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Amador Foundation Inc

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.

$53k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$90kHealth$48kArts & Culture$48kReligion$31kEnvironment$25kHuman Services$19kRecreation & Sports$10kYouth Development$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$72k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHATHAM ARTS COUNCIL$8,000
NORTHWOOD HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTERS$7,000
HAW RIVER ASSEMBLY$5,000
NEW HOPE BIRD ALLIANCE$5,000
BREAKTHROUGH T1D$5,000
SAILING FOUNDATION$5,000
WILLOW OAK MONTESSORI FOUNDATION IN$2,500
TRIANGLE YOUTH BALLET$2,500
FRACTURED ATLAS$2,000
EL VINCULO HISPANO$2,000
CAROLINA THEATRE OF GREENSBORO$2,000
EL FUTURO$2,000
CHATHAM ORGANIZING FOR RACIAL EQUIT$2,000
LEARNING OUTSIDE$500
CHATHAM COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL$500
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 27% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%WILLOW OAK MONTESSORI FOUNDATIN: $15k → 9%SOUTHERN VISION ALLIANCE: $2k → 11%CULTURE'S EDGE: $2k → 12%TRIANGLE YOUTH BALLET: $3k → 13%JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATI: $11k → 16%PEDIATRIC RESEARCH & ADVOCACY: $5k → 7%WILLOW OAK MONTESSORI FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%EL FUTURO: $2k → 11%JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FDTN: $7k → 16%PEDIATRIC RESEARCH & ADVOCACY: $5k → 7%WILLOW OAK MONTESSORI FOUNDATIN: $3k → 9%EL FUTURO: $2k → 11%CAMP CHESTNUT RIDGE & RETREAT CTR: $5k → 13%JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATI: $5k → 16%WILLOW OAK MONTESSORI FOUNDATIN: $2k → 9%SAILING FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATI: $5k → 16%EL VINCULO HISPANOHISPANIC LIAISON: $7k → 9%JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATI: $3k → 16%EL VINCULO HISPANOHISPANIC LIAISON: $2k → 9%JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATI: $2k → 16%EL VINCULO HISPANO: $2k → 9%EL FUTURO: $2k → 11%CAROLINA THEATRE OF GREENSBORO: $2k → 16%EL VINCULO HISPANO: $2k → 9%JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATI: $2k → 16%EL VINCULO HISPANO: $2k → 9%EL VINCULO HISPANO: $2k → 9%EL VINCULO HISPANO: $2k → 9%YWCA GREENSBORO: $5k → 16%WILLOW OAK MONTESSORI FOUNDATION IN: $50k → 9%YWCA GREENSBORO: $5k → 16%WILLOW OAK MONTESSORI FOUNDATION IN: $11k → 9%YWCA GREENSBORO: $5k → 16%CHATHAM ARTS COUNCIL: $8k → 9%NORTHWOOD HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTERS: $7k → 9%FRACTURED ATLAS: $7k → 9%HAW RIVER ASSEMBLY: $5k → 9%HAW RIVER ASSEMBLY: $5k → 9%HAW RIVER ASSEMBLY: $5k → 9%PITTSBORO UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $4k → 9%CHATHAM ARTS COUNCIL: $4k → 9%CHATHAM ARTS COUNCIL: $3k → 9%WILLOW OAK MONTESSORI FOUNDATION IN: $3k → 9%FRACTURED ATLAS: $3k → 9%FRACTURED ATLAS: $2k → 9%PITTSBORO UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $2k → 9%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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$258k · 19 repeat orgs$43k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
10

Total granted

$258k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+132%

Still filing today

63%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
EnvironmentEducationHealthArts & CultureCrime & LegalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • WO
    WILLOW OAK MONTESSORI FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $88k · revenue +296%
  • CHATHAM ARTS COUNCIL INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $21k · revenue +284%
  • HAW RIVER ASSEMBLY INC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $16k · revenue +134%

Funded once

  • JD
    JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FDTN
    one grant, 2024 · $7k
  • CC
    CAMP CHESTNUT RIDGE & RETREAT CTR
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • SOUTHERN VISION ALLIANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +609%
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
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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2
The Carolina Trust
Philanthropy
3
Carolina Charter Academy

Operation of a public charter school.

Education
4
Foundation for the Carolinas

Inspiring philanthropy and strengthening our region through innovative community initiatives and quality services to donors and constituents.

