How much does The Golden Leaf Inc give?

The Golden Leaf Inc reported 131 grants totaling $161,272,823 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 73 and 133 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does The Golden Leaf Inc fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (34%), Community Improvement (24%), Education (21%).

Who are The Golden Leaf Inc's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rural Economic Development Center Inc ($113M), City of Sanford ($112M), Mountain Bizcapital Inc ($58M).

Does The Golden Leaf Inc fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as The Golden Leaf Inc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cannon Foundation Inc, North Carolina Community Foundation, North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation.

Where is The Golden Leaf Inc based?

The Golden Leaf Inc is based in NC.

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North Carolina · Public charity

The Golden Leaf Inc

Golden leaf's mission is to increase economic opportunity in north carolina's rural and tobacco-dependent communities through leadership in grantsmaking, collaboration, innovation, and stewardship as an independent and perpetual foundation.

$161M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 131
Grants FY2025: 119
Organizations funded FY2024: 45%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $156,620
Largest grant, FY2025: $57,500,000
Organizations funded a year: 73 to 133; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 2
Total assets, FY2025: $1.5B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 45% of the organizations The Golden Leaf Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

HealthEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesFood & NutritionPublic Safety & DisasterOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	131	$161M	56%
FY2024	119	$121M	45%
FY2023	96	$56M	48%
FY2022	80	$127M	54%
FY2021	73	$136M	52%
FY2020	133	$73M	68%
FY2019	125	$59M	73%
FY2018	84	$73M	77%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Public Benefit$323MCommunity Improvement$222MEducation$196MEnvironment$68MFood & Nutrition$58MHealth$27MPublic Safety & Disaster$9.7MHousing & Shelter$8.6MOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Rural Economic Development Center Inc	$113,307,634	8	76%
City of Sanford	$112,100,000	5	n/a
Mountain Bizcapital Inc	$57,500,000	1	n/a
The North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Inc	$45,538,541	2	2%
North Carolina Department of Transportation	$40,000,000	1	n/a
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction	$25,000,000	1	n/a
Pbs North Carolina	$24,875,581	9	n/a
Town of Siler City	$16,562,860	3	n/a
North Carolina Community College System	$14,460,000	9	n/a
Wilson Community College	$13,000,000	1	n/a

