North Carolina · Private foundation
James R and Bronnie L Braswell Trust George C Bower Jr Trustee
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.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 36
- Grants FY2025
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $391,457
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 41
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $29M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations James R and Bronnie L Braswell Trust George C Bower Jr Trustee funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 | 36 | $1.9M | 8% |
| FY2024 | 41 | $2.2M | 5% |
| FY2023 | 35 | $1.8M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $1.8M | 3% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $1.7M | 21% |
| FY2020 | 38 | $1.7M | 32% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $1.7M | 19% |
| FY2018 | 40 | $1.8M | 25% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wingate University | $3,227,975 | 9 | 0% |
| Union-Anson County Habitat for Huma | $990,090 | 7 | 6% |
| Community Health Services of Union County Inc | $939,000 | 9 | 28% |
| Union County Community Shelter | $790,000 | 9 | 13% |
| Safer Communities Ministry | $690,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Feed My Lambs Inc | $611,303 | 9 | 32% |
| Pfeiffer University | $490,532 | 6 | 0% |
| Turning Point Inc | $440,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Healthquest of Union County | $390,000 | 9 | 11% |
| Union Symphony Society Inc | $305,000 | 9 | 21% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
James R and Bronnie L Braswell Trust George C Bower Jr Trustee supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About James R and Bronnie L Braswell Trust George C Bower Jr Trustee
- How much does James R and Bronnie L Braswell Trust George C Bower Jr Trustee give?
- James R and Bronnie L Braswell Trust George C Bower Jr Trustee reported 36 grants totaling $1,852,145 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does James R and Bronnie L Braswell Trust George C Bower Jr Trustee fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (29%), Housing & Shelter (18%), Health (14%).
- Who are James R and Bronnie L Braswell Trust George C Bower Jr Trustee's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wingate University ($3.2M), Union-Anson County Habitat for Huma ($990k), Community Health Services of Union County Inc ($939k).
- Does James R and Bronnie L Braswell Trust George C Bower Jr Trustee fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James R and Bronnie L Braswell Trust George C Bower Jr Trustee 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 James R and Bronnie L Braswell Trust George C Bower Jr Trustee?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for the Carolinas, The Cannon Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc.
- Where is James R and Bronnie L Braswell Trust George C Bower Jr Trustee based?
- James R and Bronnie L Braswell Trust George C Bower Jr Trustee is based in NC.
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