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Daniel a and Sheila M Saklad Foundation at a glance

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Daniel a and Sheila M Saklad Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$141k
Granted FY2023
45
Grants FY2023
15
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Health$344kYouth Development$201kEducation$168kEmployment$70kFood & Nutrition$66kPhilanthropy$35kHousing & Shelter$28kHuman Services$13kOther$0
02FY2023 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k40 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $125k
$100
Median grant
15
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOWER CAPE FEAR LIFECARE$30,000
CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$25,000
CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND$25,000
GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER$25,000
FAMILY HOUSE$20,000
NHRMC FOUNDATION$5,000
WILLIE STARGELL FOUNDATION$3,000
REACH OUT AND READ INC$2,500
WILMINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$1,000
FRANK H KENAN CHAPEL AT LANDFALL$1,000
NOURISH NC$300
TOYS FOR TOTS$250
AMERICAN RED CROSS$200
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$200
MACULAR DEGENERATION ASSOCIATION$200
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 (FY17–23, $188k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%ROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%COMPANIONS FOR HEROS: $100 → 14%THINK SMALL: $1k → 14%THINK SMALL: $500 → 14%THINK SMALL: $500 → 14%THINK SMALL: $200 → 14%AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND: $75 → 7%CANINES FOR SERVICE: $2k → 12%AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND: $50 → 7%AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND: $50 → 7%AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND: $50 → 7%CANINES FOR SERVICE: $962 → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $200 → 14%CANINES FOR SERVICE: $500 → 12%ACCESS OF WILMINGTON: $200 → 12%CANINES FOR SERVICE: $200 → 12%LOWER CAPE FEAR LIFECARE: $40k → 12%LOWER CAPE FEAR LIFECARE: $31k → 12%LOWER CAPE FEAR LIFECARE: $30k → 12%LOWER CAPE FEAR HOSPICE: $25k → 12%LOWER CAPE FEAR LIFECARE: $25k → 12%LOWER CAPE FEAR HOSIPICE FOUNDATION: $25k → 12%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER & SERVICES INC: $150 → 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
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
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.
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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 37% of Daniel a and Sheila M Saklad Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 82% of the giving stays in NC; by stated purpose, 46%.

Daniel a and Sheila M Saklad Foundationlessmore 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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$824k · 72 repeat orgs$123k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

72 repeat relationships: 38 still active in FY2023, 34 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

72
48

Total granted

$824k
$74k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+20%

Still filing today

64%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyFood & 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

  • CF
    CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $155k · revenue ×13
  • LC
    Lower Cape Fear Hospice Incorporated dba Lower Cape Fear LifeCare
    5× · 2017–2023 · $151k · revenue +27%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    2× · 2017–2020 · $51k · revenue +145%

Funded once

  • FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue -20%
  • LC
    Lower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue ×22
  • RI
    ROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +85%
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
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
2
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
3
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
4
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
5
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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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
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.

Health
8
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
9
International Myeloma Foundation

Dedicated to improving the quality of life of myeloma patients while working toward prevention and a cure.

Unclassified
10
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
11
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
12
Global Down Syndrome Foundation

To significantly improve the lives of people with down syndrome through research, medical care, education and advocacy. an important part of this mission is to support the global affiliate organizations that we helped establish and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is The Frank H Kenan Chapel at Landfall. 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

87 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. 87 of the 127 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
84/87
Grantees still filing
60/87
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GIRLS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY OF WILMINGTON (GLOW): $200,000 · OtherGIRLS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY OF WILMINGTON (GL…NHRMC FOUNDATION: $70,200 · OtherNHRMC FOUNDATIONSECU FAMILY HOUSE: $45,100 · OtherSECU FAMILY HOUSE+69 more: $43,636 · Other+69 moreLower Cape Fear Hospice Incorporated dba Lower Cape Fear LifeCare: $151,200 · Human ServicesLower Cape Fear Hospic…Lower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesLower Cape Fear Hospic…+8 more: $11,987 · Human Services+8 moreCAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $155,000 · EducationCAPE FEAR COMMUNITY…REACH OUT AND READ INC: $6,550 · Education+10 more: $4,225 · EducationST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $51,000 · HealthST JUDE C…FAMILY HOUSE INC: $20,000 · HealthFAMILY HO…+23 more: $11,475 · Health+23 moreThe Landfall Foundation Inc: $33,560 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $25,000 · PhilanthropyWillie Stargell Foundation Inc: $3,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,500 · PhilanthropyFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $30,250 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $30,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $300 · Food & NutritionGood Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc: $27,500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$358,936Human Services$188,187Education$165,775Health$82,475Philanthropy$63,060Food & Nutrition$60,550Housing & Shelter$27,500

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 budgetCAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $155,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetLower Cape Fear Hospice Incorporated dba Lower Cape Fear LifeCare: $151,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $51,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Landfall Foundation Inc: $33,560 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $30,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGood Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc: $27,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC: $6,550 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Frank H Kenan Chapel at Landfall: $5,350 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCanines for Service Inc: $3,662 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWillie Stargell Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Wilmington Symphony Orchestra Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThink Small: $2,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMacular Degeneration Association: $1,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOODMERE ART MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUSO OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $775 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMORRIS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $525 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDomestic Violence Shelter and Services Inc: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN KIDNEY FUND INC: $325 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNourishNC Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMMONS UNIVERSITY: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $300 over 4y, 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.

The Landfall Foundati…North Carolina Commun…The Lagomarsino Found…New Hanover Community…Cape Fear Memorial Fo…Duke Energy FoundationThe Cynthia & George …Corning Incorporated …The Rudisill Family F…United Way of the Cap…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The True North Founda…
The Landfall Foundation IncNC34.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Landfall Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · The Lagomarsino Foundation · New Hanover Community Endowment Inc · Cape Fear Memorial Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation · Corning Incorporated Foundation · The Rudisill Family Foundation · United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North

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 Daniel a and Sheila M Saklad Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Daniel a and Sheila M Saklad Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Simmons University: 1% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
17report 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.

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 127 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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