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The Curtis Foundation

Name: The Curtis 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.

198
grants reported: $2.1M
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.

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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.

Unc Educational Foundation4 grants · $1.1M
American Red Cross4 grants · $57,500
First United Methodist Church Bessemer4 grants · $53,600
Raleigh Rescue Mission4 grants · $40,000
Durham Rescue Mission4 grants · $40,000
Methodist Home for Children4 grants · $39,000
Edenton Street United Methodist Church4 grants · $36,300
Duke Health Development & Alumni Affairs3 grants · $35,000
Unc Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center4 grants · $33,100
Carolina Women'S Leadership Council3 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$204,505

2022

$1.3M

2023

$201,850

2024

$387,800

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 198 grants.

$1.1M
Unc Educational Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
General support
$75,000
Unc Educational Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
General support
$30,000
First United Methodist Church Bessemer · Bessemer City, NC · 2025
General support
$27,500
American Red Cross · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$25,000
Raleigh Rescue Mission · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$25,000
North Carolina Broadcast Museum · Washington, NC · 2023
General support
$20,000
Edenton Street United Methodist Church · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General support
$18,000
Methodist Home for Children · Goldsboro, NC · 2025
General support
$15,000
Duke Health Development & Alumni Affairs · Durham, NC · 2025
General support
$15,000
Institute for Responsible Citizenship · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$15,000
Unc Health Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
General support
$12,500
Unc Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
General support
$11,100
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
General support
$11,000
Methodist Home for Children · Goldsboro, NC · 2022
General support
$10,500
Unc Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
General support
$10,000
American Red Cross · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General support
$10,000
Durham Rescue Mission · Durham, NC · 2025
General support
$10,000
One More Refuge · Wake Forest, NC · 2025
General support
$10,000
Scotland Memorial Foundation · Laurinburg, NC · 2025
General support
$10,000
Unc Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
General support
$10,000
Unc Women'S Leadership Council · Chapel Hill, NC · 2025
General support
$10,000
American Red Cross · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Carolina Women'S Leadership Council · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Duke Health Development & Alumni Affairs · Durham, NC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Durham Rescue Mission · Durham, NC · 2024
General support
$10,000
One More Refuge · Wake Forest, NC · 2024
General support
$10,000
Carolina Women'S Leadership Council · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Duke Health Development & Alumni Affairs · Durham, NC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Durham Rescue Mission · Durham, NC · 2023
General support
$10,000
First United Methodist Church Bessemer · Bessemer City, NC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Jdrf · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$10,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
General support
$10,000
American Red Cross · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General support
$10,000
Carolina Women'S Leadership Council · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
General support
$10,000
Durham Rescue Mission · Durham, NC · 2022
General support
$7,500
First United Methodist Church Bessemer · Bessemer City, NC · 2024
General support
$7,500
Unc Educational Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
General support
$6,300
Edenton Street United Methodist Church · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$6,100
First United Methodist Church Bessemer · Bessemer City, NC · 2022
General support
$6,000
Wakemed Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General support
$6,000
Wakemed Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$6,000
Wakemed Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$6,000
Wakemed Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General support
$5,500
Bessemer City History and Arts Society · Bessemer City, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
Breakthrough T1d · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
Broadcasters Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
Green Chair Project · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
Guilford College · Greensboro, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
Meals On Wheels · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
Nc Conference of the United Methodist Church · Garner, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
North Carolina Broadcast Museum · Washington, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
Raleigh Rescue Mission · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
Salvation Army · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
Spca of Wake County · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
Tammy Lynn Center · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
The University of Georgia Foundation · Athens, GA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Transitions Lifecare · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
United Way of the Greater Triangle · Durham, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
Urban Ministries of the Greater Triangle · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
William Peace University · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General support
$5,000
Broadcasters Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Edenton Street United Methodist Church · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Green Chair Project · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Guilford College · Greensboro, NC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Jdrf · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Methodist Home for Children · Goldsboro, NC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Salvation Army · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Spca of Wake County · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Tammy Lynn Center · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Transitions Lifecare · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$5,000
United Way of the Greater Triangle · Durham, NC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Urban Ministries of the Greater Triangle · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$5,000
William Peace University · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Broadcasters Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$5,000
Dix Park Conservancy · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Green Chair Project · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Guilford College · Greensboro, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Methodist Home for Children · Goldsboro, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
My Kid'S Club · Selma, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Occoneechee Council · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
One More Refuge · Wake Forest, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Raleigh Rescue Mission · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Salvation Army · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Spca of Wake County · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Tammy Lynn Center · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
The University of Georgia Foundation · Athens, GA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Transitions Lifecare · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
United Way of the Greater Triangle · Durham, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Urban Ministries of the Greater Triangle · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
William Peace University · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$5,000
Broadcasters Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$5,000
Dix Park Conservancy · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General support
$5,000
Edenton Street United Methodist Church · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General support
$5,000
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General 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.