North Carolina · Private foundation
Ruby and Ernest McSwain Worthy Lands
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $957k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2024
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $28M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Ruby and Ernest McSwain Worthy Lands 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 28 | $957k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $1.7M | 11% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $1.5M | 10% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $1.0M | 7% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $1.1M | 14% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $1.7M | 85% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $436k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Inc | $1,531,000 | 5 | 4% |
| North Carolina State University Foundation Inc | $1,175,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Meredith College | $600,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Nc State Natural Resources Foundation Inc | $500,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Carolina | $407,500 | 7 | 8% |
| Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc | $402,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Lee County Education Foundation | $400,000 | 7 | 72% |
| Temple Theatre Company | $351,000 | 7 | 6% |
| City of Sanford | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Goldston Rural Fire Department | $250,000 | 1 | 83% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ruby and Ernest McSwain Worthy Lands supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 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 Perkins Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · United Way of Lee County Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Espere Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
Compare Ruby and Ernest McSwain Worthy Lands with peer funders
About Ruby and Ernest McSwain Worthy Lands
- How much does Ruby and Ernest McSwain Worthy Lands give?
- Ruby and Ernest McSwain Worthy Lands reported 28 grants totaling $957,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ruby and Ernest McSwain Worthy Lands fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (24%), Food & Nutrition (22%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Ruby and Ernest McSwain Worthy Lands's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Inc ($1.5M), North Carolina State University Foundation Inc ($1.2M), Meredith College ($600k).
- Does Ruby and Ernest McSwain Worthy Lands fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ruby and Ernest McSwain Worthy Lands 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 Ruby and Ernest McSwain Worthy Lands?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Perkins Foundation Inc, Duke Energy Foundation, United Way of Lee County Inc.
- Where is Ruby and Ernest McSwain Worthy Lands based?
- Ruby and Ernest McSwain Worthy Lands is based in NC.
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