North Carolina · Private foundation
Ernest a Koury Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $149k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations Ernest a Koury Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 | 19 | $149k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $147k | 28% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $155k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $159k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $226k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $85k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $118k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $38k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Marine and Estuary Foundation Inc | $225,000 | 7 | 22% |
| The Burlington School Inc | $140,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Elon University | $117,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Burlington Christian Academy Inc | $50,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Coastal Conservation Association | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pet Adoption and Welfare Society | $30,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Blessed Sacrament Catholic Parish of Graham | $27,600 | 2 | n/a |
| North Carolina Wildlife Habitat Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Alamance County-Wide Silent Witness Program Inc Crime Stoppers | $23,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Cone Health Philanthropic Foundation | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($330k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ernest a Koury Family Foundation Inc 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Vicky and Sam Hunt Foundation · Smith Family Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · The Labcorp Charitable Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Maurice J Koury Foundation Inc · Alamance Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Ernest a Koury Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Ernest a Koury Family Foundation Inc give?
- Ernest a Koury Family Foundation Inc reported 19 grants totaling $149,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ernest a Koury Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (47%), Environment (24%), Youth Development (6%).
- Who are Ernest a Koury Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: North Carolina Marine and Estuary Foundation Inc ($225k), The Burlington School Inc ($140k), Elon University ($118k).
- Does Ernest a Koury Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ernest a Koury Family Foundation Inc 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 Ernest a Koury Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vicky and Sam Hunt Foundation, Smith Family Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc.
- Where is Ernest a Koury Family Foundation Inc based?
- Ernest a Koury Family Foundation Inc is based in NC.
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