North Carolina · Private foundation
Ruth Harbison Carr Family Foundation
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.
- $41k
- Granted FY2023
- 34
- Grants FY2023
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
88% of Ruth Harbison Carr Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of Burke County, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Ruth Harbison Carr Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 23 organizations, $41k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $8,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 11
- Total assets, FY2023
- $666k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 52% of the organizations Ruth Harbison Carr Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 31 | $37k | 52% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $51k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $46k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $41k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $36k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $38k | 46% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $37k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Episcopal School | $44,425 | 6 | n/a |
| Morris Animal Foundation | $28,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wee Care Children's Enrichment Program Inc | $11,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Project Als Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Olive Branch Ministry | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Carolina Veterinary Medical Foundation Inc | $6,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The History Museum of Burke Co Inc the History Museum of Burke County | $5,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Families Moving Forward | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jupiter Tequesta Athletic Association I | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oxbridge Academy Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($137k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ruth Harbison Carr Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Duke Energy Foundation · Rostan Family Foundation · Community Foundation of Burke County · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
Compare Ruth Harbison Carr Family Foundation with peer funders
About Ruth Harbison Carr Family Foundation
- How much does Ruth Harbison Carr Family Foundation give?
- Ruth Harbison Carr Family Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $41,175 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ruth Harbison Carr Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (27%), Philanthropy (26%), Animals (18%).
- Who are Ruth Harbison Carr Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Virginia Episcopal School ($44k), Morris Animal Foundation ($28k), Wee Care Children's Enrichment Program Inc ($11k).
- Does Ruth Harbison Carr Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ruth Harbison Carr Family 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 Ruth Harbison Carr Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duke Energy Foundation, Rostan Family Foundation, Community Foundation of Burke County.
- Where is Ruth Harbison Carr Family Foundation based?
- Ruth Harbison Carr Family Foundation is based in NC.
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