Fox Family Foundation Inc
Durham, NC · EIN 56-1756144. Reported 144 grants totalling $2,287,500 to 45 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Fox Family Foundation 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $750 and the largest $75,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $256,000 | 14 | 4 | 2024 |
| Durham Academy | Durham, NC | $178,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Families Moving Forward | Durham, NC | $110,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Durham Literacy Center | Durham, NC | $108,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Senior Pharmassist Inc | Durham, NC | $100,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Urban Ministries of Durham Inc | Durham, NC | $95,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Durham Arts Council Inc | Durham, NC | $90,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Museum of Life and Science | Durham, NC | $90,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Dance Festival Inc | Durham, NC | $88,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Hill Center Inc Dba Hill Learning Center | Durham, NC | $83,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Museum of Durham History | Durham, NC | $80,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Durham Library Foundation | Durham, NC | $79,250 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| El Futuro | Durham, NC | $75,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Housing for New Hope | Durham, NC | $73,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels of Durham Inc | Durham, NC | $63,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Association for the Preservation of the Eno River Valley Inc Dba Eno R | Durham, NC | $60,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Housing for New Hope on Behalf of Durham Collaborative to End Family Homele | Durham, NC | $53,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Threshold Inc | Durham, NC | $53,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dress for Success Triangle Nc | Raleigh, NC | $48,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Emily K Center | Durham, NC | $48,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Durham Children's Initiative | Durham, NC | $45,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lincoln Community Health Center Inc | Durham, NC | $45,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dispute Settlement Center | Carrboro, NC | $45,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| North Carolina State University Foundation Inc for Arts Nc State Crafts Ce | Raleigh, NC | $43,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Durham Technical Community College Foundation Inc | Durham, NC | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Carolina Theatre of Durham Inc | Durham, NC | $39,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Student U | Durham, NC | $39,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Durham Nativity School | Durham, NC | $33,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Augustine Literacy Project of the Triangle | Durham, NC | $18,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Voices Together | Chapel Hill, NC | $14,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Carolina Veterinary Medical Foundation Inc | Raleigh, NC | $13,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Book Harvest | Durham, NC | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers Inc Akatrosa | Durham, NC | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Immersion for Spanish Language Acquisition Akaisla | Chapel Hill, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Latino Educational Achievement Partnership Akaleap | Durham, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Bull City Woodshop | Durham, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Community Foundation | Raleigh, NC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Keep Durham Beautiful on Behalf of Durham Cultural Advisory Board | Durham, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Carolina Arts in Action Inc | Durham, NC | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Communities in Schools of North Carolina | Raleigh, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Caring House Inc | Durham, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trinity Park Foundation Inc | Durham, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Secu Family House at Unc Hospitals | Chapel Hill, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emily Krzyzewski Center Inc | Durham, NC | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Refugee Community Partnership | Carrboro, NC | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
27 of 45 (60%) 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 72%, 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Durham Academy
Support for Durham Academy's Campus Plan capital campaign - Duke University
Restricted operating support for Nasher Museum of Art - Durham Technical Community College Foundation Inc
Restricted operating support for Durham Tech Community Health Lab - Families Moving Forward
$20,000 for general operating support and $15,000 restricted for rapid rehousing-related expenses - Senior Pharmassist Inc
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT INCLUDING COVID RESPONSE - Durham Arts Council Inc
SUPPORT IN TWO PARTS: 1) RESTRICTED CAPACITY & INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT; AND 2) UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 96 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61 | $670,500 | $7,500 |
| 2022 | 25 | $513,500 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 28 | $580,500 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 30 | $523,000 | $18,750 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Fox Family Foundation Inc has 48 of them, worth $2,011,500. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $150,000 |
| Durham Academy | Durham, NC | $125,000 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $120,000 |
| Durham Technical Community College Foundation Inc | Durham, NC | $112,500 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $90,000 |
| Emily Krzyzewski Center Inc | Durham, NC | $90,000 |
| Durham Academy | Durham, NC | $75,000 |
| Carolina Theatre of Durham Inc | Durham, NC | $65,000 |
| Durham Literacy Center | Durham, NC | $60,000 |
| Dress for Success Triangle Nc | Raleigh, NC | $52,500 |
| Housing for New Hope | Durham, NC | $50,000 |
| Caring House Inc | Durham, NC | $50,000 |
| American Dance Festival Inc | Durham, NC | $50,000 |
| Urban Ministries of Durham Inc | Durham, NC | $50,000 |
| Durham Arts Council Inc | Durham, NC | $46,000 |
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $15,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in North Carolina.
- 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.
- 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 Fox Family Foundation 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: 2451 Croasdaile Farm Parkway 101, Durham, NC, 27705. 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.
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