North Carolina · Community foundation
Cumberland Community Foundation Inc
Our mission is giving together to enhance the quality and spirit of community life. Our vision is a vibrant, inclusive community that provides sustainable opportunities for generations. We believe in : 1) trustworthy, accountable stewardship of all charitable resources; 2) the power of collective giving to support community needs and…
- $10M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 125
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 111
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $8.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $28,199
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,647,423
- Organizations funded a year
- 107 to 117
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $149M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Cumberland Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $261k 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 | 118 | $8.2M | 18% |
| FY2024 | 111 | $6.4M | 9% |
| FY2023 | 117 | $7.7M | 26% |
| FY2022 | 109 | $5.0M | 29% |
| FY2021 | 107 | $5.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist University Inc | $2,880,909 | 5 | 2% |
| Fayetteville Technical Community College Foundation Inc | $1,538,211 | 5 | 84% |
| Cape Fear Botanical Garden | $1,526,351 | 5 | 13% |
| Cape Fear Regional Theatre at Fayetteville Inc | $1,304,955 | 5 | 11% |
| ServiceSource Foundation Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Fayetteville Urban Ministry Inc | $916,230 | 5 | 9% |
| Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Inc | $898,862 | 5 | 41% |
| Cape Fear Valley Medical Foundation | $796,688 | 5 | 11% |
| Fayetteville State University Foundation | $758,713 | 2 | 14% |
| Fayetteville Area Operation Inasmuch | $722,164 | 5 | 23% |
Show all 188 grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Cumberland Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 24 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 131 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: Youth Growth Stock Trust · Riddle Family Foundation · Sharlene R Williams Family Foundation · Florence Rogers Charitable Trust · Thomas R & Elizabeth E McLean Foundation Inc · Carolyn Riddle Armstrong Family Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Jp Riddle Charitable Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Arts Council of Fayetteville Cumberland County Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Anonymous Trust U/A Dated 2-4-2008
How this is measured
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About Cumberland Community Foundation Inc
- How much does Cumberland Community Foundation Inc give?
- Cumberland Community Foundation Inc reported 125 itemized grants totaling $8,500,343, out of $10,059,093 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 107 and 117 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Cumberland Community Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (24%), Religion (17%), Health (13%).
- Who are Cumberland Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Methodist University Inc ($2.9M), Fayetteville Technical Community College Foundation Inc ($1.5M), Cape Fear Botanical Garden ($1.5M).
- Does Cumberland Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cumberland Community Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Youth Growth Stock Trust, Riddle Family Foundation, Sharlene R Williams Family Foundation.
- Where is Cumberland Community Foundation Inc based?
- Cumberland Community Foundation Inc is based in NC.
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