How much does High Point University give?

High Point University reported 14 itemized grants totaling $1,373,582, out of $96,612,224 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does High Point University fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (68%), Education (14%), Health (5%).

Who are High Point University's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc ($1.6M), The YMCA of Greater High Point Foundation Inc (4563-SO1) ($1.2M), Bennett College ($1.0M).

Does High Point University fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as High Point University?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Winston-Salem Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc, High Point Community Foundation.

Where is High Point University based?

High Point University is based in NC.

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North Carolina · Public charity

High Point University

HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY's inspiring environment, caring people, and engaging education equip graduates for success and significance by cultivating the values, knowledge, mindset, and skills necessary to thrive in a competitive and rapidly changing world. The vision of HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY is to be a nationally prominent, private…

$97M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 14
Itemized grants FY2024: 11
Organizations funded FY2023: 36%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $1.4M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $10,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $525,000
Organizations funded a year: 5 to 13; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 3
Total assets, FY2024: $1.3B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 36% of the organizations High Point University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 69% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

HealthArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	13	$874k	31%
FY2023	11	$1.9M	36%
FY2022	13	$1.1M	46%
FY2021	12	$1.4M	58%
FY2020	5	$255k	0%
FY2019	9	$2.4M	67%
FY2018	10	$706k	20%
FY2017	12	$423k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$19MEducation$3.9MHealth$1.4MHuman Services$1.3MCommunity Improvement$670kArts & Culture$535kReligion$225kRecreation & Sports$145kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc	$1,650,000	8	2%
The YMCA of Greater High Point Foundation Inc (4563-SO1)	$1,205,287	4	80%
Bennett College	$1,025,000	2	4%
Shift Education	$1,000,000	1	12%
High Point Regional Health	$1,000,000	1	0%
United Way of Greater High Point Inc	$641,268	9	3%
Nido & Mariana Qubein Childrens Museum	$500,000	1	9%
Piedmont Triad Partnership	$350,000	7	7%
High Point Regional Health Foundation	$265,500	2	9%
City of High Point	$254,250	3	n/a

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All grantees of High Point University by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc	$1,650,000	8	2%
The YMCA of Greater High Point Foundation Inc (4563-SO1)	$1,205,287	4	80%
Bennett College	$1,025,000	2	4%
Shift Education	$1,000,000	1	12%
High Point Regional Health	$1,000,000	1	0%
United Way of Greater High Point Inc	$641,268	9	3%
Nido & Mariana Qubein Childrens Museum	$500,000	1	9%
Piedmont Triad Partnership	$350,000	7	7%
High Point Regional Health Foundation	$265,500	2	9%
City of High Point	$254,250	3	n/a
High Point Chamber Foundation	$250,000	1	7%
Community Clinic of High Point Inc	$100,000	1	3%
Mt Zion Baptist Church	$100,000	1	n/a
YWCA Greensboro	$100,000	1	9%
Minister's Conference of High Point	$80,000	9	n/a
Business High Point Inc D/B/A High Point Chamber of Commerce	$70,000	3	2%
Young Women's Christian Association of High Point Nc Inc	$55,000	3	1%
The Piedmont School Inc	$50,000	1	2%
North Carolina for Community and Justice Inc	$48,000	5	4%
Breakthrough T1d	$40,000	5	0%
North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc	$30,000	2	1%
Open Door Ministries of High Point Inc	$25,000	1	1%
National Speakers Association	$25,000	1	n/a
Myers Park United Methodist Church	$25,000	1	n/a
Bobby Labonte Private Foundation In	$25,000	1	n/a
High Point Community Against Violence Inc	$20,000	2	6%
West End Ministries	$20,000	2	2%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc	$15,000	3	0%
The Independence Fund Inc	$10,300	1	0%
Duke Energy Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
The Institute of World Politics	$10,000	2	0%
Orrick Quick Ministries	$10,000	1	n/a
Mount Zion Baptist Church of High Point	$10,000	1	n/a
Old North State Council Inc	$10,000	1	0%
North Carolina Museum of History Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Creative Visions Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Communities in Schools of High Point Inc	$10,000	2	1%
High Point Arts Council Inc	$10,000	1	3%
Young Mens Christian Association of High Point Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Piedmont Triad Charitable Foundation D/B/A Wyndham Championship	$5,000	2	0%
Friends of John Coltrane Inc	$5,000	2	0%

High Point University supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 33.

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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.

The Winston-Salem FoundationNC22.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Winston-Salem Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · High Point Community Foundation · Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Lenny Peters Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About High Point University

How much does High Point University give?: High Point University reported 14 itemized grants totaling $1,373,582, out of $96,612,224 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does High Point University fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (68%), Education (14%), Health (5%).
Who are High Point University's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc ($1.6M), The YMCA of Greater High Point Foundation Inc (4563-SO1) ($1.2M), Bennett College ($1.0M).
Does High Point University fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as High Point University?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Winston-Salem Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc, High Point Community Foundation.
Where is High Point University based?: High Point University is based in NC.