High Point Community Foundation
High Point, NC · EIN 56-1695787. Reported 104 grants totalling $2,409,378 to 60 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. For High Point Community Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31).
- How spread out its giving is. 60 distinct organizations, with 5% 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. 41% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 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 $25,479. Half of what it reported fell between $18,300 and $27,430; the smallest was $3,570 and the largest $41,026. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D-Up Inc | High Point, NC | $129,285 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Brookhaven, GA | $118,931 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| Open Door Ministries of High Point Inc | High Point, NC | $99,344 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Guilford Education Alliance Inc | Greensboro, NC | $97,771 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Housing Solutions of Guilford Inc | Greensboro, NC | $90,393 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Greater Triad Inc | High Point, NC | $82,492 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| High Point Leap | High Point, NC | $79,144 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Backpack Beginnings | Greensboro, NC | $77,284 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Growing High Point | High Point, NC | $74,504 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Macedonia Family Resource Center Inc | High Point, NC | $73,245 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| High Point Community Against Violence Inc | High Point, NC | $72,705 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| West End Ministries | High Point, NC | $70,708 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Helping Hands High Point | High Point, NC | $68,931 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| A Simple Gesture Greensboro Inc | Greensboro, NC | $66,081 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Go Far | Colfax, NC | $55,787 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greater High Point Food Alliance | High Point, NC | $55,485 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of High Point | High Point, NC | $51,944 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Young Womens Christian Association of High Point Nc Inc | High Point, NC | $51,944 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Community Clinic of High Point Inc | High Point, NC | $50,284 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| West End Ministries | High Point, NC | $41,695 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Guilford County Schools Library Media Services | Greensboro, NC | $38,100 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Growing the Distance Inc | Greensboro, NC | $36,693 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| High Point Chamber Foundation Inc | High Point, NC | $34,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beyond Sports Nc | Greensboro, NC | $33,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Collaboration for Children Inc | High Point, NC | $32,570 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reading Connections Inc | Greensboro, NC | $31,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hopefulls Inc | Winston Salem, NC | $30,715 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Room Foster Care Resource Center | Greensboro, NC | $30,266 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brothers Organized to Serve Others Incorporated | High Point, NC | $28,976 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Diaper Bank of North Carolina | Hillsborough, NC | $28,875 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oakwood Community Development Corporation | High Point, NC | $28,875 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Puzzle Play Inc | High Point, NC | $28,255 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital Operating Corporation | Greensboro, NC | $28,215 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Learn to Swim Inc | Greensboro, NC | $27,812 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emmanuel Senior Enrichment Center Inc | High Point, NC | $27,675 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YMCA of High Point | High Point, NC | $26,687 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guilford Technical Community College Foundation Inc | Jamestown, NC | $26,355 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Arc of High Point Inc | High Point, NC | $26,144 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Partners Ending Homelessness | High Point, NC | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina Inc | Winston Salem, NC | $23,813 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Motivational Foundation | Greensboro, NC | $23,665 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Law Center of Central North Carolina | Winston Salem, NC | $23,638 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mt Zion Baptist Church | High Point, NC | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| High Point Police Foundation | High Point, NC | $21,430 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Operation Xcel Promoting Excellent Communities Education & Leadership | Stokesdale, NC | $21,360 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| High Point Arts Council Inc | High Point, NC | $20,115 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Thecentral Piedmont Inc | High Point, NC | $18,438 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Relief Corporation O National | Baltimore, MD | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peak Adventure Ministries Inc | Greensboro, NC | $17,700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Communities in Schools of Thomasville Inc | Thomasville, NC | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| County of Guilford - Family Justice Center Dept | High Point, NC | $16,305 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sister Circle International | High Point, NC | $15,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ready for School Ready for Life | Greensboro, NC | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Barnabas Network | Greensboro, NC | $12,930 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Carolina Core Soccer | High Point, NC | $11,520 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Out of the Garden Project | Greensboro, NC | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| High Point Discovered Inc | High Point, NC | $6,536 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of Greater High Point | High Point, NC | $6,188 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Caring Services Inc | High Point, NC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Service Corps of Retired Executives Association | Washington, DC | $3,570 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
22 of 60 (37%) 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- D-Up Inc
SUPPORT WELLNESS PROGRAM FOR YOUTH - D-Up
Safeguard and enhance youth's & women's mental health - Beyond Sports Nc
EXPAND SPORTS CLINICS IN SCHOOLS - C3 Community Collaboration for Children
Capacity building for more collaboration - Community Housing Solutions of Guilford
Provide repairs to low income housing - Guilford Education Alliance
Career exploration & workforce development program
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 47 of 60 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 17 | $414,100 | $25,900 |
| 2021 | 22 | $479,400 | $24,585 |
| 2022 | 20 | $475,878 | $25,387 |
| 2023 | 22 | $500,000 | $22,975 |
| 2024 | 23 | $540,000 | $23,813 |
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
94% 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.
Down to the city
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
6 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 25 grants totalling $3,888,918 to High Point Community Foundation. That is 50% of the 12 funders we can see giving to it. Those 6 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a community foundation.
5 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl and Kathryn Congdon Family Foundation | Delaware | $1,603,815 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| David R Hayworth Foundation | North Carolina | $1,530,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Charles E Hayworth JR Foundation | North Carolina | $670,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sallie B Phillips Foundation | Florida | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Apat & Kathryne Lbrown Foundation | North Carolina | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Amazonsmile Foundation | Washington | $103 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
A linked name has a page of its own. We publish one for a foundation that takes no unsolicited requests only when a real share of its giving goes to organizations that make grants themselves, and that page opens by saying it does not take requests.
Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.
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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.
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 $25,479 -- 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 High Point Community 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 23 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: Po Box 5166, High Point, NC, 27262.
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