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Alexander Worth McAlister Foundation at a glance

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Alexander Worth McAlister Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$115k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$473kHealth$133kEducation$73kCivil Rights$48kPhilanthropy$40kArts & Culture$36kHousing & Shelter$35kFood & Nutrition$34kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $90k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HELPING HANDS FOUNDATION SURRY COUNTY$10,000
CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY$10,000
EDEN YMCA$10,000
ROYAL EXPRESSIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET$10,000
NCCJ OF THE PIEDMONT TRIAD$10,000
BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF GREENSBORO$10,000
BACKPACK BEGINNINGS$10,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$10,000
WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER GREENSBORO$10,000
BARRY L JOYCE LOCAL CANCER SUPPORT FUND$7,500
THE BARNABAS NETWORK$7,500
HEROES HELPING HEROES$5,000
CAREGIVERS OF MOTHER EARTH$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $350k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING: $8k → 10%HELPING HANDS FOUNDATION SURRY COUNTY: $10k → 17%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING: $8k → 10%THE SHEPHERD'S HOUSE: $8k → 17%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING: $8k → 10%BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF GREENSBORO: $10k → 16%THE SHEPHERD'S HOUSE: $7k → 17%WHEELS4HOPE: $7k → 8%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING: $8k → 10%THE SHEPHERD'S HOUSE: $5k → 17%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING: $5k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $8k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $8k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $8k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $8k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $8k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $8k → 10%SANCTUARY HOUSE: $8k → 16%BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF GREENSBORO: $7k → 16%SANCTUARY HOUSE: $7k → 16%JALLOH'S UPRIGHT SERVICES OF NORTH CAROLINA: $7k → 16%FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK OF CENTRAL CAROLINA: $8k → 16%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER GREENSBORO: $10k → 16%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CTR GREENSBORO: $10k → 16%THE BARNABAS NETWORK: $8k → 16%THE BARNABAS NETWORK: $8k → 16%WOMEN'S RESOURCE CTR GREENSBORO: $8k → 16%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF NC: $8k → 16%THE BARNABAS NETWORK: $8k → 16%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF NC: $8k → 16%THE BARNABAS NETWORK: $8k → 16%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF NC: $8k → 16%THE BARNABAS NETWORK: $8k → 16%THE BARNABAS NETWORK: $8k → 16%THE BARNABAS NETWORK: $8k → 16%THE BARNABAS NETWORK: $8k → 16%THE BARNABAS NETWORK: $7k → 16%BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $10k → 16%BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $5k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $8k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $8k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $8k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $8k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $8k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $8k → 16%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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$822k · 27 repeat orgs$126k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
16

Total granted

$822k
$106k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
0%

Still filing today

70%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyCivil RightsOther
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

  • TB
    THE BARNABAS NETWORK
    9× · 2017–2025 · $67k · revenue +61%
  • Davidson College
    8× · 2017–2024 · $60k · revenue +42%
  • TB
    THE BARRY L JOYCE CANCER SUPPORT FUND INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $60k · revenue +528%

Funded once

  • TM
    THE MUSIC ACADEMY OF NORTH CAROLINA INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -44%
  • RL
    REDEEMING LIFE MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2020 · $8k
  • FS
    FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK OF CENTRAL CAROLINAgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $8k · revenue +101%
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
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
Carolina Family Connections

Recruit and train and license foster parents to receive foster children from county government agencies.

Human Services
3
Safe Harbor of Nc Inc

Safe Harbor provides a faith-based community for rebuilding, renewing, and recovery. We work together with volunteers and other nonprofit organizations to provide a wide range of services to those experiencing homelessness, single mothers,…

Health
4
Union County Crisis Assistance Ministry Inc

The mission of union county crisis assistance ministry is to help families with an urgent financial emergency to meet essential needs and to, once again, become self-sufficient. the primary objective of the crisis intervention program is…

Human Services
5
Habitat for Humanity Cabarrus County

Guided by God, Habitat Cabarrus transforms lives and our community by uniting all of Cabarrus County around the cause of decent, affordable housing for everyone.

Housing & Shelter
6
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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7
Family Promise of Wake County Inc

Moving families at risk of or experiencing homelessness into sustainable, permanent housing in our community through a continuum of support services.

Housing & Shelter
8
Haywood Pathways Center Inc

Guided by faith, love, and respect, we provide food, shelter, and individualized supportive services for Haywood County residents.

Housing & Shelter
9
Carolina Human Reinvestment

Carolina Human Reinvestment mission is to "Identify and serve the need of the youth and their families in our community "

Crime & Legal
10
Restorative Transitions Inc

Re-entry Program in Durham NC

Crime & Legal
11
Family Promise of Davie County

To help families experiencing homelessness and low-income families achieve sustainable independence through a community based response

Housing & Shelter
12
Equality Nc

Securing equality and justice for lgbtq north carolinians.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc; the most unlike its peers is Royal Expressions Contemporary Ballet. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

