· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $114k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $130k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL | $80,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CLAYTON | $35,000 |
| CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY | $30,000 |
| UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE AREA INC | $18,500 |
| APPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY | $10,000 |
| CLAYTON AREA MINISTRIES | $5,000 |
| JOHNSTON HEALTH FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| HARBOR INC | $2,500 |
| ICHOOSE PREGNANCY SUPPORT SERVICES | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| ST MARY'S SCHOOL | $500 |
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 (FY20–25, $145k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against -58% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TBTHE BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL INC6× · 2020–2025 · $170k · revenue +25%
- TYThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598)6× · 2020–2025 · $128k · revenue +88%
MEREDITH COLLEGE2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +1%
Funded once
- FBFirst Baptist Churchone grant, 2020 · $3k
- JCJordan Centerone grant, 2022 · $3k
- CYCAROLINA YOUTH THEATREone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -98%
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.
The purpose of methodist university is to provide an undergraduate and graduate education firmly grounded in the liberal arts tradition, that nurtures moral values & ethical decision-making; to provide distinctive professional & graduate…
The mission of wingate university is to develop educated, ethical, and productive global citizens. following its judeo-christian heritage, the university seeks to cultivate the following in its students: knowledge, faith, and service.
Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.
Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.
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…
Marymount is a nationally ranked comprehensive catholic university, guided by the traditions of the religious of the sacred heart of mary, that emphasizes intellectual curiosity, service to others, and a global perspective. a marymount…
The College of Arts and Sciences is committed to the development of the whole person through a liberal arts education of the highest quality. The School of Theology educates women and men to serve the broad whole of the Episcopal Church in…
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
Methodist Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health regardless of a patient's ability to pay.
William peace university is a private four-year university in downtown raleigh, north carolina. the mission of the university is to prepare students for careers in the organizations of tomorrow. rooted in the liberal arts tradition, the…
A christ-centered university committed to exceptional teaching, scholarly research, creative innovation, and professional collaboration.
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 30 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 CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598) ↗
- Who funds MEREDITH COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CLAYTON AREA MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds HARBOR INC ↗
- Who funds SAFECHILD ↗
- Who funds FUQUAY VARINA EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY ↗
- Who funds The Methodist Home for Children Inc ↗
- Who funds MILITARY MISSIONS IN ACTION INC ↗
- Who funds SAINT MARYS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds CAROLINA YOUTH THEATRE ↗
- Who funds WAKE FOREST COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds EMBRACE UGANDA ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization McLeod Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McLeod Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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