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Cape Fear Memorial Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
43
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
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.

Health$12MHuman Services$4.9MEducation$1.9MFood & Nutrition$1.7MYouth Development$1.1MHousing & Shelter$1.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$807kEmployment$240kOther$0
02FY2025 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $470k
  • $50k–250k25 grants · $2.2M
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$60,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$75M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAPE FEAR CLINIC INC$250,000
NEW HANOVER COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC$200,000
SALVATION ARMY$150,000
CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$150,000
CAPE FEAR CLINIC INC$125,000
NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC$110,000
NEW HOPE CLINIC INC$100,000
LOWER CAPE FEAR HOSPICE & LIFECARECENTER$100,000
NEW HOPE CLINIC INC$100,000
DUPLIN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT$95,000
CAPE FEAR HEALTHNET$90,000
BRUNSWICK PARTNERSHIP FOR HOUSING INC$75,000
LIFECARE MEMORY PARTNERS$75,000
BRUNSWICK FAMILY ASSISTANCE AGENCY INC$75,000
DUPLIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC$75,000
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, $2.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $45k → 14%NC MEDASSIST: $30k → 10%BOYS AND GIRLS HOME OF NC INC: $81k → 21%BOYS AND GIRLS HOME OF NC INC: $78k → 21%BOYS AND GIRLS HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $62k → 21%BOYS AND GIRLS HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $58k → 21%PENDER ADULT SERVICES INC: $75k → 11%BOYS AND GIRLS HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $50k → 21%BOYS AND GIRLS HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $25k → 21%LEADING INTO NEW COMMUNITIES INC: $75k → 12%PENDER ADULT SERVICES INC: $55k → 11%PENDER ADULT SERVICES INC: $40k → 11%DUPLIN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $40k → 20%PENDER ADULT SERVICES INC: $35k → 11%DUPLIN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $35k → 20%DUPLIN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $35k → 20%PREVENT BLINDNESS NORTH CAROLINA: $30k → 8%NATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLIND: $30k → 8%SAMARA'S VILLAGE: $35k → 9%PREVENT BLINDNESS NORTH CAROLINA: $30k → 8%SAMARA'S VILLAGE: $35k → 9%PREVENT BLINDNESS NORTH CAROLINA: $30k → 8%SAMARA'S VILLAGE: $35k → 9%PREVENT BLINDNESS NORTH CAROLINA: $25k → 8%SAMARA'S VILLAGE: $35k → 9%PREVENT BLINDNESS NORTH CAROLINA: $25k → 8%SAMARA'S VILLAGE: $30k → 9%SAMARA'S VILLAGE: $30k → 9%SAMARA'S VILLAGE: $30k → 9%SAMARA'S VILLAGE: $30k → 9%YWCA OF THE LOWER CAPE FEAR INC: $40k → 12%YWCA OF THE LOWER CAPE FEAR INC: $40k → 12%YWCA LOWER CAPE FEAR: $30k → 12%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER AND SERVICES INC: $50k → 12%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER AND SERVICES INC: $40k → 12%DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER: $30k → 12%WILMINGTON FAMILY YMCA: $150k → 12%LOWER CAPE FEAR HOSPICE: $100k → 12%LEADING INTO NEW COMMUNITIES INC: $60k → 12%LOWER CAPE FEAR HOSPICE: $60k → 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CAPE FEAR INC: $55k → 12%LOWER CAPE FEAR HOSPICE: $45k → 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CAPE FEAR INC: $40k → 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CAPE FEAR INC: $40k → 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CAPE FEAR INC: $40k → 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CAPE FEAR INC: $35k → 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CAPE FEAR INC: $35k → 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CAPE FEAR INC: $30k → 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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$23M · 79 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.

79 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2025, 49 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

79
38

Total granted

$23M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+42%

Still filing today

76%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $485k 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
HealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterEducationFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CF
    CAPE FEAR CLINIC INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.0M · revenue +182% · 40% of their budget
  • NH
    NEW HOPE CLINIC INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +49% · 27% of their budget
  • TC
    The Carousel Center Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $950k · revenue +162%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of North Carolina at Wilmington - College of Health & Human Serv
    one grant, 2023 · $125k
  • BR
    BLACK RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $110k · revenue +5%
  • DG
    DUPLIN GENERAL HOSPITAL INC
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
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
Carolina Family Health Centers Inc

Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc. provides accessible and affordable health care with excellence...where patients come FIRST

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2
North Carolina Community Health Center Assoc Inc

To promote community based primary health care systems in medically underserved areas.

Health
3
Safe Harbor of Nc Inc

Safe Harbor provides a faith-based community for rebuilding, renewing, and recovery. We work together with volunteers and other nonprofit organizations to provide a wide range of services to those experiencing homelessness, single mothers,…

Health
4
First Choice Community Health Ctrs

Providing healthcare to the underserved population of Harnett County NC and the surrounding area.

