Gipson Family Foundation
Raleigh, NC · EIN 56-2001414. Reported 322 grants totalling $9,908,200 to 113 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Gipson 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $1,000,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nc Museum of Art | Raleigh, NC | $1,062,030 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wake Med Foundation | Raleigh, NC | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Triangle Community Foundation | Durham, NC | $685,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hoosac School | Hoosick, NY | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Raleigh Rescue Mission | Raleigh, NC | $495,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Hope Center at Pullen | Raleigh, NC | $425,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Raleigh Area Land Trust | Raleigh, NC | $315,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Healing Transitions | Raleigh, NC | $273,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dix Park Conservancy | Raleigh, NC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Franklin & Marshall College | Lancaster, PA | $225,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dorothea Dix Park Conservancy | Raleigh, NC | $212,955 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Southeast Raleigh Promise | Raleigh, NC | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| YMCA of Seattle | Seattle, WA | $175,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Oak City Cares | Raleigh, NC | $160,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Benjamin Franklin House | London, NC | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Familes Together | Raleigh, NC | $145,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Liver Foundation | New York, NY | $140,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Community in Schools of Wake County | Raleigh, NC | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc | Raleigh, NC | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Konbit Sante Cap | Falmouth, ME | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Carolina Center on Actual Inn | Durham, NC | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| YMCA of the Triangle | Cary, NC | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Listening Hearts Ministries | Baltimore, MD | $115,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Urban Ministries | Raleigh, NC | $110,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Kings County | Seattle, WA | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| CASA | Raleigh, NC | $101,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Gog Foundation | Edgewater, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Habitat of Wake County | Raleigh, NC | $87,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Donors Choose | Bronx, NY | $85,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Littleton Academy | Littleton, NC | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Grace Lutheran Church | Raleigh, NC | $82,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Girls on the Run of the Triangle | Durham, NC | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Transitions Life Care | Raleigh, NC | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Assistance League of the Triangle | Raleigh, NC | $61,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salvation Army of Wake County | Raleigh, NC | $61,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| East Wake Education Foundation | Wendell, NC | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Interact | Raleigh, NC | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| El Pueblo Inc | Raleigh, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| John 3 16 Center | Littleton, NC | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lutheran Family Services | Raleigh, NC | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Forest Foundation | Missolua, MT | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Park Foundation | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sofia American Schools | Princeton, NJ | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Trosa | Durham, NC | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wharton (univ of Pa) | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wunc | Chapel Hill, NC | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Educate Tomorrows Parents | Raleigh, NC | $48,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| American Heart Association | Durham, NC | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nc Arts in Action | Durham, NC | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kakenya's Dream | Arlington, VA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Undue Meical Deby | Long Island City, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Habitat Fro Humanity Lake Sumpter F | The Villages, FL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nc Symphony | Raleigh, NC | $35,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Immigrant Legal Aid | Portland, ME | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Step Up Ministry | Raleigh, NC | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Greater Littleton Development Partn | Littleton, NC | $27,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Wake County | Raleigh, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Planned Parrenthood | Raleigh, NC | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Center Fro Grieving Children | Portland, ME | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Serving Cup | Raleigh, NC | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Theatre Raleigh | Raleigh, NC | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Tri-Area Ministry Food Pantry | Wake Forest, NC | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wcpe | Wake Forest, NC | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Immigration Council | Philadephia, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Habitat Fpr Humanity | Americus, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Immigration Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nc Museum of Natural Science | Raleigh, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rip Medical Debt | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sylvan Heights Bird Park | Scotland Neck, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Wide Open Chartiable Foundn | Raleigh, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Warren County High School | Warrenton, NC | $17,306 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Frankie Lemmon Foundation | Raleigh, NC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mountains to Sea Trail | Raleigh, NC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Nc Carolina Arts in Action | Durham, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Carolina Arts in Action | Raleigh, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Preble Street | Portland, ME | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| President Lincoln Cottage | Washsington, DC | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Windermere Foundation | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foun | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Internat Rescue Comm | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lakeland Culural Arts Center | Littleton, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nc Museum of History | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Path Froward | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Propubica | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Raleigh Boychoir | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trauma Invervention Program of Port | Tustin, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Wide Open Chartiable Foundation | Raliegh, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| A Place at the Table | Raleigh, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Jackson, MI | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boyer Childrens Clinic | Seatte, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cape Fear Tutoring Inc | Wilmingron, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer | Woodbury, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Musical Endowment | Carrboro, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Note in the Pocket | Raleigh, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| President Lincoln's Cottage | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Raleigh Center for Women | Cary, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Locker Project | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Telling Room | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nc Synod Lifetime Fund | Salisbury, NC | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk | Boston, MA | $3,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| First Tee Triangle | Raleigh, NC | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Millbrook High School Choral Booste | Raliegh, NC | $2,909 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lifeline Fund | Salisbury, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Raleigh Police Department Foundatio | Raleigh, NC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Huong Tu Loving Kindness Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Circle of Concern Food Pantry | Valley Park, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harvard University | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jdrf | Atlanta, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| SPCA of Wake County | Raleigh, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Triangle Chapter Nc Region Aaca | Raleigh, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
71 of 113 (63%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 81%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 123 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56 | $976,580 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 61 | $1,408,656 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 68 | $2,156,000 | $12,500 |
| 2024 | 66 | $2,706,955 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 71 | $2,660,009 | $10,000 |
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
77% of its giving went to organizations in North Carolina. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 Gipson Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 609 Brookfield Road, Raleigh, NC, 27615. 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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