Virginia · Private foundation
Ferguson Family 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.
- $36k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $310
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $16,810
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $377k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 55% of the organizations Ferguson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $535 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $36k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $7k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $15k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $5k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $950 | 33% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $7k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $22k | 38% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $25k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Elk Presbyterian Church Inc | $27,610 | 7 | n/a |
| First Presbyterian Church | $26,675 | 7 | n/a |
| The High Country Charitable Foundation | $15,300 | 2 | 2% |
| Lees-McRae College Inc | $8,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Westminster Canterbury Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Richmond Eye and Ear Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Elk River Helping Hands | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Inc | $950 | 2 | 0% |
| Goochland Christmas Mother | $400 | 8 | 0% |
| The Greater Banner Elk Heritage Foundation Inc | $400 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Elk Presbyterian Church Inc | $27,610 | 7 | n/a |
| First Presbyterian Church | $26,675 | 7 | n/a |
| The High Country Charitable Foundation | $15,300 | 2 | 2% |
| Lees-McRae College Inc | $8,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Westminster Canterbury Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Richmond Eye and Ear Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Elk River Helping Hands | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Inc | $950 | 2 | 0% |
| Goochland Christmas Mother | $400 | 8 | 0% |
| The Greater Banner Elk Heritage Foundation Inc | $400 | 3 | n/a |
| The Virginia Home | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Capital Trees | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| The Garden Club of Virginia Inc | $150 | 2 | 0% |
| Union Presbyterian Seminary | $150 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | $150 | 1 | n/a |
| Forsyth Jail and Prison Ministries | $100 | 2 | 0% |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Blowing Rock Civic and Religious Association Inc | $100 | 2 | n/a |
| Salem Academy and College | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Homeward Bound of Western North Carolina Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| MemoryCare Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Bolling Haxall House Foundation | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($31k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ferguson Family 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 Community Foundation Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Capa Foundation · Commonwealth Foundations · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Mary Ratrie Wick Family Foundation · The Mraz Charitable Trust
How this is measured
About Ferguson Family Foundation
- How much does Ferguson Family Foundation give?
- Ferguson Family Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $36,420 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ferguson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (46%), Philanthropy (34%), Education (12%).
- Who are Ferguson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Banner Elk Presbyterian Church Inc ($28k), First Presbyterian Church ($27k), The High Country Charitable Foundation ($15k).
- Does Ferguson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ferguson Family Foundation 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 Ferguson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation Inc, The Winston-Salem Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas.
- Where is Ferguson Family Foundation based?
- Ferguson Family Foundation is based in VA.
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