Funding search · EIN 364749289 · Durham, NC

Laughing Gull Foundation

Name: Laughing Gull 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.

361
grants reported: $17.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
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.

What they fund

prison justice rapid response education capacity lgbtq building

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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.

Campaign for Southern Equality12 grants · $605,925
Tennessee Higher Education11 grants · $498,000
Neighborhood Funders Group3 grants · $450,000
Equality Virginia5 grants · $430,000
Partnership for Southern Equity4 grants · $400,000
Funders for Lgbtq Issues3 grants · $340,000
Center for Heirs' Prop Preservatio4 grants · $310,000
Operation Restoration4 grants · $310,000
Freedom Center for Social Justice5 grants · $310,000
Building Equity & Align for Env Jus2 grants · $300,000

Giving over time

$5.7M

2022

$6.0M

2023

$6.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 361 grants.

$160,000
Campaign for Southern Equality · Asheville, NC · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Neighborhood Funders Group · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Amplify fund
$150,000
Partnership for Southern Equity · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Project supp justice40 accelerator
$150,000
Building Equity & Align for Env Jus · Calabasas, CA · 2023
Grantmaking to ej grassroots groups
$150,000
Justice40 Accelerator · Oakland, CA · 2023
Project support for justice40 accele
$150,000
Neighborhood Funders Group · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Amplify fund
$150,000
Building Equity & Align for Env Jus · Calabasas, CA · 2022
Grantmaking to ej grassroots groups
$150,000
Equality of Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2022
General operating support
$150,000
Equality Virginia · Richmond, VA · 2022
General operating support
$150,000
Neighborhood Funders Group · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Amplify fund
$145,000
Equality of Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2023
General operating support
$125,000
Equality Nc Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General operating support
$125,000
Equality Virginia · Richmond, VA · 2024
General operating support
$125,000
Campaign for Southern Equality · Asheville, NC · 2023
General operating support
$125,000
Equality Virginia · Richmond, VA · 2023
General operating support
$125,000
Funders for Lgbtq Issues · New York, NY · 2023
Oits initiative and oits fund
$125,000
Funders for Lgbtq Issues · New York, NY · 2022
Oits initiative and oits fund
$125,000
Southwest Georgia Project for · Albany, GA · 2022
General operating support
$105,000
University of Central Florida · Orlando, FL · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Appalachian Voices · Boone, NC · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Center for Heirs' Prop Preservatio · North Carolina, SC · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Freedom Center for Social Justice · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Operation Restoration · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Operation restoration
$100,000
Partnership for Southern Equity · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General operating support
$100,000
Taproot Earth · Tulsa, OK · 2024
Gulf south for a green new deal
$100,000
Appalachian Voices · Boone, NC · 2023
General operating support
$100,000
Center for Heirs' Prop Preservatio · North Carolina, SC · 2023
General operating support
$100,000
Freedom Center for Social Justice · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General operating support
$100,000
Operation Restoration · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General operating support
$100,000
Partnership for Southern Equity · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Movement of just energy in the south
$100,000
Taproot Earth · Tulsa, OK · 2023
Gulf south for a green new deal
$100,000
Time Out Youth · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General operating support
$100,000
Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Trans generations
$100,000
Campaign for Southern Equality · Asheville, NC · 2022
General operating support
$100,000
Center for Heirs' Prop Preservatio · North Carolina, SC · 2022
General operating support
$100,000
Freedom Center for Social Justice · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General operating support
$100,000
Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy · Slidell, LA · 2022
Gulf south for a green new deal
$100,000
Operation Restoration · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General operating support
$100,000
Southerners On New Ground · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General operating support
$100,000
Time Out Youth · Charlotte, NC · 2022
General operating support
$90,000
Alliance for Higher Ed in Prison · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating support
$90,000
Funders for Lgbtq Issues · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$90,000
Time Out Youth · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General operating support
$85,000
Nationz Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2022
General operating support
$80,000
Auburn University Foundation · Auburn, AL · 2024
