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Calvin and Kelly Carter Family Foundation at a glance

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Calvin and Kelly Carter 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.

$118k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
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.

Health$219kHuman Services$125kReligion$117kFood & Nutrition$115kInternational$93kHousing & Shelter$86kScience & Tech$55kPhilanthropy$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $67k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC$25,000
SHIP OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC$12,000
THE V FOUNDATION$10,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLI$10,000
KELLIN FOUNDATION$10,000
BACKPACK BEGINNINGS$5,000
CARYING PLACE INCORPORATED$5,000
PRETTY IN PINK FOUNDATION INC$5,000
FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC$5,000
AMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC$5,000
OUT OF THE GARDEN PROJECT$5,000
CHILDRENS FLIGHT OF HOPE INC$2,500
THE CARING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC$2,500
DESIGNED FOR JOY$2,500
MABOPANE FOUNDATION$2,000
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 (FY17–25, $131k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 30% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TABLE MINISTRIES INC: $2k → 13%TABLE MINISTRIES INC: $1k → 13%BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $5k → 16%MABOPANE FOUNDATION: $2k → 9%THE HOPE PROJECT LIVE LOVE SERVE INC: $5k → 11%TABLE MINISTRIES INC: $1k → 13%BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $5k → 16%MABOPANE FOUNDATION: $2k → 9%TABLE MINISTRIES INC: $1k → 13%BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $2k → 16%MABOPANE FOUNDATION: $2k → 9%TABLE MINISTRIES INC: $1k → 13%BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $2k → 16%MABOPANE FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%MABOPANE FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $2k → 16%BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $1k → 16%BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $1k → 16%KELLIN FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $3k → 8%HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC: $4k → 8%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $3k → 8%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $3k → 8%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $3k → 8%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $1k → 8%HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC: $2k → 8%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $1k → 8%HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC: $2k → 8%HOUSE OF JOY INC: $10k → 8%SHIP OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $12k → 8%GLOBAL HOPE INDIA: $5k → 8%SHIP OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2k → 8%SHIP OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2k → 8%SHIP OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1k → 8%SHIP OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1k → 8%SHIP OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1k → 8%SHIP OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1k → 8%SHIP OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1k → 8%SHIP OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1k → 8%SHIP OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1k → 8%READ AND FEED: $3k → 8%NEIGHBORUP: $2k → 8%THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE TRIANGLE INC: $3k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT INC: $3k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $2k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT INC: $2k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT INC: $2k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT INC: $2k → 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

IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
VA
AZ
AR
NC
DC
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$865k · 48 repeat orgs$107k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

48 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
22

Total granted

$865k
$94k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+11%

Still filing today

90%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 ServicesHealthInternationalFood & NutritionEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • NS
    NC STATE ENGINEERING FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $55k · revenue +172%
  • THE CARYING PLACE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $55k · revenue ×16
  • UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $50k · revenue +145%

Funded once

  • GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +50%
  • CF
    COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE I
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • HF
    HOPE FOR UKRAINE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -26%
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
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
2
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
3
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
4
The Resiliency Collaborative Inc

Trc partners with bipoc youth and their ecosystems to strengthen their sense of identity, belonging, and purpose so they can create a healthier, more equitable wake county.

Education
5
Hospice of Gaston County Inc

To provide compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

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6
NourishNC Inc

NourishNC, Inc.'s goal is to provide healthy food to hungry children, empowering them to succeed in the classroom and in their community

Food & Nutrition
7
Triangle Family Services Inc

Triangle family services fulfills its mission of building a stronger community by strengthening the family through services in the following core program areas: family safety, financial stability, housing security, and mental health.

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8
Carolina Medicorp Enterprises Inc

Mission novant health exists to improve the health of our communities, one person at a time. vision we, the novant health team, will deliver the most remarkable patient experience, in every dimension, every time. values -compassion: we…

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9
Harvest Hope Food Bank

Harvest hope is on a mission to eliminate hunger and food insecurity in south carolina. we rescue nutritious food from stores throughout the state and distribute it to food pantries, shelters, and soup kitchens. we operate programs that…

Food & Nutrition
10
Farmer Foodshare Inc

Our mission is to increase access to fresh, local food for all while supporting the viability of marginalized farmers to create a more equitable food system.

