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The Dickson Foundation

Name: The Dickson 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.

519
grants reported: $10.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $1,500
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.

Coalition for Liberty2 grants · $750,000
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Ctr Foundation2 grants · $602,000
Nc State University4 grants · $470,000
Davidson College3 grants · $366,000
Southminster3 grants · $315,000
Central Piedmont Community College Foundation3 grants · $309,000
Dilworth Center3 grants · $303,000
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Foundation1 grant · $301,000
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation3 grants · $300,000
Samaritan'S Purse3 grants · $275,000

Giving over time

$3.6M

2022

$3.4M

2023

$3.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 519 grants.

$625,000
Coalition for Liberty · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$301,000
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Ctr Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$301,000
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Ctr Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$301,000
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$220,000
Nc State University · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General support
$201,000
Lees McRae College · Banner Elk, NC · 2024
General support
$200,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
General support
$182,000
Davidson College · Davidson, NC · 2023
General support
$182,000
Davidson College · Davidson, NC · 2022
General support
$155,000
Southminster · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$152,000
Charlotte Country Day School · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$127,500
Nc State University · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$127,000
Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$126,000
Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$125,000
Coalition for Liberty · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$125,000
Sullenberger Aviation Museum · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$125,000
Carolinas Aviation Museum · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$121,000
Wing Haven Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$106,000
Elon University · Elon, NC · 2024
General support
$105,000
Southminster · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$103,000
Central Piedmont Community College Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$103,000
Central Piedmont Community College Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$103,000
Central Piedmont Community College Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$102,500
Nc State University · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$102,000
Crossnore Communities for Children · Crossnore, NC · 2024
General support
$102,000
Crossnore Communities for Children · Crossnore, NC · 2023
General support
$101,500
Charlotte Rescue Mission · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$101,000
Appalachian Regional Healthcare Fdn · Boone, NC · 2024
General support
$101,000
Dilworth Center · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$101,000
Dilworth Center · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$101,000
Pfeiffer University · Misenheimer, NC · 2023
General support
$101,000
Charlotte Latin · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$101,000
Dilworth Center · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$101,000
Pfeiffer University · Misenheimer, NC · 2022
General support
$100,000
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$100,000
Christ Church Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$100,000
Fftc- Hugh McColl Park · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$100,000
Nc Aquarium Society · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$100,000
Nc Zoo Society · Asheboro, NC · 2024
General support
$100,000
The John Crosland School · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$100,000
Appalachian Regional Healthcare Foundation · Boone, NC · 2023
General support
$100,000
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$100,000
Appalachian Regional Healthcare Foundation · Boone, NC · 2022
General support
$100,000
Appalachian State University · Boone, NC · 2022
General support
$100,000
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$100,000
Crittenton · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$100,000
Dorothea Dix Park Conservancy · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General support
$100,000
Nc Zoo Society · Asheboro, NC · 2022
General support
$100,000
St Catherine'S School · Richmond, VA · 2022
General support
$100,000
Trinity Episcopal School · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$100,000
Ymca of Greater Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$75,000
Fftc - Carolina Thread Trail · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$61,000
Wing Haven Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$61,000
Wing Haven Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$60,000
Nc Coastal Federation · Newport, NC · 2022
General support
$60,000
Pat'S Place Child Advocacy Center · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$55,000
Southminster · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$52,000
Charlotte Country Day School · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$51,500
Charlotte Rescue Mission · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$51,200
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$51,000
St Philip'S Episcopal Church · Charleston, SC · 2024
General support
$51,000
Baptist Children'S Homes of Nc · Thomasville, NC · 2022
General support
$51,000
Myers Park Baptist Church · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$50,000
Carolina Youth Coalition · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$50,000
Charlotte Neuroscience Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$50,000
Dorothea Dix Park · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$50,000
Fftc- Carolina Thread Trail · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$50,000
Grandfather Community Foundation · Linville, NC · 2024
General support
$50,000
Hopeway Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$50,000
Nourish Up · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$50,000
Queen City Pregnancy Resource Ctr · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$50,000
The Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$50,000
Trinity Episcopal School · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$50,000
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General support
$50,000
Wee Kirk Presbyterian Church · Linville, NC · 2024
General support
$50,000
Ymca - Ymca of Greater Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$50,000
Charlotte Latin · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$50,000
Charlotte Neuroscience Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$50,000
Crittenton · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$50,000
Dorothea Dix Park Conservancy · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$50,000
Hopeway Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$50,000
Nc Zoo Society · Asheboro, NC · 2023
General support
$50,000
Trinity Episcopal School · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$50,000
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General support
$50,000
Ymca of Greater Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$50,000
Brookstone Schools · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$50,000
Camp Sea Gull Camp Seafarer Co Ymca of the Triangle · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General support
$50,000
Charlotte Neuroscience Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$50,000
Hopeway Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$50,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2022
General support
$50,000
Unc Thurston Arthritis Research Center · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
General support
$40,000
The Umbrella Center · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$40,000
The Umbrella Center · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$40,000
United Way of Greater Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$30,000
Heart Math Tutoring · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$30,000
Ymca - Stowe Family Ymca of Gaston County · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$30,000
Ymca - Stowe Family Ymca of Gaston County · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$27,500
The Generals Redoubt · Lexington, VA · 2024
General support
$27,500
The Generals Redoubt · Lexington, VA · 2023
General support
$27,000
Ymca of Catawba Valley · Hickory, 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.