Grant Priorities

The John William Pope Foundation makes grants to improve the well-being of North Carolinians by advancing the ideas of limited government, individual freedom, personal responsibility, and strong communities.

The Foundation’s giving is directed to four grant priorities to achieve this.

A Legacy of Generosity

Our specific grants for the 2017-18 fiscal year are shared below and are always available through our IRS Form 990.

Recipient OrganizationCityStateAmount
50 CAN (for Carolina CAN)WashingtonDC$25,000.00
ABC of NCWinston-SalemNC$100,000.00
Acton InstituteGrand RapidsMI$5,000.00
Action Pathways/Second Harvest Food Bank (for Hurricane Recovery Efforts)FayettevilleNC$20,000.00
ACTS of Vance CountyHendersonNC$10,000.00
Alliance Medical MinistryRaleighNC$20,000.00
American Enterprise InstituteWashingtonDC$50,000.00
America’s Future FoundationWashingtonDC$5,000.00
American Legislative Exchange CouncilArlingtonVA$25,000.00
American Red Cross-Triangle ChapterRaleighNC$2,500.00
American Studies Center-Radio AmericaWashingtonDC$10,000.00
Americans for Tax Reform FoundationWashingtonDC$25,000.00
Archbridge InstituteWashingtonDC$10,000.00
ArtspaceRaleighNC$2,500.00
ArtsplosureRaleighNC$5,000.00
Ashbrook Center at Ashland UniversityAshlandOH$25,000.00
Asheville SchoolAshevilleNC$542,500.00
Atlas NetworkWashingtonDC$20,000.00
BTG Community OutreachNewnanGA$5,000.00
Boys & Girls Club of North Central NC-Vance County SiteOxfordNC$5,000.00
Camp CorralRaleighNC$15,000.00
Capital Research CenterWashingtonDC$50,000.00
Carolina BalletRaleighNC$50,000.00
Cato InstituteWashingtonDC$65,000.00
Catholic CharitiesRaleighNC$10,000.00
Center for Education ReformWashingtonDC$25,000.00
Center for Equal OpportunityFalls ChurchVA$7,500.00
Center for Urban Renewal and EducationWashingtonDC$5,000.00
Children’s Home SocietyRaleighNC$10,000.00
Civitas InstituteRaleighNC$1,083,500.00
Classical Liberals in the CarolinasCharlotteNC$35,029.00
Clemson University Institute for the Study of CapitalismClemsonSC$25,000.00
College of Charleston Foundation (for Center for Public Choice and Market Process)CharlestonSC$25,000.00
CASA (Community Alternatives for Supportive Abodes)RaleighNC$5,000.00
Community Music SchoolRaleighNC$5,000.00
Competitive Enterprise InstituteWashingtonDC$25,000.00
CORRAL Riding AcademyCaryNC$11,000.00
Coweta Samaritan ClinicNewnanGA$5,000.00
Daniel Center for Math and ScienceRaleighNC$12,000.00
Dress for Success TriangleRaleighNC$5,000.00
Duke University Center for the History of Political EconomyDurhamNC$125,000.00
Duke University for the NC Leadership Forum ProgramDurhamNC$35,000.00
Education NCRaleighNC$25,000.00
Embassy Cultural Center FoundationHendersonNC$30,000.00
Fair Lines America FoundationAlexandriaVA$100,000.00
Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy StudiesWashingtonDC$50,000.00
Fellowship Home of RaleighRaleighNC$5,000.00
Food Bank of the Albemarle (for Hurricane Recovery Efforts)Elizabeth CityNC$10,000.00
Food Bank of Central and Eastern NCRaleighNC$50,000.00
Foundation for Economic EducationAtlantaGA$10,000.00
Foundation for Government AccountabilityNaplesFL$35,000.00
Foundation for Individual Rights in EducationPhiladelphiaPA$50,000.00
Full Gospel TabernacleLumbertonNC$25,000.00
Godwin Presbyterian ChurchGodwinNC$5,000.00
Girl Scouts of America Coastal PinesRaleighNC$5,000.00
Grayson-Jockey Club Research FoundationLexingtonKY$50,000.00
Habitat for Humanity of Wake CountyRaleighNC$20,000.00
Helping Horse Therapeutic Riding ProgramRaleighNC$5,000.00
Henderson Family YMCAHendersonNC$7,500.00
The Heritage FoundationWashingtonDC$10,000.00
Hope ReinsRaleighNC$10,000.00
Horse and BuddyNew HillNC$3,000.00
Independent InstituteOaklandCA$10,000.00
Independent Women’s ForumWashingtonDC$25,000.00
InterAct of Wake CountyRaleighNC$5,000.00
Intercollegiate Studies InstituteWilmingtonDC$10,000.00
Institute for Free SpeechAlexandriaVA$50,000.00
Institute for Humane StudiesArlingtonVA$375,000.00
Institute for JusticeArlingtonVA$50,000.00
Institute of Political LeadershipGreensboroNC$25,000.00
