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Charlotte Region Chapter of Sim at a glance

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Charlotte Region Chapter of Sim

The Chapter strives to strengthen professional communications among members who direct the application of information technology in private and pubic organizations (through meetings and education, networking, and philanthropy).

$80k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$13k
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, FY2023 to 2024.

Education$162kHuman Services$21kScience & Tech$19kEmployment$13kCommunity Improvement$13k
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$3,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$50k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNC CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION$12,500
QUEEN CITY ROBOTICS ALLIANCE$9,500
INNOVATE TECH CHARLOTTE$9,500
DIGIBRIDGE$9,500
DOTTIE ROSE FOUNDATION$9,500
YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE$4,800
APPARRO$3,000
WINTHROP UNIVERISTY$3,000
PHILLIP O BERRY CMS SCHOOLS$3,000
YOU CAN TECH$3,000
YOUNG ENGINEERS CHARLOTTE LATIN$1,600
GASTON INNOVATION GROUP$1,600
JOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY STEM$1,600
DISCOVERY PLACE$1,600
PROJECT SCIENTIST$1,600
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 (FY23–25, $54k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%DOTTIE ROSE FOUNDATION: $11k → 10%DOTTIE ROSE FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%DOTTIE ROSE FOUNDATION: $9k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $13k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $8k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $5k → 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.
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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$305k · 19 repeat orgs$2k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
1

Total granted

$305k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+36%

Still filing today

74%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEmploymentArts & CultureOther
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

  • FO
    FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $58k · revenue +158%
  • D
    Digi-Bridge
    3× · 2023–2025 · $21k · revenue +26%
  • GI
    GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $13k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • GI
    GIRLS IN STEMgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue +36%
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
Girls in Stem
Human Services
2
Stem Skool Inc

Founded in 2017 by engineer-turned-educator Dr. GeAndra Imoudu, STEM Skool, Inc. is a Charlotte, NC-based non-profit organization that aims to increase interest, proficiency, and diversity in science, technology, engineering, and math to…

Education
3
Stem Alliance of Larchmont- Mamaroneck Inc

Through a combination of stem enrichment, digital inclusion, and summer learning programs, the stem alliance advances equal opportunity in education. our evidence-based model has 5 differentiating factors.high quality: our hands-on,…

Youth Development
4
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
5
Connecting Stem Kids With the Future Inc
—
6
Stem for Development
Education
7
Winners Circle Xr Academy Inc

Empowering underserved students with access to advanced technology and dynamic educational STEAM Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics programs and competitions to develop critical skills for the future.

Education
8
P31Girls Incorporated

youth educational and enrichment programs for girls

Youth Development
9
The School for Global Thinkers

Our mission is to challenge and nurture young women to thrive in future global markets through personalized STEM advanced academics. Through a supportive small school and single-gender environment, project-based learning, and STEM advanced…

Education
10
Stem Gems Inc

STEM Gems is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to building a stronger, more inclusive STEM pipeline by empowering girls and young women of all backgrounds to explore, pursue, and excel in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).…

Youth Development
11
MakerSpace Charlotte

Encourage technological creativity and community by enabling people to use tools, to learn by making things and to share knowledge.

—
12
Technology Playground

Technology Playground is a nonprofit organization committed to empowering youth in Washington, DC, by equipping them with the tools, knowledge, and experiences necessary to break the cycle of poverty. The organization addresses economic…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Project Scientist Inc; the most unlike its peers is E2D Inc E2D Eliminate the Digital Divide. 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

15 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. 15 of the 20 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
8/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE: $57,500 · OtherFOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLI…INNOVATE TECH CHARLOTTE: $22,600 · OtherINNOVATE TECH CHARLOTTECHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS: $14,000 · OtherCHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG SCHOOLSAPP YOUNIVERSITY: $10,350 · OtherAPP YOUNIVERSITYWINTHROP UNIVERSITY: $9,000 · OtherWINTHROP UNIVERSITYYOUCANTECH: $7,000 · OtherYOUCANTECHQUEEN CITY ROBOTICS ALLIANCE INC: $25,000 · EducationQUEEN CITY ROBOTICS ALLIANCE INCDigi-Bridge: $21,000 · EducationDigi-BridgeProject Scientist Inc: $12,100 · EducationProject Scientist IncIntech Foundation Inc: $11,000 · EducationIntech Foundation IncE2D Inc E2D Eliminate the Digital Divide: $10,350 · EducationE2D Inc E2D Eliminate the Digital D…CHARLOTTE LATIN SCHOOLS: $10,100 · EducationCHARLOTTE LATIN SCHOOLSJOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY: $6,100 · EducationJOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY+1 more: $1,500 · EducationDottie Rose Foundation: $29,000 · Human ServicesDottie Rose Foundati…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $25,300 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIA…Gaston Innovation Group Inc: $10,100 · Community ImprovementAPPARO SOLUTIONS INC: $7,000 · Community ImprovementGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC: $12,500 · EmploymentDISCOVERY PLACE INC: $4,600 · Arts & Culture
Other$120,450Education$97,150Human Services$54,300Community Improvement$17,100Employment$12,500Arts & Culture$4,600

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 budgetFOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE: $57,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDottie Rose Foundation: $29,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $25,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetQUEEN CITY ROBOTICS ALLIANCE INC: $25,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetDigi-Bridge: $21,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProject Scientist Inc: $12,100 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetIntech Foundation Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetE2D Inc E2D Eliminate the Digital Divide: $10,350 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCHARLOTTE LATIN SCHOOLS: $10,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGaston Innovation Group Inc: $10,100 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetAPPARO SOLUTIONS INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY: $6,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDISCOVERY PLACE INC: $4,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS IN STEM: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Duke Energy FoundationAlly Charitable Found…Foundation for the Ca…United Way of Greater…Brighthouse Financial…The Presbyterian Hosp…Albemarle FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…The Dickson Foundatio…The LendingTree Found…The Blackbaud Giving …Pwc Foundation Inc
Duke Energy FoundationNC27.2× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Ally Charitable Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Brighthouse Financial Foundation · The Presbyterian Hospital · Albemarle Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Dickson Foundation Inc · The LendingTree Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Pwc 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 Charlotte Region Chapter of Sim funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charlotte Region Chapter of Sim. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Charlotte Region Chapter of Sim?

    Find your warmest path to Charlotte Region Chapter of Sim 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 20 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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