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Atrium Health Foundation

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$43M
Granted FY2024still arriving
40
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$10M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$207MEducation$41MInternational$260kReligion$61kArts & Culture$50kHuman Services$20kYouth Development$15kFood & Nutrition$12k
02FY2024 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $179k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $888k
  • $250k+18 grants · $41M
$168,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$557M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTH DBA ATRIUM HEALTH$10,000,000
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTH DBA ATRIUM HEALTH$9,466,983
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTH DBA ATRIUM HEALTH$6,466,826
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTH DBA ATRIUM HEALTH$4,853,543
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTH DBA ATRIUM HEALTH$2,328,552
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES$1,918,981
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTH DBA ATRIUM HEALTH$928,733
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTH DBA ATRIUM HEALTH$896,496
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTH DBA ATRIUM HEALTH$670,674
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTH DBA ATRIUM HEALTH$646,335
CMS FOUNDATION$633,600
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTH DBA ATRIUM HEALTH$614,984
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTH DBA ATRIUM HEALTH$376,189
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTH DBA ATRIUM HEALTH$369,584
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTH DBA ATRIUM HEALTH$345,536
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Centering Healthcare Institute Inc: $5k → 16%FOR THE STRUGGLE: $10k → 10%EMBRACE ALL LATINO VOICES: $10k → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
PA
CA
MD
AZ
NC
FL
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$245M · 25 repeat orgs$3.3M to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
14

Total granted

$245M
$2.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+29%

Still filing today

88%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $692k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • WF
    WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2.2M · revenue +4%
  • CR
    Care Ring Inc
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +133%
  • BH
    BAYADA HOME HEALTH CARE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $647k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • PS
    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $1.9M
  • OC
    One Charlotte Health Alliance LLC
    one grant, 2022 · $296k · revenue -100% · 54% of their budget
  • HH
    Hyundai Hope on Wheels
    one grant, 2023 · $102k · revenue +7%
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
Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Found ation
Health
2
Wakemed

The mission of wakemed is to improve the health and well-being of our community with outstanding and compassionate care to all.

Health
3
Rex Hospital Inc

To improve the health and well-being of north carolinians and others whom we serve. we accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Health
4
North Carolina Baptist Hospital

See schedule o for continuationnorth carolina baptist hospital (at times also referred to as the "hospital or "ncbh or "the filing organization") is an integral part of atrium health wake forest baptist (ahwfb), a preeminent learning…

Health
5
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
6
Dana-Farber Children's Hospital Cancer Care Inc

To oversee, coordinate and support the Pediatric Oncology Programs at Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.

Health
7
Carolina Medicorp Enterprises Inc

Mission novant health exists to improve the health of our communities, one person at a time. vision we, the novant health team, will deliver the most remarkable patient experience, in every dimension, every time. values -compassion: we…

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8
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
9
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
10
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
11
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
12
Charlotte Neuroscience Foundation Dba Memory and Movement Charlotte

To impact the lives of individuals living with cognitive impairment and movement disorders as well as those who care for them, to provide patients with specialized medical care through an in-depth assessment of the medical, safety and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Centering Healthcare Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Greater Enrichment Program Inc. 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

39 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. 39 of the 45 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
23/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTH DBA ATRIUM HEALTH: $238,124,069 · OtherTHE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG HOSPITAL AUTH DBA ATRIUM HEALTH+8 more: $3,344,945 · OtherCare Ring Inc: $1,361,975 · HealthBAYADA HOME HEALTH CARE INC: $647,425 · Health24 Foundation Inc: $605,500 · HealthWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER: $291,000 · HealthThe Isabella Santos Foundation: $123,250 · Health+11 more: $463,639 · HealthWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES: $2,159,246 · EducationCMS FOUNDATION: $633,600 · Education+4 more: $218,241 · EducationHyundai Hope on Wheels: $101,847 · PhilanthropySwim Across America Inc: $100,000 · PhilanthropyHendrick Family Foundation: $50,500 · PhilanthropyMeckEd: $20,000 · PhilanthropyCHARLOTTE BALLET: $33,350 · Arts & CultureNORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMINT MUSEUM OF ART INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureCHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMARTIN TRUEX JR FOUNDATION INC: $62,000 · Youth DevelopmentGreater Enrichment Program Inc: $15,049 · Human ServicesEMBRACE ALL LATINO VOICES: $10,000 · Human ServicesFOR THE STRUGGLE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCENTERING HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE INC: $5,260 · Human ServicesWorld Affairs Council of Charlotte: $6,000 · International
Other$241,469,014Health$3,492,789Education$3,011,087Philanthropy$272,347Arts & Culture$83,350Youth Development$62,000Human Services$40,309International$6,000

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 budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES: $2,159,246 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCare Ring Inc: $1,361,975 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetBAYADA HOME HEALTH CARE INC: $647,425 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCMS FOUNDATION: $633,600 over 1y, 24% of budget24 Foundation Inc: $605,500 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetHeineman-Robicsek Foundation Inc: $421,507 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetOne Charlotte Health Alliance LLC: $296,332 over 1y, 54% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER: $291,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Isabella Santos Foundation: $123,250 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetHyundai Hope on Wheels: $101,847 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSwim Across America Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLUE RIDGE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $85,741 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetCook Community Clinic Inc: $82,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $74,212 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRECEPTIONS FOR RESEARCH THE GREG OLSEN FOUNDATION: $68,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetMARTIN TRUEX JR FOUNDATION INC: $62,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $56,427 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHendrick Family Foundation: $50,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $50,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPITALITY HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE: $40,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetBEADS OF COURAGE INC DBA CENTER FOR ARTS IN NURSING: $34,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCHARLOTTE BALLET: $33,350 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHILD NEUROLOGY SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMeckEd: $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMINT MUSEUM OF ART INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPUT ON THE BRAKES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Enrichment Program Inc: $15,049 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCharlotte Bilingual Learning Center: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLUNG CANCER INITIATIVE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetEMBRACE ALL LATINO VOICES: $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetFOR THE STRUGGLE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Affairs Council of Charlotte: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCENTERING HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE INC: $5,260 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Foundation for the Ca…The Presbyterian Hosp…Duke Energy FoundationAlbemarle FoundationC D Spangler Foundati…The Leon Levine Found…United Way of Greater…Presbyterian Hospital…The Perper Family Fou…Foundation for the Ch…Hendrick Family Found…Philip L Van Every Fo…
Foundation for the CarolinasNC35.7× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · The Presbyterian Hospital · Duke Energy Foundation · Albemarle Foundation · C D Spangler Foundation Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Presbyterian Hospital Foundation · The Perper Family Foundation · Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community · Hendrick Family Foundation · Philip L Van Every 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 Atrium Health Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Atrium Health Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Bayada Home Health Care Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.

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 45 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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