North Carolina · Private foundation
McLeod Foundation
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.
- $260k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 17
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations McLeod Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 13 | $260k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $294k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $240k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $202k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $157k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $136k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell University | $200,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Blue Ridge School Inc | $170,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598) | $128,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Fuquay Varina United Methodist Church | $119,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Meredith College | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wake Forest University | $45,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Unc Health Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc | $19,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Clayton Area Ministries Inc | $14,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Harbor Inc | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell University | $200,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Blue Ridge School Inc | $170,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598) | $128,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Fuquay Varina United Methodist Church | $119,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Meredith College | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wake Forest University | $45,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Unc Health Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc | $19,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Clayton Area Ministries Inc | $14,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Harbor Inc | $11,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Safechild | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Fuquay Varina Emergency Food Pantry | $8,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Methodist Home for Children Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Military Missions in Action Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Saint Marys School | $3,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Carolina Youth Theatre | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Wake Forest College Birthplace Society Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Embrace Uganda | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($477k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget McLeod Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About McLeod Foundation
- How much does McLeod Foundation give?
- McLeod Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $260,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 17 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does McLeod Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (37%), Religion (15%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are McLeod Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Campbell University ($200k), The Blue Ridge School Inc ($170k), The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598) ($128k).
- Does McLeod Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does McLeod 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 McLeod Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duke Energy Foundation, Triangle Community Foundation Inc, North Carolina Community Foundation.
- Where is McLeod Foundation based?
- McLeod Foundation is based in NC.
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