Health
5
Community Care of the Lower Cape Fear I

Community Care of the Lower Cape Fear, Inc (CCLCF) serves as a health and social care hub, working in partnership with community organizations to improve health outcomes for Medicare, Medicaid, uninsured and privately insured individuals…

Health
6
Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Found ation
Health
7
Wnc Health Network Inc

WNC Health Network, Inc supports people and organizations to improve community health and wellbeing across Western North Carolina.

Health
8
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
9
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,…

—
10
Brunswick County Habitat for Humanity Incorporated

To provide low-cost housing for those in need in Brunswick County, North Carolina.

—
11
Carolina Therapeutic Services Community Development Inc

CTS Community Development is a behavioral health provider committed to helping individuals from underserved communities to live safe, productive, and meaningful lives

Human Services
12
MemoryCare Inc

MemoryCares mission is three-fold: to provide specialized medical care to older adults with cognitive impairment; to support caregivers with education, counseling, and improved access to services; and to provide community education.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cape Fear Group Homes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hope Recuperative Care. 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

81 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. 81 of the 125 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.

10
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
38
Early backer (in before they grew)
80/81
Grantees still filing
64/81
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALVATION ARMY: $847,500 · OtherSALVATION ARMYNEW HANOVER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: $685,000 · OtherNEW HANOVER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTBrunswick Family Assistance Agency Inc: $650,000 · OtherBrunswick Family Assistance Agency IncAMERICAN RED CROSS CAPE FEAR CHAPTER: $620,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS CAPE FEAR CHAPTERFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON: $580,000 · OtherFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NORTH CAROLI…SAFE HAVEN OF PENDER INC: $515,000 · OtherSAFE HAVEN OF PENDER INCLOWER CAPE FEAR HOSPICE & LIFECARECENTER: $475,000 · OtherCOUNTY OF DUPLIN: $443,000 · Other+63 more: $4,585,750 · Other+63 moreCAPE FEAR HEALTHNET INC: $1,317,000 · HealthCAPE FEAR HEALTHNET INCNEW HOPE CLINIC INC: $1,000,000 · HealthNEW HOPE CLINIC INCThe Carousel Center Inc: $950,000 · HealthThe Carousel Center IncCoastal Horizons Center Inc: $610,000 · HealthCoastal Horizons Center IncPender Alliance for Total Health: $545,000 · HealthPender Alliance for Total Hea…ST MARY DENTAL CLINIC CORP: $470,000 · HealthST MARY DENTAL CLINIC CORPWILMINGTON CARENET COUNSELING CENTER INC: $275,000 · Health+13 more: $1,192,000 · Health+13 moreCAPE FEAR CLINIC INC: $2,950,800 · PhilanthropyCAPE FEAR CLIN…+3 more: $97,500 · PhilanthropyCommunities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc: $438,000 · Human ServicesCommunities i…BOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC INC: $354,000 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS …SAMARA'S VILLAGE INC: $260,000 · Human ServicesSAMARA'S VILL…BRUNSWICK SENIOR RESOURCES INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesBRUNSWICK SEN…LINC INC: $235,000 · Human ServicesLINC INCPender Adult Services Inc: $225,000 · Human ServicesPender Adult …NATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLIND-: $220,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL SOCI…Lower Cape Fear Hospice Incorporated dba Lower Cape Fear LifeCare: $205,000 · Human ServicesLower Cape Fe…Young Men's Christian Association of Southeastern North Carolina Inc: $186,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's C…YWCA of the Lower Cape Fear Inc: $185,250 · Human ServicesYWCA of the L…DUPLIN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $155,000 · Human ServicesDomestic Violence Shelter and Services Inc: $130,000 · Human Services+6 more: $135,500 · Human ServicesGood Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc: $600,000 · Housing & ShelterBrunswick Partnership for Housing Inc: $225,000 · Housing & ShelterJUNE 10 INC: $166,000 · Housing & ShelterFAMILIES FIRST INC: $120,000 · Housing & ShelterWilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry Inc: $52,500 · Housing & ShelterEden Village of Wilmington: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterChild Development Center Inc: $345,000 · EducationCAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $190,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF BRUNSWICK COUN: $175,000 · EducationTHE FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON: $115,000 · EducationKIDS MAKING IT INC: $460,000 · EmploymentPhoenix Employment Services of Wilmingto Inc DBA StepUp Wilmington: $240,000 · Employment
Other$9,401,250Health$6,359,000Philanthropy$3,048,300Human Services$2,978,750Housing & Shelter$1,213,500Education$825,000Employment$700,000

