· Private foundation
The Bastian Family Charitable 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $7k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $114k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART | $50,000 |
| NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY | $50,000 |
| OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF MUSIC | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
| BOOK HARVEST | $25,000 |
| LITERACY WORKS | $24,000 |
| OUTREACH W LACROSSE & SCHOOLS | $10,000 |
| NORTH CAROLINA JAZZ FESTIVAL | $6,900 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 55% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
10 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.
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 FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NCNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC9× · 2017–2025 · $355k · revenue +28%
BOOK HARVEST9× · 2017–2025 · $343k · revenue +463%
NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION7× · 2017–2025 · $242k · revenue +121%
Funded once
- GLGIRLS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY OF WILMINGTON FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +151%
CHATHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $12k · revenue +12%
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.
The mission of north carolina business leaders for education (dba best nc) is to unite an engaged and informed business perspective to dramatically transform and improve north carolina's education system. our goal is for every student to…
To enrich and connect individuals in the greater raleigh community through intimate and exceptional chamber music experiences. we are committed to presenting world class artists performing music of the highest caliber, providing…
To receive and hold the endowment of the north carolina symphony society, inc. (the "society"), solicit additions to the endowment, safeguard assets, and expend funds for the exclusive use and benefit of the society.
Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…
To support public school adminisrators in north carolina through services in communications, professional development, and public policy.
The north carolina leadership academy provides its k-12 students with a solid foundation of skills, knowledge, and information as part of their college preparatory program. additionally, ncla seeks the acceptance of all high school…
Operation of a north carolina public charter school
The nccee provides economic and financial education for educators and students throughout north carolina. this mission is accomplished through standards based workshops and a variety of resources for educators, academic competitions for…
Lake norman charter school prepares students to be community leaders demonstrating personal integrity with a life-long desire to learn, lead and serve.
Junior achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to educating private and public school students in grades k-12 about entrepreneurship, workforce readiness, and financial literacy, through experiential, hands-on programs.
The las mission is to create a learning community where students: utilize bilingualism and biliteracy (spanish and english) to achieve academic excellence and apply skills in real-world situations and diverse settings; develop and exhibit…
To promote the advancement of the arts and sciences and the development of literature through the publishing of books, journals, and other forms of publications in all media.
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 12 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 NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds BOOK HARVEST ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC ↗
- Who funds LITERACY WORKS ↗
- Who funds GIRLS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY OF WILMINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DURHAM LITERACY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA JAZZ FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds CHATHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
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: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Bastian Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bastian Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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