North Carolina · Private foundation
The Faile Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $150k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $22,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Faile Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $120k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $104k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $117k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $112k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $156k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $191k | 13% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $186k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| YWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina Inc | $205,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Wildheart | $91,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Harrisburg University of Science and Technology | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lutheran Social Services of the Virgin Islands Inc | $57,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Depositing Empowerment Through Outreach and Urban | $52,500 | 3 | 5% |
| Good Hope Country Day School Inc | $50,029 | 2 | 1% |
| Life Sail Inc | $38,000 | 3 | 12% |
| The Rankin Museum | $30,000 | 6 | 17% |
| Sandhills Independent School Corporation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Art Form Found Objects Recycled Materials | $15,000 | 1 | 23% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| YWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina Inc | $205,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Wildheart | $91,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Harrisburg University of Science and Technology | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lutheran Social Services of the Virgin Islands Inc | $57,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Depositing Empowerment Through Outreach and Urban | $52,500 | 3 | 5% |
| Good Hope Country Day School Inc | $50,029 | 2 | 1% |
| Life Sail Inc | $38,000 | 3 | 12% |
| The Rankin Museum | $30,000 | 6 | 17% |
| Sandhills Independent School Corporation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Art Form Found Objects Recycled Materials | $15,000 | 1 | 23% |
| French Broad River Academy Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Glsen Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($452k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Faile 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 Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Faile Foundation
- How much does The Faile Foundation give?
- The Faile Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $149,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Faile Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (26%), Human Services (21%), Philanthropy (15%).
- Who are The Faile Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: YWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina Inc ($205k), Wildheart ($91k), Harrisburg University of Science and Technology ($60k).
- Does The Faile Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Faile 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 Faile Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Faile Foundation based?
- The Faile Foundation is based in NC.
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