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The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North

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.

$389k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
44
Grants FY2024
40
Organizations funded FY2023
25%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,254
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,907
Organizations funded a year
24 to 40
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$1.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 25% of the organizations The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalEnvironmentArts & CultureHealthHousing & ShelterEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving43$386k28%
FY202340$347k25%
FY202233$253k30%
FY202132$212k41%
FY202036$352k31%
FY201927$208k37%
FY201837$213k65%
FY201724$178kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$693kHealth$196kFood & Nutrition$183kArts & Culture$151kPhilanthropy$130kEnvironment$129kInternational$122kCommunity Improvement$97kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
NY
OR
IA
OH
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
AL
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 61 grantees
All grantees of The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wofford College$320,00040%
Camp Spring Creek Inc$168,00088%
The Hill School of Wilmington Inc$129,36883%
Jo Ann Carter Harrelson Center Inc$87,40771%
Lower Cape Fear Hospice Incorporated dba Lower Cape Fear LifeCare$41,22640%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$40,62520%
Home of Hope India - US$40,00031%
Good Friends of Wilmington$35,00067%
A Safe Place Inc$33,48042%
Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc$32,50030%
Mercy Ships International$30,77520%
Saint Marys School$30,30060%
Friends of Camp Kirkwood Inc$30,000311%
Dreams of Wilmington Inc$30,00042%
World Central Kitchen Inc$26,14530%
Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity Inc$20,36330%
Breakthrough T1d$20,00040%
North Carolina Dental Society Foundation Inc$20,00012%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$15,91730%
Phoenix Employment Services of Wilmingto Inc DBA StepUp Wilmington$15,60250%
She Rocks Inc$15,00032%
Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum$14,00050%
North Carolina Coastal Federation Inc$13,00030%
Cape Fear River Watch$13,00041%
Save The Children Federation Inc$11,02120%
Community Counseling Center$11,00031%
Humanity Now$10,75054%
The Carousel Center Inc$10,30010%
The Surfrider Foundation$10,25420%
Eden Village of Wilmington$10,15520%
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement$10,00010%
Wilmington Downtown Inc$10,00021%
The Lahaina Restoration Foundation$10,00010%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$10,00020%
Wilmington Children's Museum Inc$10,00011%
Accessible Coastal Carolina Events$9,16531%
Feast Down East Inc$7,59920%
United States Association for UNHCR$7,50020%
Cape Fear Literacy Council$7,10231%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$6,83130%
American Forest Foundation$6,00020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$6,00020%
Oxfam-America Inc$5,63020%
Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry Inc$5,17510%
Direct Relief$5,11810%
American Heart Association Inc$5,00010%
Literacy Together$5,00011%
The Longleaf Alliance Inc$5,00010%
International Dyslexia Association Inc$5,00010%
Homeless at Heart Inc$4,0005n/a
Wrightsville Beach Volunteer Firefighters' Assn$3,00023%
The Educational Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Friends of Public Radio DBA WHQR$2,50010%
Do It for the Love$2,50010%
Friends of Oakdale Cemetery Inc$2,50011%
Cw Foundation$1,77612%
C A R E dba The John 3 16 Center$1,00020%
Forest History Society Inc$1,00010%
Harrells Christian Academy$50010%
The Wilmington Symphony Orchestra Inc$50010%
Full Belly Project LTD$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 53 recipients with no EIN on record ($706k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWofford College: $320,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Spring Creek Inc: $168,000 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetThe Hill School of Wilmington Inc: $129,368 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetJo Ann Carter Harrelson Center Inc: $87,407 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetLower Cape Fear Hospice Incorporated dba Lower Cape Fear LifeCare: $41,226 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $40,625 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHome of Hope India - US: $40,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetGood Friends of Wilmington: $35,000 over 6y, 6.6% of budgetA Safe Place Inc: $33,480 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetGood Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc: $32,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMercy Ships International: $30,775 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Marys School: $30,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Camp Kirkwood Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetDreams of Wilmington Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $26,145 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCape Fear Habitat for Humanity Inc: $20,363 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Carolina Dental Society Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $15,917 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Employment Services of Wilmingto Inc DBA StepUp Wilmington: $15,602 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetShe Rocks Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetLouise Wells Cameron Art Museum: $14,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNorth Carolina Coastal Federation Inc: $13,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCape Fear River Watch: $13,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $11,021 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Counseling Center: $11,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetHumanity Now: $10,750 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetThe Carousel Center Inc: $10,300 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Surfrider Foundation: $10,254 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEden Village of Wilmington: $10,155 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCouncil for Native Hawaiian Advancement: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilmington Downtown Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe Lahaina Restoration Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWilmington Children's Museum Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAccessible Coastal Carolina Events: $9,165 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetFeast Down East Inc: $7,599 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCape Fear Literacy Council: $7,102 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $6,831 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Forest Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOxfam-America Inc: $5,630 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry Inc: $5,175 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDirect Relief: $5,118 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Together: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Longleaf Alliance Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 60.

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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.

The Landfall Foundation IncNC44.9× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Landfall Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · New Hanover Community Endowment Inc · Corning Incorporated Foundation · Dan Cameron Family Foundation Inc · The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation · The Rudisill Family Foundation · United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc · Cape Fear Memorial Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Eshelman Foundation · Novant Health Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North

How much does The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North give?
The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North reported 44 grants totaling $388,686 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (32%), Health (9%), Food & Nutrition (8%).
Who are The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wofford College ($320k), Camp Spring Creek Inc ($168k), The Hill School of Wilmington Inc ($129k).
Does The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North 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 True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Landfall Foundation Inc, North Carolina Community Foundation, New Hanover Community Endowment Inc.
Where is The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North based?
The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North is based in NC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 117 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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