Funding search · EIN 566061389 · Charlotte, NC

Dowd Foundation

Name: Dowd 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.

489
grants reported: $13.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,500
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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Top recipients

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Unc Charlotte Foundation4 grants · $1.6M
Charlotte Country Day School2 grants · $1.0M
Atrium Health Foundation2 grants · $800,000
Wing Haven7 grants · $761,250
Woodberry Forest School8 grants · $530,704
Charlotte Country Day1 grant · $500,000
Carolinas Aviation Museum2 grants · $500,000
Christ Church Charlotte6 grants · $406,750
Ymca of Greater Charlotte1 grant · $400,000
Atrium Health Foundation - the Center for Oncology1 grant · $400,000

Giving over time

$5.1M

2022

$3.8M

2023

$4.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 489 grants.

$500,000
Charlotte Country Day School · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$500,000
Unc Charlotte Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$500,000
Charlotte Country Day School · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$500,000
Unc Charlotte Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$500,000
Charlotte Country Day · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$500,000
Unc Charlotte Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$500,000
Woodberry Forest School · Woodberry Forest, VA · 2022
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$400,000
Atrium Health Foundation - the Center for Oncology · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$400,000
Atrium Health Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$400,000
Atrium Health Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$400,000
Ymca of Greater Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$300,000
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$250,000
Carolinas Aviation Museum · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Assist organizations with its needs and goals
$250,000
Cpcc Foundation - Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Careers · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$250,000
Wing Haven · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$250,000
Carolinas Aviation Museum · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$250,000
Wing Haven · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$250,000
Cpcc Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$250,000
Uccacget Centered · Monroe, NC · 2022
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$250,000
Wing Haven · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$200,000
Christ Church Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$200,000
Christ Church Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$200,000
The Morehead-Cain Scholarship Fund · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
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$180,651
Housing Impact Fund · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Assist organizations with its needs and goals
$125,000
Foundation for the Carolians - Hugh McColl Park · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$125,000
The John Crosland School · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$125,000
Foundation for the Carolians - Hugh McColl Park · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$125,000
Discovery Place Nature · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$125,000
Unc Charlotte Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$100,000
Carolina Thread Trail · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$100,000
Crossnore Communities for Children · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
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$100,000
Carolina Thread Trail · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$100,000
Crossnore Communities for Children · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
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$100,000
Carolina Thread Trail · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$84,000
Hopeway Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Assist organizations with its needs and goals
$83,000
Hopeway Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Assist organizations with its needs and goals
$62,500
Hopeway Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$50,000
Brookstone Schools · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$50,000
Charlotte Symphony · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$50,000
Mint Museum · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$50,000
Unc Alumni Free Speech Alliance · Richmond, VA · 2024
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$50,000
Uplift - Texas Charter School · Dallas, TX · 2024
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$50,000
Brookstone Schools · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$50,000
Charlotte Country Day School - Showalter Endowment · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$50,000
Charlotte Family Housing · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$50,000
Memory and Movement · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$50,000
Unc Alumni Free Speech Alliance · Richmond, VA · 2023
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$50,000
Brookstone Schools · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$50,000
Humane Society of Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$50,000
Memory and Movement · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$50,000
Prager University Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022
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$50,000
The Mint Museum · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$50,000
Unc Alumni Free Speech Alliance · Richmond, VA · 2022
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$45,000
Philips Academy · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$40,000
Philips Academy · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$35,000
Queens University · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$35,000
Augustine Literacy Project · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$35,000
Queens University · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$35,000
Augustine Literacy Project · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$35,000
Queens University · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$34,000
Charlotte Rescue Mission · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$34,000
North Carolina Aquariums · Raleigh, NC · 2024
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$34,000
Charlotte Rescue Mission · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$33,333
Crittenton of Nc Family Services · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$33,333
Crittenton of Nc Family Services · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$33,000
North Carolina Aquariums · Raleigh, NC · 2024
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$33,000
Charlotte Rescue Mission · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$30,000
Wingate University · Wingate, NC · 2024
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$30,000
Wingate University · Wingate, NC · 2023
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$30,000
Wingate University · Wingate, NC · 2022
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$25,000
Charlotte 49ers Athletic Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$25,000
Charlotte Family Housing · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$25,000
Charlotte Symphony · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$25,000
Dilworth Center · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Assist organizations with its needs and goals
$25,000
Foundation for the Carolinas · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$25,000
Good Fellows Club · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$25,000
Good Friends of Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$25,000
Inreach · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$25,000
Junior Achievement of Central Carolinas · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$25,000
Kindermourn · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$25,000
The Umbrella Center · Charlotte, NC · 2024
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$25,000
Charlotte Latin School - Fletcher Gregory Endowment · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$25,000
Charlotte Symphony · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$25,000
Dilworth Center · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$25,000
Good Fellows Club · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$25,000
Good Friends of Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$25,000
Inreach · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$25,000
Kindermourn · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$25,000
The Jenner V Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$25,000
The Umbrella Center · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$25,000
Charlotte Latin School · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$25,000
Charlotte Symphony · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$25,000
Dilworth Center · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$25,000
Good Fellows · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$25,000
Good Friends of Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$25,000
Teach for America · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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$25,000
United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation · Pittsburg, PA · 2022
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$20,000
Myers Park Baptist Church · Charlotte, NC · 2023
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$20,000
Prager University Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2023
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$20,000
Myers Park Baptist Church · Charlotte, NC · 2022
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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.