· Private foundation
John M Belk Endowment
Its FY2024 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k48 grants · $240k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $262k
- $50k–250k16 grants · $1.2M
- $250k+11 grants · $13M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| College Advising Corps | $2,880,000 |
| Foundation For The Carolinas | $2,738,000 |
| James B Hunt Jr Institute For Educational Leadership And Policy | $1,500,000 |
| Strada Education Foundation Inc | $1,462,491 |
| Myfuturenc Inc | $1,250,000 |
| EducationNC | $1,070,000 |
| Presbyterian Hospital | $522,400 |
| Year Up | $500,000 |
| Latinxed Education Center | $500,000 |
| Land Of Sky Regional Council | $300,000 |
| North Carolina Community Colleges | $300,000 |
| Haywood Community College | $127,500 |
| North Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities | $125,000 |
| Wayne Community College | $125,000 |
| Robeson Community College | $80,000 |
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 (FY17–19, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 21% of John M Belk Endowment’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 93% of the giving stays in NC; by stated purpose, 95%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 55 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.5M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NCNATIONAL COLLEGE ADVISING CORPS INC7× · 2018–2024 · $21M · revenue +27% · 35% of their budget
- EEDUCATIONNC6× · 2018–2024 · $5.5M · revenue +92% · 86% of their budget
LATINX EDUCATION CENTER3× · 2020–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +343% · 47% of their budget
Funded once
- EEdNCone grant, 2023 · $1.1M
- CPCENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE SERVICES CORPORATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $783k · revenue +527%
- TUThe University of North Carolina System Officeone grant, 2021 · $750k
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 fund academic scholarships for the young people in the state of north carolina to pursue post-secondary education trade and technical studies, undergraduate studies and graduate studies.
The north carolina community colleges foundation, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded in 1986 to support the mission of the nc community college system.
The Alamance Community College Foundation exists to aid students with a demonstrated financial need in reaching their educational goals, while supporting the mission of ACC.
Sparknc empowers students to discover careers in high-tech fields like cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and machine learning, software development and computer systems engineering. we help schools move away from traditional classes…
The nccee provides economic and financial education for educators and students throughout north carolina. this mission is accomplished through standards based workshops and a variety of resources for educators, academic competitions for…
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accredits institutions of higher education by applying evidence-informed standards and processes to support continuous improvements and promote equitable student achievement and success.
The southern association of colleges and schools commission on colleges is the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the southern states. the commission's mission is the enhancement of…
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.
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.
Ace leads higher education with a united vision for the future, galvanizing our members to make change. the council collaborates across the sector to design solutions for today's challenges, serves the needs of a diverse student…
Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…
How this is measured
29 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. 29 of the 125 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 NATIONAL COLLEGE ADVISING CORPS INC ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ↗
- Who funds MYFUTURENCINC ↗
- Who funds EDUCATIONNC ↗
- Who funds JAMES B HUNT JR INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP & POLICY FDN ↗
- Who funds YEAR UP INC ↗
- Who funds INSIDE TRACK INC ↗
- Who funds SINGLE STOP USA INC ↗
- Who funds LATINX EDUCATION CENTER ↗
- Who funds STRADA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE SERVICES CORPORATION INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds The ROC Charlotte Inc ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR RACIAL EQUITY IN EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
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 · State Employees Credit Union Foundation · North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation · The Golden Leaf Inc · Dogwood Health Trust · Duke Energy Foundation · The Belk Foundation · North Carolina Community Foundation · Gates Foundation · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · The Robert P Holding Foundation Inc · Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John M Belk Endowment funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John M Belk Endowment. Bigger dots raise more.
- Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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