North Carolina · Private foundation
Fulton Family Trust
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.
- $148k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 91%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 91% of the organizations Fulton Family Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 93% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $148k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $229k | 91% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $60k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two Rivers Community School | $56,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Watauga Humane Society | $40,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc | $37,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Winston-Salem Street School | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Hunger and Health Coalition Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Red Feather Farm | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| High Country Caregiver Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hospitality House of Northwest North Carolina | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Watauga County Schools | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hand Me Down Dobes | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($215k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fulton Family Trust 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: North Carolina Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Fulton Family Trust
- How much does Fulton Family Trust give?
- Fulton Family Trust reported 12 grants totaling $148,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Fulton Family Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (53%), Animals (22%), Public Safety & Disaster (8%).
- Who are Fulton Family Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Two Rivers Community School ($56k), Watauga Humane Society ($40k), Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc ($38k).
- Does Fulton Family Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 91% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fulton Family Trust 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 Fulton Family Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include North Carolina Community Foundation, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund.
- Where is Fulton Family Trust based?
- Fulton Family Trust is based in NC.
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