Richmond Community Foundation
Charlotte, NC · EIN 56-2168849. Reported 57 grants totalling $6,006,063 to 35 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. Richmond Community Foundation 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 $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $150,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $605,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery Place Inc | Charlotte, NC | $1,005,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Foundation of Firsthealth Inc | Pinehurst, NC | $1,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Rockingham | Rockingham, NC | $875,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Leak Street Alumni Inc | Rockingham, NC | $760,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Firsthealth of the Carolinas Inc | Rockingham, NC | $477,334 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Hamlet | Hamlet, NC | $210,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Our Daily Bread Christian Food Ministry Inc | Rockingham, NC | $205,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pee Dee Crisis Pregnancy Center | Rockingham, NC | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Richmond County North Carolina | Rockingham, NC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Richmond Community College Foundation Inc | Hamlet, NC | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Samaritan Colony Inc | Rockingham, NC | $171,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hamlet Rescue and Emergency Medical Services | Hamlet, NC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity of the Nc Sandhills Inc | Aberdeen, NC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mineral Springs Elementary School | Ellerbe, NC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hamlet Historic Depot Inc | Hamlet, NC | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sandhills Children's Center | Southern Pines, NC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hospitality House of Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Richmond Interagency Transportation Inc | Rockingham, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation of Central and Western Nc | Charlotte, NC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Autism Society of North Carolina Inc | Raleigh, NC | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Richmond County Schools | Hamlet, NC | $7,929 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Helping Hand of Hamlet Inc | Hamlet, NC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House of Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Senior Games of Richmond County | Rockingham, NC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America - Central Nc Council | Albemarle, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Helping Hands of Hamlet Inc | Hamlet, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humane Society of Charlotte | Charlotte, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ourbridge Inc | Charlotte, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Special Olympics North Carolina Inc | Morrisville, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hygiene Box Inc | Charlotte, NC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tosco Music Parties Inc | Charlotte, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Richmond County Inc | Rockingham, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina Inc | Thomasville, NC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Three Rivers Land Trust Inc | Salisbury, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
11 of 35 (31%) 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 50%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- City of Rockingham
RCC DOWNTOWN PROJECT ADDITIONAL FUNDING - Our Daily Bread Christian Food Ministry Inc
WALK-IN REFRIGERATION/FREEZER - Helping Hands of Hamlet Inc
BACKPACK PALS FOR RICHMOND - Ronald Mcdonald House of Charlotte
KEEP RICHMOND COUNTY FAMILIES TOGETHER
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 34 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | $1,864,129 | $100,000 |
| 2022 | 12 | $964,800 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 15 | $1,441,560 | $49,000 |
| 2024 | 16 | $1,735,574 | $52,500 |
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. Richmond Community Foundation has 2 of them, worth $1,100,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation of Firsthealth Inc | Pinehurst, NC | $800,000 |
| Discovery Place Inc | Charlotte, NC | $300,000 |
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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 $50,000. 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 Richmond Community Foundation'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: 220 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC, 28202. 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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