Funding search · EIN 566577903 · Davidson, NC

The Cotter Foundation

Name: The Cotter Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

82
grants reported: $601,250
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

McPherson College4 grants · $80,000
Life Flight of Maine3 grants · $75,000
University Radio Foundation4 grants · $70,000
St Jude Children'S Research4 grants · $55,000
Vintage Racers for Rescues4 grants · $55,000
Autism Society of Nc3 grants · $30,000
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Scienc4 grants · $20,000
Wake Forest University4 grants · $20,000
La Escuelita Bilingual Preschool4 grants · $20,000
Boothbay Regional Health Care4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$91,500

2022

$140,500

2023

$156,000

2024

$213,250

2025

Grant history

All 82 reported grants, largest first.

$30,000
Vintage Racers for Rescues · Alton, VA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Life Flight of Maine · Bangor, ME · 2025
General support
$25,000
Life Flight of Maine · Bangor, ME · 2024
General support
$25,000
Life Flight of Maine · Bangor, ME · 2023
General support
$20,000
McPherson College · McPherson, KS · 2025
General support
$20,000
St Jude Children'S Research · Charlotte, NC · 2025
General support
$20,000
University Radio Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2025
Support WFAE public radio
$20,000
McPherson College · McPherson, KS · 2024
General support
$20,000
St Jude Children'S Research · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$20,000
University Radio Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Support WFAE public radio
$20,000
McPherson College · McPherson, KS · 2023
General support
$20,000
University Radio Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support WFAE public radio
$20,000
McPherson College · McPherson, KS · 2022
General support
$10,000
Ada Jenkins Families Careers · Davidson, NC · 2025
General support
$10,000
Autism Society of Nc · Charlotte, NC · 2025
General support
$10,000
Vintage Racers for Rescues · Alton, VA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Autism Society of Nc · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$10,000
St Jude Children'S Research · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Vintage Racers for Rescues · Alton, VA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Autism Society of Nc · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$10,000
University Radio Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support WFAE public radio
$8,000
Kids in Needs of Desks · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$8,000
No Kid Hungry · Washington, DC · 2025
General Support
$8,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2025
General support
$5,000
Ascpa · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Scienc · East Boothbay, ME · 2025
General support
$5,000
Boothbay Regional Health Care · Boothbay Harbor, ME · 2025
General support
$5,000
Davidson Housing Coalition · Davidson, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
High Plains Public Radio · Garden City, KS · 2025
General support
$5,000
La Escuelita Bilingual Preschool · Davidson, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
Maine Public Broadcasting Corporati · Lewiston, ME · 2025
Support Maine public radio
$5,000
Pbs North Carolina · Research Triangle Pa, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
Wake Forest University · Winston Salem, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
Ascpa · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Scienc · East Boothbay, ME · 2024
General support
$5,000
Boothbay Regional Health Care · Boothbay Harbor, ME · 2024
General support
$5,000
Kids in Needs of Desks · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
La Escuelita Bilingual Preschool · Davidson, NC · 2024
General support
$5,000
No Kid Hungry · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
$5,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2024
General support
$5,000
Wake Forest University · Winston Salem, NC · 2024
General support
$5,000
American Society for the Prevention · Concord, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Scienc · East Boothbay, ME · 2023
General support
$5,000
Boothbay Regional Health Care · Boothbay Harbor, ME · 2023
General support
$5,000
La Escuelita Bilingual Preschool · Davidson, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Stewarts of Boothbay Harbor · Boothbay Harbor, ME · 2023
General support
$5,000
Wake Forest University · Winston Salem, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
American Society for the Prevention · Concord, NC · 2022
General support
$5,000
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Scienc · East Boothbay, ME · 2022
General support
$5,000
Boothbay Regional Health Care · Boothbay Harbor, ME · 2022
General support
$5,000
La Escuelita Bilingual Preschool · Davidson, NC · 2022
General support
$5,000
St Jude Children'S Research · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$5,000
Stewarts of Boothbay Harbor · Boothbay Harbor, ME · 2022
General support
$5,000
Vintage Racers for Rescues · Alton, VA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Wake Forest University · Winston Salem, NC · 2022
General support
$3,000
Owl'S Head Transportation Museum · Owls Head, ME · 2025
General support
$3,000
Sea Cove Auto Museum · Seal Cove, ME · 2025
General support
$3,000
Ada Jenkins Families Careers · Davidson, NC · 2024
General support
$3,000
Davidson Housing Coalition · Davidson, NC · 2024
General support
$3,000
Maine Public Broadcasting Corporati · Lewiston, ME · 2024
Support Maine public radio
$3,000
Owl'S Head Transportation Museum · Owls Head, ME · 2024
General support
$3,000
Pbs North Carolina · Research Triangle Pa, NC · 2024
General support
$3,000
Sea Cove Auto Museum · Seal Cove, ME · 2024
General support
$3,000
Ada Jenkins Families Careers · Davidson, NC · 2023
General support
$3,000
Maine Public Broadcasting Corporati · Lewiston, ME · 2023
Support Maine public radio
$3,000
Owl'S Head Transportation Museum · Owls Head, ME · 2023
General support
$3,000
Seal Cove Auto Museum · Seal Cove, ME · 2023
General support
$2,500
Davidson Housing Coalition · Davidson, NC · 2023
General support
$2,500
Ada Jenkins Families Careers · Davidson, NC · 2022
General support
$2,500
Davidson Housing Coalition · Davidson, NC · 2022
General support
$2,500
Maine Public Broadcasting Corporati · Lewiston, ME · 2022
Support Maine public radio
$2,000
The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor · Boothbay Harbor, ME · 2025
General support
$2,000
The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor · Boothbay Harbor, ME · 2024
General support
$1,000
High Plains Public Radio · Garden City, KS · 2024
General support
$1,000
Pbs North Carolina · Research Triangle Pa, NC · 2023
General support
$1,000
Owl'S Head Transportation Museum · Owls Head, ME · 2022
General support
$1,000
Pbs North Carolina · Research Triangle Pa, NC · 2022
General support
$1,000
Seal Cove Auto Museum · Seal Cove, ME · 2022
General support
$1,000
The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor · Boothbay Harbor, ME · 2022
General support
$500
New England Racing Museum · Loudon, NH · 2025
General Support
$500
Victory Junction · Randleman, NC · 2025
General Support
$250
Belmont Abbey Motorsports · Belmont, NC · 2025
General Support

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