North Carolina · Private foundation
Rusty Pulliam Foundation Inc
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.
- $715k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $365,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $252
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Rusty Pulliam Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k 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 | 9 | $715k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $1.4M | 36% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $750k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $345k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montreat College | $1,265,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Givens Estates Inc | $255,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Asheville Christian Academy Inc | $180,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Timothy Brown Ministries Corp | $75,000 | 3 | 32% |
| Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sports Outreach | $60,000 | 4 | 9% |
| The Asheville Police Department Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 18% |
| TC Roberson Rams Club Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Swing King University | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| QB1 Enterprises Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montreat College | $1,265,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Givens Estates Inc | $255,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Asheville Christian Academy Inc | $180,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Timothy Brown Ministries Corp | $75,000 | 3 | 32% |
| Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sports Outreach | $60,000 | 4 | 9% |
| The Asheville Police Department Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 18% |
| TC Roberson Rams Club Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Swing King University | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| QB1 Enterprises Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| PEAK Academy Charter School | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Coach S Quest | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Rusty Pulliam Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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 Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Dogwood Health Trust · Foundation for the Carolinas · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Rusty Pulliam Foundation Inc
- How much does Rusty Pulliam Foundation Inc give?
- Rusty Pulliam Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $715,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Rusty Pulliam Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (47%), Religion (26%), Health (11%).
- Who are Rusty Pulliam Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Montreat College ($1.3M), The Givens Estates Inc ($255k), Asheville Christian Academy Inc ($180k).
- Does Rusty Pulliam Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rusty Pulliam Foundation Inc 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 Rusty Pulliam Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc, Dogwood Health Trust, Foundation for the Carolinas.
- Where is Rusty Pulliam Foundation Inc based?
- Rusty Pulliam Foundation Inc is based in NC.
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