North Carolina · Private foundation
CW Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $4k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2026
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $200
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $1,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 11
- FY2022 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $170k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 45% of the organizations CW Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $795 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 8 | $4k | 25% |
| FY2025 | 11 | $3k | 45% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $3k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $3k | 70% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Francis of Assisi Church | $2,585 | 4 | n/a |
| Chinese-American Friendship Assoc at Triangle Area North Carolina | $1,245 | 5 | 0% |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc | $1,125 | 1 | 0% |
| Chinese Christian Mission Church | $800 | 1 | n/a |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | $199 | 2 | 0% |
| St Louis Modern Chinese School | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $75 | 1 | 0% |
| California Academy of Sciences | $66 | 1 | 0% |
| North America Financial Education Foundation | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Liberty Science Center | $16 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Francis of Assisi Church | $2,585 | 4 | n/a |
| Chinese-American Friendship Assoc at Triangle Area North Carolina | $1,245 | 5 | 0% |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc | $1,125 | 1 | 0% |
| Chinese Christian Mission Church | $800 | 1 | n/a |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | $199 | 2 | 0% |
| St Louis Modern Chinese School | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $75 | 1 | 0% |
| California Academy of Sciences | $66 | 1 | 0% |
| North America Financial Education Foundation | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Liberty Science Center | $16 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $10 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget CW Trust supplied at peak.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About CW Trust
- How much does CW Trust give?
- CW Trust reported 8 grants totaling $3,700 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 11 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2025.
- What does CW Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2026, its largest causes are Religion (63%), Arts & Culture (15%), Civil Rights (10%).
- Who are CW Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2026: St Francis of Assisi Church ($3k), Chinese-American Friendship Assoc at Triangle Area North Carolina ($1k), NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc ($1k).
- Does CW Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does CW Trust 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 CW Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is CW Trust based?
- CW Trust is based in NC.
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