FundersNorth Carolina

Bailey Endowment Inc

Raleigh, NC · EIN 56-1802700. Reported 138 grants totalling $677,750 to 65 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,750median grant
$677,750granted, 2021-2024
65organizations funded
65%of grantees funded again the next year
$4,509,875assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Bailey Endowment Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,750. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $7,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $30,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
10 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
73 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
36 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
14 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
5 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
ShopspaceRaleigh, NC$66,000442024
Ncsu Student Aid AssociationRaleigh, NC$50,000222024
Gwu School of DivinityBoiling Springs, NC$42,000442024
Association for Welfare of AnimalsShelby, NC$36,000442024
Arts Nc StateRaleigh, NC$30,000442024
Nc Veterinary Medical FoundationRaleigh, NC$30,000112021
Wildlife WelfareRaleigh, NC$30,000442024
Penland School of CraftsPenland, NC$29,250442024
Noah's Ark Wildlife CenterSandy Ridge, NC$27,500442024
First Baptist ChurchShelby, NC$26,000112021
Ncsu Baseball Enhancement FundRaleigh, NC$25,000112022
Campbell University Law SchoolRaleigh, NC$23,000442024
Maple TempleRaleigh, NC$21,000332024
Cleveland County Sheriff's OfficeShelby, NC$16,000222022
Cleveland Volunteer Fire DeptShelby, NC$16,000442024
Salvation ArmyShelby, NC$16,000442024
Cleveland County Arts CouncilShelby, NC$14,000442024
Carolina Tiger RescuePittsboro, NC$13,500442024
Interfaith Food ShuttleRaleigh, NC$13,500442024
Ncsu FoundationRaleigh, NC$12,000112021
Boys and Girls Club of Cleveland CoShelby, NC$10,000222024
Samaritans PurseBoone, NC$10,000112024
Second Chance Pet AdoptionsRaleigh, NC$7,500442024
K Ray Hill MinistryRaleigh, NC$7,000112021
Baptists on MissionCary, NC$6,000222024
Friends of Wake GalCary, NC$6,000332023
Helping Hand MissionRaleigh, NC$6,000112022
Women's CenterRaleigh, NC$5,500332023
AlwsShelby, NC$5,000112021
CareEarl, NC$5,000112022
Meals on Wheels Wake CountyRaleigh, NC$5,000112021
Alzheimer's AssociationCharlotte, NC$4,000442024
Friends of the ParksShelby, NC$4,000442024
North Carolina SymphonyRaleigh, NC$4,000442024
Wncw Public RadioSpindale, NC$4,000442024
Millbrook Wildcat ClubRaleigh, NC$3,750222022
Pullen Memorial Baptist ChurchRaleigh, NC$3,500222022
Foothills Quilters ClubShelby, NC$3,000112024
Overflowing HandsRaleigh, NC$3,000112024
Planned Parenthood South AtlanticRaleigh, NC$3,000112024
Upper Cleveland RescueLawndale, NC$3,000112021
Brothers in Christ Outreach MinistrShelby, NC$2,500112022
Nc Reading ServiceRaleigh, NC$2,500442024
Children's Home of Cleveland CntyShelby, NC$2,000112021
Cleveland County Rescue MissionShelby, NC$2,000222024
Gardner Webb UniversityBoiling Springs, NC$2,000112021
Oak City CaresRaleigh, NC$2,000222023
Cause for PawsRaleigh, NC$1,750222022
Raleigh Rescue MissionRaleigh, NC$1,750222022
Helping Horse Therapeutic RidingWendell, NC$1,500112023
Nc Womens Afford Housing NetworkRaleigh, NC$1,500112024
South Appalachian Highlands ConservAsheville, NC$1,500112024
Conn Elementary PTARaleigh, NC$1,000112022
Crossroads Rescue MissionShelby, NC$1,000112021
Enloe Band BoostersRaleigh, NC$1,000112021
Enloe High SchoolRaleigh, NC$1,000112022
First Baptist Church Carolina BeachCarolina Beach, NC$1,000112022
Friends of FelinesCastle Hayne, NC$1,000112022
Gideon's PromiseAtlanta, GA$1,000112022
Junior Charity League of ShelbyShelby, NC$1,000112021
Urban Ministries of Wake CountyRaleigh, NC$1,000112022
York Adopt-a-PetYork, NE$1,000112022
Women NcRaleigh, NC$750112021
Grey MuzzleRaleigh, NC$500112022
NAMI Wake CountyRaleigh, NC$500112021

32 of 65 (49%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 65%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 40 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
12 grants
Animal Welfare
11 grants
Human Services
7 grants
Education
4 grants
Housing & Shelter
2 grants
Youth Development
1 grant
Health Care
1 grant
Religion
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202140$199,750$2,500
202241$182,000$2,500
202327$141,000$3,500
202430$155,000$3,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 100% of this one's giving went to organizations in North Carolina. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

North Carolina
$676K
Georgia
$1K
Nebraska
$1K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,750. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in North Carolina.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Bailey Endowment Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 10788, Raleigh, NC, 27605. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 56-1802700 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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