North Carolina · Private foundation
Charles and Melanie Winton 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.
- $515k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $110,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 17
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations Charles and Melanie Winton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $141k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 22 | $515k | 73% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $374k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $662k | 76% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $546k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $55k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $41k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claflin University | $445,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity | $200,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Alfred Street Baptist Church | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Diamond Effect Incorporated | $126,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cms Foundation | $125,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Memphis Teacher Residency Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County | $100,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The John Crosland School | $69,458 | 1 | 1% |
| Christian Brothers University | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 31 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claflin University | $445,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity | $200,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Alfred Street Baptist Church | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Diamond Effect Incorporated | $126,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cms Foundation | $125,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Memphis Teacher Residency Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County | $100,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The John Crosland School | $69,458 | 1 | 1% |
| Christian Brothers University | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gaston Christian School Inc | $25,500 | 3 | 0% |
| St John Baptist Church | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Theological Seminary | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Carolina Youth Coalition | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Classroom Central Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rainbow Express Ministries | $12,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Greater Emmanuel Apostolic Church | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Healing Hearts Healing Homes Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vietnam Veterans of America | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Talladega College | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Next Level Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Girls Code Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Artfullangels Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 31% |
| The Links Foundation Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Broken Wings Ministry Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| GardHouse Limited | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Feednc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| T Time Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nanas Bookshelf | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($454k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Charles and Melanie Winton Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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: Duke Energy Foundation · Albemarle Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · United Way Worldwide · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
Compare Charles and Melanie Winton Foundation with peer funders
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About Charles and Melanie Winton Foundation
- How much does Charles and Melanie Winton Foundation give?
- Charles and Melanie Winton Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $515,458 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 17 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Charles and Melanie Winton Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (56%), Religion (15%), Housing & Shelter (12%).
- Who are Charles and Melanie Winton Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Claflin University ($445k), Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity ($200k), Alfred Street Baptist Church ($200k).
- Does Charles and Melanie Winton Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles and Melanie Winton 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 Charles and Melanie Winton Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duke Energy Foundation, Albemarle Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas.
- Where is Charles and Melanie Winton Foundation based?
- Charles and Melanie Winton Foundation is based in NC.
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