North Carolina · Private foundation
First Flight Foundation
TO CHAMPION THE WRIGHT BROTHERS' LEGACY THROUGH PRESERVATION, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS, COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP, AND ADVOCACY. 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.
- $6k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations First Flight Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $6k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $4k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $31k | n/a |
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 Museum of History Foundation Inc | $31,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Americas 911 Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Operation Airdrop Inc | $1,030 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
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About First Flight Foundation
- How much does First Flight Foundation give?
- First Flight Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $6,030 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does First Flight Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (87%), Public Safety & Disaster (11%), International (2%).
- Who are First Flight Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: North Carolina Museum of History Foundation Inc ($31k), Americas 911 Foundation Inc ($2k), Operation Airdrop Inc ($1k).
- Does First Flight Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does First Flight 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.
- Where is First Flight Foundation based?
- First Flight Foundation is based in NC.
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