The Golden Leaf Inc
Rocky Mount, NC · EIN 52-2204473. Reported 426 grants totalling $464.8M to 329 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
329organizations funded
$249,820median reported grant
$464.8Mgranted, 2021-2024
26%of grantees funded again the next year
23%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:
- What kind of organization it is. For The Golden Leaf Inc, the IRS classifies it as a public foundation -- a grantmaker that raises its money from many sources rather than from one donor (NTEE T30).
- How spread out its giving is. 329 distinct organizations, with 23% 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. 26% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 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 $249,820. Half of what it reported fell between $98,263 and $632,412; the smallest was $7,199 and the largest $57.5M. 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.
Every organization it funded
All 329 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this grantmaker actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Sanford | Sanford, NC | $105.1M | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mountain Bizcapital Inc | Asheville, NC | $57.5M | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Department of Transportation | Raleigh, NC | $40.0M | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Carolina Department of Public Instruction | Raleigh, NC | $25.0M | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wilson Community College | Wilson, NC | $13.0M | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nc State Education Assistance Authority | Raleigh, NC | $12.4M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Global Transpark Authority | Kinston, NC | $10.0M | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Siler City | Siler City, NC | $9,962,860 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Carolina Community College System | Raleigh, NC | $8,910,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Methodist University Inc | Fayetteville, NC | $8,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Housing Finance Agency | Raleigh, NC | $6,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bladens Bloomin Agri-Industrial Inc | Elizabethtown, NC | $3,900,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| County of Randolph | Asheboro, NC | $3,045,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| County of Brunswick | Bolivia, NC | $3,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| County of Robeson | Lumberton, NC | $2,960,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Baptist Men | Cary, NC | $2,940,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| County of Ashe | Jefferson, NC | $2,845,035 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| County of Rockingham | Wentworth, NC | $2,692,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mcnc | R Triangle Park, NC | $2,482,342 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| County of Mcdowell | Marion, NC | $2,330,550 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rowan-Cabarrus Community College | Salisbury, NC | $2,225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Fayetteville Dept of Eco & Comm Dev | Fayetteville, NC | $2,165,830 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City of Laurinburg | Laurinburg, NC | $2,050,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greenville Utilities Commission (guc) | Greenville, NC | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Tabor City | Tabor City, NC | $1,975,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Madison County Economic Development | Marshall, NC | $1,974,550 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| City of Whiteville | Whiteville, NC | $1,930,680 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Haywood Community College | Clyde, NC | $1,783,761 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Gastonia | Gastonia, NC | $1,750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Elizabeth City | Elizabeth City, NC | $1,628,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kelly Services Inc | Troy, MI | $1,610,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| County of Pitt | Greenville, NC | $1,600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| County of Northampton | Ahoskie, NC | $1,585,320 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wilkes Economic Development Corporation | N Wilkesboro, NC | $1,565,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| City of Mount Airy | Mount Airy, NC | $1,539,650 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| County of Lenoir | Kinston, NC | $1,515,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Black River Health Services Inc | Burgaw, NC | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Rocky Mount | Rocky Mount, NC | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| County of Transylvania | Brevard, NC | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Davie County Schools | Mocksville, NC | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of La Grange North Carolina | La Grange, NC | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tri-County Community College | Murphy, NC | $1,480,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| County of Halifax | Halifax, NC | $1,443,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| County of Franklin | Louisburg, NC | $1,425,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| County of Hoke | Raeford, NC | $1,400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Scotland County Economic Development Corporation | Laurinburg, NC | $1,400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Barton College | Wilson, NC | $1,340,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City of Lumberton | Lumberton, NC | $1,325,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southwestern Community College | Sylva, NC | $1,277,337 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Town of Lillington | Lillington, NC | $1,275,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| North Carolina Chamber Foundation | Raleigh, NC | $1,225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brunswick Community College | Supply, NC | $1,200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hights Inc | Cullowhee, NC | $1,181,102 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| South Piedmont Community College Foundation Inc | Polkton, NC | $1,180,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gaston College | Dallas, NC | $1,159,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Thomasville | Thomasville, NC | $1,100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Nashville | Nashville, NC | $1,096,063 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Town of Crossnore | Crossnore, NC | $1,086,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| James Sprunt Community College | Kenansville, NC | $1,075,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Albemarle | Albemarle, NC | $1,013,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alamance Community College | Graham, NC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Blue Ridge Community College | Flat Rock, NC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Jacksonville | Jacksonville, NC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Yancey Water and Sewer District | Burnsville, NC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lenoir Community College | Kinston, NC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rockingham Community College | Wentworth, NC | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stanly Community College Foundation Inc | Albemarle, NC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Union County Government | Monroe, NC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| County of Duplin | Kenansville, NC | $999,150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rutherford County Economic Development Corporation | Forest City, NC | $998,513 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Beech Mountain | Beech Mountain, NC | $995,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| County of Person | Roxboro, NC | $973,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship Inc | Greensboro, NC | $950,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Johnston Community College Foundation Inc | Smithfield, NC | $943,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| County of Cumberland | Fayetteville, NC | $937,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cleveland Community College | Shelby, NC | $922,663 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cape Fear Community College | Wilmington, NC | $900,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Trent Woods | Trent Woods, NC | $893,706 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City of Wilson | Wilson, NC | $875,331 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Jamestown | Jamestown, NC | $769,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coastal Carolina Reg Airport Authority | New Bern, NC | $753,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carteret Community College | Morehead City, NC | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Icedc Foundation | Mooresville, NC | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Town of Spring Lake Stormwater Admin | Spring Lake, NC | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Maysville | Maysville, NC | $748,644 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Hertford | Hertford, NC | $740,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Town of Nags Head | Nags Head, NC | $728,850 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Davidson-Davie Community College | Lexington, NC | $725,235 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Aurora | Aurora, NC | $725,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wayne Community College | Goldsboro, NC | $725,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | $699,997 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Mount Olive Inc | Mount Olive, NC | $699,707 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| County of Columbus | Whiteville, NC | $690,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | $678,803 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| County of Burke | Morganton, NC | $659,850 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $650,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $647,132 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| College of the Albemarle | Elizabeth City, NC | $632,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alexander County Economic Dev Corp | Taylorsville, NC | $632,412 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Westbridge Vocational Inc | Sylva, NC | $628,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Village of Clemmons | Clemmons, NC | $618,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Surry County Schools | Dobson, NC | $603,230 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Oak Island | Oak Island, NC | $579,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Canton | Canton, NC | $572,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Monroe | Monroe, NC | $554,070 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Dunn | Dunn, NC | $550,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Harnett County Properties Corporation | Lillington, NC | $547,885 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Inc | Raleigh, NC | $538,541 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Graham County Schools | Robbinsville, NC | $511,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aces for Autism | Greenville, NC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coastal Carolina Community College | Jacksonville, NC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| County of Pender | Burgaw, NC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eastern North Carolina Food Commercialization Center | Ayden, NC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fayetteville Technical Community College | Fayetteville, NC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Goldsboro- Wayne Inc | Goldsboro, NC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Martin Community College | Williamston, NC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Wesleyan University | Rocky Mount, NC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northeast Academy for Aerospace & Advanced Technologies | Elizabeth Cty, NC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pamlico Community College | Grantsboro, NC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center Inc | Ahoskie, NC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Gerard House | Hendersonvlle, NC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Middlesex | Middlesex, NC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Murphy | Murphy, NC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington County Schools | Plymouth, NC | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of New Bern | New Bern, NC | $499,760 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greene County Schools | Snow Hill, NC | $499,708 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Central Carolina Community College | Sanford, NC | $498,924 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Elizabethtown | Elizabethtown, NC | $496,896 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Craven Community College | New Bern, NC | $495,115 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Randolph Community College | Asheboro, NC | $493,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Madison