Food & Nutrition
11
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
12
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc

The Children's Home Society of North Carolina's mission is to promote the right of every child to a permanent, safe, and loving family.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina; the most unlike its peers is The Hope Project Live Love Serve 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

64 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. 64 of the 73 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)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/64
Grantees still filing
49/64
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUR OWN GREATNESS AFFIRMED: $40,000 · OtherYOUR OWN GREATNESS AFFIRMEDHOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF CARY INC: $32,000 · OtherHOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF CARY INCNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC: $25,000 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INCTHE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER INC: $16,500 · OtherIGNITE THE SPIRIT GREENSBORO: $13,500 · OtherPRETTY IN PINK FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · OtherPRETTY IN PINK FOUNDATION INCDesigned For Joy: $31,700 · OtherDesigned For JoyThe Neuroscience Group: $19,235 · OtherOCEANA INC: $13,500 · Other+25 more: $131,900 · Other+25 moreTHE SHIP OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $22,000 · Human ServicesTHE SHIP OUTREA…BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $18,000 · Human ServicesBACKPACK BEGINN…INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $12,000 · Human ServicesINTER-FAITH FOO…Mabopane Foundation: $10,000 · Human ServicesMabopane Founda…KELLIN FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesKELLIN FOUNDATI…HOUSE OF JOY INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesHOUSE OF JOY IN…THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $9,750 · Human ServicesTHE GREEN CHAIR…THE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOPE CENTER…READ AND FEED: $7,500 · Human ServicesREAD AND FEEDTABLE MINISTRIES INC: $6,750 · Human ServicesThe Hope Project Live Love Serve Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesGLOBAL HOPE INDIA: $5,000 · Human Services+4 more: $7,150 · Human Services+4 moreNC STATE ENGINEERING FOUNDATION INC: $55,000 · EducationNC STATE ENGINE…UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EducationUNC HEALTH FOUN…DUKE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYTHE V FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthTHE V FOUNDAT…CHILDREN'S FLIGHT OF HOPE: $18,500 · HealthCHILDREN'S FL…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $17,500 · HealthBLOOD CANCER …ALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $15,500 · HealthALS THERAPY D…THE CARING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $13,250 · HealthTHE CARING CO…ME FINE FOUNDATION: $7,000 · HealthME FINE FOUND…AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $5,500 · HealthAUTHORACARE FOUNDATION: $4,500 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $48,300 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK …SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC: $21,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HAR…OUT OF THE GARDEN PROJECT: $20,000 · Food & NutritionOUT OF THE…Feeding America: $3,500 · Food & NutritionAMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC: $33,500 · InternationalOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US: $17,500 · InternationalGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · InternationalHOPE FOR UKRAINE INC: $10,000 · International+1 more: $1,500 · InternationalTHE CARYING PLACE INC: $54,500 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY PROMISE OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$368,335Human Services$131,150Education$130,000Health$112,750Food & Nutrition$92,800International$72,500Housing & Shelter$64,500

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 budgetNC STATE ENGINEERING FOUNDATION INC: $55,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CARYING PLACE INC: $54,500 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $48,300 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPRETTY IN PINK FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetAMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC: $33,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDesigned For Joy: $31,700 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC: $25,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHIP OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $22,000 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC: $21,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOUT OF THE GARDEN PROJECT: $20,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Neuroscience Group: $19,235 over 3y, 21% of budgetCHILDREN'S FLIGHT OF HOPE: $18,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $18,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER INC: $16,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $15,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOCEANA INC: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $13,250 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WAKE COUNTY GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM: $12,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetRESCUE MISSIONS MINISTRIES INC: $11,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMabopane Foundation: $10,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR UKRAINE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHOUSE OF JOY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetTHE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $9,750 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWESTERN WAKE CRISIS MINISTRY: $7,900 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSAFECHILD: $7,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetREAD AND FEED: $7,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetME FINE FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTABLE MINISTRIES INC: $6,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA: $5,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL HOPE INDIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAUTHORACARE FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $3,500 over 3y, 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 NC STATE ENGINEERING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CARYING PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC ↗
  • Who funds PRETTY IN PINK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMIGOS OF COSTA RICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Designed For Joy ↗
  • Who funds THE V FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SHIP OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC ↗
  • Who funds OUT OF THE GARDEN PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds The Neuroscience Group ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S FLIGHT OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds BACKPACK BEGINNINGS ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OCEANA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CARING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN GREENSBORO DBA MENTAL HEALTH GREENSBORO ↗
  • Who funds INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WAKE COUNTY GUARDIAN AD LITEM PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds RESCUE MISSIONS MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Mabopane Foundation ↗
  • Who funds KELLIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FOR UKRAINE INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF JOY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds THE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN WAKE CRISIS MINISTRY ↗

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 Fo…Duke Energy FoundationUnited Way of the Gre…North Carolina Commun…Carolina Hurricanes F…Foundation for the Ca…Mistler Charitable Tr…Knier Family Foundati…John William Pope Fou…Hillsdale FundCredit Suisse America…The Winston-Salem Fou…
Triangle Community Foundation IncNC46.5× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Carolina Hurricanes Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Mistler Charitable Trust · Knier Family Foundation · John William Pope Foundation · Hillsdale Fund · Credit Suisse Americas Foundation · The Winston-Salem 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 Calvin and Kelly Carter Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Calvin and Kelly Carter 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 8%
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
15report 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.

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 73 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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