North Carolina · Private foundation
The Aver 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.
- $22k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $613k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The Aver Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 7 | $22k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $20k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $19k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $21k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $21k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Disability Institute Inc | $34,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Muddy Paws Rescue | $15,075 | 6 | 0% |
| Davidson College | $14,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $9,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Henderson County Free Medical Clinic Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Denison University | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greens Farms Academy Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Carver Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Men & Women United for Youth & Families Inc | $475 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($21k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Aver 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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Aver Foundation
- How much does The Aver Foundation give?
- The Aver Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $22,075 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Aver Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (67%), Animals (12%), Health (10%).
- Who are The Aver Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: National Disability Institute Inc ($35k), Muddy Paws Rescue ($15k), Davidson College ($15k).
- Does The Aver Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Aver 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 The Aver Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Aver Foundation based?
- The Aver Foundation is based in NC.
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