· Private foundation
George Smedes Poyner Foundation Inc
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, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC | $5,000 |
| NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY | $5,000 |
| KINDRED SPIRITS FOUNDATION - A JAZZ NATIVITY | $5,000 |
| NEEDHAM BROUGHTON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC | $5,000 |
| YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE | $4,000 |
| NORTH CAROLINA ACQUARIUM SOCIETY | $4,000 |
| NORTH CAROLINA MARINE AND ESTUARY F | $3,000 |
| NORTH CAROLINA OPERA | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL | $2,000 |
| CAPE LOOKOUT FOUNDATION INC | $2,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS | $1,000 |
| NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDAT | $1,000 |
| URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY | $1,000 |
| WOMEN'S GIVING NETWORK OF WAKE COUNTY | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those 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 +25% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NCNORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC7× · 2019–2025 · $36k · revenue +450%
- NCNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC6× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +25%
NORTH CAROLINA OPERA7× · 2019–2025 · $21k · revenue +8%
Funded once
- NCNORTH CAROLINA RESTAURANT AND LODGING ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +20%
- NCNORTH CAROLINA MARINE AND ESTUARY FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +9%
UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER TRIANGLE INCone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -12%
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.
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…
To receive and hold the endowment of the north carolina symphony society, inc. (the "society"), solicit additions to the endowment, safeguard assets, and expend funds for the exclusive use and benefit of the society.
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.
The research triangle regional partnership is an association of area economic development agencies dedicated to keeping the research triangle region economically strong by collectively marketing the region's competitive advantages and…
To organize members of the medical profession to advance medical science.
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.
The north carolina bar association is organized for the purposes of promoting and improving the administration of justice in north carolina; fostering and encouraging law reform when in the public interest; advancing the science of…
To strengthen nc's vibrant theatre industry and engage tomorrow's artist, audiences, and advocates.
The organization is a proactive, nonpartisan business advocacy organization. the organization works in the legislative, regulatory and political arenas to proactively drive positive change to ensure that north carolina is a leading place…
Provide relevant educational and entertaining opportunities within the region that exceed customer expectations, while preserving our community's vibrant cultural history.
To connect, enrich, and enlarge the community through history, storytelling, an informed, balanced perspective that leads to acceptance, understanding, and belonging.
The mission of north carolina business leaders for education (dba best nc) is to unite an engaged and informed business perspective to dramatically transform and improve north carolina's education system. our goal is for every student to…
How this is measured
33 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. 33 of the 73 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 NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA OPERA ↗
- Who funds The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598) ↗
- Who funds THE NORTH CAROLINA AQUARIUM SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds SAINT MARYS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds HEALING TRANSITIONS INC ↗
- Who funds INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds THE NORTH CAROLINA THEATRE ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA RESTAURANT AND LODGING ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA MARINE AND ESTUARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER TRIANGLE INC ↗
- Who funds Downtown Morehead City Inc ↗
- Who funds THEATRE RALEIGH INC ↗
- Who funds RALEIGH FINE ARTS SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds CAPE LOOKOUT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING ↗
- Who funds STEPUP MINISTRY ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization George Smedes Poyner Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George Smedes Poyner Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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