Champions for Education Inc
Charlotte, NC · EIN 02-0615986. Reported 145 grants totalling $10.4M to 93 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
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:
- What kind of organization it is. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 93 distinct organizations, with 10% 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.
- How much its list changes. 15% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $25,700. Half of what it reported fell between $11,060 and $50,762; the smallest was $5,170 and the largest $1,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
25 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $516,052 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery Place Inc | Charlotte, NC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Atrium Health Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $850,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cms Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $816,357 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Golf Foundation of the Carolinas | Charlotte, NC | $605,260 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Carolina Youth Coalition | Charlotte, NC | $526,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Greater Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $405,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Manna Food Bank | Mills River, NC | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The First Tee of Greater Washington | Washington, DC | $351,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Atrium Health Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $301,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Asheville-Buncombe Community Christian Ministry Inc | Arden, NC | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dreamkey Partners Inc | Charlotte, NC | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Asheville & Buncombe County Inc | Asheville, NC | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Links Trust | Washington, DC | $262,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Teach for America Inc | New York, NY | $260,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Charlotte Sports Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| E2D Inc | Davidson, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wee Kirk Presbyterian Church | Linville, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Golf Foundation Inc | Ponte Vedra, FL | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Foundation for the Carolinas | Charlotte, NC | $164,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Heart Math Tutoring Inc | Charlotte, NC | $150,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Allegro Foundation | Tega Cay, SC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Forest Hill Church | Charlotte, NC | $114,100 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House of Charlotte Inc | Charlotte, NC | $105,170 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Competitive Champions of the Carolinas | Fort Mill, SC | $100,617 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region - Restore | Charlotte, NC | $98,570 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Communities in Schools of Charlotte Mecklenburg Inc | Charlotte, NC | $89,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Augustine Literacy Project-Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Promising Pages | Charlotte, NC | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alexander Youth Network | Charlotte, NC | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Food Rescue US Inc | Stamford, CT | $57,224 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The John Crosland School | Charlotte, NC | $51,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fusion Comp Crew | Harrisburg, NC | $50,525 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grier Heights Community Improvementorganization Inc | Charlotte, NC | $50,408 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| United Service Organizations Inc | Arlington, VA | $50,185 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| A Child's Place | Charlotte, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Adventist Healthcare Washington Adventist Hospital | Rockville, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Cancer Society Inc | Atlanta, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Black Leadership Alliance | Charlotte, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beds for Kids Inc | Charlotte, NC | $48,391 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| South Mecklenburg High School - Sports Boosters | Charlotte, NC | $46,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Donorschoose Org | New York, NY | $45,892 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina Inc | Winston Salem, NC | $42,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | New York, NY | $41,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Quail Hollow Presbyterian Church | Charlotte, NC | $40,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nourish Up | Charlotte, NC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Communities in Schools of the Nations Capital Inc | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Easter Seals Serving DC-MD-Va Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Families for Families | Wyckoff, NJ | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| House DC Inc | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sevatruck Foundation | Fairfax, VA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| What's Next Counseling Service for the Yo | Charlotte, NC | $28,978 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Salute to Military Golf Association Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $26,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rolling Thunder Inc | Rock Hill, SC | $26,517 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Links to Freedom | Lorton, VA | $25,700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crossroads Corp for Affordable Housing and Community Dev Inc | Charlotte, NC | $25,025 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Air Force Aid Society Inc | Arlington, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Army Emergency Relief | Arlington, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | Owasso, OK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rotary Club of Charlotte - South | Charlotte, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pennys Dream | Waxhaw, NC | $24,578 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| PTA North Carolina Congress | Charlotte, NC | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| South Mecklenburg High School Athletic Booster Club | Charlotte, NC | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| L-Town Charities | Denver, NC | $21,333 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Association of Dance Parents | Fort Mill, SC | $21,315 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $17,100 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Digibridge Inc | Charlotte, NC | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Firecrackers Premier | Matthews, NC | $16,918 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cccp Community Trust | Charlotte, NC | $16,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Some Inc | Washington, DC | $16,478 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mad Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $15,553 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Carolina Stars Inc | Charlotte, NC | $14,100 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas | Charlotte, NC | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carolina Parent Group Inc | Indian Trail, NC | $12,929 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Piedmont Triad Charitable Foundation | Greensboro, NC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Receptions for Research - the Greg Olsen Foundation Inc | Ft Lauderdale, FL | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Generational Wealth Educators | Charlotte, NC | $10,068 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Crohns & Colitis Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Educational Foundation Inc | Chapel Hill, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Howard University | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humane Society of Charlotte Inc | Charlotte, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Carolinas Golf Foundation | Southern Pnes, NC | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| So What Else Inc | Bethesda, MD | $8,193 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cuthbertson Band Boosters | Waxhaw, NC | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marine Corps Coordinating Councilof Greater Charlotte | Indian Trail, NC | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southeastern Elite Competitors | Rock Hill, SC | $6,809 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| East Gaston Band Boosters | Mount Holly, NC | $5,796 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cameron Wood Swim & Racquet Club | Charlotte, NC | $5,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Goodwill Industries of Central North Carolina Inc | Greensboro, NC | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Relatives Inc | Charlotte, NC | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fort Mill District Band Booster Club Inc | Fort Mill, SC | $5,409 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Beginnings Transitional Homes | Charlotte, NC | $5,229 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
30 of 93 (32%) 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 each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 73 of 93 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 30 | $1,598,666 | $31,983 |
| 2021 | 21 | $1,120,620 | $26,600 |
| 2022 | 41 | $2,191,516 | $23,800 |
| 2023 | 34 | $2,089,425 | $18,500 |
| 2024 | 19 | $3,410,000 | $250,000 |
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
80% 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.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- 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.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $25,700 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in North Carolina.
- 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 Champions for Education Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 19 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: 3700 Gleneagles Road, Charlotte, NC, 28209.
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