North Carolina · Private foundation
The Sylvester Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $539k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 56
- Grants FY2024
- 54
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $319,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 49 to 59
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations The Sylvester Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 56 | $539k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 54 | $438k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 55 | $557k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 54 | $482k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 58 | $426k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 59 | $367k | 19% |
| FY2018 | 59 | $412k | 27% |
| FY2017 | 49 | $386k | 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 Refuge Church | $65,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Brigade Boys & Girls Club Inc | $56,200 | 7 | 1% |
| Richlands Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $38,500 | 6 | 3% |
| Swansboro Methodist Inc | $36,740 | 3 | n/a |
| Onslow Pregnancy Resource Center Inc | $32,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $28,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Louisburg College | $18,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Young Life | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Arendell Parrott Academy Inc | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethlehem Baptist Church | $16,000 | 8 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Refuge Church | $65,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Brigade Boys & Girls Club Inc | $56,200 | 7 | 1% |
| Richlands Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $38,500 | 6 | 3% |
| Swansboro Methodist Inc | $36,740 | 3 | n/a |
| Onslow Pregnancy Resource Center Inc | $32,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $28,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Louisburg College | $18,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Young Life | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Arendell Parrott Academy Inc | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethlehem Baptist Church | $16,000 | 8 | n/a |
| River of Life Inc | $16,000 | 8 | n/a |
| New Covenant Church | $16,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Union Chapel Christian Church | $16,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Changing Hearts Ministries | $12,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Onslow County Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vizion Church | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $8,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain | $7,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Kingdom Life Fellowship Inc | $6,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Waypoint Community Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Methodist Home for Children Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Dementia Alliance of North Carolina Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Relevant Church | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Greenville Community Shelters | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jarvis Memorial United Methodist Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Gospel Chapel First Church of God | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hickory Grove United Methodist Church | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Preparatory School Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Onslow Victims Center Inc | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Carobell Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care Inc Dba Amorem | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Broad Street Clinic Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospice of Pamlico County Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| True Justice International Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina Incorporated | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Divine Seeds of Hope Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Albemarle | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 100 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sylvester Family Foundation Inc 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
Compare The Sylvester Family Foundation Inc with peer funders
About The Sylvester Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Sylvester Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Sylvester Family Foundation Inc reported 56 grants totaling $538,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 49 and 59 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Sylvester Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (80%), Youth Development (2%), Health (2%).
- Who are The Sylvester Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Refuge Church ($65k), Brigade Boys & Girls Club Inc ($56k), Richlands Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($39k).
- Does The Sylvester Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sylvester Family Foundation Inc 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 Sylvester Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include North Carolina Community Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas, Big Rock Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Sylvester Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Sylvester Family Foundation Inc is based in NC.
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