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A E Finley Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
70
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$317k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Education$2.9MRecreation & Sports$1.0MHuman Services$777kReligion$519kHealth$445kHousing & Shelter$132kArts & Culture$114kFood & Nutrition$73kOther$0
02FY2024 · 70 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k55 grants · $198k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $78k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $753k
  • $250k+1 grant · $317k
$4,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$30M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RAVENSCROFT SCHOOL$316,620
UNC FINLEY GOLF COURSE$126,620
YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE$126,620
NCSU WOLFPACK CLUB$126,620
WHITE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FOUNDATION$88,620
DUKE UNIVERSITY$79,120
HARGRAVE MILITARY ACADEMY$79,120
WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY$63,380
UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION$63,380
WAKE FOREST COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE SOCIETY$20,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$15,000
ALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY$12,500
PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH$10,000
SAVING GRACE ANIMALS FOR ADOPTION$10,000
YATES MILL ASSOCIATES INC$10,000
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $788k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN OF OXFORD: $5k → 11%NORTH CAROLINA LIONS FOUNDATION: $3k → 12%NORTH CAROLINA LIONS FOUNDATION: $3k → 12%INTERFAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $10k → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION: $19k → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION: $13k → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 8%SOUTHEAST RALEIGH PROMISE: $5k → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION: $4k → 8%STEP UP MINISTRY: $5k → 8%STEP UP MINISTRY: $5k → 8%STEP UP MINISTRY: $5k → 8%STEP UP MINISTRY: $5k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $133k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $127k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $118k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $111k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $109k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $20k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $20k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $18k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $3k → 8%MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE TRIANGLE: $5k → 8%THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE TRIANGLE: $3k → 8%THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE TRIANGLE: $3k → 8%THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE TRIANGLE: $3k → 8%THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE TRIANGLE: $3k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $5k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $5k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $3k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $2k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.9M · 57 repeat orgs$307k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +25% since the first grant, against +9% for the ones you funded once.

57 repeat relationships — 43 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

57
35

Total granted

$5.9M
$183k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+9%

Still filing today

72%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesReligionHealthArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • RAVENSCROFT SCHOOL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +31%
  • TY
    The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598)
    5× · 2020–2024 · $658k · revenue +89%
  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $368k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • WP
    WILLIAM PEACE COLLEGE
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +66%
  • CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -36%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
NourishNC Inc

NourishNC, Inc.'s goal is to provide healthy food to hungry children, empowering them to succeed in the classroom and in their community

Food & Nutrition
2
North Carolina Business Leaders for Educ

The mission of north carolina business leaders for education (dba best nc) is to unite an engaged and informed business perspective to dramatically transform and improve north carolina's education system. our goal is for every student to…

Education
3
Research Triangle Regional Partnership

The research triangle regional partnership is an association of area economic development agencies dedicated to keeping the research triangle region economically strong by collectively marketing the region's competitive advantages and…

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4
North Carolina Medical Society

To organize members of the medical profession to advance medical science.

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5
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc

The Children's Home Society of North Carolina's mission is to promote the right of every child to a permanent, safe, and loving family.

Human Services
6
For Charlotte Inc

To unite the Church to transform the city through the power of the Gospel.

Religion
7
The University of North Carolina At Greensboro Investment Fund Inc

To accept the transfer of assets from the uncg endowment fund and the affiliated foundations, which benefit the university, and to manage the investment of those assets.

Education
8
Wake County Smart Start Inc

Wake county smart start invests in young children, their families, and a connected early childhood system that supports and prepares them for school and life ahead.

Education
9
Wilkes Medical Center Foundation

To support and carry out the functions and purposes of wrmc hospital operating corporation (dba atrium health wake forest baptist wilkes medical center) to enhance the delivery of quality health care within the organization's region.

Health
10
Carolina Meadows Foundation Inc

To solicit and receive gifts, grants, bequests and contributions for the support of carolina meadows, inc. in order to enhance or extend its mission, programs, services, and facilities.

Human Services
11
North Carolina Bar Association

The north carolina bar association is organized for the purposes of promoting and improving the administration of justice in north carolina; fostering and encouraging law reform when in the public interest; advancing the science of…

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12
Carolina Family Health Centers Inc

Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc. provides accessible and affordable health care with excellence...where patients come FIRST

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Raleigh Ministries Inc and the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 38 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%4%<5yr16%7%5–10yr20%13%10–20yr14%24%20–35yr12%24%35–55yr11%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%0%<5yr16%1%5–10yr20%2%10–20yr14%15%20–35yr12%6%35–55yr11%76%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/91
the rest of the field
14%
1,701/12,315

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

81 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 81 of the 117 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
78/81
Grantees still filing
45/81
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

