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Laughing Gull Foundation: 127 grants to organizations, $6.2 million (tax year ended December 2024)
Laughing Gull Foundation, a private foundation in Durham, NC, paid 127 grants to organizations totaling $6,231,370 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $160,000 to Campaign for Southern Equality in Asheville, NC for general operating support.
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- EIN
- 364749289
- Based in
- Durham, NC
- Assets
- $69,521,288
- Grants paid
- $6,146,285
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202513219349100761. It reported $6,146,285 in grants paid; 127 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campaign for Southern Equality | Asheville, NC | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $160,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Neighborhood Funders Group | San Francisco, CA | Amplify fund | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Partnership for Southern Equity | Atlanta, GA | Project supp justice40 accelerator | Religion-related | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Equality NC Foundation | Raleigh, NC | General operating support | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Equality Virginia | Richmond, VA | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Central Florida | Orlando, FL | General operating support | $105,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Appalachian Voices | Boone, NC | General operating support | Environment | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Heirs' Prop Preservatio | North Carolina, SC | General operating support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Freedom Center for Social Justice | Charlotte, NC | General operating support | Human services | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Operation Restoration | New Orleans, LA | Operation restoration | Human services | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Partnership for Southern Equity | Atlanta, GA | General operating support | Religion-related | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Taproot Earth | Tulsa, OK | Gulf south for a green new deal | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alliance for Higher Ed in Prison | Denver, CO | General operating support | $90,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Funders for LGBTQ Issues | New York, NY | General operating support | $90,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Time Out Youth | Charlotte, NC | General operating support | Religion-related | $90,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Auburn University Foundation | Auburn, AL | Al prison arts & education project | Education | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tennessee Higher Education Initiative | Nashville, TN | General operating support | Education | $80,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund | Atlanta, GA | General operating support | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Georgia Conservation Voters Ed Fund | Atlanta, GA | General operating support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nationz Foundation | Richmond, VA | General operating support | Education | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Virginia Majority Ed Fund | Alexandria, VA | General operating support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| North Carolina Environmental Justice Network | Raleigh, NC | General operating support | Environment | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Power Coalition for Equity & Justice | New Orleans, LA | Power coalition for equity & justice | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rural Investment To Protect Our Environment | St Paul, MN | General operating support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Southeast Climate & Energy Network | Sunrise, FL | General operating support | Environment | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Georgia Coalition for Highed Ed | Oxford, GA | General operating support | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| LGBTQ Center of Durham | Durham, NC | General operating support | Human services | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Life University | Marietta, GA | Program support for chilon proj | Education | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Piedmont Virginia Community College | Charlottesviille, VA | Higher education in prison program | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Stetson Community Education Project | Deland, FL | Community education project | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Claflin University | Orangeburg, SC | Pathways from prison | Education | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Warren Wilson College Inside Out Program | Ashville, NC | Program support | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| A-B Tech Community College Fund | Asheville, NC | Support prison education program | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Aclu Foundation of NC | Raleigh, NC | General operating support | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Advocates for Trans Equality Education | New York, NY | General operating support | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Benedict College | Columbia, SC | Best lives center prison edu program | Education | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Common Good Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | General operating support | Education | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jamii Sisterhood | Windsor, CT | Project freedom | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Miami Dade College Foundation | Miami, FL | Higher edu in prison programming | Education | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mississippi Valley State University | Itta Bena, MS | Prison ed partnership program | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Side By Side | Richmond, VA | General operating support | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Simmons College of Kentucky | Louisville, KY | Second chance program | Education | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Southern Vision Alliance | Durham, NC | Queer mobilization fund | Public and societal benefit | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of West Georgia | Carrollton, GA | Hep programs | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| LGBT Center of Raleigh | Raleigh, NC | General operaratin/triangle ed supp | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $55,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Resilience Education | Charlottesville, VA | General operating support | Crime and legal-related | $55,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | General operating support | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $55,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Black Family Land Trust | Raleigh, NC | General operating support | Community improvement and capacity building | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| City Dibs | Los Angeles, CA | Black sovereignty fund fellowship | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Climate Advocacy Lab | Washington, DC | Climate justice microgrants | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Community Climate Collaborative | Charlottesville, VA | General operating support | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network | Durham, NC | Project suport | Community improvement and capacity building | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Land Loss Prevention Project | Durham, NC | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Louisiana Bucket Briage | New Orleans, LA | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| NC Climate Justice Collective | Durham, NC | General operating support for ncjc | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| NC Prison Education Consortium | Raleigh, NC | Capacity builidng/project support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New World Foundation | New York, NY | The eclipse fund | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Offender Alumni Association | Birmingham, AL | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Redi Dba the Roanoke Center | Rich Square, NC | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rural Empowerment Association of Community Help | Warsaw, NC | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Southern Vision Alliance | Durham, NC | Redtailed hawk collection | Public and societal benefit | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sowega Rising | Albany, GA | General operating support | Community improvement and capacity building | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Take Birmingham | Birmingham, AL | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Descendants