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W Russell and Patricia Davis Duke Foundation Inc

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.

$245k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
82
Grants FY2025
65
Organizations funded FY2024
17%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$105,500
Organizations funded a year
65 to 79
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
13
Total assets, FY2025
$398k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 17% of the organizations W Russell and Patricia Davis Duke Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthReligionYouth DevelopmentOther
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
FY2025still arriving80$240k19%
FY202465$261k17%
FY202379$206k16%
FY202273$198k27%
FY202178$149k37%
FY202071$94kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$662kYouth Development$155kHuman Services$78kEducation$63kCivil Rights$28kHealth$26kArts & Culture$24kPublic Benefit$23kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Son Set Ministries Inc$340,701615%
Christ Hope Church$200,6743n/a
Young Life$81,20060%
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc$33,50040%
Building Hope Community Life Center Inc$27,00052%
Mt Airy Center$24,0002n/a
The Greenville Community Shelters$19,00051%
Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina Incorporated$19,00040%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$17,50050%
Third Street Education Center Inc$14,40041%
Show all 100 grantees
All grantees of W Russell and Patricia Davis Duke Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Son Set Ministries Inc$340,701615%
Christ Hope Church$200,6743n/a
Young Life$81,20060%
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc$33,50040%
Building Hope Community Life Center Inc$27,00052%
Mt Airy Center$24,0002n/a
The Greenville Community Shelters$19,00051%
Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina Incorporated$19,00040%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$17,50050%
Third Street Education Center Inc$14,40041%
The Covenant School Inc$14,22060%
Carolina Pregnancy Center Inc$14,10061%
St David's School$13,50060%
Samaritan's Purse$13,00060%
Heart for Enc$12,20061%
Center for Christianity and Scholarship$9,00060%
Alliance Defending Freedom$8,50060%
Institute for Justice$8,00060%
Focus on the Family$8,0006n/a
North Carolina Stop Human Trafficking Inc$6,20061%
Wake Forest University$6,10060%
Sim USA Incorporated$6,0002n/a
Meredith College$6,00050%
Carenet Counseling East$4,80060%
Pitt Community College Foundation Inc$4,60040%
Fellowship for Performing Arts Inc$4,50020%
The Greater Bath Foundation$4,50042%
State Policy Network$4,50050%
Bath High School Preservation Inc$3,60061%
Judicial Watch Inc$3,50050%
The John Locke Foundation Inc$3,20060%
Farmville Community Arts Council Inc$3,10054%
Greenville Museum of Art Inc$3,05050%
Project Mercy Inc$3,00060%
Releaf Inc$2,7506n/a
East Carolina Study Center Inc$2,50021%
Moving Picture Institute$2,40060%
Community Bible Study$2,08540%
Search Ministries Inc$2,0002n/a
Pitt County Council on Aging Inc$2,00010%
The Heritage Foundation$1,90060%
Sound Rivers Inc$1,62560%
Duke University$1,50060%
The International Foundation$1,5001n/a
Coastal Conservation Association$1,10020%
Family Research Council$1,05050%
Life Ministries$1,0002n/a
Turning Point USA Inc$1,00010%
Intercessors for America Inc$8503n/a
Greenville Learning Center$70060%
Operation Sunshine Inc$70020%
Friends of Bath Community Library Inc$7005n/a
The Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina Inc$66030%
The Historic Bath Foundation Inc$60051%
Journey Resources$60060%
Guilford Merchants Association Inc$55020%
Bridge Foster Ministry Inc$5001n/a
Cato Institute$50020%
Bridging the World$5001n/a
The Friends of Richard J Reynolds$500110%
Eastern Carolina Village & Farm Museum 1840-1940$5002n/a
Churches Outreach Network$50010%
Wake Forest College Birthplace Society Inc$47540%
Heritage Action for America$45030%
National Arbor Day Foundation$40030%
The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy$35020%
Neighbor to Neighbor Ministries$35020%
Gha Autism Supports$30020%
Family Policy Alliance$30020%
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies$25010%
Nc Faith and Freedom Coalition$25010%
Emerge Gallery Art Center Inc$25010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of America$25010%
First Things Foundation Inc$2501n/a
Purple Martin Conservation Assoc$22540%
Memorial Baptist Church$2001n/a
East Carolina University Foundation Inc$20020%
Tammy Lynn Memorial Foundation Inc$15020%
Friends of the May Museum Inc$1251n/a
St Simons Presbyterian Church$1001n/a
Mattamuskeet Foundation Inc$1001n/a
Mid-Atlantic Christian University$10010%
Junior Appalachian Musicians Inc$10010%
Elijah House Academy$10010%
Friends of Greenville Greenways Inc$1001n/a
Frankie Lemmon Foundation Inc$10010%
Saint Peter's Episcopal Church$1001n/a
Global Impact Resources Inc$10010%
Scenic America$10010%
Myers Park High School Foundation Inc$10010%
Food Bank of the Albemarle$10010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$10010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10010%
Eastern Carolina Vocational Center Inc$10010%
Arendell Parrott Academy Inc$10010%
Campbell University$10010%
CaringBridge$5010%
Humane Society of Eastern Carolina$5010%
Saratoga Christian Church$501n/a
