· Private foundation
Graham Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $3,000 |
| ST STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $2,450 |
| HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $2,100 |
| TRINITY EARLY LEARNING CENTER | $2,000 |
| SCHOOLED FOR SUCCESS INC | $2,000 |
| DURHAM ACADEMY | $1,500 |
| THE VIRGINIA BEACH ART CENTER | $1,500 |
| ST JUDES CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $1,000 |
| VIRGINIA BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE PLATEAU | $1,000 |
| GAILEE EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $800 |
| NC DISASTER RELIEF FUND | $600 |
| NORFOLK ACADEMY | $600 |
| ST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL | $500 |
| NC DISASTER RELIEF FUND | $500 |
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, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 37% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
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 +53% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 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, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DADURHAM ACADEMY INC6× · 2020–2025 · $10k · revenue +16%
- VBVirginia Beach Art Center Inc3× · 2022–2025 · $5k · revenue +244%
- HFHopeWay Foundation6× · 2020–2025 · $4k · revenue +85%
Funded once
- TCTIDEWATER COUNCIL BSAone grant, 2020 · $1k
- BFBEDS FOR KIDS INCone grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue +9%
- VBVIRGINIA BEACH RESCUE SQUAD INCone grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue 0%
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 provide basic necessities for public school children as well as improving parenting skills in order for the children to be successful in school and to expand professional development opportunities for educators.
Community school of davidson believes that every student can and will succeed in ways that reflect his or her own aptitudes and interests. our mission is to use the principles of "the basis school" to provide an optimum environment for…
To make strategic, catalytic investments and provide expertise and technical assistance to educational organizations across south carolina.
The mission of the charlotte lab school is to redesign the school experience to better prepare students for success in college and career, and to serve, through community partnerships, as a model for innovative practices in teaching and…
The corporation's primary purpose include: (1) making scholarship grants to qualified residents of north carolina; (2) making funds available to any person or entity in order to educate the public regarding financial literacy, banking and…
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…
The triangle charter educational association is a north carolina not-for-profit entity organized exclusively for educational purposes. the association is comprised of respected leaders within the state of north carolina who are committed…
Operation of a public charter school.
To change lives through challenge and discovery.
To inspire students to become innovative thinkers who communicate with intelligence and clarity, create with vision and purpose, and act with courage and compassion to confidently make a meaningful difference in the world.
Carolina collaborative prep (ccp) is a non-profit academic center that serves students in grades 3-12 with learning differences, empowering them to thrive in school and in life.
North carolina charter educational foundation is a north carolina not-for-profit entity organized exclusively for educational purposes. the foundation is comprised of respected leaders in the state of north carolina who are committed to…
How this is measured
28 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. 28 of the 43 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 HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DURHAM ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds Virginia Beach Art Center Inc ↗
- Who funds CHATTOOGA CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds Boys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc ↗
- Who funds HopeWay Foundation ↗
- Who funds HELPING MAMAS INC ↗
- Who funds SCHOOLED FOR SUCCESS INC ↗
- Who funds MDE SCHOOL OF EAST COBB INC ↗
- Who funds THOMPSON CHILD & FAMILY FOCUS INC ↗
- Who funds CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds OPEN HAND ATLANTA INC ↗
- Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds Charlotte Family Housing ↗
- Who funds THE NORFOLK ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds THE KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds THE GOOD FELLOWS CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds BEDS FOR KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds VIRGINIA BEACH RESCUE SQUAD INC ↗
- Who funds AUGUSTINE LITERACY PROJECT - TRIANGLE ↗
- Who funds SOUTH CHARLOTTE DOG RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS FOUNDATION OF THE CAROLINAS ↗
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 · Duke Energy Foundation · Dowd Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · United Way Worldwide · Ta Piedmont Club Foundation Pcf · Dalton-Brand Foundation Inc · The James Family Foundation Inc · Live Love Serve Foundation · The Marc & Mattye Silverman Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Graham Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Graham Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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