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All grantees of The Golden Leaf Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Rural Economic Development Center Inc	$113,307,634	8	76%
City of Sanford	$112,100,000	5	n/a
Mountain Bizcapital Inc	$57,500,000	1	n/a
The North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Inc	$45,538,541	2	2%
North Carolina Department of Transportation	$40,000,000	1	n/a
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction	$25,000,000	1	n/a
Pbs North Carolina	$24,875,581	9	n/a
Town of Siler City	$16,562,860	3	n/a
North Carolina Community College System	$14,460,000	9	n/a
Wilson Community College	$13,000,000	1	n/a
Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation	$12,365,000	2	72%
University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Foundation Inc	$10,782,315	1	n/a
Edgecombe Community College	$10,500,000	1	n/a
North Carolina Global Transpark Authority	$10,300,000	2	n/a
Center for Creative Leadership	$8,958,976	5	6%
City of Lumberton	$8,901,522	7	n/a
Methodist University Inc	$8,041,820	2	9%
The Carolinas Gateway Partnership Inc	$7,537,500	2	26%
City of Greensboro	$7,384,550	2	n/a
City of Fayetteville	$6,339,725	5	n/a
North Carolina Housing Finance Agency	$6,000,000	1	n/a
Nc State University	$5,556,895	6	n/a
Public Sch of Robeson Co	$5,361,016	2	n/a
McNc	$5,177,472	4	3%
County of Bertie	$5,141,537	5	n/a
County of Rockingham	$4,892,000	4	n/a
Greenville Utilities Commission (GUC)	$4,583,504	3	n/a
City of Shelby	$4,500,000	1	n/a
Bladen's Bloomin' Agri-Industrial Inc	$4,200,000	4	43%
Town of Holly Springs	$4,000,000	1	n/a
Town of Elizabethtown	$3,563,066	3	n/a
Carolina Small Business Development Fund	$3,425,000	2	42%
County of Ashe	$3,345,035	4	n/a
City of Laurinburg	$3,300,000	3	n/a
Town of Fair Bluff	$3,278,007	4	n/a
County of Randolph	$3,245,000	3	n/a
East Carolina University	$3,237,104	4	n/a
County of Robeson	$3,210,500	4	n/a
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College	$3,188,487	2	n/a
North Carolina Baptist Men	$3,140,000	2	n/a
Wilkes Economic Development Corporation	$3,128,000	5	12%
Town of Tabor City	$3,113,121	7	n/a
County of Brunswick	$3,100,000	2	n/a
City of Washington	$3,030,000	1	n/a
County of Lenoir	$2,921,700	3	n/a
City of Elizabeth City	$2,874,300	4	n/a
County of Hoke	$2,800,000	2	n/a
City of Whiteville	$2,717,180	5	n/a
Cleveland Community College	$2,622,663	3	n/a
Town of Oakboro	$2,500,000	1	n/a
County of McDowell	$2,330,550	2	n/a
County of Halifax	$2,328,500	5	n/a
County of Franklin	$2,309,934	3	n/a
Town of Lillington	$2,309,676	4	n/a
Trenton Volunteer Fire Department Inc	$2,300,000	2	69%
City of Mount Airy	$2,262,150	3	n/a
Davidson County Comm College	$2,225,235	2	n/a
Town of Carolina Beach	$2,112,494	1	n/a
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consu	$2,093,377	1	n/a
Town of Oak Island	$2,079,500	2	n/a
County of Wayne	$2,068,606	5	n/a
Town of Surf City	$2,037,538	3	n/a
County of Craven	$2,012,470	2	n/a
City of Rocky Mount	$2,011,948	3	n/a
Town of Benson	$2,007,250	2	n/a
Contentnea Metro Sewer Dist	$2,000,000	1	n/a
County of Bladen	$1,990,000	3	n/a
James Sprunt Community College	$1,977,000	3	n/a
City of Wilson	$1,975,331	2	n/a
Madison County Economic Development	$1,974,550	3	n/a
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke	$1,892,900	1	n/a
Wayne County Development Alliance Inc	$1,841,539	2	12%
Forsyth Tech Comm College	$1,809,000	2	n/a
County of Greene	$1,787,650	7	n/a
Haywood Community College	$1,783,761	1	n/a
Fayetteville Technical Community College	$1,757,735	2	n/a
City of Gastonia	$1,750,000	1	n/a
County of Cumberland	$1,737,600	3	n/a
County of Duplin	$1,722,775	4	n/a
Davie County Schools	$1,699,978	2	n/a
Town of Pollocksville	$1,654,700	4	n/a
Town of Princeton	$1,617,443	4	n/a
Kelly Services Inc	$1,610,000	4	n/a
County of Richmond	$1,606,350	1	n/a
County of Pitt	$1,600,000	1	n/a
Town of Nashville	$1,596,063	4	n/a
