· 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.
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
- Under $10k2 grants · $4k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $91k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| YWCA OF ASHEVILLE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA | $55,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS | $30,000 |
| WILDHEART INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES | $23,000 |
| DEPOSITING EMPOWERMENT THROUGH OUTREACH AND URBAN REDEVELOPMENT | $22,500 |
| JUNTOS VIEQUES INC GREEN SCHOOL ACTON ACADEMY VIEQUES | $15,000 |
| TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD | $3,000 |
| LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 76% of grant dollars ($939k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 24% that went abroad ($297k) is mapped below.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 79% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Beyond the US: 24% of all-years giving ($297k)
2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 8% of The Faile Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 24% of the giving stays in NC; by stated purpose, 19%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 2 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, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YOYWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina Inc5× · 2020–2024 · $205k · revenue +54%
- WWILDHEART4× · 2021–2024 · $91k · revenue +104%
- HUHARRISBURG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY3× · 2017–2019 · $60k · revenue +48%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $43k
- KFKK FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $36k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $20k
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.
To provide a quality education to the students of our school.
Harpeth hall is an independent, college preparatory school for girls and young women in grades five through twelve.
Antilles School is committed to the pursuit of educational excellence and a purposeful life. We foster a sense of community, embrace diversity and creativity, seek to develop the whole child, and prepare students for success in college and…
Education of grades pre-school through eighth grade.
Through excellence in education, charlotte country day school develops the potential of each student by fostering intellectual curiosity, principled character, ethical leadership and a responsibility to serve. the key values and…
Within a community of belongin, greenhills school inspires and challenges students to be curious, think deeply, explore creatively, act with empathy, and better the world.
Innovative and full of heart, mark day school nurtures each child to pursue their curiosity, think critically, embrace challenge with courage and joy, and work in partnership with others to build more caring and inclusive communities.
Learning with purpose in a diverse and nurturing community, flintridge prep students thrive in adolescence and grow as curious scholars, creative thinkers , empathetic leaders, and global citizens.
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…
The mission of Good Shepherd Episcopal School is to inspire each child to achieve academic excellence within a diverse, nurturing community that builds character and fosters respect for one another and our shared environment, locally and…
Our mission is to challenge and nurture young women to thrive in future global markets through personalized STEM advanced academics. Through a supportive small school and single-gender environment, project-based learning, and STEM advanced…
In a world becoming exponentially more complex, girls will face challenges in college and beyond that will require curiosity, creativity, collaboration, and confidence to be solved. at atlanta girls' school (ags), we teach girls to be…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 26 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 YWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina Inc ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS INC ↗
- Who funds WILDHEART ↗
- Who funds HARRISBURG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ↗
- Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS INC ↗
- Who funds Depositing Empowerment Through Outreach and Urban ↗
- Who funds GOOD HOPE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds Life Sail Inc ↗
- Who funds THE RANKIN MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds SANDHILLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds ART FORM FOUND OBJECTS RECYCLED MATERIALS ↗
- Who funds FRENCH BROAD RIVER ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds GLSEN 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: The Bank of America Charitable 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 Faile Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Faile Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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