North Carolina · Private foundation
The Arnold Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2020
- 5
- Grants FY2020
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $1,013,938
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 3
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 80% of the organizations The Arnold Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 5 | $1.0M | 80% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $60k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $18k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $52k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Megiddo Dream Station | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Iptay | $10,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fourth Presbyterian Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sage Valley Golf Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Harvest Hope Food Bank | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Cancer Connection | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mud Creek Baptist Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake Toxaway Charities | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Arnold Foundation
- How much does The Arnold Foundation give?
- The Arnold Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $1,027,838 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does The Arnold Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (88%), Religion (6%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are The Arnold Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Megiddo Dream Station ($15k), Iptay ($11k), Fourth Presbyterian Church ($10k).
- Does The Arnold Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Arnold Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Arnold Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Arnold Foundation based?
- The Arnold Foundation is based in NC.
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