How much does Twin City Development Foundation give?

Twin City Development Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $915,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Twin City Development Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (42%), Education (35%), Arts & Culture (6%).

Who are Twin City Development Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Wake Forest University Health Sciences ($210k), Greater Winston-Salem Development Corp ($185k), Forsyth Technical Community College Foundation Inc ($182k).

Does Twin City Development Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Twin City Development Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Winston-Salem Foundation, Reynolds American Foundation, Reynolds Foundation 186-8803582.

Where is Twin City Development Foundation based?

Twin City Development Foundation is based in NC.

Foundation Dossiers

North Carolina · Public charity

Twin City Development Foundation

To fund, through grants, public education and economic development in forsyth county and surrounding areas.

$915k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 22
Grants FY2025: 15
Organizations funded FY2024: 53%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $25,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $400,000
Organizations funded a year: 10 to 25; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $18M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 53% of the organizations Twin City Development Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $282k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesEmploymentPhilanthropyOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	21	$513k	29%
FY2024	15	$620k	53%
FY2023	22	$581k	64%
FY2022	14	$315k	57%
FY2021	25	$580k	68%
FY2020	10	$178k	40%
FY2018	15	$479k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Community Improvement$1.5MEducation$1.3MArts & Culture$225kEmployment$212kHuman Services$191kFood & Nutrition$63kHealth$63kYouth Development$60kOther$0

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
Wake Forest University Health Sciences	$210,000	2	0%
Greater Winston-Salem Development Corp	$185,000	5	9%
Forsyth Technical Community College Foundation Inc	$182,000	3	4%
Piedmont Triad Partnership	$160,000	7	2%
Agile City Winston-Salem	$150,000	1	37%
Kaleideum	$95,000	3	1%
Winston Salem Forsyth County Schools	$90,000	2	n/a
Winston Salem Industries for the Blind Inc	$85,000	4	0%
Winston-Salem State University Foundation Inc	$85,000	3	0%
Young Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina (4626)	$85,000	2	0%

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All grantees of Twin City Development Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Wake Forest University Health Sciences	$210,000	2	0%
Greater Winston-Salem Development Corp	$185,000	5	9%
Forsyth Technical Community College Foundation Inc	$182,000	3	4%
Piedmont Triad Partnership	$160,000	7	2%
Agile City Winston-Salem	$150,000	1	37%
Kaleideum	$95,000	3	1%
Winston Salem Forsyth County Schools	$90,000	2	n/a
Winston Salem Industries for the Blind Inc	$85,000	4	0%
Winston-Salem State University Foundation Inc	$85,000	3	0%
Young Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina (4626)	$85,000	2	0%
Triad Cultural Arts Inc	$75,000	2	9%
Downtown Winston-Salem Foundation Inc	$75,000	5	42%
Winston Starts	$73,530	3	3%
Winston-Salem State University	$72,000	1	n/a
Salem Academy and College	$70,000	3	0%
Moji Coffee and More	$65,000	3	6%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc	$63,300	2	0%
Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers Inc	$60,000	2	0%
Sg Atkins Community Development	$55,000	2	3%
University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation Inc	$50,000	1	1%
Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County Inc	$50,000	2	0%
North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation	$50,000	1	0%
Senior Services Inc	$50,000	1	0%
The Do School	$50,000	2	18%
Center for Creative Economy	$45,000	3	5%
Greater Winston-Salem Inc Foundation	$40,000	2	10%
Crosby Scholars Community Partnership	$40,000	2	0%
Southside Rides Foundation Inc	$40,000	2	n/a
Forsyth Medical Center Foundation	$40,000	2	0%
Forsyth Jail and Prison Ministries	$40,000	2	3%
Tck Providence Inc	$40,000	2	1%
Winston-Salem Street School	$36,000	2	6%
Winston Salem Center for Education and the Arts	$35,000	1	36%
Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance Inc	$35,000	2	3%
Empower Tech Scholarship Fund	$30,000	1	92%
Winston-Salem Mixxer Inc	$30,000	1	8%
Abc of Nc Child Development Center	$28,000	1	1%
Financial Pathways of the Piedmont	$25,000	1	2%
Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership Inc	$25,000	2	n/a
Creative Center of North Carolina	$25,000	1	17%
Downtown Winston-Salem Community Cinema	$25,000	1	3%
Carolina University	$25,000	1	0%
Piedmont Environmental Alliance Inc	$25,000	1	8%
Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce	$25,000	1	n/a
New Hope Resource Center Inc	$25,000	1	n/a
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals	$25,000	1	0%
Miracles in Sight	$25,000	1	0%
Winston-Salem Police Foundation Inc	$21,500	1	8%
North Carolina Black Repertory Company Inc	$20,000	1	2%
Winston-Salem Autism Foundation	$20,000	1	n/a
James Shaw Ace Academy	$20,000	1	29%
Aerox Foundation Fka Mrc	$20,000	1	4%
Dress for Success Winston-Salem	$16,000	2	8%
LEAD Girls of NC Inc	$15,000	1	4%
Goler Community Development Corporation	$15,000	1	3%
Hispanic League	$15,000	1	3%
Leadership Winston-Salem	$15,000	1	3%
Authoring Action	$15,000	1	7%
Winston-Salem Symphony Association	$15,000	1	n/a
Creatic Corridors Coalition	$15,000	1	n/a
Guiding Ins for Dev Education	$15,000	1	n/a
Union Community Development Corporation	$12,000	1	n/a
A Bed and a Book	$10,500	1	5%
REACH Women's Network	$10,000	1	12%
Forsyth Education Partnership	$10,000	1	7%
Winston-Salem Urban League	$10,000	1	1%
Junior Achievement of the Triad Inc	$10,000	1	2%
United Way of Forsyth County Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Reynolda House Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods	$10,000	1	1%
Bookmarks Inc	$10,000	1	1%
National Sports Media Association Inc	$10,000	1	5%

Twin City Development Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 61 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 61.

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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 Winston-Salem FoundationNC82.9× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Winston-Salem Foundation · Reynolds American Foundation · Reynolds Foundation 186-8803582 · North Carolina Baptist Hospital · Forsyth Memorial Hospital Inc · The Arts Council Inc · Ta John W and Anna H Hanes Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · Wake Forest University · The Millennium Fund CO Winston-Salem Foundation · James G Hanes Memorial Fund

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 Twin City Development Foundation

How much does Twin City Development Foundation give?: Twin City Development Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $915,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Twin City Development Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (42%), Education (35%), Arts & Culture (6%).
Who are Twin City Development Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Wake Forest University Health Sciences ($210k), Greater Winston-Salem Development Corp ($185k), Forsyth Technical Community College Foundation Inc ($182k).
Does Twin City Development Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Twin City Development Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Winston-Salem Foundation, Reynolds American Foundation, Reynolds Foundation 186-8803582.
Where is Twin City Development Foundation based?: Twin City Development Foundation is based in NC.