County Public Schools | Marshall, NC | $487,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of West Jefferson | West Jefferson, NC | $460,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Davidson County Schools | Lexington, NC | $455,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brick Capital Community Development Corporation | Sanford, NC | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| County of Stanly | Albemarle, NC | $448,440 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Duplin County Industrial and Business Developmen | Kenansville, NC | $441,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Creative Leadership | Greensboro, NC | $428,976 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Wallace | Wallace, NC | $425,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Carteret Community College Foundation Inc | Morehead City, NC | $422,860 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Beaufort County Community College | Washington, NC | $405,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Town of Rose Hill | Rose Hill, NC | $395,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yadkin County Schools | Yadkinville, NC | $393,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Guilfordworks Workforce Development Board | Greensboro, NC | $384,550 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cleveland County Schools | Shelby, NC | $360,591 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rural Economic Development Center Inc | Raleigh, NC | $353,463 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Harrells Christian Academy Inc | Harrells, NC | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rowan-Salisbury School System | Salisbury, NC | $325,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Winston-Salemforsyth County Schools | Winstonsalem, NC | $317,498 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Guilford Technical Community College | Jamestown, NC | $310,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forsyth Technical Community College | Winstonsalem, NC | $309,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Madison County Cooperative Extension | Marshall, NC | $304,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Anson County Schools | Wadesboro, NC | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| County of Alamance | Graham, NC | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Partners in Learning Child Development Center Inc | Salisbury, NC | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Asheville-Buncombe Community Christian Ministry Inc | Arden, NC | $296,794 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gardner-Webb University | Boiling Spgs, NC | $290,409 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| County of Sampson | Clinton, NC | $265,112 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Louisburg | Louisburg, NC | $252,720 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ashe Food Pantry Inc | Jefferson, NC | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City of Boiling Spring Lakes | Boiling Spring Lakes, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Brevard | Brevard, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Clinton | Clinton, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Durham | Durham, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Hendersonville | Hendersonville, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Kinston | Kinston, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Morganton | Morganton, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Raleigh Stormwater Mgmt Division | Raleigh, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Southport | Southport, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Wilmington | Wilmington, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| County of Bertie | Windsor, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| County of Currituck | Currituck, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| County of Dare | Manteo, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| County of Davidson | Lexington, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| County of Robeson | Lumberton, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Feast Down East Inc | Burgaw, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Interfaith Assistance Ministry Inc | Hendersonvlle, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Piedmont Community College Foundation Inc | Roxboro, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Thomasville Community Ministry Inc | Thomasville, NC | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Town of Kernersville | Kernersville, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Manteo | Manteo, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Morrisville | Morrisville, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Pittsboro | Pittsboro, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Pollocksville | Pollocksville, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of River Bend | River Bend, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Surf City | Surf City, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington Outreach Ministry | Waco, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Feed My Lambs Inc | Wadesboro, NC | $249,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Town of Edenton | Edenton, NC | $249,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jones County Community Hope Inc | Trenton, NC | $246,120 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Town of Beulaville | Beulaville, NC | $243,406 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Street Food Pantry Inc | Charlotte, NC | $242,632 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bounty & Soul | Black Mtn, NC | $237,780 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Filling Station | Pollocksville, NC | $227,141 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One Step Further Incorporated | Greensboro, NC | $226,688 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| A Touch of the Fathers Love Inc | Nashville, NC | $225,414 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Legal Aid of North Carolina Inc | Raleigh, NC | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Turning Point Community Development Corporation | Henderson, NC | $211,739 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels of Durham Inc | Durham, NC | $208,852 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Salvation Army | Brookhaven, GA | $201,340 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alamance Community College Foundation Inc | Graham, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Appalachian State University | Boone, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cabarrus Rowan