North Carolina · Private foundation
North State 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.
- $87k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations North State Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 11 | $87k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $68k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $73k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $74k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $45k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $51k | 5% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $45k | 24% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $46k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The North Carolina Aquarium Society | $63,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pullen Memorial Baptist Church | $54,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Chi Omega Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $44,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $37,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Street Dogs and Stray Cats Inc | $31,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Wake County Inc | $27,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts - North Carolina Coastal Pines Inc | $21,000 | 4 | 0% |
| North Carolina Coastal Federation Inc | $14,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Fred a Olds Elementary School PTA | $13,000 | 5 | n/a |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($59k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget North State 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: Ella Ann L and Frank B Holding Foundatio · Duke Energy Foundation · North Carolina Community Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · The Robert P Holding Foundation Inc · A E Finley Foundation Inc · Bell Koonce Burnette Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Bell Cook Family Foundation · Aj Fletcher Foundation · Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation Inc · Reynolds American Foundation
How this is measured
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About North State Foundation
- How much does North State Foundation give?
- North State Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $86,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does North State Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (32%), Education (25%), Religion (13%).
- Who are North State Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The North Carolina Aquarium Society ($63k), Pullen Memorial Baptist Church ($54k), Chi Omega Foundation ($50k).
- Does North State Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does North State 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 North State Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ella Ann L and Frank B Holding Foundatio, Duke Energy Foundation, North Carolina Community Foundation.
- Where is North State Foundation based?
- North State Foundation is based in NC.
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