County of Northampton	$1,585,320	2	n/a
City of New Bern	$1,583,899	4	n/a
Western Piedmont Community College	$1,500,000	1	n/a
County of Transylvania	$1,500,000	1	n/a
Town of la Grange North Carolina	$1,500,000	1	n/a
Black River Health Services Inc	$1,500,000	1	22%
Alamance-Burlington Schools	$1,500,000	1	n/a
Tri-County Community College	$1,480,000	2	n/a
Southwestern Community College	$1,475,737	3	n/a
County of Nash	$1,466,000	3	n/a
Randolph Community College	$1,453,000	2	n/a
Scotland County Economic Development Corporation	$1,400,000	2	47%
City of Southport	$1,391,767	3	n/a
Town of Hertford	$1,377,694	3	n/a
Barton College	$1,340,000	2	2%
City of Hickory	$1,331,257	4	n/a
Johnston Community College Foundation Inc	$1,328,994	4	54%
Neuse Regional Water and Sewer Authority	$1,300,000	1	n/a
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$1,290,678	5	n/a
County of Sampson	$1,265,112	2	n/a
Anson County Schools	$1,250,000	2	n/a
Davidson County	$1,250,000	2	n/a
County of Currituck	$1,250,000	2	n/a
City of Goldsboro	$1,246,307	2	n/a
Beaufort County Schools	$1,235,000	1	n/a
North Carolina Chamber Foundation	$1,225,000	2	30%
Brunswick Community College	$1,200,000	2	n/a
Northeast Academy for Aerospace and Advanced Technologies	$1,200,000	3	12%
Sampson Community College Foundation	$1,200,000	2	85%
County of Columbus	$1,190,000	3	n/a
HIGHTS Inc	$1,181,102	2	46%
South Piedmont Community College Foundation Inc	$1,180,000	2	28%
Gaston College	$1,159,600	1	n/a
Town of Fairmont	$1,110,000	3	n/a
Town of Selma	$1,103,870	3	n/a
City of Thomasville	$1,100,000	1	n/a
The Foundation of Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute Inc	$1,098,000	1	26%
Town of Crossnore	$1,086,000	1	n/a
Lenoir Community College	$1,076,000	2	n/a
Carteret Community College Foundation Inc	$1,044,459	5	31%
Onslow Water & Sewer Authority	$1,029,500	1	n/a
Rowan-Salisbury School System	$1,025,000	2	n/a
Caswell County Government	$1,020,200	3	n/a
Cumberland County Hospital System Inc	$1,014,150	2	0%
City of Albemarle	$1,013,100	1	n/a
City of Dunn	$1,006,086	4	n/a
Union County Government	$1,000,000	1	n/a
Stanly Community College Foundation Inc	$1,000,000	1	n/a
Piedmont Triad Regional Development Corporation	$1,000,000	1	n/a
County of Watauga	$1,000,000	1	n/a
Blue Ridge Community College	$1,000,000	1	n/a
Rockingham Community Colle	$1,000,000	2	n/a
East Yancey Water and Sewer District	$1,000,000	1	n/a
City of Jacksonville	$1,000,000	1	n/a
Alamance Community College	$1,000,000	1	n/a
Rutherford County Economic Development Corporation	$998,513	1	n/a
Town of Aurora	$997,657	3	n/a
Town of Beech Mountain	$995,000	1	n/a
The Ocracoke Foundation Inc	$976,220	3	69%
County of Person	$973,750	1	n/a
Guilford Tech Comm College	$960,000	2	n/a
City of Raeford	$958,000	2	n/a
The Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship Inc	$950,000	2	27%
Stanly County	$948,440	3	n/a
Surry County Schools	$923,276	2	n/a
Town of Oriental	$916,406	1	n/a
Elizabeth City Pasquotank Public Schools	$911,000	3	n/a
Cape Fear Community College	$900,000	1	n/a
Hyde County Schools	$900,000	1	n/a
University of Mount Olive Inc	$899,707	2	1%
Town of Trent Woods	$893,706	2	n/a
County of Catawba	$891,257	1	n/a
Town of Fuquay-Varina	$890,100	3	n/a
Pembroke Rescue Squad Inc	$868,250	3	31%
Town of McAdenville	$858,000	1	n/a
Southeastern Regional Medical Center	$854,600	2	0%
City of Kinston	$849,720	2	n/a
Town of Maysville	$825,627	2	n/a
County of Beaufort	$816,465	3	n/a
Franklin County Public Schools Superintendent	$807,822	2	n/a
City of Hendersonville	$806,000	2	n/a
County of Pender	$800,000	2	n/a
Town of Old Fort	$800,000	1	n/a
Surry Community College Foundation Inc	$800,000	1	n/a
Town of Pembroke	$780,987	4	n/a
Town of St Pauls	$780,000	2	n/a
Roanoke-Chowan Community College	$778,200	2	n/a
Town of Spruce Pine	$775,350	1	n/a
Town of Black Mountain	$775,000	1	n/a
City of Conover	$773,500	2	n/a
