Mdc Inc
Durham, NC · EIN 56-0894222. Reported 146 grants totalling $6,987,527 to 56 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 56 distinct organizations, with 6% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 73% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $37,500. Half of what it reported fell between $16,667 and $75,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $320,999. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empowered Parents in Community | Durham, NC | $389,350 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hispanic Federation Inc | New York, NY | $335,999 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nc Budget & Tax Center | Durham, NC | $280,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bertie County Y M C a Inc | Windsor, NC | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Care Share Health Alliance Inc | Raleigh, NC | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Initiatives Inc | Greenwood, SC | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Financial Pathways of the Piedmont Inc | Winstonsalem, NC | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Midlands Fatherhood Coalition | Columbia, SC | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Robeson County Church and Community Center Inc | Lumberton, NC | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Unity Health on Main | Greenville, SC | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Carolina Human Reinvestment | Georgetown, SC | $212,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lowcountry Youth Services | Charleston, SC | $212,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Immersion for Spanish Language Acquisition | Chapel Hill, NC | $205,793 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Health Education Foundation of Eastern North Carolina Inc | Rocky Mount, NC | $204,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| El Futuro | Durham, NC | $200,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Exceptional Childrens Assistance Center Inc | Davidson, NC | $199,133 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Disability Rights North Carolina | Raleigh, NC | $195,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Soteria World Outreach Ministries Inc | Greenville, SC | $187,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Student U | Durham, NC | $186,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Racial Equity in Education | Charlotte, NC | $169,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Public School Forum of North Carolina Inc | Cary, NC | $165,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Profound Ladies Inc | Raleigh, NC | $148,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain Inc | Winterville, NC | $146,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hispanic Liaison of Chatham County | Siler City, NC | $142,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Education Justice Alliance | Raleigh, NC | $139,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| North Carolina State Board of Education | Raleigh, NC | $116,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Neighbors in Ministry | Brevard, NC | $115,820 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Associacion De Mexicanos En Carolina Del Norte Amerxcan | Greenville, NC | $114,830 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| North Carolina State Board of Education | Raleigh, NC | $112,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Operation Xcel Promoting Excellent Communities Education & Leadership | Stokesdale, NC | $110,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Men and Women United for Youth and Families Inc | Delco, NC | $103,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hayti Reborn - Justice Movement | Durham, NC | $101,975 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Support Network-Hope | Hickory, NC | $97,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Justice Center | Raleigh, NC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| A Better Chance a Better Community | Enfield, NC | $64,167 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Franklin County Interfaith County | Louisburg, NC | $64,167 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Way Inner Banks | Washington, NC | $64,167 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Black Alliance Inc | Raleigh, NC | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fayetteville Pact (saving Our Sons) | Fayetteville, NC | $54,167 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Colaborativa La Milpa | Asheville, NC | $52,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Core Community Coalition | Shelby, NC | $47,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Monroe-Union County Community Development Corporation | Monroe, NC | $47,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southern Vision Alliance | Durham, NC | $47,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Justice Center | Raleigh, NC | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Every Child Nc | Raleigh, NC | $34,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southern Coalition for Socialjustice | Durham, NC | $26,125 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Clev Co Bus Development Center | Shelby, NC | $16,667 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| True Ridge | Hendersonvlle, NC | $16,667 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| El Centro Hispano Inc | Durham, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| M Creative Inc | Winstonsalem, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nanzoriginal Group LLC | Wilmington, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Peletah Ministries | New Bern, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Scribe LLC | Huntersville, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wild Hybrid LLC | Bradenton, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Black River Health Services Inc | Burgaw, NC | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Golden Assistance Program | Fayetteville, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
40 of 56 (71%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Hispanic Federation Inc
LEARNING EQUITY NETWORK SOLUTIONS - Empowered Parents in Community
INVESTING IN LEADERS OF COLOR - Hayti Reborn Justice Movement
METLIFE ECONOMIC SECURITY AND MOBILITY - Nc Budget & Tax Center
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT SUBAWARD - North Carolina State Board of Education
SUB-GRANTEE WILL EXPLORE WAYS TO ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY FOR VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED YOUNG PEOPLE - Health Education Foundation of Eastern North Carolina
LEARNING EDUCATIONAL NETWORK - NC
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 41 of 56 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 | $392,551 | $42,883 |
| 2021 | 28 | $1,525,000 | $68,750 |
| 2022 | 33 | $928,502 | $28,750 |
| 2023 | 36 | $1,925,475 | $37,500 |
| 2024 | 40 | $2,215,999 | $34,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
77% of its giving went to organizations in North Carolina. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $37,500 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in North Carolina.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Mdc Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 35 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 5 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 307 West Main Street, Durham, NC, 27701.
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