North Carolina · Private foundation
The LendingTree Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $73k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 190
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $103
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 28
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The LendingTree Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 188 | $73k | 97% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $1.3M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $1.7M | 40% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $1.9M | 95% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc | $1,250,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Dottie Rose Foundation | $377,826 | 4 | 44% |
| Common Wealth Associates Inc | $375,550 | 4 | 13% |
| West Side CLT | $375,300 | 4 | 19% |
| The Relatives Inc | $375,128 | 4 | 3% |
| Charlotte Is Creative | $375,000 | 3 | 23% |
| Freedom Communities | $375,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Digi-Bridge | $375,000 | 3 | 24% |
| Charlotte Rescue Mission | $375,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Artpop | $375,000 | 3 | 32% |
Show all 198 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($663k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The LendingTree Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 173 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Albemarle Foundation · Ally Charitable Foundation · Womens Impact Fund · True Homes Foundation Inc · Merancas Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · Wells Fargo Foundation · Charlotte Woman's Club First Citizens Bank · Brighthouse Financial Foundation
How this is measured
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About The LendingTree Foundation
- How much does The LendingTree Foundation give?
- The LendingTree Foundation reported 190 grants totaling $72,660 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The LendingTree Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (33%), Community Improvement (17%), Education (11%).
- Who are The LendingTree Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc ($1.3M), Dottie Rose Foundation ($378k), Common Wealth Associates Inc ($376k).
- Does The LendingTree Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The LendingTree Foundation 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 LendingTree Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc, Foundation for the Carolinas, Albemarle Foundation.
- Where is The LendingTree Foundation based?
- The LendingTree Foundation is based in NC.
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