Town of Jamestown	$769,000	1	n/a
College of the Albemarle	$757,500	3	n/a
Pitt County-Airport Auth	$754,257	1	n/a
Coastal Carolina Reg Airport Authority	$753,700	1	n/a
Institute Capital Inc	$750,000	1	31%
Town of Spring Lake Stormwater Admin	$750,000	1	n/a
Carteret Community College	$750,000	1	n/a
County of Perquimans	$750,000	1	n/a
Icedc Foundation	$750,000	1	n/a
Mayland Community College Foundation Inc	$731,908	1	55%
Town of Nags Head	$728,850	2	n/a
Wayne Community College	$725,000	2	n/a
Fork Township Sanitary District	$725,000	1	n/a
Halifax Community College	$712,000	1	n/a
Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center	$700,000	2	1%
Town of Mocksville	$700,000	2	n/a
Piedmont Community College	$699,891	2	n/a
Southeastern Community College	$699,100	2	n/a
Graham County Schools	$685,461	2	n/a
Wpda Inc	$681,420	1	n/a
Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc	$680,000	1	12%
Western Carolina University	$678,803	2	n/a
Triangle Volunteer Fire Department	$677,278	3	18%
Catawba Valley Community College	$660,000	2	n/a
County of Burke	$659,850	1	n/a
Town of Cerro Gordo	$654,800	2	n/a
City of Havelock	$653,282	2	n/a
Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte	$650,000	1	3%
Mid-East Commission	$641,400	1	n/a
Gaston County Schools	$634,107	1	n/a
Alexander County Economic Development Corporation	$632,412	1	n/a
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute	$632,250	2	n/a
Westbridge Vocational Inc	$628,000	1	37%
County of Hyde	$625,000	1	n/a
Village of Clemmons	$618,100	1	n/a
Vance County Schools	$615,000	3	n/a
Martin Community College	$611,455	2	n/a
County of Jones	$607,542	3	n/a
North Carolina Wesleyan University Inc	$600,000	2	1%
Good Hope Hospital Inc	$600,000	1	n/a
Town of Liberty	$593,779	2	n/a
Alamance Community College Foundation	$593,158	3	10%
Lumbee Land Development Inc	$585,556	1	2%
Mooresville-South Iredell Economic Development Corporation	$577,808	1	n/a
Onslow County Schools	$575,000	1	n/a
Town of Canton	$572,600	1	n/a
Town of Smithfield	$570,000	1	n/a
City of Monroe	$554,070	1	n/a
Harnett Economic Development Corporation	$547,885	1	18%
County of Edgecombe	$540,000	1	n/a
University of North Carolina at Pembroke Foundation Inc	$535,000	2	7%
Beaufort County Community College	$525,000	2	n/a
County of Vance	$522,987	1	n/a
Town of Windsor	$508,885	2	n/a
Fair Bluff Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc	$500,392	1	30%
County of Johnston	$500,000	1	n/a
Washington County Schools	$500,000	1	n/a
Coastal Carolina Community College	$500,000	1	n/a
Town of Madison	$500,000	1	n/a
County of Harnett	$500,000	1	n/a
St Andrews University	$500,000	1	2%
Eastern North Carolina Food Commercialization Center	$500,000	1	n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Goldsboro-Wayne Inc	$500,000	1	19%
City of Reidsville	$500,000	1	n/a
Pfeiffer University	$500,000	1	1%
Pamlico Community College	$500,000	1	n/a
Granville Health System	$500,000	1	n/a
St Gerard House	$500,000	1	15%
River City Community Development Corporation	$500,000	1	59%
Town of Middlesex	$500,000	1	n/a
Flora Macdonald Edu Foundation Inc	$500,000	1	n/a
Town of Murphy	$500,000	1	n/a
Aces for Autism	$500,000	1	14%
The Industrial Commons	$500,000	1	11%
Tri-County Community Health Council Inc	$500,000	1	2%
Town of Drexel	$500,000	1	n/a
Town of Robbins	$500,000	1	n/a
Greene County Public Schools	$499,708	1	n/a
Central Carolina Community College	$498,924	1	n/a
Craven Community College	$495,115	1	n/a
Madison County Public Schools	$487,500	1	n/a
Town of Burgaw	$478,000	1	n/a
Goler Community Development Corporation	$477,394	1	n/a
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Foundation	$465,000	1	6%
Town of West Jefferson	$460,000	2	n/a
Iredell Statesville Schools	$460,000	1	n/a
Davidson County Schools	$455,000	1	n/a
Family Resource Center South Atlantic	$452,000	1	21%
Brick Capital Community Development Corporation	$450,000	1	24%
