· Private foundation
The Trexler 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k15 grants · $47k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $85k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $365k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Queens University of Charlotte | $165,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Charlotte | $125,000 |
| Charlotte Symphony Orchestra | $75,000 |
| The Salvation Army | $25,000 |
| The Umbrella Center | $25,000 |
| Crisis Assistance Ministry | $15,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders | $10,000 |
| International Rescue Committee | $10,000 |
| Covenant Presbyterian Church | $8,000 |
| Freedom School Partners | $7,500 |
| Childrens Hope Alliance | $5,000 |
| Goodyear Arts Inc | $5,000 |
| Roof Above | $5,000 |
| Nourish Up | $5,000 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $426k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against -45% for those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HFHabitat For Humanity Of The Charlotte Region5× · 2020–2025 · $450k · revenue +87%
Crisis Assistance Ministry6× · 2020–2025 · $206k · revenue +12%- CSCHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC6× · 2020–2025 · $200k · revenue +202%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $75k
- TRTHE RELATIVES INCone grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -45%
- NDNC Disaster Relief Fundone grant, 2024 · $50k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To unite the Church to transform the city through the power of the Gospel.
Provide Charlotte's low-income children and youth with the academic, spiritual, and social development necessary to become Christian leaders determined to restore their communities.
The charlotte regional realtor (r) association (crra) is a trade association serving members in mecklenburg, iredell and haywood counties. at december 31, 2024, crra had 14,020 members.
NourishNC, Inc.'s goal is to provide healthy food to hungry children, empowering them to succeed in the classroom and in their community
To solicit and receive gifts, grants, bequests and contributions for the support of carolina meadows, inc. in order to enhance or extend its mission, programs, services, and facilities.
The mission of Charlotte Family Housing is to empower working families experiencing homelessness to achieve long-term self-sufficiency through shelter, housing, supportive services, and advocacy.
Facilitate networking among hospitals
Guided by God, Habitat Cabarrus transforms lives and our community by uniting all of Cabarrus County around the cause of decent, affordable housing for everyone.
The Children's Home Society of North Carolina's mission is to promote the right of every child to a permanent, safe, and loving family.
The research triangle regional partnership is an association of area economic development agencies dedicated to keeping the research triangle region economically strong by collectively marketing the region's competitive advantages and…
Humane Society of Charlotte mission is to champion the wellbeing of companion animals and strengthen their bond with the people who know, love, and need them.
Junior achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to educating private and public school students in grades k-12 about entrepreneurship, workforce readiness, and financial literacy, through experiential, hands-on programs.
How this is measured
20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Queens University of Charlotte ↗
- Who funds Habitat For Humanity Of The Charlotte Region ↗
- Who funds Crisis Assistance Ministry ↗
- Who funds CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Nourish Up ↗
- Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds THE RELATIVES INC ↗
- Who funds Freedom School Partners Inc ↗
- Who funds TreesCharlotte ↗
- Who funds ROOF ABOVE INC ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ↗
- Who funds CATAWBA RIVERKEEPER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Davidson College ↗
- Who funds AUGUSTINE LITERACY PROJECT - TRIANGLE ↗
- Who funds Supportive Housing Communities Inc ↗
- Who funds ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK ↗
- Who funds Catawba Lands Conservancy ↗
- Who funds GOODYEAR ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds Friendship Trays Inc ↗
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: Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · The Eleanor H Barnhardt Charitable Trust · The Presbyterian Hospital · Albemarle Foundation · Nucor Charitable Foundation · The James Family Foundation Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Womens Impact Fund · Charlotte Woman's Club First Citizens Bank
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Trexler Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Trexler Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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