FundersNorth Carolina

Riddle Family Foundation

Fayetteville, NC · EIN 46-1430893. Reported 143 grants totalling $400,270 to 69 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,000median grant
$400,270granted, 2021-2024
69organizations funded
71%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,683,357assets, 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. Riddle Family 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.

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 $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $3,300; the smallest was $100 and the largest $26,581. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
22 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
93 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
23 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
4 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
1 grant

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
Cape Fear Valley Hospital FoundationFayetteville, NC$27,815332024
Connections of Cumberland CountyFayetteville, NC$27,000442024
Cape Fear Valley HospitalFayetteville, NC$26,581112021
Cape Fear Regional TheatreFayetteville, NC$22,500442024
Second Harvest Food Bank (action Pathways)Fayetteville, NC$19,000442024
Fayetteville Technical Community College FoundationFayetteville, NC$17,800332024
Salvation ArmyFayetteville, NC$17,000442024
CeedFayetteville, NC$15,000442024
The Care ClinicFayetteville, NC$15,000442024
First Responder Support Fund LtdFayetteville, NC$12,500222023
The University of Nc at PembrokePembroke, NC$12,500222022
Women of Power Society of NcFayetteville, NC$12,500332024
Miller's CrewFayetteville, NC$10,500442024
Community Concerts of FayettevilleFayetteville, NC$9,500442024
Rape Crisis at the Phoenix CenterFayetteville, NC$9,000222024
Falcons Children HomeFalcon, NC$8,000442024
Off-Road Outreach NcFayetteville, NC$8,000222024
Partnership for Children of Cumberland CountyFayetteville, NC$8,000442024
Friendship Community GardensFayetteville, NC$7,000442024
Village Christian AcademyFayetteville, NC$7,000442024
Myrover-Reese Fellowship Homes IncFayetteville, NC$6,000332024
Fayetteville Technical InstituteFayetteville, NC$5,700112021
Better Health of Cumberland County IncFayetteville, NC$5,000332024
Boys and Girls Clubs of Cumberland CountyFayetteville, NC$5,000332024
Cumberland County Council on Older AdultsFayetteville, NC$5,000332024
Vision Resource CenterFayetteville, NC$5,000332024
Child AdvocacyFayetteville, NC$4,500222022
Child Advocacy CenterFayetteville, NC$4,500222024
Greater Fayetteville Scholarship Pageant AssociationEastover, NC$4,500332024
Fayetteville Area Youth for ChristFayetteville, NC$4,000222024
Fayetteville Urban MinistryFayetteville, NC$4,000222024
Vienna Fire Department Auxiliary IncVienna, IL$4,000222024
Westover Men's Basketball ProgramFayetteville, NC$4,000112024
Operation Blessings of Fayetteville IncFayetteville, NC$3,830222023
Cumberland County SchoolsFayetteville, NC$3,669112024
Meredith CollegeRaleigh, NC$3,500332024
The Fayetteville Police Foundation - WorthFayetteville, NC$3,000112024
Womens Giving CircleFayetteville, NC$2,650442024
Fayetteville Shrine ClubFayetteville, NC$2,500112024
Fayetteville Area Operation InasmuchFayetteville, NC$2,000112023
Kiwanis Club of Fayetteville NcFayetteville, NC$2,000112022
Operation EngageFayetteville, NC$2,000222024
Stan the Man Foundation IncDunn, NC$2,000222023
Moaa-Military Officers AssociationFayetteville, NC$1,500222024
Friends of Cape Fear Botanical GardensFayetteville, NC$1,125112022
Campbell University IncBuies Creek, NC$1,000112023
Dogwood Festival IncFayetteville, NC$1,000112022
Fayetteville Area YfcFayetteville, NC$1,000112022
Figure Eight Island ChurchWilmington, NC$1,000222024
Heather Harper Treat Memorial FundVienna, IL$1,000112022
JdrfNew York, NY$1,000112022
Methodist University IncFayetteville, NC$1,000112022
Sfa-Special Forces Association Chapter 100Fort Liberty, NC$1,000112024
Sigma Nu Educational Foundation IncLexington, VA$1,000112022
Team Addo IncTampa, FL$1,000222023
Wells Mcrae - Ronald Mcdonald House of Charities of the TriangleDurham, NC$1,000112024
Army Aviation Association of AmericaMonroe, CT$850112022
Beth Israel Congregation IncFayetteville, NC$500112023
Camp AlbermarleBern, NC$500112022
First Presbyterian ChurchFayetteville, NC$500112023
Haymount United Methodist ChurchFayetteville, NC$500112021
Highland Presbyterian ChurchFayetteville, NC$500112021
Hope Mills Chamber of CommerceHope Mills, NC$500112024
Snyder Memorial Baptirst ChurchFayetteville, NC$500112023
The School of HopeFayetteville, NC$500112022
Toys for TotsTriangle, VA$500112022
Wells Mcrae Cain Charitable FoundationWade, NC$350112022
Cumberland Community FoundationFayetteville, NC$300112021
Sardis Presbyterian ChurchLinden, NC$100112023

38 of 69 (55%) 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 71%, 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 51 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
15 grants
Food & Nutrition
6 grants
Health Care
4 grants
Religion
4 grants
Employment
4 grants
Diseases & Disorders
4 grants
Human Services
3 grants
Mental Health
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202121$82,581$2,000
202241$83,176$1,125
202342$114,980$2,000
202439$119,533$2,000

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. 98% 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
$391K
Illinois
$5K
Virginia
$2K
Florida
$1K
New York
$1K
Connecticut
$850

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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.

Cumberland Community Foundation Inc20 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc10 shared recipientsSharlene R Williams Family Foundation9 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc9 shared recipientsThe Cannon Foundation Inc8 shared recipientsThomas R & Elizabeth E Mclean8 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. 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 Riddle Family 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: 4200 Morganton Rd Suite 150, Fayetteville, NC, 28314. 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 46-1430893 · 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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