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Big Rock Foundation Inc

The organizations primary exempt purpose is raising funds for charities and worthy community projects to promote conservation among sportsfishermen and preserve maritime culture and heritage while promoting marine education.

$160k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
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 2024.

Human Services$282kYouth Development$232kHealth$228kArts & Culture$185kEducation$143kHousing & Shelter$85kScience & Tech$53kPublic Safety & Disaster$53kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $107k
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COASTAL CAROLINA$35,000
CARTERET HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION$25,000
CARTERET COMMUNITY THEATRE INC$20,000
NC SYMPHONY CARTERET COUNTY$17,000
NC AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION INC$10,000
EASTER SEALS UCP (THE STATION CLUB ENTERPRISES)$7,500
MARTHA'S MISSION$7,500
EASTERN CAROLINA COUNCIL BSA$7,500
HOPE MISSION$7,500
CRYSTAL COAST HOSPICE HOUSE$7,500
HISTORY MUSEUM OF CARTERET COUNTY (THE HISTORY PLACE)$7,500
BROAD STREET CLINIC$7,500
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 (FY17–24, $129k) 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%CRYSTAL COAST HOSPICE HOUSE: $8k → 12%CRYSTAL COAST HOSPICE HOUSE: $8k → 12%CRYSTAL COAST HOSPICE HOUSE: $8k → 12%MARTHA'S MISSION: $9k → 12%BROAD STREET CLINIC: $8k → 12%BROAD STREET CLINIC: $8k → 12%BROAD STREET CLINIC: $8k → 12%THE STATION CLUB ENTERPRISES: $8k → 12%THE STATION CLUB ENTERPRISES: $8k → 12%BROAD STREET CLINIC: $8k → 12%MARTHA'S MISSION: $8k → 12%MARTHA'S MISSION: $8k → 12%BROAD STREET CLINIC: $8k → 12%MARTHA'S MISSION: $8k → 12%MARTHA'S MISSION: $8k → 12%Martha's Mission: $5k → 12%Station Club: $5k → 12%Broad Street Clinic: $5k → 12%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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$701k · 15 repeat orgs$693k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
14

Total granted

$701k
$673k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+44%

Still filing today

87%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthEnvironmentEducationOther
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

  • BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN
    4× · 2021–2025 · $112k · revenue +54%
  • NC
    NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $87k · revenue +28%
  • CC
    CARTERET COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $68k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2017 · $289k
  • CC
    CARTERET COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $108k · revenue +36% · 25% of their budget
  • SE
    ST EGBERT'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $53k
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
The Carolina Trust
Philanthropy
2
Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Found ation
Health
3
United Way of Coastal Carolina Inc

The united way of coastal carolina, inc. strives to meet the current and emerging human needs in craven, carteret, jones, and pamlico counties by mobilizing the resources of community organizations, agencies, recipients, and volunteers.

Philanthropy
4
Foundation for the Carolinas

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

Philanthropy
5
Save Cape Lookout Foundation Inc

It is the purpose of this corporation to preserve, enhance, and protect the cape lookout lighthouse, its history, structures, and the barrier island of core banks on which it is situated in carteret county, north carolina.

Environment
6
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
7
Cape Fear Community Land Trust Inc

Cape Fear Community Land Trust (CFCLT) exists to sustain vibrant, diverse communities by creating housing opportunities for working families. Our vision is a region filled with vibrant, holistic, and economically diverse communities with…

Housing & Shelter
8
Caramore Community

To empower adults living with severe and persistent mental illness in north carolina with the tools to lead meaningful and independent lives.

—
9
North Carolina Broadcast History Museum

To preserve and present information about the rich and significant history of the broadcasting industry in the state of north carolina to be universally accessible and useful.

