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Private foundation (trust)EIN 270004751Est. 2002-09

The David Belk Cannon Foundation

Gastonia, NC 28054

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$132.5M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$6.2M

FY 2024

Grants Made

40

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$154K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$2K–$1.5M

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Focus Areas

PhilanthropyVoluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$8.4M

Total Expenses

$10.1M

Qualifying Distributions

$6.5M

Distributable Amount

$6.2M

Min. Investment Return

$6.3M

Undistributed Income

$236K

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

40 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $2K through median $53K to maximum $1.5M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $6.6M in 2020. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

161 grants

Gaston Community Foundation
$5.8M
7 grants
Saint Mary's School
$1.5M
4 grants
Davidson College
$1.3M
2 grants
CAROMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION
$1.3M
1 grant
Gaston Day School
$1.1M
4 grants
Montreat Conference Center
$1M
1 grant
PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
$817K
1 grant
The Conservation Fund
$500K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

161 grants

<$10K
35
grants
$10–50K
61
grants
$50–250K
44
grants
$250K–1M
18
grants
$1–5M
3
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

10 states

North Carolina
$19.3M
86% of total
Virginia
$1.3M
6% of total
South Carolina
$1.0M
5% of total
Massachusetts
$450K
2% of total
District of Columbia
$155K
1% of total
New York
$142K
1% of total
Georgia
$38K
0% of total
Kentucky
$25K
0% of total
California
$2K
0% of total
Florida
$250
0% of total

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