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Barnhill Family 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.

$2.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
73
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$250k
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.

Education$4.1MHealth$2.6MYouth Development$1.2MHuman Services$793kPhilanthropy$789kHousing & Shelter$481kArts & Culture$466kInternational$229kOther$0
02FY2025 · 73 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k25 grants · $82k
  • $10k–50k35 grants · $698k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$12,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$31M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC$250,000
EDGECOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDA$230,000
KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION$125,000
EDGECOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDA$115,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY$102,000
WAKEMED$100,000
NCINNOVATION INC$100,000
HELPING A HERO ORG$100,000
SAMARITANS PURSE$67,500
BOYS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY INC$54,614
NORTH CAROLINA BUSINESS LEADERS FOR EDUCATION$50,000
EDGECOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDA$50,000
MARBLES KIDS MUSEUM$50,000
WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL$46,000
CENTER FOR SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND LEADERSHIP DEVEL$40,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $452k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%SENIOR SERVICES INC: $1k → 15%UNITED COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $50k → 21%THE WESTERN YOUTH NETWORK INC: $10k → 21%THE WESTERN YOUTH NETWORK INC: $10k → 21%BEDS FOR KIDS INC: $3k → 10%NOURISH UP: $7k → 10%STEP UP MINISTRY: $10k → 8%STEP UP MINISTRY: $10k → 8%STEP UP MINISTRY: $10k → 8%A TOUCH OF THE FATHERS LOVE INC: $1k → 15%STEP UP MINISTRY: $5k → 8%PEACEMAKERS OF ROCKY MOUNT INCORPORATED: $20k → 15%NOTE IN THE POCKET INC: $5k → 8%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE INC: $3k → 10%PEACEMAKERS OF ROCKY MOUNT INCORPORATED: $20k → 15%STEP UP MINISTRY: $5k → 8%PEACEMAKERS OF ROCKY MOUNT INCORPORATED: $20k → 15%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE INC: $1k → 10%PEACEMAKERS OF ROCKY MOUNT INCORPORATED: $20k → 15%STEP UP MINISTRY: $5k → 8%THE RELATIVES INC: $20k → 10%PEACEMAKERS OF ROCKY MOUNT INCORPORATED: $20k → 15%THE RELATIVES INC: $20k → 10%PEACEMAKERS OF ROCKY MOUNT INCORPORATED: $20k → 15%STEP UP MINISTRY: $1k → 8%THE RELATIVES INC: $20k → 10%PEACEMAKERS OF ROCKY MOUNT INCORPORATED: $20k → 15%NOTE IN THE POCKET INC: $10k → 8%PEACEMAKERS OF ROCKY MOUNT INCORPORATED: $13k → 15%THE RELATIVES INC: $10k → 10%THE RELATIVES INC: $10k → 10%THE RELATIVES INC: $10k → 10%THE RELATIVES INC: $10k → 10%THE RELATIVES INC: $10k → 10%THE RELATIVES INC: $9k → 10%THE RELATIVES INC: $5k → 10%ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK: $5k → 10%ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK: $5k → 10%THE RELATIVES INC: $3k → 10%ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK: $3k → 10%THE RELATIVES INC: $3k → 10%ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK: $1k → 10%THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE TRIANG: $2k → 8%THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE TRIANG: $1k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
IN
OH
MO
VA
MD
AR
TN
NC
DC
MS
GA
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Barnhill Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Barnhill Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.8% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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.
$9.5M · 73 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

73 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2025, 36 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

73
68

Total granted

$9.5M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+11%

Still filing today

81%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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

  • UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +145%
  • EC
    EDGECOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDA
    5× · 2021–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +268% · 49% of their budget
  • BOYS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $491k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • UH
    University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue +4%
  • TRYON PALACE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue +289% · 26% of their budget
  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1Dgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $80k · revenue +27%
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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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
Communities in Schools of North Carolina Inc

Cisnc's mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. cisnc serves as the backbone for its statewide network of 20 independent nonprofit organizations that serve local…

Human Services
3
North Carolina Chamber

The organization is a proactive, nonpartisan business advocacy organization. the organization works in the legislative, regulatory and political arenas to proactively drive positive change to ensure that north carolina is a leading place…

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4
North Carolina Foundation for Public School Children

To provide basic necessities for public school children as well as improving parenting skills in order for the children to be successful in school and to expand professional development opportunities for educators.

Philanthropy
5
North Carolina Biotechnology Center

The north carolina biotechnology center aids the biotechnology-related efforts of researchers, businesses, state and federal governments, and other agencies primarily through awards of grants and loans related to specific programs and…

Science & Tech
6
Carolina Meadows Foundation Inc

To solicit and receive gifts, grants, bequests and contributions for the support of carolina meadows, inc. in order to enhance or extend its mission, programs, services, and facilities.

Human Services
7
Care Share Health Alliance Inc

Care share health alliance is a north carolina-based nonprofit organization advancing community health and wellbeing through systems change. guided by the mission of collaborating for health and a vision of communities that are healthy and…

Health
8
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
9
Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina Inc

Our mission is to improve the economic well-being and quality of life for all north carolinians. we do this by collaborating with state, regional, local, and private-sector partners in new business recruitment, existing employer support,…

Community Improvement
10
The Carolinas Gateway Partnership Inc

The carolinas gateway partnership is dedicated to the creation of community wealth through the retention, creation, and expansion of business opportunities in tarboro, rocky mount, and edgecombe county, north carolina.

Community Improvement
11
Mcnc

To provide advanced electronic and information technologies to the nc education community, public health, and government agencies and to benefit economic development in nc.

