· Private foundation
The Hudson Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $165k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
- $250k+1 grant · $278k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION | $278,017 |
| CHATHAM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $70,000 |
| UNC SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK | $30,000 |
| NC DISASTER RELIEF FUND | $25,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF CHATHAM COUNTY | $20,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY | $20,000 |
| GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER | $10,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS OF EASTERN NC | $10,000 |
| DURHAM RESCUE MISSION | $10,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $10,000 |
| UNC LINEBERGER COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER | $10,000 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $10,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF EASTERN NC | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TKTHE KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +80%
Chatham Habitat for Humanity Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $303k · revenue +5%- UWUNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY INC7× · 2019–2025 · $137k · revenue +4%
Funded once
- ARAMERICAN RED CROSS - HURRICANE RELIEF WESTERN NCone grant, 2024 · $25k
- ARAMERICAN RED CROSS - HURRICANE FLORENCE RELIEFone grant, 2018 · $5k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $3k
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.
Charleston Habitat for Humanitys (CHFH) vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Seeking to put God's love into action, Charleston Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope. By…
The united way of coastal carolina, inc. strives to meet the current and emerging human needs in craven, carteret, jones, and pamlico counties by mobilizing the resources of community organizations, agencies, recipients, and volunteers.
The United Way of Cleveland County helps people by uniting resources and programs to responsibly meet the needs of our community.
Guided by God, Habitat Cabarrus transforms lives and our community by uniting all of Cabarrus County around the cause of decent, affordable housing for everyone.
To unite people, ideas, and resources to advance the common good in horry county
Helping homeless men by providing a safe shelter and meeting their basic needs as well as address barriers related to homelessness and self-sufficiency and helping homeless men to obtain and maintain more appropriate housing.
United Way envisions a community of opportunity where everyone has hope and can reach their full potential. United Way's mission is to solve Northeast Florida's toughest challenges by connecting people, resources and ideas.
The Children's Home Society of North Carolina's mission is to promote the right of every child to a permanent, safe, and loving family.
Humane Society of Charlotte mission is to champion the wellbeing of companion animals and strengthen their bond with the people who know, love, and need them.
NourishNC, Inc.'s goal is to provide healthy food to hungry children, empowering them to succeed in the classroom and in their community
United way of champaign county brings people and resources together to create positive change and lasting impact for our community.
To eradicate poverty and to increase social mobility through the power of partnerships.
How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 32 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 KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Chatham Habitat for Humanity Inc ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF CHATHAM COUNTY ↗
- Who funds RESCUE MISSIONS MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds Christmas House Inc ↗
- Who funds Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds DELOITTE 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: T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Hudson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hudson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- United Way of Martin County Inc: 3% of income from government
How this is measured
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