomorrow's artist, audiences, and advocates.
Fostering environmental stewardship through education and outreach to perpetuate the natural beauty of north carolina
How this is measured
27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 46 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds DOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds WILL AND DENI MCINTYRE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CARTERET COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC ↗
- Who funds CORE SOUND WATERFOWL MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds PIEDMONT COUNCIL OF TRADITIONAL MUSIC INC ↗
- Who funds ARTSPLOSURE THE RALEIGH ARTS FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds THE REX HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BROAD STREET CLINIC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAINT MARYS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SAVING GRACE ANIMALS FOR ADOPTION ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR APPALACHIAN MUSICIANS INC ↗
- Who funds PINE CONE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BAND TOGETHER ↗
- Who funds HELPING HORSE INC ↗
- Who funds ARISE COLLECTIVE INC ↗
- Who funds HART SQUARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ARTSPACE INC ↗
- Who funds Lighthouse Environment Partners Inc ↗
- Who funds SYLVAN HEIGHTS WATERFOWL PARK & ECO-CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds KIDZNOTES INC ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
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 · John William Pope Foundation · North Carolina Community Foundation · C Hamilton Sloan Foundation · Ella Ann L and Frank B Holding Foundatio · Bell Koonce Burnette Foundation · Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation Inc · A E Finley Foundation Inc · Hillsdale Fund · Bell Cook Family Foundation · W Trent Ragland Jr Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Carlyle Adams Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carlyle Adams Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
How this is measured
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