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Richard M Griffin Sr Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$132k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
31
Grants FY2025
33
Organizations funded FY2024
21%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
16 to 33
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$1.3M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Richard M Griffin Sr Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesInternationalEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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
FY2025still arriving31$132k32%
FY202433$130k21%
FY202333$72k18%
FY202231$85k10%
FY202130$71k57%
FY202020$65k35%
FY201916$54k19%
FY201828$57k36%
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$156kHuman Services$102kReligion$96kEducation$79kFood & Nutrition$44kArts & Culture$42kInternational$39kPublic Safety & Disaster$33kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Richard M Griffin Sr Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Habitat For Humanity of Catawba Valley Inc$67,00042%
Family Care Center of Catawba Valley Inc$35,00092%
Zoe Empowers$31,09060%
Hart Square Foundation Inc$22,00061%
Lenoir-Rhyne University$19,50090%
Hickory Soup Kitchen Inc$19,00081%
Exodus Outreach Foundation Inc$18,00050%
Greater Hickory Cooperative Christian Ministry$14,00050%
Emory University$11,00050%
Beloved Asheville$10,50050%
One Acre Cafe Inc$8,00041%
Monroe Camp and Retreat Center Inc$7,50061%
The International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation Inc$7,00070%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$5,5003n/a
Bridge Community$5,0003n/a
Communities In Partnership$5,00020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$5,00030%
Family Guidance Center Inc$5,00030%
Lumberton Christian Care Center Inc$4,50031%
Emory University$4,0002n/a
Reconciling Ministries Network$4,00040%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$4,00020%
Robeson County Committee on Domestic Violence$3,50030%
Quaker Voluntary Service Inc$3,25030%
Friends Committee on National Legislation$3,00010%
Catawba Science Center Inc$3,00020%
Exodus Ministries$3,00014%
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc$2,50010%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tn$2,50010%
Nc Pride Wrestling$2,5003n/a
Association for the Preservation of the Eno River Valley Inc$2,50010%
School of the Spirit Ministry$2,5001n/a
Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation Inc$2,40030%
Safe Harbor of NC Inc$2,0001n/a
Impact Global Health Alliance$2,00010%
East Stokes Outreach Ministry Inc$1,7502n/a
Joyful Heart Foundation$1,50010%
Sail Initiative Inc$1,00011%
Fostering Hope Inc$1,0001n/a
Patrick Beaver Learning Resource Center Inc$1,00011%
Water Missions International$1,00020%
Lumber River Soccer Association Inc$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($361k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard M Griffin Sr Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHabitat For Humanity of Catawba Valley Inc: $67,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetFamily Care Center of Catawba Valley Inc: $35,000 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetZoe Empowers: $31,090 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHart Square Foundation Inc: $22,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetLenoir-Rhyne University: $19,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHickory Soup Kitchen Inc: $19,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetExodus Outreach Foundation Inc: $18,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Hickory Cooperative Christian Ministry: $14,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEmory University: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBeloved Asheville: $10,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetOne Acre Cafe Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetMonroe Camp and Retreat Center Inc: $7,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetThe International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCommunities In Partnership: $5,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Guidance Center Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLumberton Christian Care Center Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetReconciling Ministries Network: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRobeson County Committee on Domestic Violence: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetQuaker Voluntary Service Inc: $3,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFriends Committee on National Legislation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatawba Science Center Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetExodus Ministries: $3,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetFood Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tn: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAssociation for the Preservation of the Eno River Valley Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCatawba Riverkeeper Foundation Inc: $2,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetImpact Global Health Alliance: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJoyful Heart Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSail Initiative Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPatrick Beaver Learning Resource Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWater Missions International: $1,000 over 2y, 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.

George Foundation IncNC30.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · The Bolick Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation · Beaver Family Foundation Inc · Underdown Family Foundation · Tsh Charitable Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Service League of Hickory Inc · Catawba County United Way 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 Richard M Griffin Sr Family Foundation

How much does Richard M Griffin Sr Family Foundation give?
Richard M Griffin Sr Family Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $132,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Richard M Griffin Sr Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (22%), Human Services (14%), Religion (13%).
Who are Richard M Griffin Sr Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Habitat For Humanity of Catawba Valley Inc ($67k), Family Care Center of Catawba Valley Inc ($35k), Zoe Empowers ($31k).
Does Richard M Griffin Sr Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Richard M Griffin Sr Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Richard M Griffin Sr Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include George Foundation Inc, North Carolina Community Foundation, The Bolick Foundation.
Where is Richard M Griffin Sr Family Foundation based?
Richard M Griffin Sr Family Foundation 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 88 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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