Al prison arts & education project
$80,000
Tennessee Higher Education · Nashville, TN · 2024
General operating support
$80,000
Alliance for Higher Ed in Prison · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating support
$80,000
Florida Prison Education Project · Orlando, FL · 2023
Program support
$80,000
Tennessee Higher Education · Nashville, TN · 2023
Program support
$80,000
Alliance for Higher Ed in Prison · Denver, CO · 2022
General operating support
$80,000
Florida Prison Education Project · Orlando, FL · 2022
Program support
$80,000
Lgbtq Center of Durham · Durham, NC · 2022
General operating support
$80,000
Tennessee Higher Education · Nashville, TN · 2022
Program support
$77,500
Lgbtq Center of Durham · Durham, NC · 2023
General operating support
$75,000
Federation of Southern Cooperatives · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General operating support
$75,000
Georgia Conservation Voters Ed Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General operating support
$75,000
Nationz Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2024
General operating support
$75,000
New Virginia Majority Ed Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General operating support
$75,000
North Carolina Environmental · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General operating support
$75,000
Power Coalition for Equity & · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Power coalition for equity & justice
$75,000
Rural Investment To Protect · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating support
$75,000
Southeast Climate & Energy Network · Sunrise, FL · 2024
General operating support
$75,000
Aclu Foundation of Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Lgbtq goals
$75,000
Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Trans generations
$75,000
Federation of Southern Cooperatives · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General operating support
$75,000
Georgia Conservation Voters Ed Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Democracy for all/energy for all pro
$75,000
Nationz Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2023
General operating support
$75,000
New Virginia Majority Ed Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Genreal operating support
$75,000
Power Coalition for Equity & · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General operating support
$75,000
Rural Investment To Protect · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating support
$75,000
Southwest Georgia Project for · Albany, GA · 2023
General operating support
$75,000
Trans Justice Funding Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Trans justice funding project
$75,000
Aclu Foundation of Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Lgbtq goals
$75,000
Appalachian Voices · Boone, NC · 2022
General operating support
$75,000
Federation of Southern Cooperatives · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Land retention & advocacy
$75,000
Georgia Conservation Voters Ed Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Democracy for all/energy for all pro
$75,000
New Virginia Majority Ed Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Genreal operating support
$75,000
Power Coalition for Equity & · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General operating support
$75,000
Southern Vision Alliance · Durham, NC · 2022
General operating support
$75,000
Trans Justice Funding Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Trans justice funding project
$71,684
Stetson Community Education Project · Deland, FL · 2023
General operating support
$70,000
Georgia Coalition for Highed Ed · Oxford, GA · 2024
General operating support
$70,000
Lgbtq Center of Durham · Durham, NC · 2024
General operating support
$70,000
Life University · Marietta, GA · 2024
Program support for chilon proj
$70,000
Piedmont Virginia Community College · Charlottesviille, VA · 2024
Higher education in prison program
$70,000
Stetson Community Education Project · Deland, FL · 2024
Community education project
$70,000
Auburn University Foundation · Auburn, AL · 2023
Alabama prison arts & ed project
$70,000
Georgia Coalition for Highed Ed · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General operating support
$70,000
Georgia St University Prison Edu · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Gsu prison education program
$70,000
Life University · Marietta, GA · 2023
Program support for chilon proj
$70,000
Piedmont Virginia Community College · Charlottesviille, VA · 2023
Southern hep program support
$70,000
Auburn University Foundation · Auburn, AL · 2022
Alabama prison arts & ed project
$70,000
Georgia St University Prison Edu · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Gsu prison education program
$70,000
Jamii Sisterhood · Laurens, SC · 2022
Project freedom
$70,000
Life University · Marietta, GA · 2022
Program support for chilon proj
$70,000
Piedmont Virginia Community College · Charlottesviille, VA · 2022
Southern hep program support
$70,000
Stetson Community Education Project · Deland, FL · 2022
General operating support
$65,000
Claflin University · Orangeburg, SC · 2024
Pathways from prison
$65,000
Warren Wilson College · Ashville, NC · 2024
Program support
$65,000
Claflin University · Orangeburg, SC · 2023
Pathways from prison

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