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The Landfall Foundation Inc

To provide funds to local non-profit organizations and schools serving Brunswick, New Hanover and Pender counties in North Carolina for programs and projects that provide for the arts, education, and health and welfare.

$698k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
60
Itemized grants FY2025
72
Organizations funded FY2024
32%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$663k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
32 to 72
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$2.0M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 32% of the organizations The Landfall Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $208k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving55$663k31%
FY202472$558k32%
FY202364$451k25%
FY202251$418k27%
FY202143$355k40%
FY202036$316k11%
FY201932$253k13%
FY201839$345k46%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$713kEducation$711kHuman Services$475kHealth$473kFood & Nutrition$336kYouth Development$240kHousing & Shelter$180kReligion$124kOther$0

Top grantees

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

Show all 143 grantees
All grantees of The Landfall Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New Hanover County Schools$249,7229n/a
Domestic Violence Shelter and Services Inc$135,87493%
Kids Making It Inc$92,39354%
NourishNC Inc$78,50081%
Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc$78,00080%
Dreams of Wilmington Inc$76,15874%
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc$70,00060%
Cape Fear Clinic Inc$64,00091%
Assistance League of Greater Wilmington$62,25083%
Mother Hubbard's Cupboard of Wilmington Inc$60,93581%
The Thalian Associaton of Wilmington Inc$60,38891%
Brigade Boys & Girls Club Inc$55,20061%
North Carolina Jazz Festival Inc$52,476837%
Phoenix Employment Services of Wilmingto Inc DBA StepUp Wilmington$51,00062%
Cape Fear Literacy Council$50,91953%
Family Promise of the Lower Cape Fear$49,50062%
Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts Incorporated$47,90071%
Diaper Bank of North Carolina$46,97371%
Meals on Wheels Council Inc$46,50079%
The Wilmington Symphony Orchestra Inc$45,60063%
Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum$45,50070%
Cape Fear Guardian ad Litem Association$45,000614%
Young Scientist Academy$44,300513%
St Mary Dental Clinic Corp$41,20067%
Brunswick Family Assistance Agency Inc$41,00060%
Communities in Schools of Brunswick Coun$40,20861%
Eden Village of Wilmington$40,00012%
Blue Ribbon Commission on the Prevention of Youth Violence$40,00052%
New Hope Clinic Inc$40,00024%
Lump to Laughter Inc$39,000612%
Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry Inc$38,00031%
First Fruit Ministries$37,80051%
Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington Foundation$37,50051%
Wilmington Children's Museum Inc$36,80032%
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc$36,00050%
Wilmington Jewish Film Festival$35,800413%
Cape Fear Healthnet Inc$35,00061%
Pender County Schools$34,5045n/a
The Frank H Kenan Chapel at Landfall$34,50054%
The Carousel Center Inc$32,50051%
Communities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc$32,50040%
Child Development Center Inc$32,50041%
Brooklyn Arts Music Academy$31,12545%
Community Counseling Center$29,00043%
Christian Community Caring Center Inc$27,50049%
Cape Fear Group Homes Inc$27,00011%
North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers Incorporated$26,00036%
Proactive Lifestyle Events Company$24,912314%
Rocky Point Elementary School$24,7503n/a
Opera House Theatre Company Inc$24,44031%
PTA North Carolina Congress$24,1602n/a
Making Waves Foundation$23,2504n/a
The Airlie Gardens Foundation Inc$23,00040%
Ocean Isle Museum Foundation$23,00013%
A Safe Place Inc$22,50031%
Community Enrichment Initiatives Inc$22,000310%
Wilmington Ballet Company$22,0003n/a
South Brunswick Interchurch Council$22,0003n/a
North Carolina Coastal Federation Inc$21,55530%
Coastal Horizons Center Inc$21,00030%
The Hill School of Wilmington Inc$20,85031%
Gilbert Scholarship Inc$20,6003n/a
Cucalorus Film Foundation$20,50032%
Oasis NC$20,14032%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern North Carolina Inc$20,00012%
Masonboroorg$20,000310%
Autism Society of North Carolina Inc$20,00030%
Paws4people Inc$20,00030%
Alliance for Cape Fear Trees$19,500115%
Theatre For All Inc$19,50039%
Surf City MS$18,9733n/a
Soaring as Eagles Outreach Ministry$18,260213%
YWCA of the Lower Cape Fear Inc$17,50020%
Camerata Philadelphia Inc$17,5003n/a
Wilmington School of the Arts$16,83010%
2Share Inc$16,50029%
United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc$16,00030%
Roland-Grise Middle School Ptso$15,0002n/a
North Brunswick High School$15,0002n/a
Mouths of Babes Theatre$15,00028%
North Carolina Dental Society Foundation Inc$13,50021%
Murrayville Elementary PTA$13,2002n/a
Going Beyond the Pink$13,00028%
Cape Fear Community College Foundation Inc$13,00020%
Wilmington Area Woodturners Association$12,5002n/a
Coastal Bringing up Down Syndrome of Southeastern$12,40024%
A Bike for Every Child$12,0002n/a
North Carolina Symphony Society Inc$12,00020%
Accessible Coastal Carolina Events$11,00022%
North Topsail Elementary School PTA$10,2641n/a
Legal Aid of North Carolina Inc$10,00010%
Welcome Home Angel Inc$10,00011%
Pender County Christian Svcs Inc$10,00011%
Forward Motion Dance Company Inc$10,0001n/a
Christian Recovery Centers Inc$10,0001n/a
Ogden Elementary School PTA$10,000111%
Share the Table Inc$10,0001n/a
East Carolina Community Development Inc$10,00010%
June 10 Inc$10,0001n/a
Cape Fear Museum Associates Inc$9,30013%
Rise Up Community Farm$9,120110%
NHHS Band Boosters$7,5001n/a
First Book$7,50010%
Wheel of Hope$7,5001n/a
Community Care of the Lower Cape Fear I$7,50010%
Topsail High School Music Boosters Inc$7,21914%
Cape Fear River Watch$7,20011%
Music on Market Fine Arts Series Inc$7,2001n/a
Cape Fear Montessori Village Inc$7,00010%
National Society to Prevent Blind-$7,00010%
Project Lead the Way Inc$7,0001n/a
Hill & High Water$7,00014%
Cape Fear Volunteer Center$6,9001n/a
Terry Benjey Bicycling Foundation$6,9001n/a
Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas Inc$6,50010%
Lenny Simpson Tennis and Education Fund$6,50013%
Nseaswim$6,50011%
North Topsail Elementary Sch$6,3841n/a
Big Dawg Productions$6,0601n/a
Dementia Alliance of North Carolina Inc$6,00011%
Turning the Wheel Productions Inc$6,00012%
Wilmington Symphonic Winds$6,0001n/a
Lower Cape Fear Hospice Incorporated dba Lower Cape Fear LifeCare$6,00010%
Pender innovative Learning Academy$6,0001n/a
National Society to Prevent Blindness$6,00010%
Education Without Walls$6,0001n/a
Historic Wilmington Foundation Inc$5,97511%
Gha Autism Supports$5,40010%
Bellamy Mansion Museum of His$5,2001n/a
Brunswick County Literacy Council Inc$5,00015%
Paws Place Inc$5,0001n/a
National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc$5,00010%
