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Chatham Foundation Inc at a glance

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Chatham Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$312k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$144k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$626kHealth$231kEnvironment$150kHuman Services$111kArts & Culture$73kPublic Safety & Disaster$54kFood & Nutrition$54kPhilanthropy$39kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $88k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $219k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ELKIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$144,000
GRACE CLINIC$75,000
NORTH CAROLINA DENTAL SOCIETY$38,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
Children's Center of Surry Inc$15,000
THE ARK (ECHO MINISTRY)$10,000
TRI-COUNTY CHRISTIAN CRISIS MINISTRY$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,500
ALLEGHANY CARES$1,500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 86% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%NORTH CAROLINA DENTAL SOCIETY: $38k → 8%ELKIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $144k → 9%ARLINGTON FIRE & RESCUE INC: $50k → 12%SURRY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $20k → 13%ELKIN CITY SCHOOLS: $100k → 17%East Wilkes High School: $13k → 19%WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION: $3k → 15%NORTH CAROLINA DENTAL SOCIETY: $20k → 8%FRIENDS OF JONESVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $25k → 12%ALLEGHANY CARES: $2k → 16%GRACE CLINIC: $75k → 17%Wilkes County Soil and Water Conservatio: $50k → 19%FRIENDS OF JONESVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $25k → 12%ELKIN ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT FDTN: $67k → 17%Wilkes County Soil and Water Conservatio: $50k → 19%TOWN OF JONESVILLE: $25k → 12%ELKIN CITY SCHOOLS: $65k → 17%Wilkes Community College: $25k → 19%FRIENDS OF JONESVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $25k → 12%ELKIN CITY SCHOOLS: $50k → 17%HOPE RECOVERY SERVICES INC: $10k → 12%GRACE CLINIC: $50k → 17%Elkin Jonesville Feed the Elderly: $50k → 17%BLUE & GOLD ALUM SCHOLARSHIP: $13k → 12%ELKIN ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT FDTN: $33k → 17%BLUE & GOLD ALUM SCHOLARSHIP: $13k → 12%Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital: $31k → 17%BLUE & GOLD ALUM SCHOLARSHIP: $13k → 12%Reeves Downtown School of Music: $30k → 17%BLUE & GOLD ALUM SCHOLARSHIP: $13k → 12%TOWN OF ELKIN NC: $27k → 17%FRIENDS OF EAST BEND TOWN SQUARE: $5k → 12%ELKIN VALLEY TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $25k → 17%Yadkin Valley United Fund: $25k → 17%Yadkin Valley United Fund: $13k → 17%Reeves Downtown School of Music: $10k → 17%THE ARK (ECHO MINISTRY): $10k → 17%THE ARK (ECHO MINISTRY): $10k → 17%TRI-COUNTY HTH RS CTR -GRACE CLINIC: $6k → 17%Elkin Jonesville Feed the Elderly: $3k → 17%GALLOWAY MEMORIAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $3k → 17%ELKIN VALLEY TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $2k → 17%AAHGS of Surry County North Carolina: $20k → 17%AAHGS of Surry County North Carolina: $20k → 17%African American Historical and Genealog: $10k → 17%Children's Center of Surry Inc: $25k → 17%CHILDREN CENTER OF NORTHWEST NC: $25k → 17%Children's Center of Surry Inc: $15k → 17%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of Chatham Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in NC; by stated purpose, 95%.

Chatham Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 18 repeat orgs$453k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
21

Total granted

$1.0M
$284k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-11%
0%

Still filing today

33%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $169k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPublic BenefitArts & CultureCrime & LegalRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • EC
    Elkin City Schools
    4× · 2020–2023 · $216k
  • GC
    GRACE CLINIC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $125k
  • WC
    Wilkes County Soil and Water Conservatio
    2× · 2022–2023 · $100k

Funded once

  • AF
    ARLINGTON FIRE & RESCUE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue -7%
  • PL
    PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue +9%
  • HC
    HUGH CHATHAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC
    one grant, 2020 · $31k · revenue -4%
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
Hickory County Cares

Food distribution to the needy

Human Services
2
Elkton Emergency Squad Inc

To provide emergency medical services to the citizens of Elkton, McGaheysville and Massanutten Village and the surrounding areas of Rockingham County. These services are provided by an all volunteer agency who responded to more than 3,000…

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3
Yadkin County United Fund

To serve as the organization to administer the United Fund campaign for Yadkin County, and to serve as the charitable conduit through which contributions can be received and dispensed to help support needed services for Yadkin County…

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4
West Yancey Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Provide an all volunteer fire protection & emergency services for a section of yancey county, north carolina.

