North Carolina · Private foundation
The Carson 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.
- $274k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $55,375
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations The Carson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $274k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $227k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $220k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $160k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $184k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $154k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $94k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $102k | 30% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkes County Schools | $394,600 | 9 | n/a |
| Wilkes Community Partnership for Children | $72,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Samaritan Kitchen of Wilkes | $34,250 | 6 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Resolute Inc | $21,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Town of North Wilkesboro | $20,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Wilkesboro United Methodist Church | $14,200 | 6 | n/a |
| Critter Ridge Rescue | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Share Our Strength | $11,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Happy Dog Ranch Foundation Inc | $10,500 | 6 | 1% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkes County Schools | $394,600 | 9 | n/a |
| Wilkes Community Partnership for Children | $72,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Samaritan Kitchen of Wilkes | $34,250 | 6 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Resolute Inc | $21,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Town of North Wilkesboro | $20,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Wilkesboro United Methodist Church | $14,200 | 6 | n/a |
| Critter Ridge Rescue | $13,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Share Our Strength | $11,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Happy Dog Ranch Foundation Inc | $10,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Hand in Hand Ministries Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Wilkes Art Gallery Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wilkes Pregnancy Care Center Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The 12 Note Map | $4,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Beagle Freedom Project | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bounty & Soul | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catherine H Barber Memorial Shelter Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Wilkes Circle of Care Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Orange County Rape Crisis Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hometown Habitat for Humanity Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wilkes Playmakers Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($860k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Carson 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: The Leonard G Herring Family Foundation · The Stone Foundation · United Way of Wilkes County Inc · The Health Foundation Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Wilkes Medical Center Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Carson Foundation
- How much does The Carson Foundation give?
- The Carson Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $274,085 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Carson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (50%), Philanthropy (5%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
- Who are The Carson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wilkes County Schools ($395k), Wilkes Community Partnership for Children ($72k), Samaritan Kitchen of Wilkes ($34k).
- Does The Carson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Carson 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 Carson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Leonard G Herring Family Foundation, The Stone Foundation, United Way of Wilkes County Inc.
- Where is The Carson Foundation based?
- The Carson Foundation is based in NC.
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