North Carolina · Private foundation
The Longleaf 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.
- $144k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $143,800
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $143,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations The Longleaf Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 1 | $144k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $68k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $26k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $39k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $60k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $69k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $48k | 55% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $62k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Souper Bowl of Caring Inc | $143,800 | 1 | 67% |
| Dreams of Wilmington Inc | $66,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Elon University | $62,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Historic Wilmington Foundation Inc | $26,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Lees-McRae College Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Camp Spring Creek Inc | $14,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Appalachian Voices | $14,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Clean Water for North Carolina Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Souper Bowl of Caring Inc | $143,800 | 1 | 67% |
| Dreams of Wilmington Inc | $66,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Elon University | $62,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Historic Wilmington Foundation Inc | $26,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Lees-McRae College Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Camp Spring Creek Inc | $14,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Appalachian Voices | $14,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Clean Water for North Carolina Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Hill School of Wilmington Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Humane Society | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Cucalorus Film Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Oakdale Cemetery Inc | $4,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Communities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc | $4,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Homeless at Heart Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Village Foundation of Blowing R | $3,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Foundation for Financial Journalism | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wrightsville Beach Museum Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wrightsville United Methodist Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Life | $300 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($78k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Longleaf Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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: The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North · The Landfall Foundation Inc · The Rudisill Family Foundation · Dan Cameron Family Foundation Inc · Directed Balloun Family Foundation · New Hanover Community Endowment Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
About The Longleaf Foundation
- How much does The Longleaf Foundation give?
- The Longleaf Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $143,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Longleaf Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (61%), Youth Development (11%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are The Longleaf Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Souper Bowl of Caring Inc ($144k), Dreams of Wilmington Inc ($67k), Elon University ($63k).
- Does The Longleaf Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Longleaf 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 Longleaf Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North, The Landfall Foundation Inc, The Rudisill Family Foundation.
- Where is The Longleaf Foundation based?
- The Longleaf Foundation is based in NC.
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