North Carolina · Private foundation
Saga Community Focus 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.
- $10k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 24
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $194k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 41% of the organizations Saga Community Focus Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 17 | $10k | 41% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $19k | 41% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $13k | 32% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $40k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $71k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampden-Sydney College | $14,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Peace Garden Project | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Roanoke Island Historical Associati | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Interfaith Community Outreach Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Community Care Clinic of Dare | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Children & Youth Partnership for Dare County Inc | $2,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Colington Volunteer Fire Department | $1,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Dare Education Foundation | $1,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Outer Banks Dare Challenge Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beach Food Pantry Inc | $1,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampden-Sydney College | $14,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Peace Garden Project | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Roanoke Island Historical Associati | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Interfaith Community Outreach Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Community Care Clinic of Dare | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Children & Youth Partnership for Dare County Inc | $2,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Colington Volunteer Fire Department | $1,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Dare Education Foundation | $1,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Outer Banks Dare Challenge Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beach Food Pantry Inc | $1,000 | 4 | 0% |
| North Carolina Coastal Federation Inc | $1,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Food for Thought Inc | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| Church of the Outer Banks | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Dare County Assoc of Fire Officers | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Outer Banks Tennis Association | $500 | 2 | n/a |
| Cupola House Association Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Outer Banks Home Builders Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Liberty Christian Fellowship Incorporated | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| The Outer Banks Hotline Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($108k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Saga Community Focus Inc supplied at peak.
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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: North Carolina Community Foundation · The Outer Banks Hospital Inc · Jean R D Hecht & Betty Rae Hecht Charitable Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Robert P Holding Foundation Inc · Southern Bank Foundation · Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Saga Community Focus Inc
- How much does Saga Community Focus Inc give?
- Saga Community Focus Inc reported 17 grants totaling $10,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 24 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Saga Community Focus Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (36%), Philanthropy (20%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are Saga Community Focus Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Hampden-Sydney College ($14k), Peace Garden Project ($12k), Roanoke Island Historical Associati ($3k).
- Does Saga Community Focus Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Saga Community Focus 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 Saga Community Focus Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include North Carolina Community Foundation, The Outer Banks Hospital Inc, Jean R D Hecht & Betty Rae Hecht Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Saga Community Focus Inc based?
- Saga Community Focus Inc is based in NC.
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