Funding search · EIN 562059723 · Wilmington, NC

The Samuel Ernest Douglass Jr Foundation

Name: The Samuel Ernest Douglass Jr Foundation grants, 2021–2025
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.

101
grants reported: $221,914
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. 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.

New Hanover County Humane Society5 grants · $12,500
Eden Village of Wilmington4 grants · $10,150
Good Shepherd Center4 grants · $10,102
Lower Cape Fear Hospice4 grants · $10,091
Warm Nc4 grants · $10,088
Meals On Wheels Council4 grants · $10,000
The Barnabas Network3 grants · $7,577
Domestic Violence Shelter & Service3 grants · $7,551
The Trevor Project3 grants · $7,500
Whqr3 grants · $7,500

Giving over time

$20,242

2021

$38,888

2022

$44,201

2023

$54,592

2024

$63,991

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 101 grants.

$3,627
Penland School of Craft · Bakersville, NC · 2025
General Support
$3,600
Students for Justice · New York, NY · 2022
General Support
$2,725
Legal Aid of North Carolina · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General Support
$2,700
Foodfinder · Lafayette, IN · 2025
General Support
$2,625
Human Rights Campaign · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$2,625
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$2,591
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2025
General Support
$2,591
Lower Cape Fear Hospice · Wilmington, NC · 2025
General Support
$2,588
Meals On Wheels America · Baltimore, MD · 2025
General Support
$2,588
Warm Nc · Wilmington, NC · 2025
General Support
$2,587
Democracy Forward Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General Support
$2,583
Campaign for Southern Equality · Asheville, NC · 2025
General Support
$2,582
The Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc · Raleigh, NC · 2025
General Support
$2,582
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation · Newtown, CT · 2024
General Support
$2,577
The Barnabas Network · Greensboro, NC · 2025
General Support
$2,575
Carousel Center Child Advocacy · Wilmington, NC · 2025
General Support
$2,575
Eden Village of Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2025
General Support
$2,575
Eden Village of Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2021
General Support
$2,575
The Carousel Center · Wilmington, NC · 2021
General Support
$2,575
We Need Diverse Books · Bethesda, MD · 2021
General Support
$2,563
Rainbow Railroad USA · New York, NY · 2023
General Support
$2,551
Domestic Violence Shelter & Service · Wilmington, NC · 2025
General Support
$2,551
Good Shepherd Center · Wilmington, NC · 2025
General Support
$2,551
Good Shepherd Center · Wilmington, NC · 2023
General Support
$2,551
Domestic Violence Shelter Service · Wilmington, NC · 2021
General Support
$2,525
All Hands and Hearts · Mattapoisett, MA · 2022
General Support
$2,510
The Descendants Project · Vacherie, LA · 2024
General Support
$2,500
Bahamas National Trust Fund · Princeton, NJ · 2025
General Support
$2,500
Carolina Migrant Network · Charlotte, NC · 2025
General Support
$2,500
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Support
$2,500
New Hanover County Humane Society · Wilmington, NC · 2025
General Support
$2,500
Nourish Nc · Wilmington, NC · 2025
General Support
$2,500
Somos Siembra · Greensboro, NC · 2025
General Support
$2,500
Weekend Meals On Wheels · Wilmington, NC · 2025
General Support
$2,500
Whqr · Wilmington, NC · 2025
General Support
$2,500
Whyhunger · New York, NY · 2025
General Support
$2,500
American Ancestors · Boston, MA · 2024
General Support
$2,500
Carousel Center Child Advocacy · Wilmington, NC · 2024
General Support
$2,500
Domestic Violence Shelter & Service · Wilmington, NC · 2024
General Support
$2,500
Earth Justice · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
$2,500
Eden Village of Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2024
General Support
$2,500
Good Shepherd Center · Wilmington, NC · 2024
General Support
$2,500
Lower Cape Fear Hospice · Wilmington, NC · 2024
General Support
$2,500
