North Carolina · Public charity
Patriot Foundation
Fundraising organization providing scholarship funds for the families of service men and women killed, wounded, and injured while serving our nation.
- $4.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 54
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 61
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $4.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $34,800
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $695,519
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 61
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations Patriot Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $332k 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 | 54 | $4.6M | 2% |
| FY2024 | 61 | $5.6M | 31% |
| FY2023 | 46 | $2.9M | 87% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $795k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $574k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $1.1M | 14% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $703k | 17% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $525k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Carolina University | $1,931,619 | 4 | n/a |
| Campbell University | $926,570 | 4 | 0% |
| Coastal Carolina Community College | $784,300 | 3 | n/a |
| The University of North Carolina at Greensboro | $782,798 | 4 | n/a |
| Airborne Scholarship Association Inc | $775,000 | 4 | 45% |
| Nc State University | $721,982 | 3 | n/a |
| Usasoc Soldier Family and Command Support Association | $672,000 | 4 | 76% |
| The University of North Carolina at Charlotte | $665,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Pbs North Carolina | $665,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Wilmington - College of Health & Human Serv | $652,800 | 3 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Carolina University | $1,931,619 | 4 | n/a |
| Campbell University | $926,570 | 4 | 0% |
| Coastal Carolina Community College | $784,300 | 3 | n/a |
| The University of North Carolina at Greensboro | $782,798 | 4 | n/a |
| Airborne Scholarship Association Inc | $775,000 | 4 | 45% |
| Nc State University | $721,982 | 3 | n/a |
| Usasoc Soldier Family and Command Support Association | $672,000 | 4 | 76% |
| The University of North Carolina at Charlotte | $665,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Pbs North Carolina | $665,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Wilmington - College of Health & Human Serv | $652,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Appalachian State University | $499,377 | 3 | n/a |
| The Joint Special Operations Association | $485,000 | 4 | 82% |
| The University of North Carolina at Pembroke | $455,880 | 3 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $454,535 | 3 | n/a |
| Cape Fear Community College Foundation Inc | $407,700 | 3 | 2% |
| Western Carolina University | $389,860 | 3 | n/a |
| All American Strategic Response Force | $383,500 | 4 | 30% |
| Fayetteville State University | $336,996 | 4 | n/a |
| Fayetteville Technical Community College | $323,746 | 3 | n/a |
| Wingate University | $289,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Methodist University Inc | $289,005 | 3 | 0% |
| North Carolina a & T State University | $287,786 | 4 | n/a |
| Montgomery Community College | $261,900 | 3 | n/a |
| Winston-Salem State University | $239,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Screaming Eagle Foundation | $185,000 | 4 | 22% |
| Central Carolina Community College | $156,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Guilford Tech Comm College | $137,800 | 3 | n/a |
| North Carolina Wesleyan University Inc | $133,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wake Technical Community College | $132,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Carteret Community College | $113,900 | 3 | n/a |
| Meredith College | $113,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sandhills Community College | $112,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Wake Forest University | $105,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Mitchell Community College | $103,889 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Mount Olive | $92,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Bladen Community College | $91,000 | 2 | n/a |
| High Point University | $89,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Central Piedmont Community College Services Corporation Inc | $85,800 | 2 | 2% |
| Mountain Post Spouses Club | $75,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Lees-McRae College Inc | $72,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Southeastern Community College | $71,700 | 3 | n/a |
| North Carolina State Elks Association Charitable Trust | $67,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Foundation of Wayne Community College | $60,800 | 3 | 1% |
| PItt Community College | $58,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Davidson College | $52,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Johnston Community College | $50,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Special Forces Association | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| North Carolina Central University | $47,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Pfeiffer University | $47,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Duke University | $46,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Night Stalker Foundation Inc | $44,000 | 1 | 8% |
| William Peace University | $42,800 | 3 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Asheville | $37,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Haywood Community College | $36,900 | 3 | n/a |
| The College of the Albemarle Foundation Inc | $31,900 | 2 | 1% |
| Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary | $31,900 | 3 | n/a |
| Sampson Community College | $29,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Manna University | $25,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Shaw University | $25,400 | 2 | 0% |
| South Piedmont Community College | $25,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Barton College | $25,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Pyschological Operations Veteran Association | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 82nd Fallen Trooper Family Fund | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Special Forces Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Civil Affairs Association | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Foundation Inc | $23,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Forsyth Tech Comm College | $22,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Elon University | $18,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Edgecombe Community College | $18,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Lenoir Community College | $18,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Queens University of Charlotte | $16,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Brevard College Corporation | $15,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Wolf-Warrior Outdoor Leadership for the Future Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 14% |
| All American Aviation Services | $13,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Montreat College | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Louisburg College | $11,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwestern Community College | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| James Sprunt Community College | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Vance-Granville Community College Foundation Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Craven Community College | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hood Theological Seminary | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Patriot Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Golden Leaf Inc · North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation · North Carolina Community Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · National Collegiate Athletic Association · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Tulsa Community Foundation · North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc · Charles a Cannon Trust No 1 · North Carolina Biotechnology Center · Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Patriot Foundation
- How much does Patriot Foundation give?
- Patriot Foundation reported 54 itemized grants totaling $4,550,837, out of $4,737,840 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 61 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Patriot Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%), Civil Rights (0%), Youth Development (0%).
- Who are Patriot Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: East Carolina University ($1.9M), Campbell University ($927k), Coastal Carolina Community College ($784k).
- Does Patriot Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Patriot Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Golden Leaf Inc, North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation, North Carolina Community Foundation.
- Where is Patriot Foundation based?
- Patriot Foundation is based in NC.
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