· Private foundation
Dawn S Chaney 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k22 grants · $53k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $65k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $135k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TEXAS WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY | $135,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREENSBORO | $20,000 |
| GREENSBORO DOWNTOWN PARKS | $15,000 |
| NC FOLK FESTIVAL LLC | $10,000 |
| DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO | $10,000 |
| ACTIVE GIRLS HEALTHY GIRLS | $10,000 |
| WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER | $7,500 |
| SANCTUARY HOUSE | $6,000 |
| GREENSBORO PARKS FOUNDATION | $6,000 |
| HISTORIC MAGNOLIA HOUSE | $5,000 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT | $5,000 |
| CAROLINA THEATRE | $5,000 |
| ARTS GREENSBORO | $5,000 |
| ALLEY CAT ALLIES | $3,500 |
| HAPPY CAT INC | $3,000 |
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 (FY18–25, $138k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% 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
Which US states its grants reach
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 +34% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.
35 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GGGUILFORD GREEN FOUNDATION7× · 2018–2025 · $65k · revenue +56%
- GDGREENSBORO DOWNTOWN PARKS INC7× · 2018–2025 · $52k · revenue +16%
- SHSanctuary House Inc6× · 2019–2025 · $43k · revenue +114%
Funded once
- CFCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREENSBOROone grant, 2019 · $30k
- NENC EARLY CHILDHOOD FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $15k
- STSTEVEN TANGER CENTER FOR PERFORMINGone grant, 2018 · $10k
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.
The organization stands for every pet and pet owner by making the highest quality veterinary care and spay neuter services affordable and accessible, with the goal of reducing the number of dogs and cats euthanized in regional shelters and…
Humane Society of Charlotte mission is to champion the wellbeing of companion animals and strengthen their bond with the people who know, love, and need them.
The mission of the north carolina global health alliance is to advance north carolina as an international center for research, training, education, advocacy and business dedicated to improving the health of the world's communities. we…
To serve as greensboro, north carolina's principal economic and community development organization. our goal is to strategically develop a vibrant community that creates, expands, and attracts business while advancing the quality of life…
The mission of safe haven for cats is to use no-kill principles and education to save cats' lives through rescue, adoption, spay/neuter services and community programs.
To recruit new businesses to winston-salem and forsyth county in order to facilitate growth and economic diversification in the area.
SnipWell Spay Neuter & Wellness Clinic was founded to provide low cost spay neuter and vet care to the residents of Fort Mill, Rock Hill and the surrounding areas. It is our goal to provide the best quality care at affordable prices.
Goodwill industries of central north carolina, inc.'s mission is improving lives and enriching communities through the power of work
Carolina tiger rescue's mission is saving and protecting wildcats in captivity and in the wild.
The aps of durham is a leader in building lifelong bonds between people and animals through education, community outreach, and the provision of care for animals in need.
Our main program is providing vet care to animals dropped at or rescued from the local animal shelter. This is the only service we provide and where our expenses go. We spay/neuter animals adopted from the shelter and provide vet care to…
Our mission is to promote and provide for the humane treatment of cats and dogs in Forsyth County. In support of its mission, the Forsyth Humane Society FHS is committed to achieving a save rate of 90 percent for shelter animals in our…
How this is measured
46 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 46 of the 86 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 GUILFORD GREEN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GREENSBORO DOWNTOWN PARKS INC ↗
- Who funds Sanctuary House Inc ↗
- Who funds BENNETT COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED ARTS COUNCIL OF GREENSBORO INC ↗
- Who funds ACTION GREENSBORO ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TRIAD INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA FOLK FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA FOR COMMUNITY AND JUSTICE INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH ATLANTIC INC ↗
- Who funds Junior Achievement of Central Carolinas Inc ↗
- Who funds Alley Cat Allies Inc ↗
- Who funds GREENSBORO PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals ↗
- Who funds HAPPY CAT INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY ROOM FOSTER CARE RESOURCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds READING CONNECTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds CATSFIRST ↗
- Who funds Alley Cat Rescue Inc ↗
- Who funds HOUSING CONSULTANTS GROUP ↗
- Who funds FaithAction International House ↗
- Who funds Children's Home Society of North Carolina 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: Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · The Hummel Family Fund Inc · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · The Anonymous Fund · The Cemala Foundation Inc · Moses Cone - Wesley Long Community Health Foundation · Reynolds American Foundation · The Edward M Armfield Sr Foundation I · Weaver Foundation Inc · Truist Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Dawn S Chaney Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dawn S Chaney Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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