Private foundation · Clinton, NC

The Stewards Fund

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Typical grant size
$10K $17K $50K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
24
Repeat grantees
12
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2021 990-PF

Leadership · from 2021 990-PF

Anna Neal Blanchard
GENERAL MANAGER
$54K
Marian Bergdolt
TRUSTEE
Haywood Holderness
TRUSTEE
Wyndham Robertson
TRUSTEE
Gordon Grubb Co Grubb Ventures
TRUSTEE
Anne B Faircloth
PRESIDENT
Micheline Malson
TRUSTEE
Kathryn West
TRUSTEE

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2020
54.8%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
120
Total grants awarded
$4.8M
Total amount
$40K
Average grant
$500K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2021
$2.0M
50 grants
2020
$2.8M
70 grants

Top recipients

1 grant · NC · ✓ Exact match
$500K
7 grants · NC · ✓ Exact match
$434K
Interfaith Council for Social Services
5 grants · NC
$432K
Trosa
3 grants · NC
$400K
Habitat for Humanity Orange
3 grants · NC
$392K
Urban Ministries of Durham County
3 grants · NC
$275K
3 grants · NC · ✓ Exact match
$233K
3 grants · NC · ≈ likely match
$226K
Habitat for Humanity Wake
3 grants · NC
$148K
2 grants · NC · ≈ likely match
$146K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Casa
GRANT FOR KINGS RIDGE
NC · TY 2021
$500K
Habitat for Humanity Orange
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN CHALLENGE GRANT
NC · TY 2021
$250K
Healing Transitions
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN GRANT
NC · TY 2021
$150K
Urban Ministries of Durham County
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$105K
Housing for New Hope
GRANT FOR HOUSING COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
NC · TY 2021
$100K
Interfaith Council for Social Services
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$72K
Habitat for Humanity Wake
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$71K
Big Brother Big Sisters of the Triangle
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$71K
Habitat for Humanity Orange
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$69K
Interfaith Food Shuttle
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$59K
Boys and Girls Clubs of Durham & Orange
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$48K
Families Moving Forward
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$43K
Senior Pharmassist
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$40K
Healing Transitions
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$40K
Housing for New Hope
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$34K
Plm Families Together
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$29K
Interfaith Council for Social Services
GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$25K
Samaritan Health Center
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$19K
Family Promise of Wake County
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$18K
Boys and Girls Clubs of Durham & Orange
DESIGNATED GIFTS FOR GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
NC · TY 2021
$17K
Meals on Wheels Wake
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$15K
Shepherd's Table
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$15K
The Green Chair Project
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$12K
Catholic Charities
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$11K
Southeast Raleigh Promise
DESIGNATED GIFTS FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$10K
Campbell Law School
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR BLANCHARD LEGAL CLINIC
NC · TY 2021
$10K
Center for Racial and Social Justice
GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT IN MEMORY OF CHARLES F. BLANCHARD
NC · TY 2021
$10K
Oak Chapel Ame Church
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$10K
Raleigh Rescue Mission
GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT IN MEMORY OF CHARLES F. BLANCHARD
NC · TY 2021
$10K
The Arc of Wake County
GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT IN MEMORY OF CHARLES F. BLANCHARD
NC · TY 2021
$10K
YMCA Camp Seafarer
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$10K
The Hope Center at Pullen
CHALLENGE GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$10K
Wake Enterprises Inc
GRANT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT IN MEMORY OF CHARLES F. BLANCHARD
NC · TY 2021
$10K
The Green Chair Project
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR SWEETER DOWNS
NC · TY 2021
$10K
Student U
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$5K
Interfaith Food Shuttle
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$5K
Habitat for Humanity Wake
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$5K
Dhic Inc
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$5K
Plm Families Together
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$5K
Girls on the Run of the Triangle
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$5K
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
DC · TY 2021
$5K
Emmaus House
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$5K
Catholic Charities
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR SUPPORT CIRCLES
NC · TY 2021
$5K
Nc Museum of Art
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$5K
Links Foundation Inc
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$5K
The Encouraging Place
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$5K
Union Baptist Church
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$3K
Figure Skating of Harlem Inc
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NY · TY 2021
$3K
Self Help Community Ventures Fund
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NC · TY 2021
$3K
Black Girls Run Foundation
DESIGNATED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
VA · TY 2021
$1K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.