Grants awarded
Who does The Curtis Foundation fund?
The Curtis Foundation has awarded $7.5 million across 293 grants to 117 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $5,000, with most between $2,500 and $5,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $5,000 versus $2,500 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$7.5M
Typical grant
$5K
Grantees
117
Grants
293
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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| U University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $2.9M | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
| U University of NC at Chapel Hill | $2.1M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| U Unc Educational Foundation INC | $1.1M | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Red Cross | $78K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Durham Rescue Mission | $60K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F First United Methodist Church Bessemer | $60K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Edenton Street United Methodist Church | $56K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Raleigh Rescue Mission Incorporated
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$45K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| C Carolina Women's Leadership Council | $40K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Methodist Home for Children | $39K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The University of Georgia Foundation
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$38K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | GA | |
| D Duke Health Development & Alumni Affairs | $35K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U Unc Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center | $33K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wakemed Foundation | $30K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N North Carolina Broadcast Museum | $30K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S SPCA of Wake County | $30K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle
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$25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| F Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC | $25K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Salvation Army | $25K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Broadcasters Foundation of America
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$25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
United Way of the Greater Triangle INC
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$25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Guilford College
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$25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| T Tammy Lynn Center | $25K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| J Jdrf | $20K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$20K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| U Urban Ministries of the Greater Triangle | $20K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $18K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Higher Education Works Foundation | $15K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Institute for Responsible Citizenship | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U Unc Health Foundation | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Alliance Medicial Ministry | $12K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$12K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Young Life
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$12K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| I Individual recipient | $12K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Unc Health Foundation INC
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$12K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| U Unc Women's Leadership Council | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$10K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NC | |
| S Scotland Memorial Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Focus | $8K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Boys and Girls Club of Coastal Carolina | $6K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $6K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F First United Methodist Church of Bessemer City | $6K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| N NC Conference of the United Methodist Church | $6K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | $6K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Bessemer City History and Arts Society | $6K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Raleigh Rescue Mission | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NC | |
Urban Ministries of Wake County INC
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NC | |
| T The Salvation Army of Wake County | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina INC
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NC | |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| O Occoneechee Council | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| J Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$5K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NC | |
| G Guilford College | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U United Way of the Greater Triangle | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Inter-Faith Food Shuttle | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The University of Georgia Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Tammy Lynn Center for Developmental Disabilities | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| W William Peace University | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Green Chair Project | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Broadcasters Foundation of America | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M My Kid's Club | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Breakthrough T1d | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Ruth Sheets Adult Day Care Center | $4K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The North Caroliniana Society
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$4K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| B Bessemer City History & Arts Society | $4K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| M Mount Pleasant Baptist Church | $4K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N North Carolina State University | $4K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
The Shepherd's Table INC
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$4K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MD | |
| U Unc Wesley Campus Ministry | $3K | 2 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Page Alumni and Friends Association | $3K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$3K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NC | |
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NC | |
Shepherds Table Soup Kitchen INC
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NC | |
| S St Mark's United Methodist Church | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Family Promise of Wake County | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Laurinburg-Scotland County Chamber of Commerce | $2K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N NC A&t State University | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Gardner-Webb University
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NC | |
| U University of NC Charlotte | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| N NC State University | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NC | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Page High School | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| P Page Alumni and Friends Association | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Tis the Season | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Boys and Girls Clubs | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| P Pittsboro United Methodist Church | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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