Which funders back the same organizations as Richard Wood Averill Charitable Trust aka Richard Wood Averill Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Reynolds American Foundation, The Winston-Salem Foundation, Strickland Family Foundation Cynthia a S Graham.

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North Carolina · Private foundation

Richard Wood Averill Charitable Trust aka Richard Wood Averill 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.

$237k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 28
Grants FY2025: 23
Organizations funded FY2024: 22%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $2,500
Largest grant, FY2025: $72,500
Organizations funded a year: 23 to 43; FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 4
Total assets, FY2025: $3.5M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Richard Wood Averill Charitable Trust aka Richard Wood Averill 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; $10k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	28	$237k	25%
FY2024	23	$174k	22%
FY2023	32	$174k	22%
FY2022	34	$174k	32%
FY2021	35	$191k	34%
FY2020	35	$176k	31%
FY2019	43	$178k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$367kHealth$325kHuman Services$139kYouth Development$106kArts & Culture$101kPhilanthropy$84kHousing & Shelter$76kReligion$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
George Mason University Foundation Inc	$297,800	7	0%
Senior Services Inc	$91,740	6	0%
Hospice & Palliative Carecenter	$77,850	7	0%
Winston-Salem Symphony Association	$70,000	5	1%
Samaritan Ministries	$36,000	5	1%
University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation Inc	$33,000	6	0%
The Philanthropy Roundtable	$28,500	7	0%
Fairfax United Methodist Church	$21,500	4	n/a
Children's Inn at Nih Inc	$13,500	5	0%
LEAD Girls of NC Inc	$12,000	2	1%

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All grantees of Richard Wood Averill Charitable Trust aka Richard Wood Averill Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
George Mason University Foundation Inc	$297,800	7	0%
Senior Services Inc	$91,740	6	0%
Hospice & Palliative Carecenter	$77,850	7	0%
Winston-Salem Symphony Association	$70,000	5	1%
Samaritan Ministries	$36,000	5	1%
University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation Inc	$33,000	6	0%
The Philanthropy Roundtable	$28,500	7	0%
Fairfax United Methodist Church	$21,500	4	n/a
Children's Inn at Nih Inc	$13,500	5	0%
LEAD Girls of NC Inc	$12,000	2	1%
Bookmarks Inc	$12,000	2	0%
Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity	$11,500	1	0%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc	$10,500	5	0%
Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County Inc	$9,930	1	n/a
Ellie's Hats	$8,500	7	2%
Indiana Blind Children's Foundation	$8,000	1	1%
The Winston-Salem Rescue Mission Inc	$7,500	6	0%
Winston-Salem Street School	$7,000	6	0%
The Arts Council Inc	$7,000	3	0%
Crossnore Communities for Children	$5,500	6	0%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Piedmont Triad Inc	$5,000	2	0%
Bethesda Center for the Homesless Inc	$5,000	5	0%
Forsyth Humane Society	$4,500	5	0%
Patriot Paws Service Dogs	$4,500	5	0%
We See You Foundation	$4,000	4	n/a
American Cancer Society Inc	$3,500	1	0%
Homes for Our Troops Inc	$3,500	5	0%
Britepaths Inc	$3,104	3	0%
The Special Forces Charitable Trust	$3,000	1	n/a
Fairfax Volunteer Fire Dept Inc	$3,000	2	1%
Samaritan's Purse	$3,000	2	0%
Facets Cares Inc	$3,000	3	0%
Wounded Warriors Family Support Inc	$3,000	3	0%
Animal Adoption & Rescue Foundation of Winston-Salem Inc	$2,500	4	0%
City of Fairfax Band Association Inc	$2,000	1	n/a
4 Paws for Ability Inc	$1,500	3	0%
Patriot Academy	$1,500	1	n/a
Buford Bailey Track Club	$1,250	1	n/a
Meals on Wheels America	$1,000	1	0%
Forsyth Technical Community College Foundation Inc	$1,000	1	0%
The DC Central Kitchen Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Goshen Post Elementary PTA	$1,000	1	1%
Bright Horizons Foundation for Children	$1,000	1	0%
Salem Academy and College	$1,000	1	0%
The Peter B Teeley Childrens Charities Foundation Inc	$500	1	0%
Project Pearl	$500	1	n/a
Presbyterian Homes & Family Svcs	$490	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($470k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard Wood Averill Charitable Trust aka Richard Wood Averill Foundation supplied at peak.

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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 39.

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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.

Reynolds American FoundationNC43.4× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Reynolds American Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Strickland Family Foundation Cynthia a S Graham · Forsyth Memorial Hospital Inc · Ta John W and Anna H Hanes Foundation · Reynolds Foundation 186-8803582 · Flow Foundation Inc · Twin City Development Foundation · Shallow Ford Foundation Inc · Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · The Sara Smith Self 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 Richard Wood Averill Charitable Trust aka Richard Wood Averill Foundation

How much does Richard Wood Averill Charitable Trust aka Richard Wood Averill Foundation give?: Richard Wood Averill Charitable Trust aka Richard Wood Averill Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $236,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 43 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Richard Wood Averill Charitable Trust aka Richard Wood Averill Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Health (25%), Human Services (11%).
Who are Richard Wood Averill Charitable Trust aka Richard Wood Averill Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: George Mason University Foundation Inc ($298k), Senior Services Inc ($92k), Hospice & Palliative Carecenter ($78k).
Does Richard Wood Averill Charitable Trust aka Richard Wood Averill Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Richard Wood Averill Charitable Trust aka Richard Wood Averill 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 Richard Wood Averill Charitable Trust aka Richard Wood Averill Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Reynolds American Foundation, The Winston-Salem Foundation, Strickland Family Foundation Cynthia a S Graham.
Where is Richard Wood Averill Charitable Trust aka Richard Wood Averill Foundation based?: Richard Wood Averill Charitable Trust aka Richard Wood Averill Foundation is based in NC.