North Carolina · Private foundation
The Sentry 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.
- $44k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
59% of The Sentry Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Gaston Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,750
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $26,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $80k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Sentry Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $18k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $11k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $27k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $18k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $12k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $4k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Ministries Inc | $53,950 | 8 | n/a |
| Lincoln County Community Friends Corporation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Disabled American Veterans | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($67k), not named here.
About The Sentry Foundation
- How much does The Sentry Foundation give?
- The Sentry Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $44,082 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Sentry Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (41%), Philanthropy (32%), Youth Development (17%).
- Who are The Sentry Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Christian Ministries Inc ($54k), Lincoln County Community Friends Corporation ($1k), Disabled American Veterans ($100).
- Does The Sentry Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sentry 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.
- Where is The Sentry Foundation based?
- The Sentry Foundation is based in NC.
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