Project | Vacherie, LA | General operating support | Community improvement and capacity building | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Education Trust | Washington, DC | Justice-impacted policy fellows prog | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Embodiment Institute | Durham, NC | General operating support | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Trustees of Columbia University | New York, NY | Project support prison program | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Una Restorative Justice Lab | Florence, AL | General operating support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Unc Asheville Foundation | Ashville, NC | Prison education program | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Virginia Organizing | Charlottesville, VA | General operating support | Community improvement and capacity building | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Woodward Hines Education | Jackson, MS | Ms consortium for hep/hep programs | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alliance for Full Acceptance | North Charleston, SC | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Campaign for Southern Equality | Asheville, NC | Sc united for justice & equality | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| El Centro Hispana | Durham, NC | Lgbtq program support | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tennessee Higher Education Initiative | Nashville, TN | Tn prison college coalition | Education | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| We Are Family | North Charleston, SC | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Abfe Rapid Response | New York, NY | To support re initiatives | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Health Brigade | Richmond, VA | General operating support | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Orange County Rape Crisis Center | Chapel Hill, NC | Qtbipoc survivor advocates institute | Mental health and crisis intervention | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Upstream Works Collaborative | Chapel Hill, NC | General operating support | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Virginia Foundation for Community College Education | Richmond, VA | Incarcerated students consortium | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Youth Outright WNC Inc | Asheville, NC | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Allied Media Project | Detroit, MI | General operating support | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National LGBTQ Task Force | Washington, DC | Support creating change conference | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tennessee Higher Education Initiative | Nashville, TN | Southern hep collective | Education | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Knights & Orchids Society | Selma, AL | General operating support | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Louisville | Louisville, KY | Care initiative | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Western NC Community Health Service | Asheville, NC | General operating support | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Equality Federation Institute | Portland, OR | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jesuit Social Research Institute | New Orleans, LA | Program support loyola @ rayburn | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Vera Institute of Justice | Brooklyn, NY | Support for unlocking potential | Crime and legal-related | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| BVM Capacity Building Institute | East Point, GA | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Earth Based Healing | Lynchburg, VA | Lavender lodge | Human services | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Healthy Routines | Columbia, SC | Sc coalition higher edu in prison | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Center for Lesbian Rights | San Francisco, CA | Nat'l lgbtq women's comm survey | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Outright Youth of Catawba Valley Inc | Hickory, NC | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Somos Siembra | Raleigh, NC | Lgbtq program support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Rapid response funding | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Vessel Project of Louisiana | Lake Charles, LA | General operating support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Equality NC Foundation | Raleigh, NC | Rapid response funding for conv | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Equality Virginia | Richmond, VA | Rapid respond convenings security | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Virginia Anti-Violence Project | Richmond, VA | Lgbtq programming | Crime and legal-related | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Diversity Richmond | Richmond, VA | General operating support | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tranzmission | Asheville, NC | General operating support | Human services | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Campaign for Southern Equality | Asheville, NC | Hurricane relief efforts | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Heirs' Prop Preservatio | North Carolina, SC | Capacity building | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Eagle Market Streets Development | Asheville, NC | Hurricane helene relief | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Emergency Legal Responders | New Orleans, LA | Disaster relief | Crime and legal-related | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Equality Virginia | Richmond, VA | Capacity building | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Exodus Foundation | Huntersville, NC | Rapid response for reentry work | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Foundation for Appalachian Ky | Hazard, KY | Appalachian helene response fund | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Georgia Conservation Voters Ed Fund | Atlanta, GA | Capacity building grant | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Southeast Climate & Energy Network | Sunrise, FL | Rapid response relief efforts | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Southeast Climate & Energy Network | Sunrise, FL | Capacity building | Environment | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Una Restorative Justice Lab | Florence, AL | Capacity building | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Youth Outright WNC Inc | Asheville, NC | Capacity building fund grant | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Democracy North Carolina | Morrisville, NC | Rapid response funds | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $6,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Emancipate NC | Durham, NC | Rapid response funds | Crime and legal-related | $6,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Forward Justice | Morrisville, NC | Rapid response funds | Crime and legal-related | $6,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| LGBT Center of Raleigh | Raleigh, NC | Cbf for ramp in renovation | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Southern Vision Alliance | Durham, NC | Pride liberation | Public and societal benefit | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Western NC Community Health Service | Asheville, NC | Capacity building grant | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Advocates for Trans Equality Education | New York, NY | Travel/honorarium gif conf presentat | $3,800 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Campaign for Southern Equality | Asheville, NC | Travel/honorarium conf panelist | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $3,800 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nationz Foundation | Richmond, VA | Abfe travel for panelist | Education | $3,075 | apps.irs.gov |
| NC Climate Justice Collective | Durham, NC | Travel funds hefn conference | $1,070 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Campaign for Southern Equality | Asheville, NC | Stipend inside philanth interview | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $125 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $883,075 |
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $735,425 |
| Religion-related | $340,000 |
| Environment | $320,000 |
| Human services | $310,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $250,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $130,000 |
| Crime and legal-related | $128,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | $1,929,495 |
| Georgia | $745,000 |
| Virginia | $733,075 |
| South Carolina | $350,000 |
| Louisiana | $340,000 |
| Florida | $330,000 |
| New York | $323,800 |
| California | $305,000 |
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Updated November 17, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.