· Private foundation
The Cary Foundation Inc
Its FY2020 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k3 grants · $7k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $84k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $171k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| HARVARD UNIVERSITY | $71,003 |
| FACIAL PARALYSIS BELLS PAKY | $20,000 |
| NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY | $19,278 |
| TRINITY COLLEGE | $16,382 |
| WEST VIRGINIA HORSE NETWORK | $15,000 |
| CHRIST CHURCH | $13,000 |
| CARVER CAREER AND TECHNICAL | $4,761 |
| BRIDGE VALLEY COMM AND TECH | $1,584 |
| SOUTHERN WV COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $294 |
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 (FY17–19, $148k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2020, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (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 FY2020, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WCWV CHILD ADVOCACY NETWORK3× · 2017–2019 · $411k
- YUYALE UNIVERSITY3× · 2017–2019 · $354k
- NUNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY4× · 2017–2020 · $142k
Funded once
- TUTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON INCone grant, 2017 · $65k · revenue +13%
- BCBIBLE CENTER CHURCHone grant, 2019 · $50k
- BCBUCKSKIN COUNCIL BOY SCOUTSone grant, 2017 · $25k
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.
Waynesburg university educates students to make connections between faith, learning and serving so they might faithfully transofrm their communiities and the world. see continuation on schedule o.as a christian comprehensive university, we…
To graduate people of uncommon integrity, competence, and maturity, who are effective lifelong learners and responsible citizens, and who are prepared to contribute substantially to the world in which they live.
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Georgetown college is a fully accredited liberal arts institution of higher learning located in georgetown, kentucky. the college is committed to providing opportunities for excellence in higher learning under christian influences so as to…
Virginia wesleyan university is a fully accredited liberal arts, united-methodist related institution founded in 1961.
The mission of the University is to inspire independent thinkers who become trustworthy, effective leaders that shape caring communities. The vision of the University of Lynchburg is to cultivate a world that is innovative, authentic, and…
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
Valley healthcare system shall improve our community's health by delivering the highest quality behavioral healthcare guided by our consumer's needs.
To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…
Through an engagement with the liberal arts, transylvania university prepares its students for a humane and fulfilling personal and public life by cultivating independent thinking, open-mindedness, creative expression and commitment to…
Provide education and grassroots advocacy about issues of importance to lgbt west virginians.
The west virginia humanities council awards grants to others, directly funds certain projects, e-wv an online interactive program, and conducts seminars and conferences throughout the state of west virginia.
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 37 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.
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- Who funds JACKSON COUNTY COMMISSION ON AGING INC ↗
- Who funds Jackson County Public Library Association ↗
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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: Encova Foundation of West Virginia · Herscher Foundation Inc · Truist West Virginia Foundation Inc · 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 Cary Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cary Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 5% of income from government
How this is measured
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