City of Clinton	$450,000	2	n/a
Yadkin County	$448,800	1	n/a
The Foundation for Duplin County Industrial and Business Development	$441,000	1	n/a
Town of Edenton	$437,295	2	n/a
Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina Inc	$434,850	1	1%
Carteret County General Hospital Foundation	$425,000	1	37%
Town of Wallace	$425,000	2	n/a
Wilkes Recovery Revolution Inc	$423,459	1	n/a
Olympia Volunteer Fire Department	$418,711	2	69%
Belfast-Patetown Sanitary District	$409,000	1	n/a
Pine Terrace Fire Dept	$405,395	1	59%
Village of Walnut Creek	$401,296	2	n/a
Gtr Shekinah Glory Full Gospel Ministries	$400,521	2	n/a
PItt Community College	$400,000	2	n/a
Durham Technical Community College Foundation	$400,000	1	41%
Goshen Medical Center Inc	$400,000	2	1%
Harnett County Public Schools	$400,000	1	n/a
Town of Hope Mills	$400,000	1	n/a
Town of Rose Hill	$395,800	1	n/a
Town of Lake Waccamaw	$395,000	2	n/a
Yadkin County Schools	$393,000	1	n/a
County of Tyrrell	$391,000	2	n/a
Town of Fountain	$385,000	1	n/a
County of Dare	$383,665	2	n/a
J Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc	$378,000	1	n/a
Montgomery Community College	$375,000	1	n/a
Bladen Community College	$368,725	2	n/a
Cleveland County Schools	$360,591	1	n/a
Elizabeth City State University	$358,000	1	n/a
ENCED African Methodist Epis Zion Church	$350,683	1	n/a
Harrells Christian Academy	$350,000	1	5%
North Carolina Central University	$350,000	1	n/a
Town of North Topsail Beach	$348,448	3	n/a
Caswell County Schools	$346,207	1	n/a
Town of Boardman	$336,000	1	n/a
Town of Tarboro	$328,228	1	n/a
Town of Parmele	$328,000	2	n/a
Burke Development Inc	$326,000	2	6%
Stanly Community College	$325,000	1	n/a
North Carolinas Eastern Economic Development Corporation	$324,686	2	n/a
Town of Erwin	$319,000	1	n/a
Winston Salem Forsyth County Schools	$317,498	1	n/a
Brunswick Novant Medical Center Foundation	$311,250	1	50%
Madison County Cooperative Extension	$304,000	1	n/a
Columbus County Hospital Foundation Inc	$302,450	1	n/a
Alamance County Recreation	$300,000	1	n/a
Partners in Learning Child Develop- Ment and Family Resource Center	$300,000	1	5%
City of Claremont	$300,000	2	n/a
Asheville-Buncombe Community Christian Ministry Inc	$296,794	1	n/a
Gardner-Webb University	$290,409	1	0%
Town of Red Springs	$283,507	1	n/a
Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc	$275,000	1	3%
Cape Fear Botanical Garden	$270,000	1	9%
Town of Clarkton	$259,047	1	n/a
County of Warren	$257,500	3	n/a
Town of Ayden	$255,000	2	n/a
Town of Louisburg	$252,720	1	n/a
Piedmont Community College Foundation	$250,000	1	21%
City of Morganton	$250,000	1	n/a
Town of Kernersville	$250,000	1	n/a
Town of Morrisville	$250,000	1	n/a
Ashe Food Pantry Inc	$250,000	2	6%
Feast Down East Inc	$250,000	1	n/a
Washington Outreach Ministry Inc	$250,000	1	n/a
City of Brevard	$250,000	1	n/a
City of Durham	$250,000	1	n/a
City of Boiling Spring Lakes	$250,000	1	n/a
Interfaith Assistance Ministry Inc	$250,000	1	3%
City of Raleigh	$250,000	1	n/a
City of Mebane	$250,000	1	n/a
Nash Community College	$250,000	1	n/a
Thomasville Community Ministry Inc	$250,000	2	20%
City of Wilmington Nc	$250,000	1	n/a
Town of Manteo	$250,000	1	n/a
Town of River Bend	$250,000	1	n/a
Town of Pittsboro	$250,000	1	n/a
Dare County Schools	$249,728	1	n/a
Feed My Lambs Inc	$249,500	1	70%
Jones County Community Hope Inc	$246,120	2	34%
Town of Beulaville	$243,406	1	n/a
Hope Street Food Pantry Inc	$242,632	2	9%
Town of Bolton	$240,817	1	n/a
Southeastern Wayne Sanitary District	$240,000	1	n/a
County of Cleveland	$239,298	1	n/a
Center for Agricultural and Food Entrepreneurship	$238,000	2	23%
Bounty & Soul	$237,780	2	1%
Town of Candor	$230,365	1	n/a
The Filling Station Inc	$227,141	1	n/a
One Step Further Inc	$226,688	2	5%
A Touch of the Father's Love Inc	$225,414	2	19%
Eastern Wayne Sanitary District	$225,000	1	n/a
Town of Chadbourn	$225,000	1	n/a
Legal Aid of North Carolina Inc	$225,000	1	0%
Phoenix Employment Services of Wilmingto Inc DBA StepUp Wilmington	$225,000	1	25%
Christian Recovery Centers Inc	$219,866	2	4%
Moore County Economic Development Partnership	$215,000	2	54%
Turning Point Community Development Corporation	$211,739	1	n/a
Meals on Wheels of Durham Inc	$208,852	2	6%
Hertford County Public Schools	$203,000	1	n/a
Robeson Community College Foundation	$201,496	1	44%
The Salvation Army	$201,340	1	n/a
Town of Holly Ridge	$200,000	1	n/a
Town of Andrews	$200,000	1	n/a
Wilkes Community College	$200,000	1	n/a
Town of Lewiston Woodville	$200,000	1	n/a
Martin County	$200,000	1	n/a
Town of Seaboard	$200,000	1	n/a
The Carolinas Foundation for Hospice and Home Care	$200,000	1	n/a
Metropolitan Community Health Services Inc	$200,000	1	3%
Isothermal Community College	$200,000	1	n/a
Cabarrus Rowan Community Health Centers Inc	$200,000	1	1%
Richmond Community College	$200,000	1	n/a
Appalachian State University	$200,000	1	n/a
Henderson Collegiate Inc	$200,000	1	n/a
Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers Inc	$200,000	1	1%
Thomasville City Schools	$200,000	1	n/a
Surry Community College	$200,000	1	n/a
Piedmont Triad Regional Council	$200,000	1	n/a
Halifax County Schools	$200,000	1	n/a
Town of North Wilkesboro	$200,000	1	n/a
High Country Community Health Inc	$200,000	1	2%
Burke County Public School	$200,000	1	n/a
Working Landscapes	$200,000	1	63%
City of Bessemer City	$200,000	1	n/a
Nc Foundation for Soil and Water Conservation Inc	$200,000	1	15%
Caldwell Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc	$200,000	1	12%
Halifax Regional Medical Center Inc	$200,000	1	0%
Strategic Twin-Counties Education Partnership	$200,000	1	78%
Beaufort County Community College Foundation Inc	$200,000	1	32%
Rockingham County Schools (Reidsville High School) - 1533	$200,000	1	n/a
Partner Community Capital Inc	$200,000	1	4%
Towncreek Vision Corporation	$200,000	1	n/a
Mount Airy City Schools	$200,000	1	n/a
Stokes County Schools	$200,000	1	n/a
Town of Spring Hope	$200,000	1	n/a
North Carolina Coastal Federation Inc	$199,300	1	1%
Fayetteville State University	$199,280	1	n/a
Town of Warrenton	$196,448	1	n/a
County of Alexander	$193,776	1	n/a
Pender County Schools	$190,749	1	n/a
Camino Community Development Corporation Inc	$185,900	1	2%
Town of Calypso	$185,000	1	n/a
Center for Science Technology and Leadership Development Inc	$180,800	1	75%
St Stephen AME Zion Church	$180,537	1	n/a
Town of Kenansville Nc	$175,000	1	n/a
Western North Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist	$175,000	1	n/a
Education and Research Consortium of the Western Carolinas Inc	$174,429	1	3%
Town of Roseboro	$169,488	1	n/a
Town of Turkey	$168,694	1	n/a
City of Statesville Nc	$168,650	1	n/a
Carolinaeast Medical Center	$164,609	1	n/a
Uwharrie Green School Inc	$164,000	1	1%
Inner Banks Stem Center	$163,000	1	n/a
Vance-Granville Community College	$160,000	1	n/a
Restoring Hope Center Inc	$158,769	2	6%
Carolina Farm Stewardship Association	$155,000	1	n/a
Table Ministries Inc	$154,820	1	5%
Mt Olive African Methodist Episcopal Zion Ch	$154,056	1	n/a
Tarboro Community Outreach Inc	$151,907	2	10%
The North Carolina A&T Real Estate Foundation Inc	$150,000	1	1%
Global Opportunities Center	$150,000	1	97%
Northampton County Schools	$150,000	1	n/a
Mountain Community Health Partnership Inc	$150,000	1	n/a
City of Asheville	$150,000	1	n/a
Southeast Education Alliance Founda	$150,000	1	n/a
Wamy Community Action Inc	$150,000	1	6%
Our Community Hospital Inc	$148,000	1	4%
Safe Inc	$146,175	1	14%
Lexington City Schools	$145,192	1	n/a
City of Statesville Nc	$145,000	1	n/a
Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina	$143,855	1	n/a
Wilson County Schools	$143,440	1	n/a
McDowell Lfac	$142,728	2	3%
Boys & Girls Homes of Nc Inc	$142,690	1	1%
Men & Women United for Youth & Families Inc	$140,000	1	20%
Town of Harrellsville	$138,657	1	n/a
