FundersNorth Carolina

James J & Mamie Richardson Perkins

Raleigh, NC · EIN 56-6325764. Reported 115 grants totalling $3,373,222 to 65 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$25,000median grant
$3,373,222granted, 2020-2024
65organizations funded
39%of grantees funded again the next year
$19.2Massets, 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. James J & Mamie Richardson Perkins 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 $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $42,575; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $113,599. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
10 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
9 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
38 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
42 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
15 grants
$100,000 and Up
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
St Pauls Episcopal ChurchGreenville, NC$330,149552024
The Salvation ArmyGreenville, NC$227,149552024
Vidant Medical Center FoundationGreenville, NC$227,147552024
Pitt County Educational FoundationGreenville, NC$199,132652024
Gr Whitfield SchoolGrimesland, NC$142,409332022
Straightway ChurchAyden, NC$135,500332024
Food Bank of Central & Eastern NcGreenville, NC$120,000332024
Churches Outreach NetworkGreenville, NC$111,500332023
Wahl-Coates Elementary SchoolGreenville, NC$96,921112022
Hope of Glory MinistriesGreenville, NC$85,000552024
Ayden Elementary SchoolAyden, NC$84,307112021
Falkland Elementary SchoolGreenville, NC$82,562112021
Greenville Museum of Art IncGreenville, NC$82,241442024
CareeGreenville, NC$76,446112024
Habitat for Humanity of Pitt CoGreenville, NC$75,000112022
Bethel SchoolBethel, NC$68,918112023
Emerge Gallery Art CenterGreenville, NC$65,000222022
Cm Epps Middle School Bank ProgramGreenville, NC$59,840112024
Rebuilding Together Pitt CountyGreenville, NC$55,000332024
North Pitt High School Band ProgramBethel, NC$53,642112024
Greenville Community SheltersGreenville, NC$50,000112023
Town of GrimeslandGrimesland, NC$50,000112020
Carenet Counseling EastGreenville, NC$47,500332024
Community Feeding Our ChildrenGreenville, NC$46,800112024
Boys & Girls Clubs -Coastal PlainWinterville, NC$45,000222023
North Pitt High SchoolBethel, NC$42,973112022
North Carolina SymphonyRaleigh, NC$40,000332023
St Timothys Episcopal ChurchGreenville, NC$40,000112022
American Cancer Society IncGreenville, NC$35,000222021
Easter Seals UcpRaleigh, NC$35,000112022
Aces for AutismGreenville, NC$30,000112023
Bethel Youth Activity CenterBethel, NC$30,000112023
Habitat for HumanityGreenville, NC$30,000112024
Greenville Choral SocietyGreenville, NC$27,000332024
Grifton Mission Ministries IncGrifton, NC$27,000222021
G R Whitfield SchoolGrimesland, NC$26,119112024
A Time for ScienceGreenville, NC$25,000112021
Center for Science TechnologyBethel, NC$25,000112021
Feed Your Neighbor Food PantryGreenville, NC$22,600112024
Farmville Community Arts CouncilFarmville, NC$20,600112021
Ecu Medical & Health Sci Fdn IncGreenville, NC$20,000222023
Horizons of Pitt CoGreenville, NC$20,000112024
New Carolina SinfoniaGreenville, NC$20,000112023
Farmville Central High SchoolFarmville, NC$19,844112021
Lives of PurposeGreenville, NC$19,021332024
Community Outreach KitchenFarmville, NC$16,000112023
Ecu Health FoundationGreenville, NC$15,000112023
North Carolina Symphony SocietyRaleigh, NC$15,000112024
Ripe for RevivalRocky Mount, NC$15,000112023
University Health SystemsGreenville, NC$15,000112024
Vidant Health FoundationGreenville, NC$15,000112022
Moonbeams and Miracles TherapeuticGrimesland, NC$12,800112023
East Carolina University FoundationGreenville, NC$12,000112024
An Autastic Dream IncFarmville, NC$10,000112024
Thrid Street Educatio CenterGreenville, NC$10,000112022
Chicod School Visual Arts DeptGreenville, NC$9,537112022
Building Hope Community Life CenterGreenville, NC$9,530222023
Eastern Carolina Village and FarmGreenville, NC$9,000112024
Eastern Carolina Village & FarmGreenville, NC$7,500112020
Moonbeams & MiraclesGrimesland, NC$6,500112021
TeamworkGreenville, NC$5,776112022
Nc Stop Human TraffickingFarmville, NC$5,609222024
Cancer Services of Eastern NcGreenville, NC$5,000112021
Carolina Pregnancy CenterGreenville, NC$4,650112020
Girl Scouts - Nc Coastal PinesRaleigh, NC$2,000222023

23 of 65 (35%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 39%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 41 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
10 grants
Human Services
8 grants
Housing & Shelter
6 grants
Religion
5 grants
Youth Development
2 grants
Health Care
2 grants
Diseases & Disorders
2 grants
Employment
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202020$583,463$24,700
202122$664,425$25,000
202224$703,450$25,340
202323$667,732$20,000
202426$754,152$21,300

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

Greenville, NC
$2.4M
Grimesland, NC
$253K
Bethel, NC
$221K
Ayden, NC
$220K
Raleigh, NC
$92K
Farmville, NC
$72K
Winterville, NC
$45K
Grifton, NC
$27K

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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.

Mildred Sheffield Wells Char Trust15 shared recipientsUniversity Health Systems of Eastern13 shared recipientsTr Uw Vivian S West -13 shared recipientsNorth Carolina Community Foundation9 shared recipientsNatl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc9 shared recipientsSouthern Bank Foundation8 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. 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 James J & Mamie Richardson Perkins's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 4242 Six Forks Rd 17TH Floor US Tr, Raleigh, NC, 27609. 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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