North Carolina · Nonprofit
THE DALE JR FOUNDATION
THE DALE JR FOUNDATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $568,617 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($146,606). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $569k
- Net assets
- $430k
What The Dale Jr Foundation does
Mission
Giving underprivileged individuals, with a focus on youth, the resources to improve their confidence and education, and the opportunity to achieve extraordinary goals.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The foundation provides grants to organizations to be used for various activities benefitting youth.
$1,046,509 spentof which $1,019,928 as grants97% of program spendingExpenses here account for employee salary, benefits and payroll taxes for one full time foundation employee. The employee spends the majority of their time fundraising on behelf of The Dale Jr Foundation via various avenues including online giving, online auctions, raffles & special events. The credit card fees are primarily charitable donations made online and donor database related fees for use. The registration fees are the fees to acquire solicitation licenses in required states.
$27,820 spent3% of program spendingThe dale jr. Foundation awards scholarships to the children of jr motorsports employees for post-secondary education including 4-year college, 2-year college, technical or trade school. Each scholarship is for $2,500 and awarded annually. Scholarship winners can re-apply for 3 years (for a maximum total of 4 years).
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,084,329.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $545k to $754k (+38%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
61% of THE DALE JR FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $63k → $109k.
5 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE DALE JR 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
THE DALE JR FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
84% 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 THE DALE JR FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 57% · 2019 54% · 2020 59% · 2021 47% · 2022 81% · 2023 46% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
50% of THE DALE JR FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
50% of THE DALE JR FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $284k that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $285k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
THE DALE JR FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE DALE JR 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
50%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 37 states
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Dej Management LLC · partnership
- 349 Cayuga LLC · partnership
- Dej Holdings LLC · partnership
- Dirty Mo Media · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE DALE JR FOUNDATION?
- THE DALE JR FOUNDATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $568,617 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($146,606). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE DALE JR FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $568,617 in grants to THE DALE JR FOUNDATION, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DALE JR FOUNDATION?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $146,606 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DALE JR 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 17 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