The Corner Table Inc	$137,911	1	n/a
Wilson Youth United Inc	$136,273	2	5%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc	$135,000	1	0%
Catawba Valley Community College Foundation Inc	$135,000	1	n/a
Fayetteville State University Foundation	$134,200	1	7%
Rowan Helping Ministries	$133,275	1	2%
Southern Wayne Sanitary District	$132,000	1	n/a
The STUDIO	$131,860	1	n/a
Haywood Christian Ministry Inc	$131,645	1	n/a
Bountiful Blessings House of Redemptions	$129,926	1	89%
Beach Food Pantry Inc	$129,444	2	8%
Onslow Community Outreach Inc	$129,288	2	0%
Lot 2540 Incorporated	$128,832	1	n/a
Orange County Board of Elections	$128,000	1	n/a
Care & Share Center Inc	$127,114	1	n/a
Dunn Police Athl & Act League Inc	$125,000	1	26%
Town of Ahoskie	$125,000	1	n/a
City of Oxford	$125,000	1	n/a
Feednc	$125,000	1	4%
Town of Caswell Beach	$124,000	1	n/a
Town of Fremont	$124,000	1	n/a
Town of Maxton	$122,500	1	n/a
Share the Table Inc	$121,300	2	4%
Hola Carolina	$121,073	1	n/a
Youth Enrichment Program of Wilson	$120,986	1	1%
Chatham Outreach Alliance Inc	$120,819	1	3%
Ashure Ministry Inc	$115,946	1	n/a
Rural Opportunity Institute	$115,000	1	11%
Partners in Ministry	$113,297	1	4%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tar River Region Inc	$110,000	1	7%
Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture	$108,000	1	10%
Hospitality House of Northwest North Carolina	$107,654	1	2%
Montgomery County Schools	$105,500	1	n/a
Edenton-Chowan Partnership Inc	$105,400	2	56%
The Winston-Salem Rescue Mission Inc	$103,674	1	2%
Town of Farmville	$102,700	1	n/a
Five Point Center Inc	$102,614	2	3%
The Housing Assistance Corporation	$100,000	1	n/a
Rutherford Housing Partnership Inc	$100,000	1	4%
Chatuge Regional Hospital Inc	$100,000	1	0%
Elon University	$100,000	1	0%
Murphy Medical Center Inc	$100,000	1	0%
Camp Grier	$100,000	1	n/a
Transylvania Habitat for Humanity Inc	$100,000	1	2%
Caldwell County Health Department	$100,000	2	n/a
Mt Olive Family Medicine Center Inc	$100,000	1	2%
Forsyth County	$100,000	1	n/a
Martin-Tyrrell-Washington Dist Health DEPT	$100,000	1	n/a
Chesapeake General Hospital	$100,000	1	n/a
Abc of Nc Foundation	$100,000	1	n/a
Jacksonville Onslow Economic Development Partnership Inc	$99,400	2	16%
Northern Stokes Food Pantry Inc	$98,263	1	n/a
Western Piedmont Council of Governments	$96,800	1	1%
Western Wake Crisis Ministry	$96,384	1	n/a
Ocracoke United Methodist Church	$95,150	1	n/a
McDowell Economic Development Association Inc	$95,000	1	75%
ST STephen ChURCH of Christ	$93,500	1	n/a
Christians United Outreach Center of Lee County	$93,223	1	n/a
West End Ministries	$92,000	1	5%
Trenton United Methodist Church	$91,525	1	n/a
Cape Fear Community College Foundation Inc	$90,814	1	6%
The Alliance of AIDS Services-Carolina	$89,748	1	10%
Five N Two Ministries	$88,642	1	42%
Town of Cove City	$87,993	2	n/a
Common Heart Inc	$86,405	1	4%
Trenton Missionary Baptist Church	$85,200	1	n/a
Brunswick Family Assistance Agency Inc	$83,511	2	2%
Spiron Solutions	$83,115	1	n/a
Food for Families Nc Inc	$82,559	2	0%
Town of White Lake	$82,500	1	n/a
Freedom Life Ministries	$82,065	1	4%
Mayland Community College	$81,000	1	n/a
United Worship Center Church of New Bern Inc	$76,104	1	n/a
Hope Restorations Inc	$75,000	1	n/a
Town of Trenton	$75,000	1	n/a
The North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence	$75,000	1	n/a
Core Sound Waterfowl Museum	$75,000	1	7%
United Way of Onslow County Inc	$73,223	1	5%
Town of Lake Santeetlah	$72,697	1	n/a
Grahamtown Team	$71,789	1	n/a
Transylvania Christian Ministry Inc	$68,765	1	2%
Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care Inc Dba Amorem	$67,200	1	0%
Town of Beaufort	$67,153	1	n/a
COUNTY OF Washington	$65,000	2	n/a
County of Jackson	$65,000	2	n/a
Pollocksville Baptist Church	$64,064	1	n/a
Cypress Pointe Fire and Rescue	$62,450	1	7%
Centro Unido Latino Americano	$60,000	1	3%
Northwestern Wayne Sanitary District	$59,000	1	n/a
