Funding search · EIN 901031172 · Durham, NC

Barnes Family Foundation

Name: Barnes Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

90
grants reported: $3.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

Appalachian State University1 grant · $1.0M
Nc School of Science & Math3 grants · $750,000
Nc Museum of Life & Science2 grants · $355,000
Duke University2 grants · $260,000
American Council of Trustees & Alumni2 grants · $202,000
Hargrave Military Academy1 grant · $100,000
Durham Academy2 grants · $80,000
Nc Wesleyan College2 grants · $75,000
The Broad Street Clinic3 grants · $75,000
Carteret Community College Foundation2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$1.0M

2022

$1.0M

2023

$1.7M

2024

Grant history

All 90 reported grants, largest first.

$1.0M
Appalachian State University · Boone, NC · 2024
General purpose support
$255,000
Nc Museum of Life & Science · Durham, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$250,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
General purpose support
$250,000
Nc School of Science & Math · Durham, NC · 2024
General purpose support
$250,000
Nc School of Science & Math · Durham, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$250,000
Nc School of Science & Math · Durham, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$147,000
American Council of Trustees & Alumni · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose support
$100,000
Nc Museum of Life & Science · Durham, NC · 2024
General purpose support
$100,000
Hargrave Military Academy · Chatham, VA · 2022
General purpose support
$55,000
American Council of Trustees & Alumni · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose support
$50,000
Nc Wesleyan College · Rocky Mount, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$50,000
The North Carolina Aquarium Society · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$40,000
Durham Academy · Durham, NC · 2024
General purpose support
$40,000
Durham Academy · Durham, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$30,000
Western Carolina University Foundation · Cullowkee, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$27,466
Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose support
$25,000
Carteret Community College Foundation · Morehead City, NC · 2024
General purpose support
$25,000
The Broad Street Clinic · Morehead City, NC · 2024
General purpose support
$25,000
Carteret Community College Foundation · Morehead City, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$25,000
Mystic Seaport Museum · Mystic, CT · 2023
General purpose support
$25,000
Nc Wesleyan College · Rocky Mount, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$25,000
The Broad Street Clinic · Morehead City, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$25,000
The Martin Center · Mobile, AL · 2023
General purpose support
$25,000
American Excellence Foundation · McClean, VA · 2022
General purpose support
$25,000
Exchange Club Child Abuse Prevention Center · Durham, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$25,000
First North Carolina · Greensboro, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$25,000
James G Martin Center for Academic Reward · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$25,000
Jamestown Yorktown Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2022
General purpose support
$25,000
Methodist Home for Children · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$25,000
Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General purpose support
$25,000
Samaritan Health Center · Durham, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$25,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Greensboro, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$25,000
The Arc of Nc-Wilmington Branch · Wilmington, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$25,000
The Broad Street Clinic · Morehead City, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$25,000
Triangle Volunteer Now · Durham, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$25,000
Unc Greensboro · Greensboro, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$20,000
Durham Lions Club · Durham, NC · 2024
General purpose support
$15,000
Jordan High School Falcons Band · Durham, NC · 2024
General purpose support
$15,000
Durham Center for Senior Life · Durham, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$15,000
Durham Lions Club · Durham, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$15,000
Ncsu Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$10,000
Duke Brain Tumor Care · Durham, NC · 2024
General purpose support
$10,000
Beaufort Historical Association Foundation · Beaufort, SC · 2023
General purpose support
$10,000
Carteret County Friends of the Library · Beaufort, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$10,000
Christopher Reeve Foundation · Short Hills, NJ · 2023
General purpose support
$10,000
Durham Rescue Mission · Durham, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$10,000
Family Promise of Carteret County · Morehead City, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$10,000
Triangle Volunteer Now · Durham, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$10,000
Western Carolina University Foundation · Cullowkee, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$10,000
Beaufort Historical Association Foundation · Beaufort, SC · 2022
General purpose support
$10,000
Boys & Girls Club · Durham, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$10,000
Carteret County Friends of the Library · Beaufort, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$10,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$10,000
Durham Lions Club · Durham, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$10,000
Durham Rescue Mission · Durham, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$10,000
First Presbyterian Church Henderson · Henderson, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$10,000
Little World Charity · Durham, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$10,000
Make a Wish Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$10,000
Red Cross Central Sc Chapter · Columbia, SC · 2022
General purpose support
$10,000
Ridgecrest Baptist Church · Durhamn, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$10,000
Uncw Dc Virgo · Wilmington, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$5,000
Carteret County Friends of the Library · Beaufort, NC · 2024
General purpose support
$5,000
Boys & Girls Club · Durham, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$5,000
Caring House · Durham, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$5,000
Durham Literacy Center · Durham, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$5,000
Durham Nativity School · Durham, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$5,000
First Presbyterian Church Henderson · Henderson, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House · Durham, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$5,000
Senior Pharmacist · Durham, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$5,000
The Salvation Army · Durham, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$5,000
Threshold · Durham, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$5,000
Caring House · Durham, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$5,000
Durham Center for Senior Life · Durham, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$5,000
Durham Nativity School · Durham, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House · Durham, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$5,000
Senior Pharmacist · Durham, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$5,000
The Salvation Army · Durham, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$5,000
Threshold · Durham, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$3,000
Dunn Police Athletic and Activ League · Dunn, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$2,000
Rotary Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose support
$1,000
Preservation Durham · Durham, NC · 2024
General purpose support
$1,000
The Maritime Heritage Foundation · Durham, NC · 2024
General purpose support
$1,000
Carol Petrea Youth Golf Foundation · Shallotte, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$1,000
Hayes Barton Baptist Church · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$1,000
Preservation Durham · Durham, NC · 2023
General purpose support
$1,000
Edgecomb Community College Foundation · Tarboro, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$1,000
Porch Durham · Durham, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$1,000
Preservation Durham · Durham, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$1,000
Unc Lineberger Cancer Ctr · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
General purpose support
$250
Deltas of Charlotte Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General purpose support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.