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Boyd Family Foundation at a glance

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Boyd Family Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3k
Granted FY2019
14
Grants FY2019
5
States reached
$660
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, FY2018 to 2019.

Education$3kArts & Culture$1kPhilanthropy$1kHealth$250Recreation & Sports$200Religion$200Community Improvement$120Membership Benefit$100Other$0
02FY2019 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
5
States reached
$83k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$660
NC GUARDIAN AD LITEM$500
WILMINGTON CHILDRENS MUSEUM$325
UNC CHAPEL HILL$300
LEE ROBINSON FUND$200
CAPE FEAR ACADEMY$200
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$100
WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL$100
DURHAM RESCUE MISSION$100
ST JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$100
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$100
UNCW SEAHAWK CLUB$100
USGA$50
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN HOLDING LP$20
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 (FY18–18, $50) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LOWER CAPE FEAR HOSPICE: $50 → 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.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3k · 6 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2019, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
10

Total granted

$3k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+71%
+153%

Still filing today

67%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19
EducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TE
    THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $1k · revenue +97%
  • CF
    Cape Fear Academy
    2× · 2018–2019 · $575 · revenue +71%
  • WC
    WILMINGTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $425 · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • SD
    SPARTANBURG DAY SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $875 · revenue +74%
  • TL
    The Landfall Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $800 · revenue +291%
  • C
    CFGALA
    one grant, 2018 · $500
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
Lake Norman Christian School

The mission of Lake Norman Christian School is to provide a college-preparatory education in a safe and nurturing environment grounded in the Christian faith.

Education
2
Portsmouth Christian Academy

Portsmouth christian academy exists to honor god joyfully by inspiring students to maximize their god-given potential.

—
3
Carolina Charter Academy

Operation of a public charter school.

Education
4
Wilmington School of the Arts

Wilmington School of the Arts is a tuition-free, public charter school located in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Its mission is to inspire students to pursue excellence in academics and the arts by awakening and nuturing the creative…

Education
5
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
6
Wilmington Christian School Inc

Wilmington christian school provides a christ-centered challenging academic program with instruction based on the biblical view of god and the world. wcs teaches, influences, and encourages each student to effectively integrate biblical…

Education
7
Charlotte Country Day School

Through excellence in education, charlotte country day school develops the potential of each student by fostering intellectual curiosity, principled character, ethical leadership and a responsibility to serve. the key values and…

Education
8
Norfolk Christian Schools

It is the mission of norfolk christian schools to equip students spiritually, intellectually, and physically to love god and to serve him as christ's ambassadors in the world.

Education
9
North Raleigh Christian Academy Inc

Nrca is a community christian school assisting families in providing excellence in academics, fine arts, and athletics while instilling biblical principles in students' lives that they might impact their society for christ.

Education
10
Salisbury Academy

To provide an enriching and challenging curriculum and educational community which encourages students to be life-long learners, develop strong character, serve their community, and deepen their faith.

—
11
The Expedition School

Operation of a North Carolina public charter school.

Education
12
Triangle Charter Education Association Inc

The triangle charter educational association is a north carolina not-for-profit entity organized exclusively for educational purposes. the association is comprised of respected leaders within the state of north carolina who are committed…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Educational Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Jo Ann Carter Harrelson Center 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

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 24 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
10/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,260 · OtherTHE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INCSPARTANBURG DAY SCHOOL: $875 · OtherSPARTANBURG DAY SCHOOLCFGALA: $500 · OtherCFGALANC GUARDIAN AD LITEM: $500 · OtherNC GUARDIAN AD LITEMUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $400 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLWOFFORD ANNUAL FUND: $200 · OtherLEE ROBINSON FUND: $200 · OtherDUKE CANCER INSTITUTE: $200 · Other+10 more: $761 · Other+10 moreThe Landfall Foundation Inc: $800 · PhilanthropyThe Landfall…Cape Fear Academy: $575 · EducationCape Fear Ac…WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $200 · EducationWOODBERRY FO…WILMINGTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $425 · Arts & CultureJo Ann Carter Harrelson Center Inc: $100 · Community ImprovementLower Cape Fear Hospice Incorporated dba Lower Cape Fear LifeCare: $50 · Human Services
Other$4,896Philanthropy$800Education$775Arts & Culture$425Community Improvement$100Human Services$50

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 budgetTHE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,260 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPARTANBURG DAY SCHOOL: $875 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Landfall Foundation Inc: $800 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCape Fear Academy: $575 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILMINGTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $425 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRESCUE MISSIONS MINISTRIES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLower Cape Fear Hospice Incorporated dba Lower Cape Fear LifeCare: $50 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.

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.

Dan Cameron Family Fo…North Carolina Commun…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Dan Cameron Family Foundation IncNC13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dan Cameron Family Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Boyd Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Boyd Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    3report 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 24 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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