· Private foundation
The Borden Fund Inc
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 $10k36 grants · $81k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $80k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF NC | $25,100 |
| NC AQUARIUM SOCIETY | $12,500 |
| WAYNE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE | $12,500 |
| UNITED WAY-WAYNE COUNTY | $10,000 |
| NC MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS | $10,000 |
| DOWNTOWN GOLDSBORO DEVELOPMENT CORP | $6,500 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $5,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $5,000 |
| WAYNE COUNTY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB | $5,000 |
| WAYNE OPPORTUNITY CENTER | $5,000 |
| ST MARY'S SCHOOL | $4,000 |
| ASHEVILLE SCHOOL | $4,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,700 |
| KRIQUETTE'S KIDS | $3,500 |
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 (FY17–25, $67k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
69 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2025, 32 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WFWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL9× · 2017–2025 · $98k · revenue +47%
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches9× · 2017–2025 · $58k · revenue +46%
- WOWAYNE OPPORTUNITY CENTER INC9× · 2017–2025 · $45k · revenue +8%
Funded once
- SSST STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHone grant, 2024 · $27k
- KAKITTY ASKINS HOSPICE CENTERone grant, 2021 · $25k
Habitat for Humanity Orange County NC Incone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -23%
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.
Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.
Provide a challenging learning environment in science, technology, engineering, and math to a diverse student population, enabling them to become problem-solving, peace-building, solution-focused citizens. the curriculum is designed to…
To create a place of lifelong learning where people, from young child to senior citizen, embrace science as a way of knowing about themselves, their community, and their world.
The north carolina biotechnology center aids the biotechnology-related efforts of researchers, businesses, state and federal governments, and other agencies primarily through awards of grants and loans related to specific programs and…
Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…
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…
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
The mission of wingate university is to develop educated, ethical, and productive global citizens. following its judeo-christian heritage, the university seeks to cultivate the following in its students: knowledge, faith, and service.
Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.
North greenville university exists to glorify god by cultivating graduates who are equipped to serve as transformational leaders for church and society.
The nccf is the single statewide community foundation serving north carolina and was created in 1988 to build capacity through philanthropy. the nccf administers over 1,300 component funds established to provide long-term support of a…
Provide financial support for all types of education and research within the college of sciences at north carolina state university.
How this is measured
56 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. 56 of the 107 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 WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds WAYNE OPPORTUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT OLIVE INC ↗
- Who funds SAINT MARYS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds WAYNE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc ↗
- Who funds ARTS COUNCIL OF WAYNE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds WAYNE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds The Family Y ↗
- Who funds ASHEVILLE SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Metropolitan Opera Association Inc ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds KRIQUETTES KIDZ ↗
- Who funds THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE FOUNDATION THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN GOLDSBORO DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
- Who funds WAYNE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds DEMENTIA ALLIANCE OF NORTH CAROLINA 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: Borden Foundation · Mid-Atlantic Foundation · M & J Foundation Inc · R a Bryan Foundation Inc · Mount Olive Pickle Company Foundation · Southern Bank Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · North Carolina Community Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Ellen & Munroe Best Family Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Borden Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Borden Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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