North Carolina · Private foundation
Sue & John Irvin 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.
- $125k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Sue & John Irvin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 | $75k | 78% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $75k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $50k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Tails Nc Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 16% |
| Toe River Arts Council Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 5% |
| The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Arts Council of Greensboro Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mustard Seed Community Health | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Shepherd's Center of Greensboro Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reconsidered Goods Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Backpack Beginnings | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Guilford Education Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sue & John Irvin Foundation 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: Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · Hillsdale Fund · Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital Operating Corporation · Moses Cone - Wesley Long Community Health Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · The Allendale Fund · Hagan Family Fund · The Edward M Armfield Sr Foundation I · Weaver Foundation Inc · The Cemala Foundation Inc · The VF Foundation
How this is measured
About Sue & John Irvin Foundation
- How much does Sue & John Irvin Foundation give?
- Sue & John Irvin Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $125,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Sue & John Irvin Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (46%), Arts & Culture (21%), Animals (15%).
- Who are Sue & John Irvin Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Wild Tails Nc Inc ($60k), Toe River Arts Council Inc ($50k), The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center ($45k).
- Does Sue & John Irvin Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sue & John Irvin 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 Sue & John Irvin Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc, Hillsdale Fund, Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital Operating Corporation.
- Where is Sue & John Irvin Foundation based?
- Sue & John Irvin Foundation is based in NC.
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