Farmer Foodshare Inc	$58,333	1	2%
Health Education Foundation of Eastern N	$57,500	1	n/a
Kingdom Entity Resource Center	$56,284	1	n/a
St Philips Episcopal Church	$56,205	1	n/a
Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park & Eco-Center Inc	$55,400	1	5%
The Givens Estates Inc	$55,000	1	n/a
Town of Bladenboro	$55,000	1	n/a
Southwestern Wayne Sanitary District	$51,000	1	n/a
Saint Luke AME Zion	$50,000	1	n/a
Bald Head Island Conservancy Inc	$50,000	1	3%
Memorial Missionary Baptist Church	$50,000	1	n/a
Highland Presbyterian Church	$50,000	1	n/a
Cherokee Co Health Department	$50,000	1	n/a
Hill's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church	$50,000	1	n/a
Sandy Run Missionary Baptist Church Incorporated	$50,000	1	n/a
Rebuilding Broken Places CDC	$48,805	1	n/a
Pungo Christian Academy	$46,575	1	2%
Union Chapel AME Zion Church	$45,101	1	n/a
Serving Our Community With Kindness In Springwood	$45,000	1	55%
Bethel AME Zion Church	$44,250	1	n/a
J O y Ministry	$43,426	1	n/a
Town of Faison	$42,735	1	n/a
Town of Boiling Springs	$41,000	1	n/a
Reinvestment Partners	$40,000	1	2%
The Open Door of Perquimans County Inc	$38,676	1	17%
Town of Cape Carteret	$37,681	1	n/a
The International Friendship Center of Highlands	$37,378	2	4%
Town of Swansboro	$34,728	1	n/a
The Pastors Pantry Targeting Senior Hunger	$30,624	1	n/a
Martin County Economic Development Corporation	$29,500	1	13%
Greater Winston-Salem Development Corp	$25,500	1	2%
Town of Autryville	$25,000	1	n/a
Lenoir Community College Foundation Inc	$25,000	1	n/a
Carolina Horse Park Foundation	$22,500	1	1%
Dallas-High Shoals Christian Social Ministry Inc	$22,437	1	n/a
Sandy Mush Community Center	$21,896	1	28%
Tabernacle Baptist Church	$21,309	1	n/a
Rocky Mount Family YMCA Inc	$17,969	1	0%
County of Montgomery	$15,000	1	n/a
County of Stokes	$15,000	1	n/a
Macon County Public Health	$15,000	1	n/a
Backpack Beginnings	$14,201	1	0%
Essence of the Cross Ministries	$13,571	1	n/a
PTA North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers Inc	$13,005	1	n/a
Town of Rowland	$12,150	1	n/a
Smyrna Baptist Church	$10,875	1	n/a
Bread for Life Senior Pantry	$10,094	1	12%
Ocracoke Assembly of God Church	$10,000	1	n/a
Stecoah Valley Arts Crafts & Educational Center Inc	$9,705	1	3%
Lumber River United Way	$9,246	1	1%
Samaritan Kitchen of Wilkes	$9,194	1	0%
Enfield Economic Development and Revitalizaton Commisson Inc	$8,500	1	n/a
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church	$8,055	1	n/a
Sturgeon City of Jacksonville Nc	$7,364	1	2%
St Thomas AME Zion Church	$6,111	1	n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($424k), not named here.

The Golden Leaf Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 43 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 172 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 172.

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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.

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How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Golden Leaf Inc

How much does The Golden Leaf Inc give?: The Golden Leaf Inc reported 131 grants totaling $161,272,823 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 73 and 133 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Golden Leaf Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (34%), Community Improvement (24%), Education (21%).
Who are The Golden Leaf Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rural Economic Development Center Inc ($113M), City of Sanford ($112M), Mountain Bizcapital Inc ($58M).
Does The Golden Leaf Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Golden Leaf Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cannon Foundation Inc, North Carolina Community Foundation, North Carolina Community Colleges Foundation.
Where is The Golden Leaf Inc based?: The Golden Leaf Inc is based in NC.