· Private foundation
Summer Rest 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $11k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $233k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $231k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION | $100,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WAKE COUNTY | $75,000 |
| WRIGHTSVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $55,600 |
| NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES | $33,000 |
| PORT CITY COMMUNITY CHURCH | $30,000 |
| HOPE INTERNATIONAL | $30,000 |
| INSTITUTE FOR FAITH AND FAMILY | $30,000 |
| SAMARITANS PURSE | $20,000 |
| FOUNDATION OF HOPE | $10,363 |
| HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF NORTHWEST | $10,000 |
| CLI PRISON ALLIANCE | $10,000 |
| WBS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION OF NC | $10,000 |
| BLOOD CANCER UNITED | $6,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $353k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY6× · 2017–2023 · $580k · revenue +30%- ECEAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC2× · 2022–2023 · $400k · revenue +49%
BOYS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY INC6× · 2017–2024 · $298k · revenue +4%
Funded once
- JAJo Ann Carter Harrelson Center Incgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +140%
- FUFORK UNION MILITARY ACADEMYone grant, 2018 · $40k
- MIMISSION INCREASE FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $25k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To unite the Church to transform the city through the power of the Gospel.
To enable followers of christ to give wisely to advance his kingdom.
Non-denominational church with the mission of impacting the city of raleigh, durham and the triangle region of north carolina with the gospel of jesus christ, raising up leaders and ministering to the poor of our city.
Safe Harbor provides a faith-based community for rebuilding, renewing, and recovery. We work together with volunteers and other nonprofit organizations to provide a wide range of services to those experiencing homelessness, single mothers,…
Carolina college of biblical studies exists to disciple christ-followers, through biblical higher education, for a lifetime of effective servant leadership.
First fruit ministries shares the unconditional love of god through outreach and supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness or trafficking in southeastern north carolina.
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
Line 1, Description of organization mission: Our mission is to help fulfill the great commission of making disciples through biblical counseling, coaching, small groups, speaking and writing. To provide a safe environment for adults and…
Northeastern seminary strives to be a vibrant source for christian theological formation whose students are formed in a biblical vision of gracious christianity and impact wholeness to the world in an expansive array of vocations and…
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
The mission of WNC Lighthouse Inc is Changing lives, by being a light for Christ our Lord. Our vision is To be fully devoted to Jesus Christ, by opening our arms and providing Christian services to the underseved children, adults and…
Christian teaching and the spreading of the gospel throughout the beaufort south carolina area.
How this is measured
33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 60 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
- Who funds THE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds Jo Ann Carter Harrelson Center Inc ↗
- Who funds NC VALUES INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds BRIGADE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE ↗
- Who funds BAND TOGETHER ↗
- Who funds SPORTworks Ministry Inc ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds HOPE INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds PRISON ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds Mother Hubbard's Cupboard of Wilmington Inc ↗
- Who funds Elam Ministries ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION OF HOPE FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC ↗
- Who funds NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
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 · Duke Energy Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Seby B Jones Family Foundation · Cape Fear Memorial Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Eshelman Foundation · Maynard Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Summer Rest Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Summer Rest Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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