North Carolina · Private foundation
Vicky and Sam Hunt 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.
- $814k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 36
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $306k
- 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 Vicky and Sam Hunt Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $179k 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 | 22 | $814k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 36 | $563k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $1.1M | 81% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $56k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $118k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Society of the Four Arts Inc | $602,520 | 5 | 3% |
| Elon University | $444,720 | 4 | 0% |
| Pet Adoption and Welfare Society | $216,000 | 6 | 46% |
| St Ann Place Outreach Center Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 6% |
| The Burlington School Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee | $73,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| New Leaf Society | $60,000 | 2 | 7% |
| The Garden Club of Palm Beach Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Louisburg College | $34,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 40 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Vicky and Sam Hunt Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Ernest a Koury Family Foundation Inc · The Labcorp Charitable Foundation · Smith Family Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Vicky and Sam Hunt Foundation
- How much does Vicky and Sam Hunt Foundation give?
- Vicky and Sam Hunt Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $813,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Vicky and Sam Hunt Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (32%), Arts & Culture (22%), Education (19%).
- Who are Vicky and Sam Hunt Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Society of the Four Arts Inc ($603k), Elon University ($445k), Pet Adoption and Welfare Society ($216k).
- Does Vicky and Sam Hunt Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Vicky and Sam Hunt 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Vicky and Sam Hunt Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duke Energy Foundation, Ernest a Koury Family Foundation Inc, The Labcorp Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Vicky and Sam Hunt Foundation based?
- Vicky and Sam Hunt Foundation is based in NC.
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