Evergreen of Greenville Inc$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 59 recipients with no EIN on record ($164k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget W Russell and Patricia Davis Duke Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSon Set Ministries Inc: $340,701 over 6y, 15% of budgetYoung Life: $81,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Home Society of North Carolina Inc: $33,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBuilding Hope Community Life Center Inc: $27,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetThe Greenville Community Shelters: $19,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetBaptist Children's Homes of North Carolina Incorporated: $19,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThird Street Education Center Inc: $14,400 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetThe Covenant School Inc: $14,220 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCarolina Pregnancy Center Inc: $14,100 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSt David's School: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $13,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHeart for Enc: $12,200 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetCenter for Christianity and Scholarship: $9,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetAlliance Defending Freedom: $8,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for Justice: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Carolina Stop Human Trafficking Inc: $6,200 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetWake Forest University: $6,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMeredith College: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCarenet Counseling East: $4,800 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPitt Community College Foundation Inc: $4,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFellowship for Performing Arts Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Greater Bath Foundation: $4,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetState Policy Network: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBath High School Preservation Inc: $3,600 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe John Locke Foundation Inc: $3,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFarmville Community Arts Council Inc: $3,100 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetGreenville Museum of Art Inc: $3,050 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetProject Mercy Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEast Carolina Study Center Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMoving Picture Institute: $2,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Bible Study: $2,085 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPitt County Council on Aging Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $1,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSound Rivers Inc: $1,625 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDuke University: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCoastal Conservation Association: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Research Council: $1,050 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreenville Learning Center: $700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Sunshine Inc: $700 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina Inc: $660 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Historic Bath Foundation Inc: $600 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetJourney Resources: $600 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGuilford Merchants Association Inc: $550 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCato Institute: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Friends of Richard J Reynolds: $500 over 1y, 10.0% 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 79.

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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.

Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation IncNC62.1× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · James J & Mamie Richardson Perkins Memorial Fund - C/O Bank of America · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Mildred Sheffield Wells Char Trust · University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Community Foundation of Nc East Inc · Southern Bank Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Tr Uw Vivian S West - West Memorial Fund · Bill & Agnes Monk Family Foundation

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 W Russell and Patricia Davis Duke Foundation Inc

How much does W Russell and Patricia Davis Duke Foundation Inc give?
W Russell and Patricia Davis Duke Foundation Inc reported 82 grants totaling $244,720 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 65 and 79 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does W Russell and Patricia Davis Duke Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (57%), Youth Development (13%), Human Services (7%).
Who are W Russell and Patricia Davis Duke Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Son Set Ministries Inc ($341k), Christ Hope Church ($201k), Young Life ($81k).
Does W Russell and Patricia Davis Duke Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does W Russell and Patricia Davis Duke 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 W Russell and Patricia Davis Duke Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation Inc, North Carolina Community Foundation, James J & Mamie Richardson Perkins Memorial Fund - C/O Bank of America.
Where is W Russell and Patricia Davis Duke Foundation Inc based?
W Russell and Patricia Davis Duke Foundation Inc 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 162 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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