Meals On Wheels Council · Wilmington, NC · 2024
General Support
$2,500
New Hanover County Humane Society · Wilmington, NC · 2024
General Support
$2,500
Nourish Nc · Wilmington, NC · 2024
General Support
$2,500
Rainbow Railroad USA · New York, NY · 2024
General Support
$2,500
The Barnabas Network · Greensboro, NC · 2024
General Support
$2,500
The Civics Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General Support
$2,500
The Dollywood Foundation · Sevierville, TN · 2024
General Support
$2,500
The Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General Support
$2,500
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
General Support
$2,500
Voteriders · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
$2,500
Warm Nc · Wilmington, NC · 2024
General Support
$2,500
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
General Support
$2,500
All Hands & Hearts · Mattapoisett, MA · 2023
General Support
$2,500
Be the Bridge · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General Support
$2,500
Carousel Center · Wilmington, NC · 2023
General Support
$2,500
Domestic Violence Shelter & Service · Wilmington, NC · 2023
General Support
$2,500
Eden Village of Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2023
General Support
$2,500
Lower Cape Fear Hospice · Wilmington, NC · 2023
General Support
$2,500
Meals On Wheels Council · Wilmington, NC · 2023
General Support
$2,500
New Hanover County Humane Society · Wilmington, NC · 2023
General Support
$2,500
Nourish Nc · Wilmington, NC · 2023
General Support
$2,500
The Ability Garden- Arboretum · Wilmington, NC · 2023
General Support
$2,500
The Barnabas Network · Greensboro, NC · 2023
General Support
$2,500
The Civics Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General Support
$2,500
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2023
General Support
$2,500
Warm Nc · Wilmington, NC · 2023
General Support
$2,500
Whqr · Wilmington, NC · 2023
General Support
$2,500
Be the Bridge · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General Support
$2,500
Domestic Violence Shelter Service · Wilmington, NC · 2022
General Support
$2,500
Good Shepherd Center · Wilmington, NC · 2022
General Support
$2,500
Lower Cape Fear Hospice · Wilmington, NC · 2022
General Support
$2,500
Meals On Wheels Council · Wilmington, NC · 2022
General Support
$2,500
New Hanover County Humane Society · Wilmington, NC · 2022
General Support
$2,500
The Carousel Center · Wilmington, NC · 2022
General Support
$2,500
The Trevor Project · West Hollywood, CA · 2022
General Support
$2,500
Warm Nc · Wilmington, NC · 2022
General Support
$2,500
Whqr · Wilmington, NC · 2022
General Support
$2,500
George Floyd Global Memorial · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General Support
$2,500
Meals On Wheels Council · Wilmington, NC · 2021
General Support
$2,500
New Hanover County Humane Society · Wilmington, NC · 2021
General Support
$1,000
Actblue Charities · Somerville, MA · 2024
General Support
$1,000
Sage USA · New York, NY · 2024
General Support
$1,000
Bahamas National Trust Fund · Coconut Creek, FL · 2022
General Support
$1,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$1,000
Iaam-Intnl African American Museum · Charleston, SC · 2021
General Support
$516
Lilith Fund · Austin, TX · 2021
General Support
$513
Together Rising · Falls Church, VA · 2022
General Support
$500
Chasing Bubbles Foundation · Seymour, IN · 2025
General Support
$500
Protect Democracy United · Washington, DC · 2025
General Support
$500
Skeleton Crew Adventures · Houston, TX · 2025
General Support
$500
Caff · Davis, CA · 2023
General Support
$500
Powherful Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General Support
$450
Northside Food Cooperative · Wilmington, NC · 2021
General Support
$359
Donorschoose · New York, NY · 2023
General Support
$250
Aftd-Association for Frontotemporal · King of Prussia, PA · 2021
General Support
$250
Alzheimers Association · Chicago, IL · 2021
General Support
$125
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2023
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.