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 budgetCAPE FEAR CLINIC INC: $2,950,800 over 9y, 40% of budgetCAPE FEAR HEALTHNET INC: $1,317,000 over 9y, 26% of budgetNEW HOPE CLINIC INC: $1,000,000 over 9y, 27% of budgetThe Carousel Center Inc: $950,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetBrunswick Family Assistance Agency Inc: $650,000 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetCoastal Horizons Center Inc: $610,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetGood Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc: $600,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetPender Alliance for Total Health: $545,000 over 7y, 49% of budgetSAFE HAVEN OF PENDER INC: $515,000 over 9y, 12% of budgetST MARY DENTAL CLINIC CORP: $470,000 over 8y, 66% of budgetKIDS MAKING IT INC: $460,000 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc: $438,000 over 9y, 6.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC INC: $354,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetChild Development Center Inc: $345,000 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetBRIGADE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $295,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern North Carolina Inc: $280,000 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetWILMINGTON CARENET COUNSELING CENTER INC: $275,000 over 6y, 32% of budgetSAMARA'S VILLAGE INC: $260,000 over 8y, 50% of budgetBRUNSWICK SENIOR RESOURCES INC: $250,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetPhoenix Employment Services of Wilmingto Inc DBA StepUp Wilmington: $240,000 over 7y, 7.1% of budgetLINC INC: $235,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetBrunswick Partnership for Housing Inc: $225,000 over 3y, 27% of budgetPender Adult Services Inc: $225,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetNATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLIND-: $220,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF THE LOWER CAPE FEAR: $211,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetLower Cape Fear Hospice Incorporated dba Lower Cape Fear LifeCare: $205,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNEW HANOVER COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $200,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMother Hubbard's Cupboard of Wilmington Inc: $197,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetCAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $190,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Southeastern North Carolina Inc: $186,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetYWCA of the Lower Cape Fear Inc: $185,250 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetCHRISTIAN RECOVERY CENTERS INC: $180,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF BRUNSWICK COUN: $175,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetJUNE 10 INC: $166,000 over 4y, 31% of budgetEAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC: $156,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetDUPLIN CHRISTIAN OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $155,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetLifeCare Memory Partners Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetA Safe Place Inc: $150,000 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetDREAMS OF WILMINGTON INC: $140,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetTIDES INC: $140,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $130,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDomestic Violence Shelter and Services Inc: $130,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetFAMILIES FIRST INC: $120,000 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT WILMINGTON: $115,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetBLACK RIVER HEALTH SERVICES INC: $110,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetACCESS DENTAL CARE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCAPE FEAR GROUP HOMES INC: $96,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPENDER EMS AND FIRE INC: $94,500 over 3y, 0.3% 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 CAPE FEAR CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPE FEAR HEALTHNET INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW HOPE CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds The Carousel Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Brunswick Family Assistance Agency Inc ↗
  • Who funds Coastal Horizons Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc ↗
  • Who funds Pender Alliance for Total Health ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HAVEN OF PENDER INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY DENTAL CLINIC CORP ↗
  • Who funds KIDS MAKING IT INC ↗
  • Who funds Communities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC INC ↗
  • Who funds Child Development Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRIGADE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern North Carolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds WILMINGTON CARENET COUNSELING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARA'S VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds BRUNSWICK SENIOR RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds Phoenix Employment Services of Wilmingto Inc DBA StepUp Wilmington ↗
  • Who funds LINC INC ↗
  • Who funds Brunswick Partnership for Housing Inc ↗
  • Who funds Pender Adult Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLIND- ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF THE LOWER CAPE FEAR ↗
  • Who funds Lower Cape Fear Hospice Incorporated dba Lower Cape Fear LifeCare ↗
  • Who funds NEW HANOVER COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Mother Hubbard's Cupboard of Wilmington Inc ↗
  • Who funds CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Southeastern North Carolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds YWCA of the Lower Cape Fear Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN RECOVERY CENTERS 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 Landfall Foundati…New Hanover Community…United Way of the Cap…The Myrtle and Rt Sin…Food Bank of Central …Novant Health IncCorning Incorporated …The Eshelman Foundati…The Cannon Foundation…Duke Energy FoundationThe Cynthia & George …
North Carolina Community FoundationNC85.7× affinity49 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: North Carolina Community Foundation · The Landfall Foundation Inc · New Hanover Community Endowment Inc · United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc · The Myrtle and Rt Sinclair Jr Charitable Foundation Inc · Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc · Novant Health Inc · Corning Incorporated Foundation · The Eshelman Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Cynthia & George Mitchell 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 Cape Fear Memorial Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cape Fear Memorial Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    47report 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

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    How do I get to Cape Fear Memorial Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Cape Fear Memorial 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 125 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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