North Carolina · Private foundation
The Back Yard 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.
- $38k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $676k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations The Back Yard Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $38k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $44k | 46% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $54k | 54% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $112k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $3k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inter-Faith Food Shuttle | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Carolinas Golf Association | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trans World Radio | $8,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Macmurray Foundation and Alumni Association Nfp | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| SuNica Inc | $3,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ovarian Cancer Institute Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Triangle Golf Foundation Inc Dba the First Tee of the Triangle | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inter-Faith Food Shuttle | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Carolinas Golf Association | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trans World Radio | $8,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Macmurray Foundation and Alumni Association Nfp | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| SuNica Inc | $3,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ovarian Cancer Institute Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Triangle Golf Foundation Inc Dba the First Tee of the Triangle | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethany College | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Panthertown Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($182k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Back Yard 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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Back Yard Foundation
- How much does The Back Yard Foundation give?
- The Back Yard Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $38,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Back Yard Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (50%), Arts & Culture (18%), Food & Nutrition (16%).
- Who are The Back Yard Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Inter-Faith Food Shuttle ($20k), Carolinas Golf Association ($10k), Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc ($10k).
- Does The Back Yard Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Back Yard 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 Back Yard Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Back Yard Foundation based?
- The Back Yard Foundation is based in NC.
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