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Bin Charitable Foundation % Sarah Fish

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$949k
Granted FY2018
41
Grants FY2018
4
States reached
$170k
Largest
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

International$440kArts & Culture$433kEducation$240kHousing & Shelter$145kFood & Nutrition$90kYouth Development$80kHuman Services$50kEnvironment$30kOther$0
02FY2018 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k8 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $514k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $395k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$170,000
KING BAUDOUIN FOUNDATION$120,000
MALLARME CHAMBER PLAYERS$55,000
SARAH P DUKE GARDENS$50,000
CHORALE SOCIETY OF DURHAM$41,000
AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIE$35,000
DURHAM LITERACY CENTER$30,000
DURHAM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$30,000
DURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL$25,000
HOUSING FOR NEW HOPE$25,000
SEEDS$25,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$25,000
-AUGUSTINE PROJECT$23,000
MAKING A DIFFERENCE$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
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 (FY17–17, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%DURHAM CONGREGATIONS IN ACTION: $5k → 11%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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 33 repeat orgs$335k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against -15% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
4

Total granted

$1.1M
$95k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
-15%

Still filing today

48%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $240k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
Arts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • MALLARME CHAMBER PLAYERS INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $107k · revenue +63%
  • DURHAM LITERACY CENTER INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $65k · revenue +7%
  • HOUSING FOR NEW HOPE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $50k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $60k
  • VA
    VOCAL ARTS ENSEMBLE
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
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 Durham Museum

Provide relevant educational and entertaining opportunities within the region that exceed customer expectations, while preserving our community's vibrant cultural history.

Arts & Culture
2
North Carolina Museum of Life & Science Inc

To create a place of lifelong learning where people, from young child to senior citizen, embrace science as a way of knowing about themselves, their community, and their world.

Arts & Culture
3
Durham Community Land Trustees Inc

Build strong communities by developing, managing, and advocating for permanent affordable housing that provides durham residents with low to moderate incomes a stable foundation for achieving economic security.

Housing & Shelter
4
Community School of Davidson Inc

Community school of davidson believes that every student can and will succeed in ways that reflect his or her own aptitudes and interests. our mission is to use the principles of "the basis school" to provide an optimum environment for…

Education
5
Durham Dreams Youth Mentorship Foundation

To improve outcomes for students in the Durham community by providing programs focused on academic success, social-emotional well being, and leadership.

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6
Davidson Day School

Davidson Day is a Pre-K through 12th grade college preparatory school located in Davidson, North Carolina. Davidson Day School fosters academic excellence through collaboration, creativity, and character development. Our vision is to be a…

Education
7
Durhamcares Inc

Help Durham residents love neighbors.

Philanthropy
8
Global Scholars Academy (Gsa)

Operation of a public charter school.

Education
9
Durham for All

Durham For All's mission is to build a new majority 10,000 people strong -- a multiracial, cross-class progressive movement led by people of color and working-class people. Through grassroots organizing, leadership development, and…

—
10
Chamber Music Raleigh Inc

To enrich and connect individuals in the greater raleigh community through intimate and exceptional chamber music experiences. we are committed to presenting world class artists performing music of the highest caliber, providing…

Arts & Culture
11
Central Park School for Children

Operation of a North Carolina public charter school.

Education
12
Durham Regional Association of Realtors Inc

To promote real estate by providing ethical, professional services to its members and consumers seeking real estate information

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Student U; the most unlike its peers is Metropolitan Museum of Art. 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

24 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. 24 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)
23/24
Grantees still filing
19/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SARAH P DUKE GARDENS: $85,000 · OtherSARAH P DUKE GARDENSDURHAM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $65,000 · OtherDURHAM HABITAT FOR HUMANITYIndividual grant recipient: $60,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $50,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSESEEDS: $50,000 · OtherSEEDS-AUGUSTINE PROJECT: $46,000 · Other-AUGUSTINE PROJECTIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherMAKING A DIFFERENCE: $40,000 · OtherCAROLINA FRIENDS SCHOOL: $40,000 · OtherAMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIE: $35,000 · OtherPLAYWORKS DURHAM: $30,000 · OtherFAMILIES MOVING FORWARD: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · Other+16 more: $215,000 · Other+16 moreMYRIAD USA INC: $440,000 · InternationalMYRIAD USA INCMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $170,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF A…MALLARME CHAMBER PLAYERS INC: $107,000 · Arts & CultureMALLARME CHAMBER PLAYERS…CHORAL SOCIETY OF DURHAM INC: $66,000 · Arts & CultureCHORAL SOCIETY OF DURHAM…Carolina Theatre of Durham Inc: $40,000 · Arts & CultureCarolina Theatre of Durh…KIDZNOTES INC: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $15,000 · Arts & CultureDURHAM LITERACY CENTER INC: $65,000 · EducationDURHAM LI…DURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL INC: $50,000 · EducationDURHAM NA…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $20,000 · EducationCOMMUNITI…STUDENT U: $20,000 · EducationSTUDENT ULatino Educational Achievement Partnership: $10,000 · EducationLatino Ed…HOUSING FOR NEW HOPE: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterDURHAM CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentDURHAM CENTRAL PARK: $15,000 · Community Improvement
Other$816,000International$440,000Arts & Culture$418,000Education$165,000Housing & Shelter$50,000Youth Development$20,000Community Improvement$15,000

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 budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $440,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $170,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHORAL SOCIETY OF DURHAM INC: $66,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetDURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetHOUSING FOR NEW HOPE: $50,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCAROLINA FRIENDS SCHOOL: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCarolina Theatre of Durham Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFAMILIES MOVING FORWARD: $30,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDURHAM CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKIDZNOTES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSTUDENT U: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDURHAM CENTRAL PARK: $15,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE ENO RIVER VALLEY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPartners for Youth Opportunity: $10,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSOUTHERN DOCUMENTARY FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetDurham Congregations in Action: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $5,000 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 MYRIAD USA INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds MALLARME CHAMBER PLAYERS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHORAL SOCIETY OF DURHAM INC ↗
  • Who funds DURHAM LITERACY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds DURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING FOR NEW HOPE ↗
  • Who funds CAROLINA FRIENDS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Carolina Theatre of Durham Inc ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES MOVING FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds TRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS INC ↗
  • Who funds DURHAM CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds KIDZNOTES INC ↗
  • Who funds STUDENT U ↗
  • Who funds DURHAM CENTRAL PARK ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE ENO RIVER VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds CAROLINA TIGER RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds Partners for Youth Opportunity ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN DOCUMENTARY FUND ↗
  • Who funds Latino Educational Achievement Partnership ↗

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 Foundation IncNC37.3× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Missionpost Pmb #101 · Fox Family Foundation Inc · Fm Kirby Foundation Inc · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Duke University · Durham Merchants Association Charitable Foundation · The Durham Arts Council Inc · Duke University Health System Inc · Morgan Creek Foundation · The Stewards Fund · The Forest At Duke 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 Bin Charitable Foundation % Sarah Fish funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bin Charitable Foundation % Sarah Fish. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Bin Charitable Foundation % Sarah Fish 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 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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