Which funders back the same organizations as Marjorie M and Lawrence R Bradley Endowment Fund of Polk County Nc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Polk County Community Foundation Inc, The Dobbs Family Charitable Foundation Trust Agreement, Amazonsmile Foundation.

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North Carolina · Public charity

Marjorie M and Lawrence R Bradley Endowment Fund of Polk County Nc

To give grants in polk county, nc for charitable, educational, medical and community benefit purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) and 170(c)(2) of the internal revenue code of 1986 and to support the polk county community foundation.

$363k
Granted FY2021: 7
Itemized grants FY2021: 7
Organizations funded FY2021: 57%
First-time grantees FY2021

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100% of Marjorie M and Lawrence R Bradley Endowment Fund of Polk County Nc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Polk County Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Marjorie M and Lawrence R Bradley Endowment Fund of Polk County Nc named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $345k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Itemized, FY2021: $345k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2021: $35,000
Largest grant, FY2021: $135,000
Organizations funded a year: 2 to 7; FY2019 to FY2021
States reached, FY2021: 1
Total assets, FY2021: $12M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 57% of the organizations Marjorie M and Lawrence R Bradley Endowment Fund of Polk County Nc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationOther

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
FY2021	7	$345k	57%
FY2020	2	$61k	100%
FY2019	3	$243k	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, FY2019 to 2022.

Environment$935kEducation$323kArts & Culture$207k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Duke University	$200,000	1	0%
Foothills Equestrian Nature Center Inc	$185,000	2	20%
Polk County Schools	$60,000	1	n/a
Tryon Little Theater Inc	$56,000	3	40%
Tryon Fine Arts Center Inc	$45,570	2	4%
Lanier Library Association Inc	$35,000	1	2%
Tryon Painters & Sculptors Inc	$35,000	1	22%
Upstairs Artspace Inc	$35,000	1	29%
Tryon Arts and Crafts Inc	$35,000	1	12%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$28,000	1	n/a

Marjorie M and Lawrence R Bradley Endowment Fund of Polk County Nc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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 8.

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.

Polk County Community Foundation IncNC22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Polk County Community Foundation Inc · The Dobbs Family Charitable Foundation Trust Agreement · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Marjorie M and Lawrence R Bradley Endowment Fund of Polk County Nc

How much does Marjorie M and Lawrence R Bradley Endowment Fund of Polk County Nc give?: Marjorie M and Lawrence R Bradley Endowment Fund of Polk County Nc reported 7 itemized grants totaling $345,000, out of $363,002 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2021.
What does Marjorie M and Lawrence R Bradley Endowment Fund of Polk County Nc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2022, its largest causes are Environment (64%), Education (22%), Arts & Culture (14%).
Who are Marjorie M and Lawrence R Bradley Endowment Fund of Polk County Nc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2019 to FY2022: Duke University ($200k), Foothills Equestrian Nature Center Inc ($185k), Polk County Schools ($60k).
Does Marjorie M and Lawrence R Bradley Endowment Fund of Polk County Nc fund new organizations?: In FY2021, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Marjorie M and Lawrence R Bradley Endowment Fund of Polk County Nc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Polk County Community Foundation Inc, The Dobbs Family Charitable Foundation Trust Agreement, Amazonsmile Foundation.
Where is Marjorie M and Lawrence R Bradley Endowment Fund of Polk County Nc based?: Marjorie M and Lawrence R Bradley Endowment Fund of Polk County Nc is based in NC.