Philanthropy
5
The Charlotte Center for the Humanities Inc

The mission of The Charlotte Center is to help our community flourish. We accomplish our mission by bringing people together to explore community life together through the lens of the humanities and civic imagination.

Human Services
6
Carolina Small Business Development Fund

Our mission is to foster economic development in underserved communities by providing capital, business services, and policy research to support small businesses.

Public Benefit
7
Coastal Carolinas Health Alliance

Facilitate networking among hospitals

Health
8
Caldwell Arts Council Inc

To promote the arts in caldwell county, nc

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9
TreesCharlotte

Public/private collaborative to plant trees, raise awareness of the canopy, and educate about tree care.

Environment
10
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
11
Junior Achievement of Central Carolinas Inc

Junior achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to educating private and public school students in grades k-12 about entrepreneurship, workforce readiness, and financial literacy, through experiential, hands-on programs.

International
12
Carteret County General Hospital Foundation

To assist carteret general hospital in providing the best possible healthcare to the people of carteret county through fund raising programs that support community based programs, purchase of vital equipment, capital expansion, renovations…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southern Vision Alliance; the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. 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

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 37 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATI: $27,600 · OtherJUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATICHATHAM ARTS COUNCIL INC: $20,500 · OtherCHATHAM ARTS COUNCIL INCFRACTURED ATLAS: $17,500 · OtherFRACTURED ATLASYWCA Greensboro: $15,500 · OtherYWCA GreensboroPITTSBORO UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $12,000 · OtherPITTSBORO UNITED METHODIST CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientEL VINCULO HISPANO: $10,000 · OtherEL VINCULO HISPANOEL VINCULO HISPANOHISPANIC LIAISON: $9,000 · OtherEL VINCULO HISPANOHISPANIC LIAISONJUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FDTN: $7,050 · OtherNORTHWOOD HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTERS: $7,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $6,500 · Other+14 more: $23,400 · Other+14 moreWILLOW OAK MONTESSORI FOUNDATION INC: $87,900 · EducationWILLOW OAK MONTESSORI FOUNDATION …+1 more: $500 · EducationHAW RIVER ASSEMBLY INC: $16,000 · EnvironmentCULTURES EDGE: $2,000 · Environment+2 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentEL FUTURO INC: $8,500 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $5,000 · HealthCAROLINA THEATRE OF GREENSBORO INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTRIANGLE YOUTH BALLET: $3,000 · Arts & CultureCAROLINA SAILING FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsSecond Bloom of Chatham Inc: $3,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$166,050Education$88,400Environment$19,000Health$13,500Arts & Culture$8,000Recreation & Sports$5,000Crime & Legal$3,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWILLOW OAK MONTESSORI FOUNDATION INC: $87,900 over 7y, 8.3% of budgetCHATHAM ARTS COUNCIL INC: $20,500 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetHAW RIVER ASSEMBLY INC: $16,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetYWCA Greensboro: $15,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetEL FUTURO INC: $8,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCAROLINA THEATRE OF GREENSBORO INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCAROLINA SAILING FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRIANGLE YOUTH BALLET: $3,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSecond Bloom of Chatham Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetCHATHAM OUTREACH ALLIANCE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN VISION ALLIANCE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCULTURES EDGE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChatham Habitat for Humanity Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHATHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHATHAM COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 WILLOW OAK MONTESSORI FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM ARTS COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds HAW RIVER ASSEMBLY INC ↗
  • Who funds YWCA Greensboro ↗
  • Who funds EL FUTURO INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAROLINA THEATRE OF GREENSBORO INC ↗
  • Who funds CAROLINA SAILING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds TRIANGLE YOUTH BALLET ↗
  • Who funds Second Bloom of Chatham Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM OUTREACH ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN VISION ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds CULTURES EDGE ↗
  • Who funds Chatham Habitat for Humanity Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds HIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LEARNING OUTSIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation Inc ↗

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.

Triangle Community Fo…The Hummel Family Fun…The Mary Duke Biddle …Galloway Ridge IncCarlson Family Founda…Z Smith Reynolds Foun…Duke Energy FoundationFoundation for the Ca…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…
Triangle Community Foundation IncNC25.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · The Hummel Family Fund Inc · The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Missionpost Pmb #101 · Galloway Ridge Inc · Carlson Family Foundation · Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Amador Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Amador Foundation Inc. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    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 Amador Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Amador 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 37 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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