· Private foundation
Et Rollins Jr & Frances P Rollins 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 $10k5 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $170k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS | $30,000 |
| NC SYMPHONY | $30,000 |
| MUSEUM OF LIFE & SCIENCE | $25,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $20,000 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | $20,000 |
| CAROLINA BALLET | $20,000 |
| DURHAM RESCUE MISSION | $15,000 |
| DURHAM COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| NC ARTS IN ACTION | $5,000 |
| SENIOR PHARM ASSIST INC | $5,000 |
| UNC BOTANICAL GARDENS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| NC INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES | $5,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - DURHAM COUNTY | $1,921 |
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 76% 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
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 +43% since the first grant, against -54% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
DUKE UNIVERSITY6× · 2017–2025 · $649k · revenue +51%- NCNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC8× · 2017–2025 · $238k · revenue +28%
CAROLINA BALLET INC9× · 2017–2025 · $220k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- MOMUSEUM OF DURHAM HISTORYone grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue -54%
- DUDUKE UNIVERSITY - NASHER MUSEUMone grant, 2017 · $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.
Provide relevant educational and entertaining opportunities within the region that exceed customer expectations, while preserving our community's vibrant cultural history.
Our mission is to empower and equip first-generation college students in durham public schools, their families, and educators to become the leaders that will transform our city.
To create a place of lifelong learning where people, from young child to senior citizen, embrace science as a way of knowing about themselves, their community, and their world.
(1) to bring together singers and audiences who share a common interest in high-quality performance of time-honored choral masterworks and an ever-broadening range of excellent repertoire from many traditions; (2) to establish and maintain…
To enrich and connect individuals in the greater raleigh community through intimate and exceptional chamber music experiences. we are committed to presenting world class artists performing music of the highest caliber, providing…
North carolina wesleyan university, a private institution affiliated with the united methodist church, prepares students for professional advancement, life-long learning, and responsible participation in their communities.
The nccee provides economic and financial education for educators and students throughout north carolina. this mission is accomplished through standards based workshops and a variety of resources for educators, academic competitions for…
The north carolina association of pharmacists primary purpose is to unite, serve, and advance the profession of pharmacy for the benefit of society in north carolina.
NCAIS promotes educational excellence and empowers member schools to thrive in pursuit of their missions. Our core commitments are to provide leading-edge educational opportunities communities of colleagues guidance in school leadership…
See schedule o for organization's mission statement.
To support and sustain breakthrough research.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 18 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 DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds CAROLINA BALLET INC ↗
- Who funds RESCUE MISSIONS MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds SENIOR PHARMASSIST INC ↗
- Who funds CARING HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA ARTS IN ACTION INC ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF DURHAM HISTORY ↗
- Who funds DURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL 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: Fox Family Foundation Inc · Duke University · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · The Forest At Duke Inc · The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Missionpost Pmb #101 · Duke University Health System Inc · Fm Kirby Foundation Inc · Truist Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Et Rollins Jr & Frances P Rollins Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Et Rollins Jr & Frances P Rollins Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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