RAVENSCROFT SCHOOL — $1,453,255 · EducationRAVENSCROFT SCHOOLDUKE UNIVERSITY — $367,525 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYHARGRAVE MILITARY ACADEMY — $362,525 · EducationHARGRAVE MILITARY ACADEMYWILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY — $240,175 · EducationWILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITYUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $173,460 · EducationUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC+8 more — $156,000 · Education+8 moreNCSU WOLFPACK CLUB — $580,175 · OtherNCSU WOLFPACK CLUBUNC FINLEY GOLF COURSE — $346,540 · OtherUNC FINLEY GOLF COURSEWHITE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FOUNDATION — $235,040 · OtherWHITE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FOUNDAT…THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC — $233,635 · OtherTHE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INCWHITE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $165,985 · OtherWHITE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHTHE REX HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC — $126,945 · OtherTHE REX HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC+63 more — $644,480 · Other+63 moreThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598) — $657,925 · Human ServicesThe Young Men'…THE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC — $55,500 · Human ServicesTHE RALEIGH RE…+10 more — $83,000 · Human Services+10 moreALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC — $62,500 · HealthTHE NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 · HealthNeighborHealth Center Inc — $10,000 · HealthNO LIMITS FOUNDATION D/B/A CAMP NO LIMITS — $5,000 · HealthALS UNITED NORTH CAROLINA — $5,000 · Health+2 more — $5,000 · HealthNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY FOUNDATION INC — $40,000 · Arts & CultureCONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION — $7,500 · Arts & CultureRaleigh Music Collective Holding 1 — $7,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF OBERLIN VILLAGE — $5,000 · Arts & CultureSMALL SCHOOL INC — $2,500 · Arts & CultureLake Junaluska Assembly Inc — $22,500 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $15,000 · ReligionNORTH RALEIGH MINISTRIES INC — $5,000 · ReligionInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA — $2,500 · ReligionCAPITOL COMMISSION INC — $2,500 · ReligionCAROLINA CHRISTIAN STUDY CENTER INC — $2,500 · ReligionCrossfire Ministries International LLC — $2,500 · ReligionGuided Impact Foundation Inc — $2,500 · ReligionDOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY — $50,000 · Recreation & SportsWRIGHTSVILLE BEACH FOUNDATION — $2,500 · Recreation & Sports
Education$2,752,940Other$2,332,800Human Services$796,425Health$102,500Arts & Culture$72,500Religion$55,000Recreation & Sports$52,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetRAVENSCROFT SCHOOL — $1,453,255 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598) — $657,925 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY — $367,525 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHARGRAVE MILITARY ACADEMY — $362,525 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetWILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY — $240,175 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC — $233,635 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $173,460 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE REX HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC — $126,945 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY — $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC — $62,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTHE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC — $55,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHOSPICE OF WAKE COUNTY INC — $52,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY — $50,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY FOUNDATION INC — $40,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetTRIANGLE FAMILY SERVICES INC — $35,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC — $32,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCASA — $29,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMARBLES KIDS MUSEUM — $24,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRESCUE MISSIONS MINISTRIES INC — $22,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLake Junaluska Assembly Inc — $22,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST DAVID'S SCHOOL — $21,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC — $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPUP MINISTRY — $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWAKE FOREST COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE SOCIETY INC — $20,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetPRISON ALLIANCE INC — $19,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE TRIANGLE — $15,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTHE NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT — $14,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE TRIANGLE — $14,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT MARYS SCHOOL — $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYates Mill Associates Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC — $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNeighborHealth Center Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAVING GRACE ANIMALS FOR ADOPTION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION — $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF WAKE COUNTY INC — $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNC LAW FOUNDATION INC — $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRaleigh Music Collective Holding 1 — $7,500 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetNO LIMITS FOUNDATION D/B/A CAMP NO LIMITS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF WAKE COUNTY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF ASHE COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER — $5,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetRefugee Hope Partners Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Triangle Community Fo…Bell Koonce Burnette …North Carolina Commun…Bell Schaefer Family …Bell Cook Family Foun…Duke Energy FoundationDuke University Healt…W Trent Ragland Jr Fo…Carolina Hurricanes F…Ella Ann L and Frank …Lochbaum Family Chari…Maynard Family Founda…
Triangle Community Foundation IncNC63.6× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Bell Koonce Burnette Foundation · North Carolina Community Foundation · Bell Schaefer Family Foundation · Bell Cook Family Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Duke University Health System Inc · W Trent Ragland Jr Foundation · Carolina Hurricanes Foundation · Ella Ann L and Frank B Holding Foundatio · Lochbaum Family Charitable Trust · Maynard Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization A E Finley Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to A E Finley Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to A E Finley Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 117 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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