Skip to content
Cecile G Ebert Charitable Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Cecile G Ebert Charitable 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.

$392k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$166k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$524kPublic Safety & Disaster$524kHuman Services$293kEducation$211kReligion$168kFood & Nutrition$146kYouth Development$119kEnvironment$88kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $182k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $166k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
United Carolinas Cavalry Inc$166,000
Boys & Girls Club of the Piedmont$30,000
Foscoe Home Team$25,000
Johns Hopkins University$25,000
Heart of North Cove$15,000
PIVOTPoint WNC$15,000
NC Auto Racing Hall of Fame$11,500
Fifth St Ministries$10,000
The College of Wooster$10,000
Health Reach Community Clinic$10,000
Bridge to Recovery Inc$10,000
Mooresville Area Christian Mission$10,000
Wild South$10,000
Food for Days$7,500
Happy Hour Rotary Club$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $172k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Horses for Hope TRC Inc: $1k → 8%Ebenezer Christian Childrens Home: $4k → 19%The Samaritan Colony: $2k → 23%Oglala Lakota Children's Justic Cen: $2k → 42%Christian Mission: $41k → 9%Ebenezer Christian Childrens Home: $1k → 19%Christian Mission: $35k → 9%Ebenezer Christian Childrens Home: $1k → 19%Ebenezer Christian Childrens Home: $500 → 19%Ebenezer Christian Childrens Home: $500 → 19%Mooresville Area Christian Mission: $10k → 9%Bridge of Hearts: $1k → 9%Fifth Street Ministries: $1k → 9%Fifth Street Ministries: $1k → 9%Fifth St Ministries: $30k → 9%Fifth St Ministries: $25k → 9%Fifth St Ministries: $10k → 9%Fifth St Ministries: $7k → 9%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

VT
ID
WY
SD
IN
OH
NJ
CA
CO
VA
TN
NC
SC
TX
FL
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 44 repeat orgs$244k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

44 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
39

Total granted

$2.2M
$184k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+31%

Still filing today

57%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsAnimalsPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • HC
    HealthReach Community Clinic
    8× · 2017–2025 · $121k · revenue +174%
  • DI
    DIAKONOS INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $121k · revenue +74%
  • F
    FEEDNC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $102k · revenue +675%

Funded once

  • MC
    Moorseville Christian Mission
    one grant, 2023 · $35k
  • CF
    Community Foundation of The Florida
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • LC
    LINVILLE CENTRAL RESCUE SQUAD INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue +76%
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
House of Hope of Nc Inc

Home, Counseling & Support for Hurting Teens

Education
2
Wnc Lighthouse Inc

The mission of WNC Lighthouse Inc is Changing lives, by being a light for Christ our Lord. Our vision is To be fully devoted to Jesus Christ, by opening our arms and providing Christian services to the underseved children, adults and…

Human Services
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
Nc Dog Rescue Organization
—
5
Shalom House Ministries Inc

Shalom House Ministries Inc operates a treatment center for women struggling with drug and alcohol addition. It also offers transitional dwelling for women who need a safe place after treatment.

Health
6
Homes of Hope Inc

Provied temporary and emergency and low income housing and secured shelter.

Housing & Shelter
7
Heroes Center Inc

Operation Next Step | Vet 2 Vet | Welcome Home missions. Please see our website for further information.

Human Services
8
Western Carolina Rescue Ministries Inc

Provide food, shelter, rehabilitation and christian ministry to the poor and homeless

Housing & Shelter
9
Restoration House Wnc

The restoration house wnc seeks to provide a holistic approach to restoring life and hope to the outcasts and others in need of healing who come to us for help.

Health
10
Southeastern Carolina Crossroads Inc

Southeastern carolina crossroads is an organization designed to provide a positive atmosphere and faith based help and hope for men to overcome addiction.

Health
11
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
12
Developmental Disabilities Management Assistance Inc

Carolina hill provides safe and caring emergency shelter and supportive services to homeless families focusing efforts to achieve rapid re-housing and developing skills and resources to maintain it.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ebenezer Christian Childrens Home; the most unlike its peers is Dog Is My Copilot. 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

