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Advance Auto Parts Foundation FKA The Advance Cares Foundation at a glance

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Advance Auto Parts Foundation FKA The Advance Cares Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$647k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $56k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $571k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$5.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
United Way of the Greater Triangle$150,000
Multiple Grants 5000$140,000
Stop Soldier Suicide$101,000
Hire Heroes USA$100,000
Advance Community Health$80,000
Multiple Grants 5000$26,000
Techforce Foundation$10,000
Honor Foundation$10,000
Camp Corral$10,000
William E Grady CTE High School$5,000
Gloucester High School$5,000
East Mecklenburg High School$5,000
East Wake Magnet High School$5,000
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Fix It Forward: $5k → 15%Inter-Faith Food Shuttle: $10k → 8%Kramden Institute: $10k → 11%StepUp Durham: $10k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 4 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
19

Total granted

$2.2M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
0%

Still filing today

75%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
PhilanthropyHuman ServicesHealthEmploymentYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • HH
    HIRE HEROES USA INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $710k · revenue +115%
  • MG
    Multiple Grants 5000
    3× · 2023–2025 · $648k
  • SS
    STOP SOLDIER SUICIDE INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $601k · revenue -23%

Funded once

  • BH
    BUILDING HOMES FOR HEROES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $465k · revenue 0%
  • BC
    BROWARD COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue -46%
  • DT
    Durham Technical Community College
    one grant, 2023 · $125k
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
NextOp Inc

NextOp helps place talented enlisted service members and veterans into civilian careers through highly individualized preparation and an array of programming.

Public Benefit
2
The Commit Foundation

The commit foundation empowers those who have served and their families to create purposeful and fulfilling transitions by providing personalized programs, resources, and the support of community.

Human Services
3
Charlotte Works

Charlotte works serves job-seekers and businesses by providing resources to develop a skilled workforce that meets employer needs. the organization offers job-search workshops, individual coaching, networking opportunities, and training…

Employment
4
Pay It Forward Fund Llc

The forward fund is north carolina's first pay-it-forward workforce financing model, expanding access to short-term, high-impact credentialed training programs that lead directly to careers in high-wage sectors. through zero-interest,…

Education
5
Upwardly Global

Upwardly global removes employment barriers for immigrant, refugee, and asylee professionals while advancing the inclusion of their skills into the u.s. economy.

Employment
6
Towards Employment Inc

We champion the potential of every person to succeed in a rewarding career, while working to create an equitable and inclusive workforce for tomorrow. we do this by providing skill development for in demand jobs, comprehensive supports,…

Employment
7
Path to Jobs Inc (Fka Peer Training Inc/Pti)

Path to jobs, inc. is a workforce development and job placement organization with a mission to provide personalized career-readiness skills training, coaching, case management, benefits counseling, support to enter/re-enter the workforce,…

Employment
8
Activate Work Inc

We provide training, coaching, community supports and access to leading colorado employers enabling coloradans to acheive economic security, mobility and prosperity.

Human Services
9
Central Florida Regional Workforce Development Board Inc

Careersource central florida connects central floridians to careers & develops skilled talent for businesses.

Employment
10
United Way of Charlotte County Inc

Mobilizing the power of our community to break the cycle of poverty.

Philanthropy
11
Futuro Health

Futuro health's nonprofit mission is to improve the health and wealth of communities by growing the largest network of allied healthcare workers in the nation.

Health
12
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fix It Forward Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
8/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Multiple Grants 5000: $647,600 · OtherMultiple Grants 5000Durham Technical Community College: $125,000 · OtherDurham Technical Community Colleg…Durham Tech Comm College Foundation: $125,000 · OtherDurham Tech Comm College Foundati…+12 more: $115,000 · Other+12 moreSTOP SOLDIER SUICIDE INC: $601,000 · HealthSTOP SOLDIER SUICIDE INCADVANCE COMMUNITY HEALTH INC: $240,000 · HealthADVANCE COMMUNITY HEALTH INCCARE RESOURCE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INCORPORATED: $50,000 · HealthCARE RESOURCE COMMUNITY HEALT…HIRE HEROES USA INC: $710,000 · EducationHIRE HEROES USA INCBUILDING HOMES FOR HEROES INC: $465,000 · Housing & ShelterBUILDING HOMES …BROWARD COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · PhilanthropyBROWARD CO…UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER TRIANGLE INC: $150,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…+2 more: $20,000 · Philanthropy+2 moreKRAMDEN INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSTEPUP DURHAM: $10,000 · Human ServicesINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $10,000 · Human ServicesFix It Forward Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE HONOR FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EmploymentCARROLLS KITCHEN INC: $10,000 · EmploymentHOPE RENOVATIONS SPENCER: $10,000 · Employment
Other$1,012,600Health$891,000Education$710,000Housing & Shelter$465,000Philanthropy$320,000Human Services$35,000Employment$30,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHIRE HEROES USA INC: $710,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetSTOP SOLDIER SUICIDE INC: $601,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetBUILDING HOMES FOR HEROES INC: $465,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetADVANCE COMMUNITY HEALTH INC: $240,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBROWARD COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE GREATER TRIANGLE INC: $150,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCARE RESOURCE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INCORPORATED: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKRAMDEN INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HONOR FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCentro Unido Latino Americano: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCARROLLS KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSTEPUP DURHAM: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTECHFORCE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE RENOVATIONS SPENCER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBOYS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFix It Forward Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 13% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Duke Energy FoundationUnited Way of the Gre…Triangle Community Fo…Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Duke Energy FoundationNC13.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Advance Auto Parts Foundation FKA The Advance Cares Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Advance Auto Parts Foundation FKA The Advance Cares Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Advance Auto Parts Foundation FKA The Advance Cares Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Advance Auto Parts Foundation FKA The Advance Cares Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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