Cape Fear Memorial Foundation

• The Foundation supports not-for-profit organisations working on health education, disease prevention, and direct medical and health services, so a small charity whose work fits those areas and serves Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, Pender or New Hanover counties is a good match, provided it is a 501(c)(3) organisation within an approximate 50 mile radius of Wilmington.
• About 8 in 10 of its grants fall between $15,000 and $120,000, and the median is $50,000, so a request in that band is typical, although its largest grant was $275,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
• Applications are accepted against fixed deadlines of January 15 and July 15, and the forms and request guidelines are available at the address given in the filing, so plan to send a request well before one of those dates.
• Because 73% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier years, relationships carry weight, so a first-time applicant should make a clear case and should still apply if the work fits.
• Individuals and for-profit organisations should not apply, and nor should any organisation outside the stated area.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Cape Fear Clinic · General operating support
  $250,0002024 tax year
• New Hanover Community Health Center · Expansion project
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Salvation Army · Build hope capital campaign
  $150,0002024 tax year
• Cape Fear Community College Foundation · Dental clinic equipment support
  $150,0002024 tax year
• Cape Fear Clinic · Pharmacy services support
  $125,0002024 tax year
• New Hanover Regional Medical Center Foundation · Digitally enabled care rooms
  $110,0002024 tax year
• New Hope Clinic · Mobile health clinic
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCareCenter · Palliative care expansion
  $100,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.