· Private foundation
Ely J Perry Foundation
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k41 grants · $99k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $150k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GRACE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH | $41,531 |
| FAITH FELLOWSHIP CHURCH | $33,300 |
| THE REFUGE | $29,850 |
| HOPE PREPATORY SCHOOL | $28,333 |
| FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $17,150 |
| EPIC | $8,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,000 |
| NC STUDY CENTER | $6,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $6,150 |
| COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS | $5,100 |
| LIFT UP THE VULNERABLE | $5,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS | $5,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $4,900 |
| CAROLINA STUDY CENTER | $4,000 |
| THE ROTARY FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of its 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 +40% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.
43 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $108k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HPHOPE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC5× · 2019–2023 · $51k · revenue +262%
CAROLINA CHRISTIAN STUDY CENTER INC7× · 2017–2023 · $39k · revenue +191%- ECEAST CAROLINA COUNCIL BSA7× · 2017–2023 · $26k · revenue +5%
Funded once
- LFLCC FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $25k
- MOMINISTRIES OF MERCYone grant, 2017 · $3k
- APARENDELL PARROTT ACADEMY INCone grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +10%
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.
International missions: this organization is an international mission agency focusing on leadership development through teaching of the scriptures
Carolina college of biblical studies exists to disciple christ-followers, through biblical higher education, for a lifetime of effective servant leadership.
The school's mission is to train each student in a Godly manner in the areas of social, spiritual, and academic development.
In accordance with the mandate of matthew 28:19-20 and 2 timothy 2:2, alaska bible college seeks to train servants who lead with christlike character by 1.) nurturing students in bible-based, academic programs that solidify their christian…
The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…
Providing guality Christian education to the network generation
Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…
Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.
The king's christian school is a k-12 prepatory school that equips and strengthens students through education and example, that they might stand firmly upon the word of god and to become effective servant-leaders who impact the world…
Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.
Our mission is to partner with christian parents in providing a quality education integrated with a biblical world view that will prepare the students for a life of service to the lord jesus christ.
It is the mission of norfolk christian schools to equip students spiritually, intellectually, and physically to love god and to serve him as christ's ambassadors in the world.
How this is measured
37 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. 37 of the 96 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 HOPE PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds CAROLINA CHRISTIAN STUDY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds LENOIR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds EAST CAROLINA COUNCIL BSA ↗
- Who funds SON SET MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds Royal Corporation ↗
- Who funds BOYS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds CAROLINA STUDY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds Precept ↗
- Who funds ANGEL MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
- Who funds FAITH AND FREEDOM COALITION INC ↗
- Who funds LIFT UP THE VULNERABLE INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE RESTORATIONS INC ↗
- Who funds THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds THE GATE OF LENOIR COUNTY ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
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: North Carolina Community Foundation · The Harvey-McNairy Foundation Inc · The Sylvester Family Foundation Inc · Barnhill Family Foundation · The Harold H Bate Foundation Inc · Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ely J Perry Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ely J Perry Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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