North Carolina · Private foundation
The Morehead-Cain Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $14M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 409
- Grants FY2024
- 361
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $28,200
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,489,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 361 to 384
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $225M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Morehead-Cain Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $841k 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 | 409 | $14M | 22% |
| FY2023 | 361 | $13M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 384 | $12M | 90% |
| FY2021 | 376 | $9.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Educational Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Turn90 | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Let's Innovate Through Education Dba Lit | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| La Raza Services Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mid-South Food Bank | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Three Sisters Kitchen | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| All Nations Health Center Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girl Stance | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Black History Museum & Clt Ctr | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Educational Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Turn90 | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Let's Innovate Through Education Dba Lit | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| La Raza Services Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mid-South Food Bank | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Three Sisters Kitchen | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| All Nations Health Center Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girl Stance | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Black History Museum & Clt Ctr | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Happy Roots Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Downtown Salisbury Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Wheels4hope | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Table Ministries Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Code the Dream Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Unc Health Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Empowerment Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Dharma Retreat Center | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 864 recipients with no EIN on record ($49M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Morehead-Cain 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Morehead-Cain Foundation
- How much does The Morehead-Cain Foundation give?
- The Morehead-Cain Foundation reported 409 grants totaling $13,846,637 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 361 and 384 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does The Morehead-Cain Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (99%), Human Services (1%), Food & Nutrition (0%).
- Who are The Morehead-Cain Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: The Educational Foundation Inc ($11k), Turn90 ($5k), Let's Innovate Through Education Dba Lit ($5k).
- Does The Morehead-Cain Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Morehead-Cain Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Morehead-Cain Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Truist Foundation Inc, Triangle Community Foundation Inc, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Morehead-Cain Foundation based?
- The Morehead-Cain Foundation is based in NC.
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