Community Health Centers Inc | Concord, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catawba Valley Community College | Hickory, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Hickory | Hickory, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Goshen Medical Center Incorporated | Faison, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mount Airy City Schools | Mount Airy, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ocracoke Foundation Inc | Ocracoke, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Strategic Twin-Counties Education Partnership | Rocky Mount, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Surry Community College | Dobson, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Town of Spring Hope | Spring Hope, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wilkes Community College | Wilkesboro, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Carolina Coastal Federation Inc | Newport, NC | $199,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southeastern Community College | Whiteville, NC | $199,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Warrenton | Warrenton, NC | $196,448 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of North Topsail Beach | Sneads Ferry, NC | $187,678 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camino Community Development Corporation Inc | Charlotte, NC | $185,900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Science Technology and Leadership Development Inc | Bethel, NC | $180,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| County of Greene | Snow Hill, NC | $178,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Christian Recovery Center Inc | Shallotte, NC | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Town of Kenansville Nc | Kenansville, NC | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Western North Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist | Huntersville, NC | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Town of Roseboro | Roseboro, NC | $169,488 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Statesville Nc | Statesville, NC | $168,650 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Elizabeth City Pasquotank Public Schools | Elizabeth City, NC | $166,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uwharrie Green School Inc | Asheboro, NC | $164,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Inner Banks STEM Center | Washington, NC | $163,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Restoring Hope Center Inc | Laurinburg, NC | $158,769 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Carolina Farm Stewardship Association | Pittsboro, NC | $155,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Table Ministries Inc | Carrboro, NC | $154,820 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tarboro Community Outreach Inc | Tarboro, NC | $151,907 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City of Asheville | Asheville, NC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| W a M Y Community Action Inc | Boone, NC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Agricultural and Food Entrepreneurship | Candler, NC | $148,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safe Inc | Graham, NC | $146,175 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Statesville Nc | Statesville, NC | $145,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wilson County Schools | Wilson, NC | $143,440 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mcdowell Lfac | Marion, NC | $142,728 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Corner Table Inc | Newton, NC | $137,911 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Town of Selma | Selma, NC | $137,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wilson Youth United | Wilson, NC | $136,273 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina Inc | Winston Salem, NC | $135,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rowan Helping Ministries | Salisbury, NC | $133,275 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Studio | Kannapolis, NC | $131,860 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Haywood Christian Ministry Inc | Waynesville, NC | $131,645 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bountiful Blessings House of Redemption | Snow Hill, NC | $129,926 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beach Food Pantry Inc | Kitty Hawk, NC | $129,444 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lot 2540 Incorporated | Summerfield, NC | $128,832 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Care & Share Center Inc | Louisburg, NC | $127,114 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Oxford | Oxford, NC | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Feednc | Mooresville, NC | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
77 of 329 (23%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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.
- Mountain Bizcapital Inc
Hurricane Helene Small Business Loans & Helene Small Business Recovery Fund Request - Wilson Community College
Wilson Biologics Training Center Equipment - Methodist University Inc
Job Creation and New Regional Educational Pathways with Methodist University Cape Fear Valley School of Medicine - North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority
Golden LEAF Colleges and Universities Scholarship (2025-2026) - North Carolina Community College System
Golden LEAF Community Colleges Scholarship (2025-2026) - County of Robeson
Robeson County Site Development Project & Shell Project
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 119 of 329 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 80 | $126.7M | $300,397 |
| 2022 | 96 | $56.2M | $250,000 |
| 2023 | 119 | $120.7M | $250,000 |
| 2024 | 131 | $161.3M | $156,620 |
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
100% 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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The Cannon Foundation Inc60 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund59 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc57 shared recipientsFoundation for the Carolinas54 shared recipientsDuke Energy Foundation53 shared recipientsNorth Carolina Community Foundation50 shared recipients
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 $249,820 -- 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 The Golden Leaf Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 129 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 2 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: 301 N Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount, NC, 27804.
EIN 52-2204473 · 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, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next.
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