North Carolina · Private foundation
Golden Pearl Foundation
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.
- $95k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 54%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $596k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 54% of the organizations Golden Pearl Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 10 | $95k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $71k | 54% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $67k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $74k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $103k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $100k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $94k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $101k | 25% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| College of Charleston Foundation | $184,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc | $108,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Sandhills Independent School Corporation | $80,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Inspiration Corporation | $70,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Miami University Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Overflowing Hands Inc Belarussian Outreach | $15,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Penland School Of Craft | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| A Place at the Table | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| College of Charleston Foundation | $184,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc | $108,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Sandhills Independent School Corporation | $80,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Inspiration Corporation | $70,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Miami University Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Overflowing Hands Inc Belarussian Outreach | $15,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Penland School Of Craft | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| A Place at the Table | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Haywood Christian Ministry Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wine to Water | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Civilian Disaster Response Organization | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy Chefs Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Craft Emergency Relief Fund Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eat Your Yard Jax Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Village Heritage Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($255k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Golden Pearl 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: Foundation for the Carolinas · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Golden Pearl Foundation
- How much does Golden Pearl Foundation give?
- Golden Pearl Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $95,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Golden Pearl Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (71%), Housing & Shelter (10%), Food & Nutrition (9%).
- Who are Golden Pearl Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: College of Charleston Foundation ($185k), Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc ($108k), Sandhills Independent School Corporation ($80k).
- Does Golden Pearl Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Golden Pearl 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 Golden Pearl Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for the Carolinas, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
- Where is Golden Pearl Foundation based?
- Golden Pearl Foundation is based in NC.
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