Gipson Family Foundation
Raleigh, NC · EIN 56-2001414. Reported 251 grants totalling $7,248,191 to 97 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Gipson Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $985,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nc Museum of Art | Raleigh, NC | $1,026,930 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Triangle Community Foundation | Durham, NC | $685,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hoosac School | Hoosick, NY | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Raleigh Rescue Mission | Raleigh, NC | $475,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Hope Center at Pullen | Raleigh, NC | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Healing Transitions | Raleigh, NC | $240,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Raleigh Area Land Trust | Raleigh, NC | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Franklin & Marshall College | Lancaster, PA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oak City Cares | Raleigh, NC | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Seattle | Seattle, WA | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Familes Together | Raleigh, NC | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dorothea Dix Park Conservancy | Raleigh, NC | $112,955 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Liver Foundation | New York, NY | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA | Raleigh, NC | $101,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community in Schools of Wake County | Raleigh, NC | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc | Raleigh, NC | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Center on Actual Inn | Durham, NC | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southeast Raleigh Promise | Raleigh, NC | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Gog Foundation | Edgewater, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YMCA of the Triangle | Cary, NC | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Benjamin Franklin House | London, NC | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Listening Hearts Ministries | Baltimore, MD | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Habitat of Wake County | Raleigh, NC | $87,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Ministries | Raleigh, NC | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Girls on the Run of the Triangle | Durham, NC | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Konbit Sante Cap | Falmouth, ME | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Kings County | Seattle, WA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Assistance League of the Triangle | Raleigh, NC | $61,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Donors Choose | Bronx, NY | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grace Lutheran Church | Raleigh, NC | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Littleton Academy | Littleton, NC | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Salvation Army of Wake County | Raleigh, NC | $51,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| El Pueblo Inc | Raleigh, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Transitions Life Care | Raleigh, NC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Durham, NC | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nc Arts in Action | Durham, NC | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Educate Tomorrows Parents | Raleigh, NC | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Interact | Raleigh, NC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| John 3 16 Center | Littleton, NC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lutheran Family Services | Raleigh, NC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Forest Foundation | Missolua, MT | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Park Foundation | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sofia American Schools | Princeton, NJ | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trosa | Durham, NC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wharton (univ of Pa) | Philadelphia, PA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wunc | Chapel Hill, NC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Habitat Fro Humanity Lake Sumpter F | The Villages, FL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kakenya's Dream | Arlington, VA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nc Symphony | Raleigh, NC | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tri-Area Ministry Food Pantry | Wake Forest, NC | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greater Littleton Development Partn | Littleton, NC | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Immigration Council | Philadephia, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Habitat Fpr Humanity | Americus, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Immigrant Legal Aid | Portland, ME | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Immigration Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Planned Parrenthood | Raleigh, NC | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rip Medical Debt | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Step Up Ministry | Raleigh, NC | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sylvan Heights Bird Park | Scotland Neck, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Center Fro Grieving Children | Portland, ME | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Serving Cup | Raleigh, NC | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Wide Open Chartiable Foundn | Raleigh, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Undue Meical Deby | Long Island City, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wcpe | Wake Forest, NC | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Warren County High School | Warrenton, NC | $17,306 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nc Carolina Arts in Action | Durham, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Preble Street | Portland, ME | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| President Lincoln Cottage | Washsington, DC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Theatre Raleigh | Raleigh, NC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Frankie Lemmon Foundation | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Internat Rescue Comm | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lakeland Culural Arts Center | Littleton, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mountains to Sea Trail | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nc Museum of History | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Path Froward | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Raleigh Boychoir | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wide Open Chartiable Foundation | Raliegh, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer | Woodbury, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Musical Endowment | Carrboro, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Note in the Pocket | Raleigh, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Raleigh Center for Women | Cary, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Locker Project | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Telling Room | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trauma Invervention Program of Port | Tustin, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Jackson, MI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nc Synod Lifetime Fund | Salisbury, NC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lifeline Fund | Salisbury, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Raleigh Police Department Foundatio | Raleigh, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Circle of Concern Food Pantry | Valley Park, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Tee Triangle | Raleigh, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jdrf | Atlanta, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| SPCA of Wake County | Raleigh, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Triangle Chapter Nc Region Aaca | Raleigh, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
67 of 97 (69%) 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 81%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 95 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56 | $976,580 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 61 | $1,408,656 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 68 | $2,156,000 | $12,500 |
| 2024 | 66 | $2,706,955 | $10,000 |
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. 73% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in North Carolina.
- 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.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Gipson Family Foundation'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: 609 Brookfield Road, Raleigh, NC, 27615. 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.
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