Interfaith Prison Ministry for WomenRaleighNC$30,000.00
James G. Martin Center for Academic RenewalRaleighNC$497,566.63
Jesse Helms Center FoundationWingateNC$50,000.00
Jobs for LifeRaleighNC$6,000.00
John Locke FoundationRaleighNC$2,581,250.00
Junior AcheivementRaleighNC$10,000.00
KidznotesRaleighNC$10,000.00
Libertas InstituteRaleighNC$5,000.00
Life Line OutreachHendersonNC$10,000.00
Lincoln NetworkRaleighNC$25,000.00
Loaves and FishesRaleighNC$9,750.00
Lucy Burns InstituteMiddletonWI$65,500.00
Manhattan Institute – Adam Smith SocietyNew YorkNY$50,000.00
Mercatus CenterArlingtonVA$135,000.00
Methodist Home for ChildrenRaleighNC$12,500.00
National Review InstituteNew YorkNY$50,000.00
National Taxpayers Union FoundationWashingtonDC$35,000.00
New Civil Liberties AllianceWashingtonDC$30,000.00
BEST-NC (NC Business Leaders for Education)CaryNC$30,000.00
Youth Legislative AssemblyRaleighNC$5,000.00
Network of enlightened WomenWashingtonDC$10,000.00
Neuse Christian AcademyRaleighNC$5,000.00
Baptists on Mission (for Hurricane Recovery Efforts)CaryNC$10,000.00
North Carolina Center on Actual InnocenceDurhamNC$35,000.00
North Carolina Family Policy CouncilRaleighNC$125,000.00
North Carolina Master ChoraleRaleighNC$5,000.00
North Carolina Museum of Art FoundationRaleighNC$5,000.00
North Carolina Opera CompanyRaleighNC$20,000.00
NCSU – Economic, Legal, and Political Foundations of Free Societies ProgramRaleighNC$83,250.00
North Carolina SymphonyRaleighNC$20,000.00
North Carolina TheatreRaleighNC$45,000.00
North Carolinians for Redistricting ReformRaleighNC$75,000.00
Occoneechee Council Boy Scouts of AmericaRaleighNC$50,000.00
Pacific Legal FoundationSacramentoCA$5,000.00
Pacific Research Institute for Public PolicySan FranciscoCA$15,000.00
Parents for Educational Freedom in North CarolinaRaleighNC$25,000.00
Pennsylvania Institute of TechnologyMediaPA$10,000.00
Performance EdgeRaleighNC$5,000.00
Perry Memorial LibraryHendersonNC$15,000.00
Philanthropy RoundtableWashingtonDC$50,000.00
Prager UniversitySherman OaksCA$15,000.00
Prevent Child Abuse NCRaleighNC$50,000.00
Property and Environment Research CenterBozemanMT$10,000.00
Public Interest Legal FoundationPlainfieldIN$75,000.00
Raleigh CamerataRaleighNC$2,000.00
Raleigh Charter High SchoolRaleighNC$25,000.00
Raleigh Fine Arts SocietyRaleighNC$20,000.00
Raleigh Little TheatreRaleighNC$7,500.00
Raleigh Rescue MissionRaleighNC$10,000.00
Ravenscroft SchoolRaleighNC$150,000.00
Reality MinistriesDurhamNC$10,000.00
SAFEchildRaleighNC$5,000.00
Safe Families for Children Alliance – Raleigh ChapterChicagoIL$10,000.00
SAFE Haven for CatsRaleighNC$7,000.00
Salvation Army of Wake CountyRaleighNC$30,000.00
SECU Family House at UNC HospitalsChapel HillNC$125,000.00
Shepherd’s Table Soup KitchenRaleighNC$5,000.00
State Policy NetworkArlingtonVA$60,000.00
StepUp MinistryRaleighNC$25,000.00
Student Free Press AssociationHillsdaleMI$15,000.00
Talent MarketMt. PleasantSC$10,000.00
The Educational FoundationChapel HillNC$133,333.00
The Fraser Institute for Econ Journal WatchAlbertaCanada$10,000.00
The Fund for American StudiesWashingtonDC$60,000.00
The Green Chair ProjectRaleighNC$25,000.00
The Medical Foundation of North Carolina for UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterChapel HillNC$750,000.00
The Tax FoundationWashingtonDC$20,000.00
Thoroughbred Charities of AmericaLexingtonKY$10,000.00
Transitions LifeCareRaleighNC$25,000.00
TROSADurhamNC$25,000.00
Triangle Special Hockey AssociationCaryNC$5,000.00
UNC at Chapel Hill Arts and Sciences Foundation for the Philosophy, Politics & Economics ProgramChapel HillNC$500,000.00
University of Mount OliveMount OliveNC$100,000.00
Urban Ministries of Wake CountyRaleighNC$10,000.00
Virginia Episcopal SchoolLynchburgVA$125,000.00
Wake Forest University Foundation – Eudaimonia InstituteWinston-SalemNC$50,000.00
White Memorial Presbyerian ChurchRaleighNC$25,000.00
YMCA of the TriangleRaleighNC$5,000.00
Young America’s FoundationHerndonVA$30,000.00
Young VoicesWashingtonDC$5,000.00
 TOTAL  $10,442,678.63
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