Public Safety & Disaster
5
Elk River Helping Hands

Elk River Helping Hands Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting in the aftermath of catastrophic events with needs of the people of the High Country of North Carolina, including but not limited to Avery and Watauga…

Human Services
6
Erwin Fire Department & Rescue Squad Inc

To provide the best possible fire fighting and rescue services to the citizens of erwin, north carolina.

Public Safety & Disaster
7
Yadkin Valley Chamber of Commerce

The Yadkin Valley Chamber of Commerce is an organization that promotes a positive business environment, community betterment and supports economic development

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8
Yadkin Riverkeeper Inc

To preserve and protect the yadkin pee dee river basin through education, advocacy, and action.

Education
9
Chatham Transit Network

To provide transportation services to human service agencies and the rural general public in chatham county.

Human Services
10
Township Seven Ems Inc

Provide emergency medical services to residents and businesses of township 7 and the surrounding areas of craven county, north carolina

Education
11
Yokefellow Ministry of Mount Airy

Food bank for the needy

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12
Surry Historical Society
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tri County Christian Crisis Ministr; the most unlike its peers is Friends of East Bend Town Square Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 42 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
5/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Elkin City Schools: $216,125 · OtherElkin City SchoolsGRACE CLINIC: $125,000 · OtherGRACE CLINICWilkes County Soil and Water Conservatio: $100,000 · OtherWilkes County Soil and Water ConservatioELKIN ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT FDTN: $100,000 · OtherELKIN ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT FDTNFRIENDS OF JONESVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $76,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF JONESVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARYNORTH CAROLINA DENTAL SOCIETY: $58,000 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA DENTAL SOCIETYElkin Jonesville Feed the Elderly: $52,500 · OtherBLUE & GOLD ALUM SCHOLARSHIP: $50,000 · OtherAAHGS of Surry County North Carolina: $40,000 · OtherYADKIN VALLEY UNITED FUND INC: $38,250 · Other+23 more: $230,660 · Other+23 moreELKIN ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $144,000 · PhilanthropyELKIN ACADE…+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyREEVES DOWNTOWN SCHOOL OF MUSIC INC: $41,500 · Arts & CultureAfrican American Historical and Genealogical Socie: $10,000 · Arts & CultureARLINGTON FIRE & RESCUE INC: $50,000 · Public Safety & DisasterPIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY: $50,000 · EnvironmentCHILDREN'S CENTER OF SURRY INC: $40,000 · Crime & LegalHUGH CHATHAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC: $31,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · Health
Other$1,086,535Philanthropy$145,000Arts & Culture$51,500Public Safety & Disaster$50,000Environment$50,000Crime & Legal$40,000Health$32,000

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 budgetELKIN ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $144,000 over 1y, 88% of budgetARLINGTON FIRE & RESCUE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetPIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetREEVES DOWNTOWN SCHOOL OF MUSIC INC: $41,500 over 3y, 25% of budgetCHILDREN'S CENTER OF SURRY INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetYADKIN VALLEY UNITED FUND INC: $38,250 over 2y, 10% of budgetHUGH CHATHAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC: $31,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELKIN VALLEY TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $27,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetAfrican American Historical and Genealogical Socie: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetALLEGHANY CARES INC: $5,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTRI COUNTY CHRISTIAN CRISIS MINISTR: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN KITCHEN OF WILKES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Winston-Salem Foundation: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds ELKIN ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARLINGTON FIRE & RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds REEVES DOWNTOWN SCHOOL OF MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S CENTER OF SURRY INC ↗
  • Who funds YADKIN VALLEY UNITED FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds HUGH CHATHAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds ELKIN VALLEY TRAILS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds African American Historical and Genealogical Socie ↗
  • Who funds ALLEGHANY CARES INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF EAST BEND TOWN SQUARE Inc ↗
  • Who funds WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TRI COUNTY CHRISTIAN CRISIS MINISTR ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN KITCHEN OF WILKES ↗
  • Who funds YOUR FATHERS HOUSE 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.

Boyles-Eidson Family …The Winston-Salem Fou…Hillsdale FundReynolds American Fou…The Garrett Family Ev…The Leonard G Herring…Pvh Foundation IncNorth Carolina Commun…Foundation for the Ca…Duke Energy FoundationAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
Boyles-Eidson Family FoundationNC17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boyles-Eidson Family Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Hillsdale Fund · Reynolds American Foundation · The Garrett Family Ever Forward Foundation · The Leonard G Herring Family Foundation · Pvh Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Chatham Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chatham Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 42 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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