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North Carolina · Public charity

North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc

To support, represent and advocate for north carolina independent higher education.

$899k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2024
35
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$22,066
Largest grant, FY2024
$86,893
Organizations funded a year
35 to 36
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$3.4M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving36$899k0%
FY202335$1.1M0%
FY202236$929k0%
FY202136$651k0%
FY202036$688k0%
FY201936$608k0%
FY201836$914k0%
FY201736$765kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$6.6M

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Guilford College$506,68790%
Village Chapel Inc$350,0299n/a
Meredith College$291,95490%
Mars Hill University$289,91490%
Gardner-Webb University$288,28190%
Lees-McRae College Inc$240,89390%
Campbell University Foundation Inc$240,630915%
Barton College$219,97890%
Lenoir-Rhyne University$217,94090%
Wingate University$217,67190%
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All grantees of North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Guilford College$506,68790%
Village Chapel Inc$350,0299n/a
Meredith College$291,95490%
Mars Hill University$289,91490%
Gardner-Webb University$288,28190%
Lees-McRae College Inc$240,89390%
Campbell University Foundation Inc$240,630915%
Barton College$219,97890%
Lenoir-Rhyne University$217,94090%
Wingate University$217,67190%
Catawba College$213,27490%
Pfeiffer University$212,66790%
Belmont Abbey College Inc$211,83290%
Montreat College$211,42490%
Chowan University$211,26490%
Brevard College Corporation$206,22590%
North Carolina Wesleyan University Inc$203,65990%
Queens University of Charlotte$197,47090%
University of Mount Olive Inc$193,69690%
William Peace University$192,94990%
Methodist University Inc$182,12490%
Greensboro College Foundation$179,802992%
St Andrews University$167,91580%
Salem Academy and College$165,98090%
Louisburg College$147,30590%
Warren Wilson College$139,08390%
Johnson C Smith University$98,93590%
Livingstone College$94,22990%
Mississippi Crisis Foundation$84,6549n/a
The Shaw University$75,84490%
Bennett College$75,48490%
Elon University$68,33690%
Wake Forest University$59,72390%
Duke University$51,93690%
Davidson College$43,01590%
Cabarrus College of Health Sciences$27,4508n/a

Where it is load-bearing

North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGuilford College: $506,687 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetMeredith College: $291,954 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMars Hill University: $289,914 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGardner-Webb University: $288,281 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLees-McRae College Inc: $240,893 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCampbell University Foundation Inc: $240,630 over 9y, 15% of budgetBarton College: $219,978 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLenoir-Rhyne University: $217,940 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWingate University: $217,671 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCatawba College: $213,274 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPfeiffer University: $212,667 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBelmont Abbey College Inc: $211,832 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMontreat College: $211,424 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetChowan University: $211,264 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBrevard College Corporation: $206,225 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Carolina Wesleyan University Inc: $203,659 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetQueens University of Charlotte: $197,470 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Mount Olive Inc: $193,696 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWilliam Peace University: $192,949 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMethodist University Inc: $182,124 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGreensboro College Foundation: $179,802 over 9y, 92% of budgetSt Andrews University: $167,915 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSalem Academy and College: $165,980 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLouisburg College: $147,305 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWarren Wilson College: $139,083 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetJohnson C Smith University: $98,935 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLivingstone College: $94,229 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetThe Shaw University: $75,844 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBennett College: $75,484 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetElon University: $68,336 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWake Forest University: $59,723 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDuke University: $51,936 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDavidson College: $43,015 over 9y, 0.0% of budget

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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 33.

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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.

The Cannon Foundation…Lettie Pate Whitehead…Foundation for the Ca…National Collegiate A…North Carolina Commun…Ibm International Fou…Duke Energy FoundationThe Edward M Armfield…Council of Independen…Folds of Honor Founda…Patriot FoundationThe Dickson Foundatio…
The Cannon Foundation IncNC39.6× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cannon Foundation Inc · Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · National Collegiate Athletic Association · North Carolina Community Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Edward M Armfield Sr Foundation I · Council of Independent Colleges · Folds of Honor Foundation · Patriot Foundation · The Dickson Foundation Inc

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 North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc

How much does North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc give?
North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc reported 36 grants totaling $899,364 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (100%).
Who are North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Guilford College ($507k), Village Chapel Inc ($350k), Meredith College ($292k).
Does North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cannon Foundation Inc, Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc, Foundation for the Carolinas.
Where is North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc based?
North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc is based in NC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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