Funding search · EIN 020615986 · Charlotte, NC

Champions for Education

Name: Champions for Education grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

106
grants reported: $8.5M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $25,600
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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.

Discovery Place1 grant · $1.0M
Cms Foundation3 grants · $597,033
Levine Children'S Hospital2 grants · $550,000
First Tee3 grants · $445,000
Carolina Youth Coalition3 grants · $426,000
Manna Food Bank1 grant · $400,000
Ymca of Greater Charlotte3 grants · $355,250
The First Tee of Greater Washington1 grant · $349,000
Atrium Health Foundation1 grant · $301,000
United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County1 grant · $300,000

Giving over time

$1.0M

2021

$2.1M

2022

$2.0M

2023

$3.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 106 grants.

$1.0M
Discovery Place · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$400,000
Manna Food Bank · Asheville, NC · 2024
Support
$349,000
The First Tee of Greater Washington · Washington, DC · 2021
Support
$301,000
Atrium Health Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$300,000
Asheville-Buncombe Community Christian Ministry · Asheville, NC · 2024
Support
$300,000
United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County · Asheville, NC · 2024
Support
$300,000
Levine Children'S Hospital · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$300,000
Dreamkey · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$262,500
National Links Trust · Washington, DC · 2021
Support
$250,000
Carolina Youth Coalition · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Support
$250,000
Charlotte Sports Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Support
$250,000
Cms Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Support
$250,000
Eliminate the Digital Divide (E2d) · Davidson, NC · 2024
Support
$250,000
First Tee · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Support
$250,000
Levine Children'S Hospital · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Support
$250,000
Wee Kirk Presbyterian Church · Linville, NC · 2024
Support
$250,000
Ymca of Greater Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Support
$210,202
Cms Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$170,000
First Tee · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$150,500
Carolina Youth Coalition · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$150,000
Allegro Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Support
$136,831
Cms Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$100,000
Teach for America - Charlotte Chapter · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Support
$75,250
Ymca of Greater Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$70,000
Promising Pages · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$60,000
Alexander Youth Network · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$60,000
Teach for America · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$51,000
John Crosland School · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$50,762
Competitive Champions of the Carolinas · Fort Mill, SC · 2022
Support
$50,500
Heart Math Tutoring · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$50,000
Heart Math Tutoring · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Support
$50,000
Ronald McDonald House - Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Support
$50,000
American Red Cross · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$50,000
World Golf Foundation · Augustine, FL · 2023
Support
$50,000
Augustine Literacy Project · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$50,000
Ronald McDonald House · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$50,000
World Golf Foundation · Augustine, FL · 2022
Support
$50,000
Young Black Leadership Alliance - Ybla · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$50,000
Adventist Hospital - (Shady Grove) · Rockville, MD · 2021
Support
$50,000
World Golf Foundation · St Augustine, FL · 2021
Support
$49,855
Competitive Champions of the Carolinas · Fort Mill, SC · 2023
Support
$41,000
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Support
$37,939
Forest Hill Church · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$37,195
Forest Hill Church · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$31,144
Fusion Comp Crew · Harrisburg, NC · 2023
Support
$30,000
Ymca of Greater Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$30,000
Communities in Schools · Washington, DC · 2021
Support
$30,000
Easterseals Serving Dc Md Va · Silver Spring, MD · 2021
Support
$30,000
Families4families · Chevy Chase, MD · 2021
Support
$30,000
Seva Truck · Fairfax, VA · 2021
Support
$30,000
The House Dc · Washington, DC · 2021
Support
$26,600
Salute Military Golf Association · Silver Spring, MD · 2021
Support
$25,700
Links To Freedom · Lorton, VA · 2021
Support
$25,500
Carolina Youth Coalition · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$25,000
Augustine Literacy Project · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$25,000
First Tee · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$25,000
The Rotary Scholarship Golf Classic · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$25,000
Air Force Aid Society · Arlington, VA · 2021
Support
$25,000
Army Emergency Relief · Arlington, VA · 2021
Support
$25,000
Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2021
Support
$24,578
Penny'S Dream · Waxhaw, NC · 2022
Support
$23,000
South Mecklenburg High School - Sports Boosters · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$23,000
South Meck Ptsa · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$20,892
Donors Choose · New York, NY · 2022
Support
$20,313
What'S Next Counseling Service for the Yo · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$19,381
Fusion Comp Crew · Harrisburg, NC · 2022
Support
$17,000
Digi-Bridge · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Support
$16,918
Firecracker Premier · Matthews, NC · 2022
Support
$16,478
So Others Might Eat (Some) · Washington, DC · 2021
Support
$15,000
Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region - Restore · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Support
$14,000
Big Brother Big Sisters of Central Carolina · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Support
$14,000
Foundation for the Carolina'S · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Support
$14,000
Quail Hollow Presbyterian Church · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$14,000
Quail Hollow Presbyterian Church · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$12,929
Carolina Parent Group · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$12,500
South Meck High School · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$12,415
L-Town Charities · Denver, NC · 2023
Support
$11,731
Association of Dance Parents · Fort Mill, SC · 2022
Support
$11,060
Rolling Thunder South Carolina Chapter 1 · Rock Hill, NC · 2022
Support
$11,000
The Heartest Yard · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$10,500
Cccp Community Trust · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$10,068
Generation Wealth Educators · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$10,000
South Mecklenburg High School · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$10,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$10,000
Howard Golf Team · Washington, DC · 2021
Support
$9,729
Mad Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$9,584
Association of Dance Parents · Fort Mill, SC · 2023
Support
$9,201
Rolling Thunder South Carolina Chapter 1 · Rock Hill, NC · 2023
Support
$9,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$8,918
L-Town Charities · Denver, NC · 2022
Support
$8,665
What'S Next Counseling Service for the Yo · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$8,500
Carolinas Golf Association · Southern Pines, NC · 2022
Support
$8,193
So What Else · Rockville, MD · 2021
Support
$8,100
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support
$8,000
Carolina Stars · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$8,000
Cuthbertson Band Boosters · Waxhaw, NC · 2023
Support
$8,000
Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region - Restore · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$8,000
Marine Corps Ball Fund-Combat Logistics Battalion 451 · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Support
$6,809
Southeastern Elite Competitors · Rock Hill, NC · 2023
Support
$6,100
Carolina Stars · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.