48 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 48 of the 91 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/48
Grantees still filing
33/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Paraplegics on Independant Nature: $143,000 · OtherParaplegics on Independant NatureMooresville Lake Christian Mission: $105,000 · OtherMooresville Lake Christian MissionJohns Hopkins University: $100,000 · OtherJohns Hopkins UniversityCarolina Comfort Coalition: $92,237 · OtherCarolina Comfort CoalitionIndividual grant recipient: $69,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNC Auto Racing Hall of Fame: $59,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $42,000 · OtherPharos: $41,000 · OtherWild South: $85,000 · OtherWild South+56 more: $388,800 · Other+56 moreUnited Carolinas Cavalry Inc: $424,000 · Public Safety & DisasterUnited Carolinas Cava…LAKE NORMAN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $45,000 · Public Safety & DisasterLAKE NORMAN VOLUNTEER…HealthReach Community Clinic: $120,500 · HealthHealthReach Co…PIVOTPOINT WNC: $88,500 · HealthPIVOTPOINT WNCBRIDGE TO RECOVERY INC: $65,500 · HealthBRIDGE TO RECO…LINVILLE CENTRAL RESCUE SQUAD INC: $20,000 · HealthLINVILLE CENTR…+5 more: $12,500 · HealthDIAKONOS INC: $120,500 · Human ServicesDIAKONOS I…Mooresville Area Christian Mission Inc: $86,238 · Human ServicesMooresvill…+5 more: $12,700 · Human Services+5 moreFEEDNC: $102,025 · Food & NutritionFood For Days: $42,500 · Food & NutritionDavidson Day School: $62,000 · EducationTHE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER: $20,000 · EducationEMERALD SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE INC: $15,000 · EducationCarolina Aviators Network: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $3,000 · EducationBoys & Girls Club of the Piedmont Inc: $102,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,125,037Public Safety & Disaster$469,000Health$307,000Human Services$219,438Food & Nutrition$144,525Education$110,000Youth Development$102,000

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 budgetUnited Carolinas Cavalry Inc: $424,000 over 2y, 62% of budgetHealthReach Community Clinic: $120,500 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetDIAKONOS INC: $120,500 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetFEEDNC: $102,025 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of the Piedmont Inc: $102,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetCarolina Comfort Coalition: $92,237 over 5y, 13% of budgetPIVOTPOINT WNC: $88,500 over 7y, 37% of budgetMooresville Area Christian Mission Inc: $86,238 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetWild South: $85,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetBRIDGE TO RECOVERY INC: $65,500 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetDavidson Day School: $62,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFood For Days: $42,500 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetHope of Mooresville Inc: $33,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetDOVE HOUSE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY: $20,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetTHE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLINVILLE CENTRAL RESCUE SQUAD INC: $20,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetMY SISTERS HOUSE INC: $17,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPURPLE HEART HOMES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEMERALD SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetOUR TOWNS OF NORTH MECKLENBURG - IREDELL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCarolina Aviators Network: $10,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetEBENEZER CHRISTIAN CHILDRENS HOME: $7,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetENCOURAGING THE NATIONS: $5,500 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRADA FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMotor Racing Outreach Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetExchange Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse of Iredell: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCAMP NEW HOPE INC: $4,200 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEXICO MEDICAL MISSIONS: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBLOWING ROCK CHARITY HORSE SHOW FOUNDATION INC: $3,800 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSt Margarets House: $3,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Grier: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOglala Lakota Childrens Justice Center Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHINDS' FEET FARM INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRESCUE RANCH INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAMARITAN COLONY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHORSES FOR HOPE TRC INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGE OF HEARTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOWER CROSS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOPE FOR HOLT FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetDOG IS MY COPILOT: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS AND EFFECT: $500 over 1y, 4.2% 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 United Carolinas Cavalry Inc ↗
  • Who funds HealthReach Community Clinic ↗
  • Who funds DIAKONOS INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDNC ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Club of the Piedmont Inc ↗
  • Who funds Carolina Comfort Coalition ↗
  • Who funds PIVOTPOINT WNC ↗
  • Who funds Mooresville Area Christian Mission Inc ↗
  • Who funds Wild South ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE TO RECOVERY INC ↗
  • Who funds Davidson Day School ↗
  • Who funds LAKE NORMAN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT ↗
  • Who funds Food For Days ↗
  • Who funds Hope of Mooresville Inc ↗
  • Who funds DOVE HOUSE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY ↗
  • Who funds THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER ↗
  • Who funds LINVILLE CENTRAL RESCUE SQUAD INC ↗
  • Who funds MY SISTERS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds PURPLE HEART HOMES INC ↗
  • Who funds EMERALD SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds OUR TOWNS OF NORTH MECKLENBURG - IREDELL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds Carolina Aviators Network ↗

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.

Foundation for the Ca…The Dale Jr FoundationThe Cannon Foundation…Duke Energy FoundationUnited Way of Iredell…United Way of Greater…Hope at the Lake Foun…Cashion Family Founda…Jena and Bob Gallaghe…Giving With Grace Fou…Speedway Children's C…Darrell and Patricia …
Foundation for the CarolinasNC33.5× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · The Dale Jr Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · United Way of Iredell County Inc · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Hope at the Lake Foundation · Cashion Family Foundation Inc · Jena and Bob Gallagher Foundation · Giving With Grace Foundation · Speedway Children's Charities · Darrell and Patricia Steagall Family 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 Cecile G Ebert Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cecile G Ebert Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%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
    1get no government money at all
    13report 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 91 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.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Cecile G Ebert’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home