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Colquitt Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$899k
Granted FY2024still arriving
53
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k41 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $283k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $51k
  • $250k+2 grants · $500k
$1,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$30M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THRIVE LONSDALE$250,000
WEARS VALLEY RANCH$250,000
LONG BRANCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH$51,000
HAYWOOD CHRISTIAN MINISTRY$44,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$42,000
UNITED WAY OF HAYWOOD COUNTY INC$41,000
THE NORTH CAROLINA DISASTER RELIEF FUND$41,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$40,000
KNOXVILLE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS INC$30,000
IMMANUEL COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC$20,000
SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN$15,000
INTERNATIONAL GENEROSITY FOUNDATION$10,000
CHAMPION CHRISTMAS BASKET AND SANTA PAL$5,000
MOUNTAIN PROJECTS INC$4,000
BELOVED OF ASHEVILLE$4,000
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 (FY24–24, $560k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WEARS VALLEY RANCH: $250k → 12%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN: $15k → 8%MERCY CHEFS: $1k → 20%THRIVE LONSDALE: $250k → 12%HAYWOOD CHRISTIAN MINISTRY: $44k → 12%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

WA
IL
NY
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
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 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
Western Carolina Rescue Ministries Inc

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

Housing & Shelter
2
Feeding the Carolinas

The mission of the Organization is to coordinate, support, and advocate for member Food Banks across the Carolinas to create lasting solutions to address hunger.

Food & Nutrition
3
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc

Nourish people. build solutions. empower communities. no one goes hungry.

Food & Nutrition
4
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.

Animals
5
Northern Virginia Food Rescue

Northern virginia food rescue is responding to the disconnect between wasting 40% of our food while 1 in 6 go hungry. northern virginia food rescue aims to address the disconnect in distribution-in supply and access-by rescuing food about…

Food & Nutrition
6
God's Pantry Food Bank Inc

The mission of god's pantry food bank is reducing hunger by working together to feed kentucky communities. god's pantry food bank envisions a nourished life for every kentuckian.

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7
Glean Kentucky Inc

Glean kentucky nourishes kentucky's hungry by rescuing and redistributing surplus fresh foods.

Food & Nutrition
8
Safe Haven for Cats

The mission of safe haven for cats is to use no-kill principles and education to save cats' lives through rescue, adoption, spay/neuter services and community programs.

Animals
9
Feeding Avery Families Inc

Provide food at no cost to hungry people in need in avery county, nc and improve their health where possible

Food & Nutrition
10
World Renew

Compelled by a deep passion for justice and mercy, World Renew joins communities around the world to renew hope, reconcile lives, and restore creation with programs focused on disaster response, community health, economic opportunity, food…

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11
Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries Inc

Provide assistance to individuals in sevier county who are temporarily in financial difficulty through the issuance of vouchers for utilities, rent, lodging, etc., and through our hot meals for hungry hearts program.

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mountain Projects Inc; the most unlike its peers is CATMAN2 Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

30 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. 30 of the 53 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
11/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEARS VALLEY RANCH INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesWEARS VALLEY RANCH INCSOAR YOUTH MINISTRIES INC THRIVE LONSDALE: $250,000 · Human ServicesSOAR YOUTH MINISTRIES INC THRIVE LONSDALEHaywood Christian Ministry Inc: $44,000 · Human ServicesHaywood Christian Ministry Inc+2 more: $16,000 · Human ServicesLONG BRANCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH: $51,000 · OtherLONG BRANCH MISSIONA…UNITED WAY OF HAYWOOD COUNTY INC: $41,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF HAYWOO…INTERNATIONAL GENEROSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL GENERO…+36 more: $57,000 · Other+36 moreSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $42,000 · ReligionUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $41,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $40,000 · International+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalKNOXVILLE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS INC: $30,000 · AnimalsSARGES ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · Animals+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsIMMANUEL COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC: $20,000 · Education
Human Services$560,000Other$159,000Religion$42,000Philanthropy$42,000International$41,000Animals$35,000Education$20,000

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 budgetWEARS VALLEY RANCH INC: $250,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetSOAR YOUTH MINISTRIES INC THRIVE LONSDALE: $250,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetHaywood Christian Ministry Inc: $44,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $42,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF HAYWOOD COUNTY INC: $41,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $41,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKNOXVILLE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSARGES ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMOUNTAIN PROJECTS INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEIGHT DAYS OF HOPE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAYWOOD COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATMAN2 INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLoving Food Resources Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAppalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL INDEPENDENT VENUE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMountainTrue: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAERIAL RECOVERY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY CHEFS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Cajun Navy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Jamaica Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PEARL PSYCHEDELIC INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCLOTHES TO KIDS OF HAYWOOD COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

The Community Foundat…North Carolina Commun…East Tennessee Founda…Foundation for the Ca…Dogwood Health TrustKen & Deborah Wilson …Wnc Bridge FoundationDuke Energy FoundationRaymond James Charita…The John C Harmon Fam…Gradison FoundationPisgah Health Foundat…
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina IncNC25× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · East Tennessee Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Dogwood Health Trust · Ken & Deborah Wilson Foundation Inc · Wnc Bridge Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The John C Harmon Family Foundation · Gradison Foundation · Pisgah Health 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 Colquitt Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Colquitt Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Colquitt Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Colquitt Foundation 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 53 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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