North Carolina · Public charity
Carolina Thread Trail
To provide capital, technical expertise, and support to local communities to successfully build the regional vision of the trail and conserve natural lanes along the trails.
- $433k
- Granted FY2020
- 10
- Grants FY2020
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
89% of Carolina Thread Trail’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Foundation For The Carolinas, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 17 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Carolina Thread Trail named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $433k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $38,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $140,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2019 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 2
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 100% of the organizations Carolina Thread Trail funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 10 | $433k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $683k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catawba Lands Conservancy | $284,280 | 3 | 3% |
| City of Shelby | $275,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Cramerton | $267,700 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Salisbury | $227,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Concord FBO of the Fire Department | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Gastonia | $140,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Cornelius | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Richfield | $87,061 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Wadesboro | $85,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Rock Hill | $80,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 30 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catawba Lands Conservancy | $284,280 | 3 | 3% |
| City of Shelby | $275,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Cramerton | $267,700 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Salisbury | $227,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Concord FBO of the Fire Department | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Gastonia | $140,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Cornelius | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Richfield | $87,061 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Wadesboro | $85,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Rock Hill | $80,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Town of Great Falls | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Town of Waxhaw | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Mount Holly | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Spencer | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of McAdenville | $46,666 | 1 | n/a |
| Cleveland County Water Commis | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Mount Pleasant | $43,923 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of North Stanly Trails and Parks | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tarheel Trailblazers | $38,000 | 1 | 60% |
| Kings Mountain Gateway Trails Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Iredell County | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lindsay Pettus Greenway Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Charlotte | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| York County Treasurer | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pfeiffer University | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Belmont | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Marshville | $22,500 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Bessemer City | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Lowell | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lincolnton Fire Department | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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: Catawba Lands Conservancy · Foundation for the Carolinas · Gaston Memorial Hospital Inc · Gaston Community Foundation · The Golden Leaf Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Carolina Thread Trail
- How much does Carolina Thread Trail give?
- Carolina Thread Trail reported 10 grants totaling $432,666 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2020.
- What does Carolina Thread Trail fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (76%), Recreation & Sports (19%), Environment (3%).
- Who are Carolina Thread Trail's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2022: Catawba Lands Conservancy ($284k), City of Shelby ($275k), Town of Cramerton ($268k).
- Does Carolina Thread Trail fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Carolina Thread Trail?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Catawba Lands Conservancy, Foundation for the Carolinas, Gaston Memorial Hospital Inc.
- Where is Carolina Thread Trail based?
- Carolina Thread Trail is based in NC.
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