· Private foundation
The Furr Foundation
Its FY2022 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, FY2019 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k13 grants · $7k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $161k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ECU EDUCTION FOUNDATION | $160,751 |
| CEDARS SCHOLARSHIP FUND | $2,750 |
| ST MARYS OF THE HILLS | $1,100 |
| CHAPEL OF THE CROSS | $650 |
| EPISCOPAL RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT | $500 |
| PORCH | $300 |
| BLOWING ROCK ART AND HISTORY MUSEUM | $250 |
| ACTBLUE | $250 |
| GOODFELLOWS | $200 |
| HUNGER & HEALTH COALITION | $200 |
| GIGI'S PLAYHOUSE | $100 |
| UNC HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION | $100 |
| DUKE CANCER CENTER | $100 |
| ROTARY CLUB | $50 |
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 (FY19–22, $800) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 69% of The Furr Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 98% of the giving stays in NC; by stated purpose, 30%.
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 +177% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2022, 5 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (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 FY2022, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $165k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- EEECU EDUCATION FOUNDATION3× · 2019–2021 · $33k
- SMST MARY'S PARISH3× · 2019–2021 · $20k
- COCHAPEL OF THE CROSS2× · 2020–2022 · $8k
Funded once
- CECEDARS EMPLOYEE FUNDone grant, 2020 · $2k
- BRBLOWING ROCK VILLAGE FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $1k
- SPST PETER'S PARISHone grant, 2021 · $1k
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.
Rise against hunger, inc. is an international hunger relief non-profit organization that is driven by a vision of a world without hunger and a mission to end hunger in our lifetime. rise against hunger distributes food and other…
NourishNC, Inc.'s goal is to provide healthy food to hungry children, empowering them to succeed in the classroom and in their community
Nourish people. build solutions. empower communities. no one goes hungry.
Johnston health foundation seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people in our communities by supporting the patients, programs, and services of unc health johnston. the foundation seeks to be a philanthropic leader and…
Loudoun hunger relief is committed to eliminating food insecurity by providing access to nutritious food, building community connections, and expanding educational opportunities.
World hunger relief institute equips people to alleviate hunger through education, research, and sustainable agriculture.
Food for the hungry is a christian humanitarian aid and global development organization that has designed, developed and delivered solutions for more than 50 years so that children, families and communities can flourish. (continued on…
WNC Health Network, Inc supports people and organizations to improve community health and wellbeing across Western North Carolina.
Provide food at no cost to hungry people in need in avery county, nc and improve their health where possible
Our mission is to relieve suffering and improve the quality and dignity of life through compassionate hospice care at the end of life, palliative care for those with advanced illness, and through community education.
Table delivers healthy food and provides nutrition education to food insecure children living in orange county, nc to support their accessibility and knowledge of healthy food and eating habits.
Foundation for food and agriculture research connects funders, researchers and farmers through public-private partnerships to support audacious research addressing the biggest food and agriculture challenges.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 52 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 THE HUNGER AND HEALTH COALITION INC ↗
- Who funds ZETA TAU ALPHA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT ↗
- Who funds PORCH INC ↗
- Who funds THE BLOWING ROCK ART & HISTORY MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds PORCH-Durham ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds BLOWING ROCK COMMUNITY FOUNDAT INC ↗
- Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
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 · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Furr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Furr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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