North Carolina · Private foundation
The Howe Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $107k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 67
- Grants FY2025
- 52
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 47 to 53
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The Howe Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 67 | $107k | 24% |
| FY2024 | 52 | $83k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 53 | $99k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 47 | $92k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington and Lee University | $18,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Carolina Thread Trail | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $10,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Charlotte Master Chorale | $10,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Charlotte Country Day School | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hampden-Sydney College | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Davidson College | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Generals Redoubt | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wake Forest University | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 39 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington and Lee University | $18,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Carolina Thread Trail | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $10,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Charlotte Master Chorale | $10,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Charlotte Country Day School | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hampden-Sydney College | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Davidson College | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Generals Redoubt | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wake Forest University | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Sweet Briar Institute | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Gaston County Schools | $4,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Williams College | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| PKD Foundation | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Opera Carolina | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Belmont Central Elementary School PTO Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Health Guidance Center Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mt Pleasant Baptist Church | $3,000 | 4 | n/a |
| House of Mercy Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Holy Angels Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Belmont Historical Society Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Gaston Day School Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Charlotte Community Health Clinic Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| McAdenville Historical Society Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Belmont Community Organization | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Gaston County Family YMCA | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Life | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Andrews University | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| New Hope Presbyterian Church | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Search Ministries Inc | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Piedmont Council Inc Boy Scouts of America 420 | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Gateway Gaston Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Charles Ave Presbyterian Church | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Girls on the Run International Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catherine's House | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Meredith College | $800 | 4 | 0% |
| Catawba Lands Conservancy | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Gaston Arts Council | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($218k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Howe Foundation Inc 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: Gaston Community Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Associated Foundation Incorporated · The Stowe Foundation Inc · The David Belk Cannon Foundation · The Carrie E and Lena V Glenn Found · Albemarle Foundation · Dowd Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · The W Duke Kimbrell Family Foundation Co Julia B Singh · Charles & Irene Nanney Foundation
How this is measured
About The Howe Foundation Inc
- How much does The Howe Foundation Inc give?
- The Howe Foundation Inc reported 67 grants totaling $107,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 47 and 53 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does The Howe Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (18%), Community Improvement (15%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are The Howe Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Washington and Lee University ($19k), Carolina Thread Trail ($15k), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ($10k).
- Does The Howe Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Howe Foundation Inc 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 Howe Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gaston Community Foundation, Duke Energy Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas.
- Where is The Howe Foundation Inc based?
- The Howe Foundation Inc is based in NC.
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