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12 funders with a record of paying for “stepup”
Where the money went Mead Family Foundation → Stepup Ministry: $800K across 7 grants, latest 2025 Jefferson Foundation → Lafayette Industries: $318K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Triangle Community Foundation Inc → Stepup Ministry - Raleigh: $154K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Leon Levine Foundation → Stepup Ministry: $130K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Gage Family Foundation → Augsburg University: $100K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Cape Fear Memorial Foundation → Stepup Wilmington: $80K across 3 grants, latest 2023 John William Pope Foundation → Stepup Ministry: $80K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Sears Family Foundation Inc → Stepup Ministry: $40K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Duke University Health System Inc → Stepup Durham: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Novant Health Inc → Stepup Wilmington: $25K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Nivison Family Foundation → Stepup Ministries Inc: $23K across 3 grants, latest 2024 John R & Carolyn J Maness Family → Stepup Ministries: $10K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Leon Levine Foundation → Stepup Ministry - 2023 - General Support: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Triangle Community Foundation Inc → Stepup Durham: $59K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Duke University Health System Inc → Stepup Ministry: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Leon Levine Foundation → Stepup Ministry - 2022 - General Support: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Leon Levine Foundation → Stepup Durham: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Leon Levine Foundation → Stepup Durham - 2023 - General Support: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Leon Levine Foundation → Stepup Durham - 2022 - General Support: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Mead Family Foundation: $800K on this topic. Open the funder. Mead Family Foundation $800K The Leon Levine Foundation: $350K on this topic. Open the funder. The Leon Levine Foundation $350K Jefferson Foundation: $318K on this topic. Open the funder. Jefferson Foundation $318K Triangle Community Foundation Inc: $212K on this topic. Open the funder. Triangle Community Foundation… $212K Gage Family Foundation: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. Gage Family Foundation $100K Cape Fear Memorial Foundation: $80K on this topic. Open the funder. Cape Fear Memorial Foundation $80K John William Pope Foundation: $80K on this topic. Open the funder. John William Pope Foundation $80K Sears Family Foundation Inc: $40K on this topic. Open the funder. Sears Family Foundation Inc $40K Duke University Health System Inc: $40K on this topic. Open the funder. Duke University Health System… $40K Novant Health Inc: $25K on this topic. Open the funder. Novant Health Inc $25K The Nivison Family Foundation: $23K on this topic. Open the funder. The Nivison Family Foundation $23K John R & Carolyn J Maness Family: $10K on this topic. Open the funder. John R & Carolyn J Maness Fam… $10K Stepup Ministry: received $930K on this topic Stepup Ministry $930K Lafayette Industries: received $318K on this topic Lafayette Industries $318K Stepup Ministry - Raleigh: received $154K on this topic Stepup Ministry - Raleigh $154K Stepup Ministry: received $130K on this topic Stepup Ministry $130K Stepup Wilmington: received $105K on this topic Stepup Wilmington $105K Augsburg University: received $100K on this topic Augsburg University $100K Stepup Durham: received $89K on this topic Stepup Durham $89K Stepup Ministry - 2023 - General Support: received $65K on this topic Stepup Ministry - 2023 - Genera… $65K Stepup Ministry - 2022 - General Support: received $65K on this topic Stepup Ministry - 2022 - Genera… $65K Stepup Durham: received $50K on this topic Stepup Durham $50K Stepup Ministries Inc: received $23K on this topic Stepup Ministries Inc $23K Stepup Durham - 2023 - General Support: received $20K on this topic Stepup Durham - 2023 - General… $20K Stepup Durham - 2022 - General Support: received $20K on this topic Stepup Durham - 2022 - General… $20K Stepup Ministries: received $10K on this topic Stepup Ministries $10K 12 funders, 14 recipients, grants matching “stepup” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $600,000 to STEPUP MINISTRY — general operating and capital funding request 2024
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Largest: $58,500 to STEPUP DURHAM — human services
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Largest: $65,000 to STEPUP MINISTRY - 2023 - GENERAL SUPPORT — operational support
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Largest: $15,000 to STEPUP MINISTRY — general operations
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Largest: $165,068 to LAFAYETTE INDUSTRIES — stepup jefferson county
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Largest: $10,000 to STEPUP MINISTRY — community support
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Largest: $30,000 to STEPUP MINISTRY — unrestricted grant
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Largest: $49,902 to AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY — gage center for student success and marketing efforts for stepup program
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Largest: $2,500 to STEPUP MINISTRIES — general purpose support
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Largest: $40,000 to STEPUP WILMINGTON — program support
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Largest: $10,000 to STEPUP WILMINGTON — community outreach
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Largest: $7,500 to STEPUP MINISTRIES INC — contribution where needed most
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