Arts & Culture
10
Carolina Community Care Inc

The mission of hospice & community care is to give hope, comfort, and compassion to those that need it most. hospice & community care is a nonprofit healthcare organization providing hospice and palliative care to residents of york,…

—
11
Carolina Common Enterprise

The specific objectives and purposes of this corporation shall be to assist individuals and communities, particularly those in low-income and socially disadvantaged areas, in the creation, expansion, and improvement of rural and…

Community Improvement
12
North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law
Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Carteret County General Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Misplaced Mutts. 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

26 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. 26 of the 30 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)
26/26
Grantees still filing
22/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SALVATION ARMY: $288,854 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN: $111,500 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE COASTAL PLAINEASTERN CAROLINA COUNCIL BSA: $57,500 · OtherEASTERN CAROLINA COUNCIL BSAST EGBERT'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $53,000 · OtherST EGBERT'S CATHOLIC SCHOOLHOPE MISSION OF COASTAL CAROLINA INC: $44,600 · OtherHOPE MISSION OF COASTAL CAROLINA INCSeamans Service Ministry of MHC Inc: $40,000 · OtherCARTERET COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · OtherTHE BRIDGE DOWNEAST INC: $36,000 · Other+7 more: $98,500 · Other+7 moreNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $87,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH CAROLIN…CARTERET COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $67,500 · Arts & CultureCARTERET COUN…CORE SOUND WATERFOWL MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCORE SOUND WA…Martha Mission Cupboard Inc: $44,000 · Human ServicesMartha Mis…BROAD STREET CLINIC FOUNDATION: $42,500 · Human ServicesBROAD STRE…CRYSTAL COAST HOSPICE HOUSE: $22,500 · Human ServicesCRYSTAL CO…CAROBELL INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCAROBELL I…CARTERET COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $107,500 · EducationCarteret County General Hospital Foundation: $50,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $26,353 · PhilanthropyCAMP ALBEMARLE: $20,000 · PhilanthropyTHE NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · HealthEASTER SEALS UCP NORTH CAROLINA & VIRGINIA INC: $22,500 · HealthThe Ocean Foundation: $25,000 · EnvironmentANOTHER PERSPECTIVE: $24,000 · Environment
Other$764,954Arts & Culture$164,500Human Services$129,000Education$107,500Philanthropy$96,353Health$82,500Environment$49,000

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 budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN: $111,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCARTERET COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $107,500 over 1y, 25% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $87,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCARTERET COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $67,500 over 7y, 24% of budgetTHE NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCarteret County General Hospital Foundation: $50,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetHOPE MISSION OF COASTAL CAROLINA INC: $44,600 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetMartha Mission Cupboard Inc: $44,000 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetBROAD STREET CLINIC FOUNDATION: $42,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BRIDGE DOWNEAST INC: $36,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCARTERET COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $26,353 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetThe Ocean Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetANOTHER PERSPECTIVE: $24,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetCRYSTAL COAST HOSPICE HOUSE: $22,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetEASTER SEALS UCP NORTH CAROLINA & VIRGINIA INC: $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP ALBEMARLE: $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCARTERET COMMUNITY THEATRE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCAROBELL INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF CARTERET COUNTY: $14,500 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetMISPLACED MUTTS: $14,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetCORE SOUND WATERFOWL MUSEUM: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR SHACKLEFORD HORSES: $8,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetEAST CAROLINA COUNCIL BSA: $5,000 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.

Crystal Coast Tournam…North Carolina Commun…Triangle Community Fo…C Hamilton Sloan Foun…Spotswood Charitable …Beaufort Wine and Foo…The Wellons Family Fo…Loomis Foundation IncEddie and Jo Allison …The Cannon Foundation…Carlyle Adams Foundat…Harris Upchurch Found…
Crystal Coast Tournament IncNC34.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Crystal Coast Tournament Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · C Hamilton Sloan Foundation · Spotswood Charitable Foundation Inc · Beaufort Wine and Food Weekend Inc · The Wellons Family Foundation · Loomis Foundation Inc · Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Carlyle Adams Foundation · Harris Upchurch Foundation 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 Big Rock Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Big Rock Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%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
    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 · 0–25%
    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.

    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 30 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $140k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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