· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| US Golf Association | $10,000 |
| Shared City Project | $5,000 |
| Interfaith Food Shuttle | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| NC Symphony Education Program | $5,000 |
| NC State College of Arts | $5,000 |
| TWR Ministries | $3,000 |
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 (FY22–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 6 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, 66% 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
Backed again, and grew
INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE3× · 2022–2024 · $20k · revenue +25%
CAROLINAS GOLF ASSOCIATION2× · 2021–2022 · $10k · revenue +22%
NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC2× · 2022–2023 · $7k · revenue +10%
Funded once
- CSCALVERT SPORTS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $50k
FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INCone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -20%- NSNC State School of the Artsone grant, 2023 · $5k
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.
Inspiring philanthropy and strengthening our region through innovative community initiatives and quality services to donors and constituents.
The carolinas golf foundation was formed by the carolinas golf association in 1977 to provide scholarships and funding for a variety of carolinas-based golf initiatives.
The north carolina bar association is organized for the purposes of promoting and improving the administration of justice in north carolina; fostering and encouraging law reform when in the public interest; advancing the science of…
Promote the enjoyment and involvement in the game of golf within the carolinas and to contribute to its growth by providing services to golf professionals and the golf industry within the carolinas.
Protect and conserve land, natural areas, rural landscapes, family farms and historic places within north carolina's heartland
To provide advanced electronic and information technologies to the nc education community, public health, and government agencies and to benefit economic development in nc.
To advocate for the health of all North Carolinians by pursuing equitable and collaborative solutions that address climate change and air pollution.
Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.
To develop, maintain, and promote the game of tennis.
Our mission is to mobilize resources by inspiring biblical generosity and creating charitable giving strategies among individuals, families, businesses, advisors, ministries and non-profits.
The north carolina conservation network supports, trains, and coordinates diverse groups and directly advocates to achieve equitable and sustainable solutions for our environment.
To be north carolina's state orchestra, an orchestra achieving the highest level of artistic quality and performance standards, and embracing its dual legacies of statewide service and music education.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 29 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 INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE ↗
- Who funds CAROLINAS GOLF ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC ↗
- Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MACMURRAY FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NFP ↗
- Who funds SuNica Inc ↗
- Who funds Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust Inc ↗
- Who funds THE OVARIAN CANCER INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds TRIANGLE GOLF FOUNDATION INC DBA THE FIRST TEE OF THE TRIANGLE ↗
- Who funds BETHANY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF PANTHERTOWN 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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Back Yard Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Back Yard Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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