North Carolina · Private foundation
The Lookout Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $40k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2026
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $100
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 18
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $181k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 100% of the organizations The Lookout Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 3 | $40k | 100% |
| FY2025 | 3 | $55k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $33k | 86% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $58k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $59k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outward Bound Inc | $68,761 | 4 | 1% |
| The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greensboro Independent School Corp | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Guilford College | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Spastic Paraplegia Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Higher Ed Works | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Voyageur Outward Bound School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Outward Bound California | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outward Bound Inc | $68,761 | 4 | 1% |
| The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greensboro Independent School Corp | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Guilford College | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Spastic Paraplegia Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Higher Ed Works | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Voyageur Outward Bound School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Outward Bound California | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Outward Bound School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York City Outward Bound Center Inc Dba NYC Outward Bound Schools | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwest Outward Bound School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Piedmont Land Conservancy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| PEAK Adventure Ministries | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Reach Out First Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Living Free Ministries Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greensboro Children's Museum Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Carolina Theatre of Greensboro Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($28k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lookout Foundation 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: Hillsdale Fund · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Hagan Family Fund · Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · The VF Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · George Andreve Foundation Inc · Griffin Family Foundation · The Stout Family Foundation
How this is measured
About The Lookout Foundation
- How much does The Lookout Foundation give?
- The Lookout Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $40,200 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 18 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does The Lookout Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Environment (35%), Education (28%), Science & Tech (23%).
- Who are The Lookout Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Outward Bound Inc ($69k), The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center ($50k), Greensboro Independent School Corp ($50k).
- Does The Lookout Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lookout 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 Lookout Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hillsdale Fund, The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation, Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Lookout Foundation based?
- The Lookout Foundation is based in NC.
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