North Carolina · Private foundation
J L Maxwell Jr Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $293k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2026
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $29,100
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $49,425
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 31% of the organizations J L Maxwell Jr Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $87k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 11 | $293k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 13 | $262k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $252k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $267k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $231k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $210k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $212k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $220k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davidson College | $253,300 | 10 | 0% |
| United Way of Wayne County Inc | $202,325 | 10 | 3% |
| Unc Health Foundation Inc | $173,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Foundation of Wayne Community College | $166,150 | 10 | 13% |
| St Paul United Methodist Church | $86,250 | 3 | n/a |
| Wayne Health Foundation Inc | $83,200 | 3 | 4% |
| Wayne Country Day School Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Wayne County Recovery Corporation | $11,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Old Waynesborough Commission Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dementia Alliance of North Carolina Inc | $4,000 | 8 | 0% |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
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 · M & J Foundation Inc · The Borden Fund Inc · Borden Foundation · R a Bryan Foundation Inc · Southern Bank Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About J L Maxwell Jr Foundation
- How much does J L Maxwell Jr Foundation give?
- J L Maxwell Jr Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $293,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does J L Maxwell Jr Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (34%), Education (22%), Religion (13%).
- Who are J L Maxwell Jr Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Davidson College ($253k), United Way of Wayne County Inc ($202k), Unc Health Foundation Inc ($174k).
- Does J L Maxwell Jr Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does J L Maxwell Jr 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 J L Maxwell Jr Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include North Carolina Community Foundation, M & J Foundation Inc, The Borden Fund Inc.
- Where is J L Maxwell Jr Foundation based?
- J L Maxwell Jr Foundation is based in NC.
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