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Carolina Hurricanes Foundation

Raleigh, NC · EIN 22-2652765. Reported 98 grants totalling $2,455,850 to 77 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.

77organizations funded
$15,000median reported grant
$2,455,850granted, 2020-2024
22%of grantees funded again the next year
8%of dollars to its largest recipient

Does this grantmaker accept applications?

Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.

Three things in the filing do bear on it:

  1. What kind of organization it is. For Carolina Hurricanes Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a private independent foundation (NTEE T22Z).
  2. How spread out its giving is. 77 distinct organizations, with 8% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
  3. How much its list changes. 22% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 2 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.

How big are its grants?

The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $7,500 and the largest $150,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.

Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
$5,000 - $10,000
2 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
69 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
12 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
9 grants
$100,000 - $250,000
6 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Raleigh Youth Hockey Association IncRaleigh, NC$185,000332024
County of MitchellBakersville, NC$150,000112024
Unc Health Foundation IncChapel Hill, NC$150,000222023
County of AveryNewland, NC$125,000112024
Inter-Faith Food ShuttleRaleigh, NC$120,000332023
The Western Youth Network IncBoone, NC$100,000112024
Town of CantonCanton, NC$100,000112024
Valle Crucis Park IncValle Crucis, NC$100,000112024
The Green Chair Project IncRaleigh, NC$80,000222024
Asheville Hockey LeagueAsheville, NC$75,000112024
Manna Food BankMills River, NC$50,000112024
Only Hope WncE Flat Rock, NC$50,000112024
Triangle Special Hockey AssociationRaleigh, NC$47,500222024
Gigis Playhouse IncCary, NC$40,000222024
SafechildRaleigh, NC$40,000222024
The Foundation of Hope for Research & Treatment of Mental IllnessRaleigh, NC$40,000222024
Cape Fear Youth Hockey AssociationFort Bragg, NC$35,000222024
Wegiveashare IncAsheville, NC$35,000112024
Greensboro Youth Hockey Association IncGreensboro, NC$30,000222024
Hospice of Wake County IncRaleigh, NC$30,000222024
The Hunger and Health Coalition IncBoone, NC$30,000112024
Triangle Family Services IncRaleigh, NC$30,000222024
Triangle Youth Hockey of North Carolina IncEfland, NC$30,000222024
Winston Salem Youth Hockey AssociationClemmons, NC$30,000222024
Childrens Council of Watauga County IncBoone, NC$25,000112024
Childrens Flight of Hope IncRaleigh, NC$25,000112023
County of YanceyBurnsville, NC$25,000112024
National Assistance LeagueRaleigh, NC$25,000222024
The Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health EducationRaleigh, NC$25,000222024
A Place at the TableRaleigh, NC$20,000112023
Autism Society of North Carolina IncRaleigh, NC$20,000112023
Book HarvestDurham, NC$20,000222024
Diaper Bank of North CarolinaHillsborough, NC$20,000112023
Marbles Kids MuseumRaleigh, NC$20,000112023
North Carolina Arts in Action IncRaleigh, NC$20,000222023
The Family Violence Prevention Center IncRaleigh, NC$20,000112023
Wilmington Seahawks Hockey Association IncWilmington, NC$20,000212024
Carying Place IncorporatedCary, NC$17,500112024
American Heart Association IncDallas, TX$15,000112023
Cristo Rey Research Triangle High School IncDurham, NC$15,000112024
Folds of Honor FoundationOwasso, OK$15,000112024
Friends of Nc State Museum of Natural SciencesRaleigh, NC$15,000112024
Kramden Institute IncDurham, NC$15,000112022
Neighbor to Neighbor MinistriesRaleigh, NC$15,000112024
Neighborhealth Center IncRaleigh, NC$15,000112024
Note in the Pocket IncRaleigh, NC$15,000112024
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of the TriangleDurham, NC$15,000112024
Table Ministries IncCarrboro, NC$15,000112024
Tammy Lynn Memorial Foundation IncRaleigh, NC$15,000112024
The Miracle League of the Triangle IncCary, NC$15,000112024
The Young Mens Christian Association of the Triangle Area IRaleigh, NC$15,000112024
321 Ventures LLCRaleigh, NC$10,000112023
Arts for LifeAsheville, NC$10,000112024
Boys Club of Wake County IncRaleigh, NC$10,000112024
Bridge II SportsDurham, NC$10,000112023
Comfort Zone Camp IncRichmond, VA$10,000112024
Durham Nativity School IncDurham, NC$10,000112024
Families Moving ForwardDurham, NC$10,000112023
Girl Scouts North Carolina Coastal Pines IncRaleigh, NC$10,000112024
Haven House IncRaleigh, NC$10,000112023
Hill Center IncDurham, NC$10,000112023
Junior Achievement of Eastern North Carolina IncRaleigh, NC$10,000112023
Lucy Daniels Center for Early ChildhoodCary, NC$10,000112022
North Carolina Down Syndrome Alliance IncRaleigh, NC$10,000112024
North East Wake Backpack BuddiesRolesville, NC$10,000112024
Nourishnc IncWilmington, NC$10,000112022
Read and FeedCary, NC$10,000112023
Receptions for Research - the Greg Olsen Foundation IncFt Lauderdale, FL$10,000112024
Saving Grace Animals for Adoption IncWake Forest, NC$10,000112022
Soar OutreachGarner, NC$10,000112023
Triad Hockey AllianceGreensboro, NC$10,000112022
United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County IncRaleigh, NC$10,000112024
Veterans Life CenterRaleigh, NC$10,000112022
Vitalogy FoundationNashville, TN$10,000112024
Wake Education PartnershipRaleigh, NC$10,000112024
The V FoundationCary, NC$8,350112024
North Carolina Amateur SportsDurham, NC$7,500112024

18 of 77 (23%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 59 of 77 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.

Human Services
14 orgs
Education
9 orgs
Recreation & Sports
9 orgs
Food & Nutrition
5 orgs
Arts & Culture
4 orgs
Youth Development
3 orgs
Mental Health
2 orgs
Crime & Legal
2 orgs

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
20202$100,000$50,000
20212$60,000$30,000
202216$285,000$10,000
202324$460,000$20,000
202454$1,550,850$15,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.

Where its money goes

98% of its giving went to organizations in North Carolina. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.

North Carolina
$2.4M
Texas
$15K
Oklahoma
$15K
Virginia
$10K
Florida
$10K
Tennessee
$10K

Down to the city

Raleigh, NC
$928K
Boone, NC
$155K
Bakersville, NC
$150K
Chapel Hill, NC
$150K
Newland, NC
$125K
Asheville, NC
$120K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund53 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc50 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc48 shared recipientsTriangle Community Foundation Inc42 shared recipientsDuke Energy Foundation38 shared recipientsNorth Carolina Community Foundation33 shared recipients

How to approach this grantmaker

  1. Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
  2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $15,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in North Carolina.
  4. Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Carolina Hurricanes Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.

On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 54 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.

Address of record on the latest return: 1400 Edwards Mill Road, Raleigh, NC, 27607.

EIN 22-2652765 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Form 990 is published about a year after the tax year it covers. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this organization has actually funded.

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