· Private foundation
The Charles Barkley Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 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 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
- $50k–250k16 grants · $1.7M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY | $200,000 |
| EDUCATION REFORM NOW | $100,000 |
| PATHS FOR SUCCESS FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| LEEDS CITY SCHOOLS | $100,000 |
| AUBURN UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| SPELMAN UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| MOREHOUSE COLLEGE | $100,000 |
| TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| HELPING HANDS FOR SINGLE MOMS | $100,000 |
| FOLDS OF HONOR ALABAMA CHAPTER | $100,000 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR | $100,000 |
| ST MARY'S ACADEMY | $100,000 |
| MILES COLLEGE | $100,000 |
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 (FY24–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
15 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $650k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CAClark Atlanta University Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $900k · revenue +55%
- MCMOREHOUSE COLLEGE6× · 2017–2024 · $700k · revenue +69%
- TUTuskegee University4× · 2021–2024 · $400k · revenue +15%
Funded once
- CFCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NE GEORGIAone grant, 2021 · $250k
- MFMONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +32%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $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.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
Allen University is an academic community which provides students an opportunity to obtain baccalaureate and graduate degrees in liberal arts and professional programs in traditional and distance education formats. The University has a…
The morningside university experience cultivates a passion for life-long learning and a dedication to ethical leadership and civic responsibility.
Provide post-secondary education of excellence.
To offer women an education conducive to excellence in scholarly pursuits, preparation for leadership roles in the workplace, society, and the world, and life-long learning in a technologically advanced, complex global society.
To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.
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…
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 30 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 Clark Atlanta University Inc ↗
- Who funds MOREHOUSE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Miles College Inc ↗
- Who funds Tuskegee University ↗
- Who funds AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds EDUCATION REFORM NOW INC ↗
- Who funds MONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR ALABAMA CHAPTER ↗
- Who funds HELPING HANDS FOR SINGLE MOMS ↗
- Who funds VIDAL ACCESS INC ↗
- Who funds Street Grace Inc ↗
- Who funds MUSIC WILL INC ↗
- Who funds Spelman College ↗
- Who funds ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS 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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 Charles Barkley Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Charles Barkley Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Bethune-Cookman University: 6% of income from government
How this is measured
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