Special Olympics North Carolina Inc$5,00010%
She Rocks Inc$5,00011%
Community Counseling Center$5,00010%
Market Street Music Corporation$5,00015%
Wilmington Symphonic Winds$5,000115%
Acting Up Nc Acting Up Nc$5,00018%
Pajama Jams for Youth Inc$5,0001n/a
Canines for Service Inc$5,00010%
Paws-Ability Inc$5,00012%
The Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina Inc$5,00010%
Trinity United Methodist Church of Wilmington$5,0001n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Landfall Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 108 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDomestic Violence Shelter and Services Inc: $135,874 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetKids Making It Inc: $92,393 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetNourishNC Inc: $78,500 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetGood Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc: $78,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetDreams of Wilmington Inc: $76,158 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetFood Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc: $70,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCape Fear Clinic Inc: $64,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetAssistance League of Greater Wilmington: $62,250 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetMother Hubbard's Cupboard of Wilmington Inc: $60,935 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetThe Thalian Associaton of Wilmington Inc: $60,388 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetBrigade Boys & Girls Club Inc: $55,200 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetNorth Carolina Jazz Festival Inc: $52,476 over 8y, 37% of budgetPhoenix Employment Services of Wilmingto Inc DBA StepUp Wilmington: $51,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetCape Fear Literacy Council: $50,919 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetFamily Promise of the Lower Cape Fear: $49,500 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetThalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts Incorporated: $47,900 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetDiaper Bank of North Carolina: $46,973 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetMeals on Wheels Council Inc: $46,500 over 7y, 9.0% of budgetThe Wilmington Symphony Orchestra Inc: $45,600 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetLouise Wells Cameron Art Museum: $45,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCape Fear Guardian ad Litem Association: $45,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetYoung Scientist Academy: $44,300 over 5y, 13% of budgetSt Mary Dental Clinic Corp: $41,200 over 6y, 7.1% of budgetBrunswick Family Assistance Agency Inc: $41,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Brunswick Coun: $40,208 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetEden Village of Wilmington: $40,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetBlue Ribbon Commission on the Prevention of Youth Violence: $40,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetNew Hope Clinic Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetLump to Laughter Inc: $39,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetWilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry Inc: $38,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetFirst Fruit Ministries: $37,800 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetGirls Leadership Academy of Wilmington Foundation: $37,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetWilmington Children's Museum Inc: $36,800 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetPlanned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc: $36,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWilmington Jewish Film Festival: $35,800 over 4y, 13% of budgetCape Fear Healthnet Inc: $35,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetThe Frank H Kenan Chapel at Landfall: $34,500 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetThe Carousel Center Inc: $32,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc: $32,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetChild Development Center Inc: $32,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBrooklyn Arts Music Academy: $31,125 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetCommunity Counseling Center: $29,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetChristian Community Caring Center Inc: $27,500 over 4y, 9.3% of budgetCape Fear Group Homes Inc: $27,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNorth Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers Incorporated: $26,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetProactive Lifestyle Events Company: $24,912 over 3y, 14% of budgetOpera House Theatre Company Inc: $24,440 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetThe Airlie Gardens Foundation Inc: $23,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budget

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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 108.

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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.

New Hanover Community Endowment IncNC109.8× affinity51 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Hanover Community Endowment Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Cape Fear Memorial Foundation · United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc · The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation · The Eshelman Foundation · Corning Incorporated Foundation · Dan Cameron Family Foundation Inc · Novant Health Inc · International Paper Company Foundation · The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North · The Lagomarsino Foundation

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 Landfall Foundation Inc

How much does The Landfall Foundation Inc give?
The Landfall Foundation Inc reported 60 itemized grants totaling $662,756, out of $698,469 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 72 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Landfall Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (20%), Education (20%), Human Services (13%).
Who are The Landfall Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: New Hanover County Schools ($250k), Domestic Violence Shelter and Services Inc ($136k), Kids Making It Inc ($92k).
Does The Landfall Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Landfall Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Hanover Community Endowment Inc, North Carolina Community Foundation, Cape Fear Memorial Foundation.
Where is The Landfall Foundation Inc based?
The Landfall Foundation Inc is based in NC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 144 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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