Grants awarded
Who does Dowd Foundation INC fund?
Dowd Foundation INC has awarded $22 million across 922 grants to 353 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in foundations & grantmakers. Its typical grant is $2,000, with most between $500 and $10,220. Repeat grantees receive a median $2,500 versus $1,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$21.7M
Typical grant
$2K
Grantees
353
Grants
922
Years
2020–2024
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 | Follow |
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| U Unc Charlotte Foundation | $1.9M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Woodberry Forest School
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$1.5M | 12 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | |
| C Charlotte Country Day | $1.5M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Charlotte
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$1.2M | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NC | |
| W Wing Haven | $1.0M | 18 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Charlotte Country Day School | $1.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation
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$905K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Atrium Health Foundation
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$800K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
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$761K | 56 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| U Uccacget Centered | $750K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Carolinas Aviation Museum | $525K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Cpcc Foundation | $500K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Cpcc Foundation - Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Careers | $500K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Christ Church Charlotte | $412K | 12 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Carolina Thread Trail
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$400K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| T The Morehead-Cain Scholarship | $400K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A Atrium Health Foundation - the Center for Oncology | $400K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| D Discovery Place Nature | $375K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U Unc Chapel Hill Foundation | $333K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| F Foundation for the Carolians - Hugh McColl Park | $250K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$230K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| H Housing Impact Fund | $201K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Morehead Scholarship Foundation | $200K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NC | |
| B Brookstone Schools | $200K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$200K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| D Dilworth Center | $175K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Humane Society of Charlotte INC
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$168K | 20 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$166K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
The John Crosland School
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$155K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| G Good Friends of Charlotte | $150K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Unc Alumni Free Speech Alliance | $150K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$141K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | SC | |
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$132K | 15 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| U Urban Ministry Center | $125K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| P Philips Academy | $125K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Charlotte Symphony | $125K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| Q Queens University | $105K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Inreach | $101K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Memory and Movement | $101K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The North Carolina Zoo | $100K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Charlotte Family Housing INC
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$95K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Wingate University
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$90K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| M Myers Park Baptist Church | $80K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation INC
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$75K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | PA | |
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$75K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Prager University Foundation
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$70K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| Q Queens University - Presidential Scholarship | $70K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| N North Carolina Aquariums | $67K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Crittenton of Nc Family Services | $67K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Red Mountain Church | $66K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | AL | |
| H Hopeway | $63K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | KS | |
Vision to Learn
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$60K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
National Philanthropic Trust
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$59K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| C Charlotte 49ers Athletic Foundation | $56K | 11 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Charlotte Speech & Hearing | $55K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Mint Museum | $52K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Mint Museum | $51K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Memory and Movement Charlotte | $51K | 3 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| D Duke University - Sarah P Duke Gardens | $50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| U Uplift - Texas Charter School | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Umbrella Center | $50K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Charlotte Country Day School - Showalter Endowment | $50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| K Kindermourn | $50K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NC | — |
| U United Way of Central Carolinas | $45K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T The Jenner V Foundation | $40K | 5 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| H Hats - Helping Animals to Survive | $38K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Myers Park Presbyterian Church | $38K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$31K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Crisis Assistance Ministry
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$29K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NC | |
Institute for the Public Trust
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$28K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| F Foundation for the Carolinas - Jenner V Foundation | $26K | 5 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$26K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NC | |
| M Memory Center of Charlotte | $25K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Charlotte Latin School | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Phillips Academy | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Charlotte Latin School - Fletcher Gregory Endowment | $25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| J Junior Achievement of Central Carolinas | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Good Fellows | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Providence Baptist Church | $24K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Second Harvest Food Bank | $24K | 5 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Lifeline Animal Project INC
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$23K | 10 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | GA | |
| U United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg | $23K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U Union Symphony | $22K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Bethany College | $22K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S St Stephen United Methodist Church | $22K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NC | |
| Y YMCA of Greater Richmond | $21K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Salvation Army | $20K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S Special Olympics of Nc | $20K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Girls on the Run | $20K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Veterans Bridge Home INC
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$20K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NC | |
| M Men's Shelter of Charlotte | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| H House of Mercy | $20K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S St Stephens United Methodist Church | $20K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$20K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| B Black Family Charities #1255569 | $20K | 2 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| P Providence Umc | $18K | 2 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| Z Zion United Methodist Church | $18K | 5 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Igift FBO the Griffin Family Charitable Fund | $17K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Central Church of God | $17K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | IL | |
| S Shiloh Baptist Church | $16K | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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