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Checkers Charitable Foundation

The CHECKERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION exists to assist in the funding of non-profits in the carolinas that focus on promoting the health, character, education and success of children and adolescents.

$112k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$101kHuman Services$76kPublic Safety & Disaster$17kAnimals$14kEducation$9kArts & Culture$8kCrime & Legal$7kRecreation & Sports$6k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $45,750, the rows itemized in this filing. The $112,234 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $66,484 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Leukemia Lymphoma Society$20,000
THE INDEPENDENCE FUND$10,000
NOVANT HEALTH$8,750
American Red Cross$7,000
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 (FY25–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%American Red Cross: $7k → 14%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 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
Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
2
The Presbyterian Hospital

In the spirit of keeping our focus on patient-centered, equitable and compassionate care while ensuring our organization is sustainable for future generations, we have restated our mission, vision and values and are now guided by our…

Health
3
New Hanover Regional Medical Center Foundation Inc

In the spirit of keeping our focus on patient-centered, equitable and compassionate care while ensuring our organization is sustainable for future generations, we have restated our mission, vision and values and are now guided by our…

Health
4
Baylor Research Institute

To improve the care and well being of our community, nationally and internationally, through innovative clinically relevant research that is consistent with the mission, vision and values of Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH).

Health
5
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
6
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
7
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
8
Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Found ation
Health
9
Wakemed

The mission of wakemed is to improve the health and well-being of our community with outstanding and compassionate care to all.

Health
10
Rex Hospital Inc

To improve the health and well-being of north carolinians and others whom we serve. we accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Health
11
Community General Hospital Foundation Inc

In the spirit of keeping our focus on patient-centered, equitable and compassionate care while ensuring our organization is sustainable for future generations, we have restated our mission, vision and values and are now guided by our…

Health
12
Piedmont Health Foundation
Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Central and Western North Carolina Inc; the most unlike its peers is Providence Spring Elementary Pta. 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

13 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. 13 of the 18 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
6/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $42,250 · HealthPRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONBLOOD CANCER UNITED RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED RESEARCH FOUNDATIONMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $8,250 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL AND WEST…Dream On 3: $7,400 · HealthDream On 3American Heart Association Inc: $6,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association IncTeal Diva: $5,593 · HealthTeal DivaVETERANS BRIDGE HOME INC: $20,000 · OtherVETERANS BRIDGE HOME INCProvidence Spring Elementary PTA: $8,775 · OtherProvidence Spring Elemen…CINDYS HOPE CHEST: $6,000 · OtherCINDYS HOPE CHESTOliviaStrong Foundation: $5,930 · OtherOliviaStrong FoundationTEAL BUTTERFLY: $5,343 · OtherTEAL BUTTERFLYCEENTA CARES: $5,040 · OtherCEENTA CARESThe Independence Fund Inc: $51,015 · Public BenefitThe Independence Fund In…Humane Society of Charlotte Inc: $14,092 · AnimalsCharlotte Mecklenburg Police Foundation: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterDISCOVERY PLACE INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureJamie Kimble Foundation for Courage: $7,000 · Crime & LegalAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $7,000 · Human Services
Health$89,493Other$51,088Public Benefit$51,015Animals$14,092Public Safety & Disaster$10,000Arts & Culture$8,000Crime & Legal$7,000Human Services$7,000

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 budgetThe Independence Fund Inc: $51,015 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $42,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVETERANS BRIDGE HOME INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHumane Society of Charlotte Inc: $14,092 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCharlotte Mecklenburg Police Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetProvidence Spring Elementary PTA: $8,775 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $8,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDISCOVERY PLACE INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDream On 3: $7,400 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJamie Kimble Foundation for Courage: $7,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeal Diva: $5,593 over 1y, 4.5% 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 FoundationEquitable Foundation …Albemarle FoundationFoundation for the Ca…Charlotte Hornets Fou…Charlotte Woman's Clu…Foundation for the Ch…The Presbyterian Hosp…United Way of Greater…The US Charitable Gif…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…
Duke Energy FoundationNC20.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Equitable Foundation Inc · Albemarle Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Charlotte Hornets Foundation Inc · Charlotte Woman's Club First Citizens Bank · Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community · The Presbyterian Hospital · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Checkers Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Checkers Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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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
    2report 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 18 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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