31 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. 31 of the 48 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
18/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BARNABAS NETWORK: $67,000 · Human ServicesTHE BARNABAS NETWORKCrisis Assistance Ministry: $55,000 · Human ServicesCrisis Assistance MinistryGREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $45,000 · Human ServicesGREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRYCharlotte Family Housing: $35,000 · Human ServicesCharlotte Family HousingWomens Resource Center of Greensboro Inc: $27,500 · Human ServicesWomens Resource Center of Greensboro IncChildren's Home Society of North Carolina Inc: $22,500 · Human ServicesChildren's Home Society of North Carolin…GREATER MOUNT AIRY MINISTRY OF HOSPITALITY INC: $19,500 · Human ServicesGREATER MOUNT AIRY MINISTRY OF HOSPITALI…Black Child Development Institute of Greensboro Inc: $17,000 · Human ServicesBACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $15,000 · Human ServicesSanctuary House Inc: $14,500 · Human Services+4 more: $31,500 · Human Services+4 moreEden YMCA Inc: $70,500 · OtherEden YMCA IncTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $32,500 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYCHILDREN'S HOPE ALLIANCE: $30,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOPE ALLIANCETHE NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR COMMUNITY JUSTICE: $22,500 · OtherTHE NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR COMMUNITY …POSITIVE DIRECTION FOR YOUTH: $22,000 · OtherPOSITIVE DIRECTION FOR YOUTHTHOMPSON CHILD & FAMILY FOCUS INC: $15,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY OF GREENSBORO: $15,000 · OtherCONE HEALTH SYSTEMS: $15,000 · OtherTHOMPSON CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $12,500 · OtherTRIAD HEALTHCARE NETWORK: $11,500 · OtherREACH OUT FIRST INC: $14,500 · Other+12 more: $71,600 · Other+12 moreTHE BARRY L JOYCE CANCER SUPPORT FUND INC: $60,000 · HealthTHE BARRY L J…FELLOWSHIP HALL INC: $46,400 · HealthFELLOWSHIP HA…PEACEHAVEN FARM INC: $14,500 · HealthPEACEHAVEN FA…Davidson College: $60,000 · EducationMAGNOLIA HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · EducationHOPE ACADEMY GSO INC: $5,000 · EducationNORTH CAROLINA FOR COMMUNITY AND JUSTICE INC: $47,500 · Civil RightsUNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC: $30,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyRoyal Expressions Contemporary Ballet: $17,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSIC ACADEMY OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Human Services$349,500Other$332,600Health$120,900Education$72,500Civil Rights$47,500Philanthropy$40,000Arts & Culture$27,000

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 budgetTHE BARNABAS NETWORK: $67,000 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetDavidson College: $60,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BARRY L JOYCE CANCER SUPPORT FUND INC: $60,000 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetCrisis Assistance Ministry: $55,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA FOR COMMUNITY AND JUSTICE INC: $47,500 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP HALL INC: $46,400 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $45,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCharlotte Family Housing: $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $32,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWomens Resource Center of Greensboro Inc: $27,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetChildren's Home Society of North Carolina Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER MOUNT AIRY MINISTRY OF HOSPITALITY INC: $19,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetBlack Child Development Institute of Greensboro Inc: $17,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetRoyal Expressions Contemporary Ballet: $17,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetTHOMPSON CHILD & FAMILY FOCUS INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSanctuary House Inc: $14,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetREACH OUT FIRST INC: $14,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetPEACEHAVEN FARM INC: $14,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHELPING HANDS FOUNDATION OF SURRY COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE MUSIC ACADEMY OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK OF CENTRAL CAROLINA: $7,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetMAGNOLIA HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetWHEELS4HOPE: $7,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJalloh's Upright Home Services of NC Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetONE STEP FURTHER INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFIRST NORTH CAROLINA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHOPE ACADEMY GSO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTOKES COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL INC: $1,100 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

  • Who funds THE BARNABAS NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Davidson College ↗
  • Who funds THE BARRY L JOYCE CANCER SUPPORT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Crisis Assistance Ministry ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA FOR COMMUNITY AND JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP HALL INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds Charlotte Family Housing ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC ↗
  • Who funds Womens Resource Center of Greensboro Inc ↗
  • Who funds Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREATER MOUNT AIRY MINISTRY OF HOSPITALITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Black Child Development Institute of Greensboro Inc ↗
  • Who funds Royal Expressions Contemporary Ballet ↗
  • Who funds THOMPSON CHILD & FAMILY FOCUS INC ↗
  • Who funds BACKPACK BEGINNINGS ↗
  • Who funds Sanctuary House Inc ↗
  • Who funds REACH OUT FIRST INC ↗
  • Who funds PEACEHAVEN FARM INC ↗
  • Who funds HELPING HANDS FOUNDATION OF SURRY COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSIC ACADEMY OF NORTH CAROLINA INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK OF CENTRAL CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds MAGNOLIA HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WHEELS4HOPE ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Lincoln Financial Fou…The Cemala Foundation…Moses Cone - Wesley L…Hillsdale FundTruist Foundation IncThe Cannon Foundation…The Mary Lynn Richard…Duke Energy FoundationUnited Way of Greater…Tannenbaum-Sternberge…Reynolds American Fou…
Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro IncNC37.9× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · The Cemala Foundation Inc · Moses Cone - Wesley Long Community Health Foundation · Hillsdale Fund · Truist Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · The Mary Lynn Richardson Fund · Duke Energy Foundation · United Way of Greater Greensboro Inc · Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · Reynolds American 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 Alexander Worth McAlister Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alexander Worth McAlister Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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

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    How do I get to Alexander Worth McAlister Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Alexander Worth McAlister 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 48 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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