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Band Together

BAND TOGETHER uses live music as a platform for social change

$538k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$199k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.3MHuman Services$369kFood & Nutrition$306kHealth$180kCrime & Legal$60kYouth Development$60kArts & Culture$6k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $39k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $499k
$60,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$406k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER TRIANGLE$198,589
EI FUTURO INC$60,000
HOPE FOR R&T MENTAL ILLNESS$60,000
NAMI WAKE COUNTY$60,000
BOYS GIRLS CLUBS OF DURHAM AND OR$60,000
SHINING LIGHT IN DARKNESS INC$60,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NC$39,292
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 (FY17–20, $502k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $294k → 8%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $12k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $196k → 8%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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 3 repeat orgs$503k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
2

Total granted

$1.6M
$203k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-18%
+51%

Still filing today

100%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300k 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 ServicesPhilanthropyHealthCrime & LegalOther
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

  • UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER TRIANGLE INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $1.1M · revenue -18%
  • INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE
    2× · 2019–2020 · $306k · revenue +119%
  • TRIANGLE FAMILY SERVICES INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $173k · revenue -23%

Funded once

  • TY
    The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598)graduated
    one grant, 2017 · $196k · revenue +51%
  • LT
    LINCOLN THEATRE
    one grant, 2021 · $6k
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.

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One Wake

One wake's purpose is to build relationships across the wake county north carolina area, to identify community concerns and or needs, and to work together as a united power for human dignity, social justice, and the greater good. one wake…

Community Improvement
2
The Family Violence Prevention Center Inc

Dedicated to ending the cycle of domestic and sexual violence in wake county, nc. interact is a private, nonprofit agency that saves lives, rebuilds lives, and secures safer futures for victims, survivors, and their families. the agency…

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3
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc

Nourish people. build solutions. empower communities. no one goes hungry.

Food & Nutrition
4
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
5
Triangle Global Health Consortium Inc

The mission of the north carolina global health alliance is to advance north carolina as an international center for research, training, education, advocacy and business dedicated to improving the health of the world's communities. we…

Health
6
Advance Community Health Community Development Corporation

The community development corporation will create equitable and accessible whole-person solutions for every resident of north carolina through community collaboration and investment made possible by the community development corporation.

Human Services
7
Crossnore Communities for Children

Crossnore communities for children champions the well being of children and families by fostering innovative change that weaves a fabric of resilience in homes, schools, and communities.

Health
8
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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9
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
10
Charlotte Family Housing

The mission of Charlotte Family Housing is to empower working families experiencing homelessness to achieve long-term self-sufficiency through shelter, housing, supportive services, and advocacy.

Human Services
11
Mental Health Associates of the Triad

The Mental Health Associates of the Triad is committed to the promotion of good mental health through quality service provision, advocacy for issues affecting individuals and families with mental health issues, and outreach to the…

Health
12
Southlight Healthcare Inc

Southlight healthcare provides access to high-quality mental health and substance use treatment, fostering a resilient community by supporting individuals in their recovery.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Triangle Family Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Shining Light in Darkness Foun. 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

10 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. 10 of the 11 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
4/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER TRIANGLE INC: $1,136,795 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE GREATER TRIANGLE INCTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $139,292 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INCINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $305,595 · Human ServicesINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLEThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $196,469 · Human ServicesThe Young Men's Christian…TRIANGLE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $172,695 · OtherTRIANGLE FAMILY SE…NAMI WAKE COUNTY: $60,000 · OtherNAMI WAKE COUNTYBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DURHAM AND ORANGE COUNTIES: $60,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS…FOUNDATION OF HOPE FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS: $60,000 · OtherFOUNDATION OF HOPE…+1 more: $6,330 · OtherEL FUTURO INC: $60,000 · HealthShining LIGHT IN Darkness Foundatio: $60,000 · Crime & Legal
Philanthropy$1,276,087Human Services$502,064Other$359,025Health$60,000Crime & Legal$60,000

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF THE GREATER TRIANGLE INC: $1,136,795 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $305,595 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $196,469 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTRIANGLE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $172,695 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $139,292 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNAMI WAKE COUNTY: $60,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetEL FUTURO INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DURHAM AND ORANGE COUNTIES: $60,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetShining LIGHT IN Darkness Foundatio: $60,000 over 1y, 45% 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.

The Re Corr Family Fo…Duke University Healt…United Way of the Gre…Triangle Community Fo…Duke Energy FoundationRex Hospital IncAj Fletcher FoundationNorth Carolina Commun…Fidelity FoundationThe Bank of America C…Charities Aid Foundat…Network for Good
The Re Corr Family FoundationDE17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Re Corr Family Foundation · Duke University Health System Inc · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Rex Hospital Inc · Aj Fletcher Foundation · North Carolina Community Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good

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 Band Together funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Band Together. 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 11 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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