Funding search · EIN 581340834 · Gastonia, NC

Gaston Community Foundation

Name: Gaston Community Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

491
grants reported: $23.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,444
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.

Gaston Co Family Ymca3 grants · $3.4M
Other Under 50003 grants · $1.4M
National Geographic Society1 grant · $679,624
Nc Public Television Foundation1 grant · $677,124
Boys and Girls Club of Gastonia3 grants · $670,228
First Presbyterian Church of Gaston3 grants · $648,986
First United Methodist of Gastonia3 grants · $634,214
Caromont Health Foundation2 grants · $596,200
First Arp Church of Gastonia3 grants · $526,885
Gaston Aquatics3 grants · $509,501

Giving over time

$5.8M

2022

$7.7M

2023

$10.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 491 grants.

$1.7M
Gaston Co Family Ymca · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$1.6M
Gaston Co Family Ymca · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$679,624
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$677,124
Nc Public Television Foundation · Triangle Research Park, NC · 2024
General support
$565,200
Caromont Health Foundation · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$514,594
Other Under 5000 · Gastonia, NC · 2024
$446,503
Other Under 5000 · Gastonia, NC · 2023
$400,926
Other Under 5000 · Gastonia, NC · 2022
$330,089
First United Methodist of Gastonia · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$317,417
Catawba Lands Conservancy · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$300,000
Foundation for the Carolinas · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$288,100
Schiele Museum · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$250,500
Billy Graham Evangelistic Ass · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$250,000
Project Freedom Carolinas · Matthews, NC · 2022
General support
$248,600
First Presbyterian Church of Gaston · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$231,552
Boys and Girls Club of Gastonia · Gastonia, NC · 2022
General support
$223,205
First Arp Church of Gastonia · Gastonia, NC · 2022
General support
$219,451
Boys and Girls Club of Gastonia · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$219,225
Boys and Girls Club of Gastonia · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$213,250
First Presbyterian Church of Gaston · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$208,265
Gaston Aquatics · Gastonia, NC · 2022
General support
$200,000
Peaceful Self Deliverance America · Davidson, NC · 2023
General support
$194,299
First Arp Church of Gastonia · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$194,000
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden · Belmont, NC · 2023
General support
$187,485
Gaston Day School · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$187,136
First Presbyterian Church of Gaston · Gastonia, NC · 2022
General support
$180,825
First United Methodist of Gastonia · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$175,000
Ncf Supporting Organization · Wilmington, DE · 2024
General support
$162,266
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden · Belmont, NC · 2022
General support
$157,565
Gaston Aquatics · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$153,020
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden · Belmont, NC · 2024
General support
$143,800
Piedmont Council Boy Scouts of Amer · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$143,671
Gaston Aquatics · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$138,331
Crisis Assistance Ministry · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$137,088
Dream Center Academy · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$136,678
Piedmont Council Boy Scouts of Amer · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$136,000
Habitat for Humanity Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$127,697
Habitat for Humanity Gaston Co · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$127,673
Bountiful Blessings Food Pantry · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$126,644
Gaston College Foundation · Dallas, NC · 2024
General support
$125,000
City of Gastonia · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$123,300
First United Methodist of Gastonia · Gastonia, NC · 2022
General support
$123,057
Piedmont Council Boy Scouts of Amer · Gastonia, NC · 2022
General support
$122,094
First Presbyterian Church of Belmon · Belmont, NC · 2024
General support
$118,289
Habitat for Humanity Gaston Co · Gastonia, NC · 2022
General support
$117,522
Kintegra Health · Gastonia, NC · 2022
General support
$115,470
Gaston College Foundation · Dallas, NC · 2023
General support
$109,381
First Arp Church of Gastonia · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$108,748
Backpack Weekend Food Program · Gastonia, NC · 2022
General support
$104,425
First Presbyterian Church of Belmon · Belmont, NC · 2022
General support
$103,311
Salvation Army · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$102,314
Crisis Assistance Ministry · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$100,787
Dream Center Academy · Gastonia, NC · 2022
General support
$100,346
Gaston Co Parks and Recreation · Dallas, NC · 2023
General support
$92,370
Salvation Army · Gastonia, NC · 2022
General support
$90,000
Gaston Community Church · Gastonia, NC · 2022
General support
$88,984
Salvation Army · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$87,706
Holy Angels · Belmont, NC · 2022
General support
$87,068
Covenant Village · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$85,950
First Presbyterian Church of Belmon · Belmont, NC · 2023
General support
$82,908
Pfeiffer University · Misenheimer, NC · 2024
General support
$82,162
Dream Center Academy · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$81,258
Holy Angels · Belmont, NC · 2024
General support
$81,046
Gaston Day School · Gastonia, NC · 2022
General support
$80,750
Bountiful Blessings Food Pantry · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$77,857
Holy Angels · Belmont, NC · 2023
General support
$74,820
Animal League of Gaston County · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$74,432
Gaston Co Family Ymca · Gastonia, NC · 2022
General support
$71,577
Gaston College Foundation · Dallas, NC · 2022
General support
$71,482
Flynn Fellowship Home · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$70,825
Animal League of Gaston County · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$65,717
Crisis Assistance Ministry · Gastonia, NC · 2022
General support
$65,163
Nc State University · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General support
$63,127
Catawba Lands Conservancy · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General support
$62,000
Moments of Hope Church · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General support
$61,027
Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks To Pied · Colfax, NC · 2024
General support
$60,500
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
General support
$59,575
Schiele Museum · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$58,177
The Lighthouse · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$57,887
Gaston Day School · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$57,493
Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks To Pied · Colfax, NC · 2023
General support
$57,431
Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks To Pied · Colfax, NC · 2022
General support
$57,156
United Way of Gaston County · Gastonia, NC · 2022
General support
$56,716
Least of These Carolinas · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$56,476
Gaston Together · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$55,200
Nc State University Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General support
$54,841
Nc State University · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General support
$54,000
Population Balance · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General support
$53,778
Backpack Weekend Food Program · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$53,510
The Lighthouse · Gastonia, NC · 2022
General support
$53,299
United Way of Gaston County · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$51,782
The Lighthouse · Gastonia, NC · 2024
General support
$51,200
Promise for Haiti · Nashville, TN · 2024
General support
$51,093
Backpack Weekend Food Program · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$51,057
Animal League of Gaston County · Gastonia, NC · 2022
General support
$50,500
Charlotte Rescue Mission · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$50,134
Alternative Community Penalties Pro · Gastonia, NC · 2023
General support
$50,000
Moments of Hope Church · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General support
$50,000
Town of Cramerton · Cramerton, NC · 2024
General support
$49,700
Gastonia Potters House · Lowell, NC · 2022
General 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.