North Carolina · Nonprofit
MILE OF HOPE FOUNDATION
MILE OF HOPE FOUNDATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,806 to it, the largest being CAROLINAEAST FOUNDATION ($5,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $242k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $257k
What Mile of Hope Foundation does
Mission
To assist the well being of children with cancer and their families by providing a get-away weekend to the nc coast and to provide materials benefitting their stay in the pedatric hospitals and ecu, unc, and duke children's oncology departments.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Mile of hope "get-away" weekend for children with cancer and their direct family members.
$23,098 spentof which $1,200 as grants89% of program spendingMile of hope seasonal materials provided to children.
$2,836 spentof which $2,836 as grants11% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $25,934.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $806.
From the IRS filings of MILE OF HOPE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MILE OF HOPE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
46% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MILE OF HOPE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 83% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of MILE OF HOPE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
MILE OF HOPE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,917 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,917 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MILE OF HOPE FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MILE OF HOPE FOUNDATION?
- MILE OF HOPE FOUNDATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,806 to it, the largest being CAROLINAEAST FOUNDATION ($5,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MILE OF HOPE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $10,806 in grants to MILE OF HOPE FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MILE OF HOPE FOUNDATION?
- CAROLINAEAST FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MILE OF HOPE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing