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Champions for Education Inc

The organization was organized exclusively for raising funds so that it may provide grants to other charities which strive to improve the quality of education around the nation.

$3.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.9MRecreation & Sports$2.4MHealth$2.2MScience & Tech$1.0MReligion$837kHuman Services$762kPhilanthropy$620kFood & Nutrition$509kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $350k
  • $250k+11 grants · $3.0M
$250,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MANNA FOOD BANK$400,000
UNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY$300,000
ASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRY$300,000
CAROLINA YOUTH COALITION$250,000
FIRST TEE$250,000
WEE KIRK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$250,000
CHARLOTTE SPORTS FOUNDATION$250,000
YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE$250,000
CMS FOUNDATION$250,000
ELIMINATE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE (E2D)$250,000
LEVINE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$250,000
ALLEGRO FOUNDATION$150,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA - CHARLOTTE CHAPTER$100,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE - CHARLOTTE$50,000
HEART MATH TUTORING$50,000
02The need
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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 (FY18–25, $720k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK CLT: $25k → 15%FAMILIES4FAMILIES: $30k → 8%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $250k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $75k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $50k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $30k → 10%THE RELATIVES CHARLOTTE NC: $6k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 10%BEDS FOR KIDS: $17k → 10%Beds for Kids: $14k → 10%BEDS FOR KIDS: $55 → 10%ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK: $60k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE - CHARLOTTE: $50k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $50k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE: $12k → 10%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
PA
CA
KY
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
OK
AL
GA
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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.5M · 36 repeat orgs$5.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
64

Total granted

$6.5M
$3.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+7%

Still filing today

69%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M 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
EducationRecreation & SportsHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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

  • AH
    ATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +195%
  • CF
    CMS FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2025 · $867k · revenue +26%
  • YG
    Youth Golf Foundation of the Carolinas
    6× · 2018–2025 · $810k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • DP
    DISCOVERY PLACE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M · revenue +17%
  • TF
    THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE
    one grant, 2022 · $349k · revenue +10%
  • DP
    DreamKey Partners Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $300k · revenue +7%
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
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
2
North Carolina Sports Legacy Foundation Fka Promote the Youth Foundation
Philanthropy
3
Carolinas Golf Association

The cga is a non-profit service organization that was formed in 1909 to conduct championships and tournaments for amateur golfers in north and south carolina, administer the usga handicap system in the carolinas, and support its membership…

Recreation & Sports
4
Carolina Meadows Foundation Inc

To solicit and receive gifts, grants, bequests and contributions for the support of carolina meadows, inc. in order to enhance or extend its mission, programs, services, and facilities.

Human Services
5
Junior Achievement of Central Carolinas Inc

Junior achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to educating private and public school students in grades k-12 about entrepreneurship, workforce readiness, and financial literacy, through experiential, hands-on programs.

International
6
Charlotte Works

Charlotte works serves job-seekers and businesses by providing resources to develop a skilled workforce that meets employer needs. the organization offers job-search workshops, individual coaching, networking opportunities, and training…

Employment
7
Capital Area Soccer League Inc

The mission of north carolina fc youth (ncfcy) is to provide positive and high-quality instructional and competitive youth soccer opportunities at all levels of play that enhance character, community and the love of the game for a diverse…

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8
The Carolina Trust
Philanthropy
9
Carolina Core Soccer
Recreation & Sports
10
Charlotte Hornets Foundation Inc

Through the investment of time, talents, and treasure, the charlotte hornets foundation will support, promote, and enhance important community efforts that enrich the quality of life for those in need, especially children and youth…

Philanthropy
11
Children's Trust of South Carolina

To strengthen families, organizations, and communities to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Human Services
12
Charlotte Center City Partners

Charlotte center city partners (cccp) boldly envisions and activates strategies and actions that will assure charlotte center city is a welcoming and equitable, economically vibrant, culturally rich and beloved place for all.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Educational Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Avon Products Foundation 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

97 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. 97 of the 111 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
89/97
Grantees still filing
64/97
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CMS FOUNDATION: $867,033 · EducationCMS FOUNDATIONCAROLINA YOUTH COALITION: $546,000 · EducationCAROLINA YOUTH COALITIONTeach for America Inc: $464,602 · EducationTeach for America IncE2D Inc E2D Eliminate the Digital Divide: $250,000 · EducationE2D Inc E2D Eliminate the D…Heart Math Tutoring Inc: $170,500 · EducationHeart Math Tutoring IncAllegro Foundation Inc: $150,000 · EducationThe Quail Hollow Employee Betterment Fund: $98,640 · Education+13 more: $351,798 · Education+13 moreYouth Golf Foundation of the Carolinas: $810,182 · Recreation & SportsYouth Golf Foundatio…WORLD GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 · Recreation & SportsWORLD GOLF FOUNDATIO…THE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE: $349,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE FIRST TEE OF GRE…Charlotte Sports Foundation: $250,000 · Recreation & SportsCharlotte Sports Fou…Greater Wilmington Youth Initiative Inc: $137,073 · Recreation & SportsGreater Wilmington Y…COMPETITIVE CHAMPIONS OF THE CAROLINAS: $100,617 · Recreation & Sports+5 more: $125,251 · Recreation & Sports+5 moreATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,655,602 · HealthATRIUM HEALTH FOU…+8 more: $175,100 · Health+8 moreASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN MINISTRY INC: $300,000 · OtherASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE COMM…WEE KIRK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $250,000 · OtherWEE KIRK PRESBYTERIAN C…FOREST HILL CHURCH: $114,100 · OtherMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $400,000 · OtherMANNA FOOD BANK INCDreamKey Partners Inc: $300,000 · OtherDreamKey Partners Inc+49 more: $1,169,598 · Other+49 moreDISCOVERY PLACE INC: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY PL…NATIONAL LINKS TRUST: $262,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL LIN…FUSION COMP CREW: $50,525 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $53,700 · Arts & CultureYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $405,250 · Human ServicesRonald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc: $112,451 · Human ServicesALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK: $60,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $50,000 · Human ServicesBEDS FOR KIDS INC: $31,455 · Human ServicesFAMILIES FOR FAMILIES: $30,000 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $25,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,500 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $300,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $264,000 · PhilanthropyDICK'S SPORTING GOODS FOUNDATION: $35,595 · Philanthropy+1 more: $8,193 · Philanthropy
Education$2,898,573Recreation & Sports$2,172,123Health$1,830,702Other$2,533,698Arts & Culture$1,366,725Human Services$719,656Philanthropy$607,788

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 budgetATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,655,602 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetDISCOVERY PLACE INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetCMS FOUNDATION: $867,033 over 7y, 16% of budgetYouth Golf Foundation of the Carolinas: $810,182 over 6y, 10% of budgetCAROLINA YOUTH COALITION: $546,000 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $464,602 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $405,250 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $400,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE: $349,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetDreamKey Partners Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $300,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $264,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL LINKS TRUST: $262,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCharlotte Sports Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHeart Math Tutoring Inc: $170,500 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetAllegro Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc: $112,451 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCOMPETITIVE CHAMPIONS OF THE CAROLINAS: $100,617 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetThe Quail Hollow Employee Betterment Fund: $98,640 over 1y, 59% of budgetCommunities In Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAugustine Literacy Project - Charlotte: $75,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetPromising Pages Inc: $70,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetSOUTH IREDELL HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC: $60,080 over 2y, 22% of budgetALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK: $60,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JOHN CROSLAND SCHOOL: $51,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFUSION COMP CREW: $50,525 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Black Leadership Alliance: $50,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $45,892 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $41,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMASTER'S COMMISSION INTERNATIONAL NETWORK: $39,149 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCORPSMEN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $37,200 over 1y, 21% of budgetDICK'S SPORTING GOODS FOUNDATION: $35,595 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEDS FOR KIDS INC: $31,455 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetThe House DC: $30,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetEaster Seals Serving DC MD VA Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSevaTruck Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetFAMILIES FOR FAMILIES: $30,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAVON PRODUCTS FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSalute to Military Golf Association Inc: $26,600 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetROLLING THUNDER: $26,517 over 3y, 30% of budgetLINKS TO FREEDOM: $25,700 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetLAKE COUNTY CRISIS CENTER: $25,079 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $25,000 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.

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.

United Way of Greater…Foundation for the Ca…Albemarle FoundationDuke Energy FoundationThe Leon Levine Found…Brighthouse Financial…Pga Tour IncMerancas Foundation I…The Presbyterian Hosp…Ally Charitable Found…Speedway Children's C…Equitable Foundation …
United Way of Greater Charlotte IncNC41.7× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Albemarle Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · Brighthouse Financial Foundation · Pga Tour Inc · Merancas Foundation Inc · The Presbyterian Hospital · Ally Charitable Foundation · Speedway Children's Charities · Equitable Foundation 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 Champions for Education Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Champions for Education Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 29%
  • Easter Seals Serving Dc Md Va Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Families for Families: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
16report 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.

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 111 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 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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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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$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