Science & Tech
12
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ncf Carolinas Inc; the most unlike its peers is Homeowners Impact Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

117 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 117 of the 154 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)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
113/117
Grantees still filing
72/117
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,184,000 · EducationUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INCDUKE UNIVERSITY: $377,580 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYTHE KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $375,000 · EducationTHE KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL FO…Teach for America Inc: $349,743 · EducationTeach for America IncTHE HILL CENTER INC: $300,100 · EducationTHE HILL CENTER INCNCINNOVATION INC: $300,000 · EducationNCINNOVATION INCNORTH CAROLINA BUSINESS LEADERS FOR EDUC: $300,000 · EducationNORTH CAROLINA BUSINESS LEADERS FOR …PUBLIC SCHOOL FORUM OF NC INC: $150,000 · EducationWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $142,000 · Education+16 more: $334,879 · Education+16 moreWAKEMED: $300,000 · OtherWAKEMEDBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TAR RIVER REGION INC: $293,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TAR R…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN: $250,949 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE COA…MARBLES KIDS MUSEUM: $239,000 · OtherMARBLES KIDS MUSEUMCENTER FOR SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND LEADERSHIP DEVEL: $146,500 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $142,413 · OtherNASH-ROCKY MOUNT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $112,240 · OtherCASA: $303,000 · OtherCASATRYON PALACE FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · OtherTRYON PALACE FOUNDATION INC+71 more: $1,294,255 · Other+71 moreEDGECOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDA: $1,088,558 · Youth DevelopmentEDGECOMBE COUNTY…BOYS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $490,664 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS CLUB OF WAK…UrbanPromise Charlotte: $71,000 · Youth Development+4 more: $57,168 · Youth DevelopmentNORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $714,000 · PhilanthropyNORTH CAROLI…Helping a HeroOrg: $462,500 · PhilanthropyHelping a He…+6 more: $74,500 · Philanthropy+6 moreUniversity Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Foundation Inc: $500,000 · HealthPRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $80,000 · Health+12 more: $136,000 · HealthPEACEMAKERS OF ROCKY MOUNT INC: $152,500 · Human ServicesTHE RELATIVES INC: $130,000 · Human ServicesUNITED COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $106,350 · Human ServicesSTEPUP MINISTRY: $46,000 · Human ServicesThe Western Youth Network Inc: $20,000 · Human Services+11 more: $64,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION RESOLUTE INC: $173,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $136,000 · ReligionMISSION TRIANGLE INC: $26,845 · Religion
Education$3,813,302Other$3,281,357Youth Development$1,707,390Philanthropy$1,251,000Health$816,000Human Services$518,850Religion$335,845

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 budgetUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,184,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetEDGECOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDA: $1,088,558 over 5y, 49% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $714,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetUniversity Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Foundation Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetBOYS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $490,664 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetHelping a HeroOrg: $462,500 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $377,580 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $375,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $349,743 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCASA: $303,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE HILL CENTER INC: $300,100 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetNCINNOVATION INC: $300,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA BUSINESS LEADERS FOR EDUC: $300,000 over 5y, 8.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TAR RIVER REGION INC: $293,000 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN: $250,949 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetMARBLES KIDS MUSEUM: $239,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetTRYON PALACE FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetOPERATION RESOLUTE INC: $173,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetPEACEMAKERS OF ROCKY MOUNT INC: $152,500 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetPUBLIC SCHOOL FORUM OF NC INC: $150,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $142,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $136,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RELATIVES INC: $130,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $106,350 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $80,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTRATEGIC TWIN-COUNTIES EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $78,770 over 2y, 16% of budgetCONVOY OF HOPE: $77,650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUrbanPromise Charlotte: $71,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHOMPSON CHILD & FAMILY FOCUS INC: $57,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPitt Community College Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSTEPUP MINISTRY: $46,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetEAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $42,609 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP HOME OF NASH AND EDGECOMBE COUNTIES INC: $42,000 over 8y, 4.9% of budgetNCF CAROLINAS INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSOUTHSIDE ACADEMY INCORPORATED: $35,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetFreedom School Partners Inc: $31,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMISSION TRIANGLE INC: $26,845 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCHILDRESS INSTITUTE FOR PEDIATRIC TRAUMA: $25,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetBOARD OF CONTROL FOR SOUTHERN REGIONAL EDUCATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOWN EAST PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $23,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSAFECHILD: $22,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNC HISTORY CENTER ON THE CIVIL WAR EMANCIPATION & RECONSTRUCTION FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MINISTRIES: $20,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 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 UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EDGECOMBE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDA ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOYS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Helping a HeroOrg ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds CASA ↗
  • Who funds THE HILL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NCINNOVATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA BUSINESS LEADERS FOR EDUC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TAR RIVER REGION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN ↗
  • Who funds MARBLES KIDS MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds TRYON PALACE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION RESOLUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds PEACEMAKERS OF ROCKY MOUNT INC ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC SCHOOL FORUM OF NC INC ↗
  • Who funds WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds THE RELATIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds STRATEGIC TWIN-COUNTIES EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds CONVOY OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds UrbanPromise Charlotte ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC ↗
  • Who funds TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY 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.

North Carolina Commun…The Cannon Foundation…Foundation for the Ca…Triangle Community Fo…Eddie and Jo Allison …Anonymous Trust U/A D…The Winston-Salem Fou…Duke Energy FoundationAj Fletcher FoundationTruist Foundation IncThe Leon Levine Found…Boddie Noell Foundati…
North Carolina Community FoundationNC69.1× affinity41 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: North Carolina Community Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation Inc · Anonymous Trust U/A Dated 2-4-2008 · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Aj Fletcher Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · Boddie Noell Foundation Attn Tax and Risk Management

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 Barnhill Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barnhill Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
37report 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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Barnhill Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Barnhill Family 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 154 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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