FundersNorth Carolina

Darrell and Patricia Steagall

Gastonia, NC · EIN 56-2061059. Reported 159 grants totalling $572,100 to 57 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,000median grant
$572,100granted, 2021-2024
57organizations funded
86%of grantees funded again the next year
$3,672,677assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Darrell and Patricia Steagall did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $3,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $30,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
7 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
123 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
17 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
11 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Holy AngelsBelmont, NC$84,000442024
Myers Memorial UMCGastonia, NC$30,000112022
Central United Methodist ChurchMooresville, NC$29,500442024
Ncsu FoundationRaleigh, NC$29,500442024
Springmont Montessori SchoolAtlanta, GA$26,000332023
Nc State Student Aid AssociationRaleigh, NC$25,000442024
The Schenk SchoolAtlanta, GA$25,000222024
We Are ZoeGarner, NC$22,000442024
Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, GA$19,000442024
Salvation Army of GastoniaGastonia, NC$16,000442024
Food Well AllianceAtlanta, GA$14,500442024
St Judes Children's HospitalMemphis, TN$13,750442024
Carolina Cross ConnectionConcord, NC$12,500442024
Hunters for the HungryBig Island, VA$12,000442024
University of Pittsburgh Joe M Katz Graduate SchoolPittsburgh, PA$10,500442024
Shriners Hospital for ChildrenTampa, FL$10,000442024
Access Reproductive Care SoutheastAtlanta, GA$9,000332024
Mooresville Christian MissionMooresville, NC$9,000442024
Hope of MooresvilleMooresville, NC$8,500442024
Backpack Weekend Food ProgramGreensboro, NC$8,000442024
Schiele MuseumGastonia, NC$8,000442024
Smith Medical ClinicPawleys Island, SC$8,000442024
St Christopher's ChildrenPawleys Island, SC$8,000442024
The V FoundationCary, NC$8,000442024
Crisis Assistance MinistryGastonia, NC$7,500442024
Samaritan's PurseBoone, NC$7,500112024
United Way of Gaston CountyGastonia, NC$7,500442024
Feed NcMooresville, NC$7,400332024
UmcorNew York, NY$6,750442024
Grace Covenant PresbyterianAsheville, NC$6,000112024
National Wild Tureky FederationEdgefield, SC$6,000222023
Food for DaysMooresville, NC$5,300442024
Galax Foundation for Excellence in EducationGalax, VA$5,000332023
The Howard SchoolAtlanta, GA$5,000112024
United Ostomy Association Ostomy SupportKennebunk, ME$5,000442024
Duncan United Methodist ChurchGeorgetown, SC$4,000222024
Wounded Warrior ProjectJacksonville, FL$4,000332023
American Forest FoundationWashington, DC$3,800442024
Bat Conservation InternationalAustin, TX$3,800442024
Atlanta Community Food BankAtlanta, GA$3,000112021
Duncan Memorial United Methodist ChurchGeorgetown, SC$3,000112021
Families FirstAtlanta, GA$3,000112024
The Shelter of Gaston CountyGastonia, NC$3,000222022
Central United Methodist Church - Scout Pack 364Mooresville, NC$2,800332023
Fieldstone Presbyterian Scout Troop 180Roswell, GA$2,800332023
Atlanta Women's FoundationAtlanta, GA$2,500112022
Families FirstConcord, NC$2,500112022
Hunting HeritageEdgefield, SC$2,500112024
Fur KidsCumming, GA$2,200332024
American Chesnut FoundationAsheville, NC$2,000112024
Big Dog BarbellVirginia Beach, VA$2,000112024
Georgia Public BroadcastingAtlanta, GA$2,000112021
Mooresville Kindness ClosetMooresville, NC$2,000112024
Tomorrow for Haitian Kids OrganizationGastonia, NC$2,000222022
Tunnel for Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY$2,000112023
Mooresville Soup KitchenMooresville, NC$1,500112021
Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyCharlotte, NC$1,000112022

40 of 57 (70%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 86%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 65 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Food & Nutrition
12 grants
Human Services
12 grants
Health Care
8 grants
Environment
7 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
5 grants
Housing & Shelter
4 grants
Animal Welfare
4 grants
Arts & Culture
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202138$115,000$2,000
202242$149,600$2,000
202339$150,000$2,500
202440$157,500$2,500

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 61% of this one's giving went to organizations in North Carolina. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

North Carolina
$348K
Georgia
$114K
South Carolina
$32K
Virginia
$19K
Florida
$14K
Tennessee
$14K
Pennsylvania
$10K
New York
$9K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund17 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc13 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc12 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc12 shared recipientsCharities Aid Foundation America9 shared recipientsDuke Energy Foundation9 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in North Carolina.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Darrell and Patricia Steagall's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 355 South New Hope Road Suite 302, Gastonia, NC, 28054. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 56-2061059 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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