Margaret T Petrie Foundation
Chapel Hill, NC · EIN 81-0793232. Reported 128 grants totalling $2,530,630 to 54 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. Margaret T Petrie 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 $16,713. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $75,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Protection Society of Durham | Durham, NC | $171,160 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Independent Animal Rescue | Chapel Hill, NC | $159,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Partnership for Pets Inc | Flat Rock, NC | $155,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Safe Haven for Cats | Raleigh, NC | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beyond Fences | Durham, NC | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Carolina Poodle Rescue | Pacolet, SC | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Blind Cat Rescue and Sanctuary | St Pauls, NC | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Burlington Animal Services Dept | Burlington, NC | $98,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Paws for Life Nc | Youngsville, NC | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Warren County Animal Shelter | Warrenton, NC | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Saving Grace Animals for Adoption Inc | Wake Forest, NC | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wilmington Animal Centrix | Wilmington, NC | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Orange County Animal Services | Chapel Hill, NC | $63,427 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Happy Hills Animal Foundation | Staley, NC | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of Granville County | Creedmoor, NC | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Paws of Rutherford County (paws Rc) | Lake Lure, NC | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chatham Animal Rescue and Education | Pittsboro, NC | $53,890 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Paws 4 Ever | Mebane, NC | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Second Chance Pet Adoptions | Raleigh, NC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Feral Cat Asssistance Program | Greensboro, NC | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Paws Prayers & Promises | Tryon, NC | $44,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brother Wolf Animal Rescue | Asheville, NC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mia's Mafia | Cary, NC | $37,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Paws of Hertford County | Murfreesboro, NC | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dogs Deserve Better | Creedmoor, NC | $33,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pet Food Pantry of Eastern | Greenville, NC | $31,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Johnson County Animal Protection League | Benson, NC | $31,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Companion Animal Clinic Foundation | Southern Pines, NC | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Paws of Hertford Co | Murfreesboro, NC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cat Angels Pet Adoptions | Cary, NC | $26,900 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friends of Rocky Mount Animal | Rocky Mount, NC | $25,950 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of Beaufort | Washington, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Humane Society of Beaufort County | Washington, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of Eastern Carolina | Greenville, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ruin Creek Animal Protection | Henderson, NC | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rutherford County Humane Society Inc | Rutherfordton, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sparkle Cat Rescue | Burlington, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Stokes Shelter Inc | Walnut Cove, NC | $24,441 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Paws and Love | Washington, NC | $23,862 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Humane Solution | Winston Salem, NC | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Heart of the Foothills Animal Rescue | Rutherfordton, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Montgomery County Animal Services | Mt Gilead, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wake SPCA | Raleigh, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Paws 4 Purpose Nc | Sneads Ferry, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Windsor Kittens | Charlotte, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black Dog Club | Smithfield, NC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Godbey Creek Canine Rescue | Mocksville, NC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nc Feral Cat Coalition | Hope Mills, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pawsitive Shelter Volunteers | Franklin, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Calvin's Paws | Raleigh, NC | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Animal Welfare League of Wayne County | Goldsboro, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| CATMAN2 Inc | Cullowhee, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peak Lab Rescue | Apex, NC | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pearl's Preserve | Halifax, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
36 of 54 (67%) 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 91%, 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.
- Community Partnership for Pets Inc
SUPPORT SPAYING AND NEUTERING PROGRAMS - Safe Haven for Cats
SUPPORT SPAYING AND NEUTERING PROGRAMS FOR CATS - Animal Protection Society of Durham
SUPPORT SPAYING AND NEUTERING THROUGH VOUCHER PROGRAMS - Warren County Animal Shelter
SUPPORT SPAYING AND NEUTERING PROGRAMS IN WARREN COUNTY - Paws of Hertford County
SUPPORT SPAYING AND NEUTERING PROGRAMS FOR RESCUE DOGS AND CATS - Paws of Rutherford County (paws Rc)
SUPPORT SPAYING AND NEUTERING PROGRAMS IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 77 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $395,087 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 24 | $486,615 | $15,107 |
| 2023 | 37 | $724,950 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 44 | $923,978 | $20,000 |
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. 96% 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 $16,713. 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Margaret T Petrie 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: 501 Eastowne Dr Suite 130, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514. 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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