North Carolina · Private foundation
The Pokelwaldt-McDowell Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $90k
- Granted FY2019
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2019
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 89%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Itemized, FY2019
- $83k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2019
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 7
- Total assets, FY2019
- $944k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 89% of the organizations The Pokelwaldt-McDowell Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 86% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 14% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 9 | $58k | 89% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $49k | 13% |
| FY2017 | 24 | $52k | 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 FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Governor Dummer Academy the Governor's Academy | $30,500 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Luge Association | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hampden-Sydney College | $14,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Wellesley College | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Harvard-Westlake School | $6,650 | 2 | 0% |
| Elon University | $6,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Food for Thought Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Colorado College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Norfolk Academy | $3,950 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Governor Dummer Academy the Governor's Academy | $30,500 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Luge Association | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hampden-Sydney College | $14,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Wellesley College | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Harvard-Westlake School | $6,650 | 2 | 0% |
| Elon University | $6,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Food for Thought Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Colorado College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Norfolk Academy | $3,950 | 2 | 0% |
| Outer Banks Relief Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Miracle Network | $1,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Robert Louis Stevenson School | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Heronfield Academy | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| IESE Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($48k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Pokelwaldt-McDowell Family 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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Pokelwaldt-McDowell Family Foundation
- How much does The Pokelwaldt-McDowell Family Foundation give?
- The Pokelwaldt-McDowell Family Foundation reported 11 itemized grants totaling $83,000, out of $90,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does The Pokelwaldt-McDowell Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Education (24%), Health (5%), Recreation & Sports (3%).
- Who are The Pokelwaldt-McDowell Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Governor Dummer Academy the Governor's Academy ($31k), United States Luge Association ($15k), Hampden-Sydney College ($14k).
- Does The Pokelwaldt-McDowell Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 89% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Pokelwaldt-McDowell Family 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 Pokelwaldt-McDowell Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Pokelwaldt-McDowell Family Foundation based?
- The Pokelwaldt-McDowell Family Foundation is based in NC.
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