· Private foundation
The Byrne Foundation 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 $10k6 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $70k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CAROLINA'S GOLF FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| CHILDREN'S FLIGHT OF HOPE | $15,000 |
| EXPLORIS SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| DUCKS UNLIMITED | $15,000 |
| CROHN'S COLITIS FOUNDATION OF AMERI | $10,000 |
| HORSE BUDDY | $5,000 |
| WUNC | $5,000 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| TROSA | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
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 (FY21–23, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 18% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
19 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 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, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
THE CARYING PLACE INC7× · 2017–2023 · $280k · revenue ×16- TETHE EXPLORIS SCHOOL3× · 2023–2025 · $50k · revenue +17%
- CFCHILDREN'S FLIGHT OF HOPE3× · 2023–2025 · $50k · revenue +38%
Funded once
- HNHOLLYS NESTone grant, 2023 · $15k
- CPCATHOLIC PARISH OUTREACHone grant, 2017 · $10k
- MMSKCCone grant, 2020 · $8k
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 children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…
We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.
Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service
Mission novant health exists to improve the health of our communities, one person at a time. vision we, the novant health team, will deliver the most remarkable patient experience, in every dimension, every time. values -compassion: we…
The mission of wakemed is to improve the health and well-being of our community with outstanding and compassionate care to all.
To improve the health and well-being of north carolinians and others whom we serve. we accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.
Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…
Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.
Education, research, medical services and other public services.
How this is measured
18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 32 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 THE CARYING PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds THE EXPLORIS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S FLIGHT OF HOPE ↗
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- Who funds Ducks Unlimited Inc ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR VOLUNTEER CAREGIVING ↗
- Who funds CAROLINAS GOLF FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOLLYS NEST ↗
- Who funds SECOND CHANCE PET ADOPTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
- Who funds MEDIC ALERT FOUNDATION UNITED STATES ↗
- Who funds CARY WOMAN'S CLUB ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES 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: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Byrne Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Byrne Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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