North Carolina · Private foundation
Feather Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $44k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $514k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Feather Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 6 | $44k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $30k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $24k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $25k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $45k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $23k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $26k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leelanau Christian Neighbors Inc | $45,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Fishtown Preservation Society Inc | $33,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Crystal Community Ski Club | $24,500 | 3 | 8% |
| Chatham Education Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Title Track | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Inland Seas Education Association | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Noah's Animal Rescue Center | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bay Hockey Association Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wings of Wonder Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Carolina | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leelanau Christian Neighbors Inc | $45,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Fishtown Preservation Society Inc | $33,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Crystal Community Ski Club | $24,500 | 3 | 8% |
| Chatham Education Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Title Track | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Inland Seas Education Association | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Noah's Animal Rescue Center | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bay Hockey Association Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wings of Wonder Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Carolina | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Traverse City Junior Golf Association | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Leelanau Conservancy | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grand Traverse Hockey Association | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Traverse Area Recreation & Transportation Trails Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Traverse Bay Area Youth Soccer Inc | $4,400 | 1 | 1% |
| Leelanau County Soccer Club | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michael's Place | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pittsboro Elementary School PTA | $1,100 | 1 | 2% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($46k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Feather Foundation 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: The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation · Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · Oleson Foundation · Hp Foundation · Les & Ann Biederman Foundation Inc · Green Brick Foundation Inc · Rotary Charities of Traverse City · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Feather Foundation
- How much does Feather Foundation give?
- Feather Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $44,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Feather Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (27%), Human Services (23%), Environment (15%).
- Who are Feather Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Leelanau Christian Neighbors Inc ($45k), Fishtown Preservation Society Inc ($34k), Crystal Community Ski Club ($25k).
- Does Feather Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Feather Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Feather Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation, Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation, Oleson Foundation.
- Where is Feather Foundation based?
- Feather Foundation is based in NC.
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