Texas · Private foundation
The Durham Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $4.8M
- Granted FY2023
- 30
- Grants FY2023
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $2,260,715
- Organizations funded a year
- 30 to 52
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 7
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations The Durham Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 95% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.5M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 30 | $4.8M | 10% |
| FY2022 | 49 | $284k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 52 | $301k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 39 | $208k | 3% |
| FY2019 | 40 | $186k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Byrd Theatre Foundation | $165,000 | 5 | 10% |
| Elijah House Academy | $72,225 | 5 | 1% |
| Feed More Inc | $61,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Maymont Foundation | $38,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $37,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Cameron K Gallagher Foundation | $30,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Soldiers Best Friend | $27,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Caritas | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Brandon Academy PTO Inc | $23,000 | 5 | 9% |
| Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $23,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 36 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Durham Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Community Foundation Inc · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Herndon Foundation · Commonwealth Foundations · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Carmax Foundation · Peachtree House Foundation · Wilbur Moreland Havens Charitable Foundation · The Garrett Foundation · The Anne C Robins & Walter R Robins Jr Foundation · Massey Family Foundation
How this is measured
About The Durham Foundation
- How much does The Durham Foundation give?
- The Durham Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $4,755,862 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 52 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Durham Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (79%), Arts & Culture (5%), Health (3%).
- Who are The Durham Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2023: The Byrd Theatre Foundation ($165k), Elijah House Academy ($72k), Feed More Inc ($61k).
- Does The Durham Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Durham Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Durham Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation Inc, The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation, Herndon Foundation.
- Where is The Durham Foundation based?
- The Durham Foundation is based in TX.
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