The Duke Endowment Grants
Private foundation · Charlotte, NC · EIN 56-0529965 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
The Duke Endowment is a private foundation based in Charlotte, NC (EIN 56-0529965). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 report $473.7M paid in 845 grants, with a median grant of $200K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $5B. It publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.
Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · dukeendowment.org
Research profile compiled by GrantCue from this foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. It is not the foundation's own website, request for proposals or application page. Source: GrantCue Foundation Directory, grantcue.com/foundations/the-duke-endowment-560529965
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Mr Rhett N Mabry President
- Phone
- (704) 376-0291
- Deadlines
- See statement 20
- Application materials
- No specific forms are required for letters of inquiry. Forms for formal applications are available on the endowment's website. There are no submission deadlines. The following information May be helpful to potential grantees: eligible requests will be referred to an appropriate program officer in our education, health care, child care, or rural church program areas. The program officer May request a full proposal, including project description, budget, funding sources, board members, and other pertinent information. If a meeting is desirable, the program officer will arrange this, as well as site visits or other conferences. If the proposal is eligible and complete, the program officer will take it to a committee of the trustees. The trustees of the duke endowment maintain committees for each of the four program areas.
- Restrictions
- See statement 20
Original filing text
- Contact
- MR RHETT N MABRY PRESIDENT
- Address
- 800 EAST MOREHEAD STREET CHARLOTTE, NC, 282024012
- Phone
- 7043760291
- Deadlines
- SEE STATEMENT 20
- Application materials
- NO SPECIFIC FORMS ARE REQUIRED FOR LETTERS OF INQUIRY. FORMS FOR FORMAL APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE ENDOWMENT'S WEBSITE. THERE ARE NO SUBMISSION DEADLINES. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION MAY BE HELPFUL TO POTENTIAL GRANTEES: ELIGIBLE REQUESTS WILL BE REFERRED TO AN APPROPRIATE PROGRAM OFFICER IN OUR EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, CHILD CARE, OR RURAL CHURCH PROGRAM AREAS. THE PROGRAM OFFICER MAY REQUEST A FULL PROPOSAL, INCLUDING PROJECT DESCRIPTION, BUDGET, FUNDING SOURCES, BOARD MEMBERS, AND OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION. IF A MEETING IS DESIRABLE, THE PROGRAM OFFICER WILL ARRANGE THIS, AS WELL AS SITE VISITS OR OTHER CONFERENCES. IF THE PROPOSAL IS ELIGIBLE AND COMPLETE, THE PROGRAM OFFICER WILL TAKE IT TO A COMMITTEE OF THE TRUSTEES. THE TRUSTEES OF THE DUKE ENDOWMENT MAINTAIN COMMITTEES FOR EACH OF THE FOUR PROGRAM AREAS.
- Restrictions
- SEE STATEMENT 20
Reported organization name: THE DUKE ENDOWMENT
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
Where The Duke Endowment gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Compiled by GrantCue from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Source: grantcue.com/foundations/the-duke-endowment-560529965
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | Durham, NC | To commemorate the duke endowment's and duke university's shared centennial (endowed). | Tax year 20232023 | $21.5M |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | To provide unrestricted operating support. | Tax year 20232023 | $13.5M |
| Davidson College | Davidson, NC | To commemorate the duke endowments centennial and expand student access and experiential learning. | Tax year 20232023 | $10M |
| Blue Meridian Partners Inc | New York, NY | To support the spartanburg academic movement, inc. That works to improve economic mobility by improving academic achievement across spartanburg county, south carolina. | Tax year 20232023 | $9.8M |
| Johnson C Smith University | Charlotte, NC | To commemorate the duke endowments centennial, support for implementing the new strategic plan in coordination with the charlotte mayors racial equity campaign. | Tax year 20232023 | $8M |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (845 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Duke Endowment's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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