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David and Nicole Tepper Charitable Foundation at a glance

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David and Nicole Tepper Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$22M
Granted FY2025still arriving
46
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$2.8M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$7.1MPhilanthropy$4.7MFood & Nutrition$4.6MHealth$3.4MInternational$3.3MPublic Safety & Disaster$2.1MRecreation & Sports$1.7MHuman Services$1.5MOther$0
02FY2025 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $217k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+21 grants · $20M
$156,250
Median grant
8
States reached
$71M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$2,750,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF METROLINA INC$2,158,000
FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC$2,051,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC$1,394,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC$1,230,000
VISION TO LEARN$1,200,000
NOURISH UP$1,115,000
GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC$1,100,000
HARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK$1,059,300
LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC$885,600
FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS$687,252
ACTION PATHWAYS INC (SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEAST NC)$642,500
MANNA FOOD BANK INC$638,200
CLASSROOM CENTRAL INC$503,091
UNITED JEWISH CHARITIES OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC$496,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $4.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 27% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%OPERATION WARM INC: $85k → 10%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%FOOD BANK OF NORTH EAST ARKANSAS: $63k → 17%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $440k → 8%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $125k → 11%OPERATION WARM INC: $49k → 10%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $168k → 8%ACTION PATHWAYS INC: $82k → 16%OPERATION WARM INC: $43k → 10%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $65k → 8%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $1.0M → 14%NOURISH UP: $1.1M → 10%NOURISH UP: $1.0M → 10%LOAVES AND FISHESFRIENDSHIP TRAYS INC: $10k → 10%LOAVES AND FISHESFRIENDSHIP TRAYS INC: $10k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC: $50k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
WI
NY
OR
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
KY
VA
MD
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$33M · 48 repeat orgs$13M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

48 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
47

Total granted

$33M
$9.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
-1%

Still filing today

90%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.7M 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
EducationFood & NutritionHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • GE
    GLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $3.8M · revenue +17%
  • SH
    Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $3.0M · revenue +10%
  • FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $2.2M · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS (PANTHERSFC CHARLOTTE)
    one grant, 2022 · $1.7M
  • TU
    THE UMBRELLA CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M
  • CF
    Charmeck Family Justice Center Inc co Safe Alliance
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M · revenue -6%
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
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
2
Farmer Foodshare Inc

Our mission is to increase access to fresh, local food for all while supporting the viability of marginalized farmers to create a more equitable food system.

Food & Nutrition
3
Feeding Charlotte Inc

Feeding Charlotte rescues surplus, freshly prepared meals to reduce food waste and feed the hungry. We believe no food should be wasted while people go hungry in our community. To make this possible, we pickup unused, excess freshly…

Food & Nutrition
4
North Carolina Community Foundation

The nccf is the single statewide community foundation serving north carolina and was created in 1988 to build capacity through philanthropy. the nccf administers over 1,300 component funds established to provide long-term support of a…

Philanthropy
5
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
6
Javesca Feeds Inc

Javesca Feeds purpose is to raise awareness and provide relief to help end hunger and malnutrition in poverty-stricken areas of the U.S. and around the world by connecting individual and corporate funding with front-line human relief…

Food & Nutrition
7
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
8
Food Bank Association of New York State

The mission of feeding new york state is to lead a unified effort for a hunger-free state of new york. the mission of food banking is to obtain food and deliver it to emergency food programs. feeding new york state works to end hunger by…

Food & Nutrition
9
North Texas Food Bank

To close the hunger gap in north texas by working through over 500 feeding partners to provide access to nutritious food and address the root causes of hunger.

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10
Care Share Health Alliance Inc

Care share health alliance is a north carolina-based nonprofit organization advancing community health and wellbeing through systems change. guided by the mission of collaborating for health and a vision of communities that are healthy and…

Health
11
Unc Health Foundation Inc

At unc health foundation, we inspire philanthropic support for unc health and unc school of medicine that transforms healthcare and provides hope to the people of north carolina and communities around the world.

Education
12
Central Carolina Community Foundation

Central carolina community foundation is a nonprofit community foundation that connects and mobilizes people and resources to strengthen the midlands of south carolina. the foundation partners with donors, nonprofit organizations,…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Charlotte Hornets Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Steve Smith Family Foundation. 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

81 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. 81 of the 108 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
81/81
Grantees still filing
46/81
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc: $2,958,000 · Food & NutritionSecond Harvest Food Bank…FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $2,237,875 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & E…SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC: $1,829,625 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK…MANNA FOOD BANK INC: $1,469,200 · Food & NutritionMANNA FOOD BANK INCHARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK: $1,172,550 · Food & NutritionHARVEST HOPE FOOD BANKFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $572,500 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF THE ALBEMARLE: $487,300 · Food & Nutrition+5 more: $738,375 · Food & Nutrition+5 moreCHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIBRARY: $1,900,000 · OtherCHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIBRA…FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS (PANTHERSFC CHARLOTTE): $1,672,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINA…LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $1,087,725 · OtherLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INCTHE UMBRELLA CENTER: $1,000,000 · OtherTHE UMBRELLA CENTERACTION PATHWAYS INC (SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEAST NC): $642,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE: $500,000 · OtherGEM ISRAEL-HAMAS DISASTER RELIEF FUND: $500,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $500,000 · OtherCharmeck Family Justice Center Inc co Safe Alliance: $1,000,000 · OtherCharmeck Family Justice Cen…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $500,000 · OtherHumane Society of Charlotte Inc: $471,350 · Other+38 more: $3,074,500 · Other+38 moreUniversity of South Carolina Educational Foundation: $2,750,000 · EducationUniversity of So…CLASSROOM CENTRAL INC: $1,415,368 · EducationCLASSROOM CENTRA…JOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY: $1,070,000 · EducationJOHNSON C SMITH …CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $775,000 · EducationCHARLOTTE MECKLE…CMS FOUNDATION: $593,890 · EducationCMS FOUNDATIONNew York University: $275,000 · Education+7 more: $800,000 · Education+7 moreFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $3,842,209 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR T…JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $1,430,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATIO…THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $860,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FEDER…United Jewish Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc: $701,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Jewish Ch…The Steve Smith Family Foundation: $375,000 · Philanthropy+8 more: $366,500 · PhilanthropyVISION TO LEARN: $1,800,000 · HealthVISION TO …ATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,341,666 · HealthATRIUM HEA…American Heart Association Inc: $500,000 · HealthAmerican H…RECEPTIONS FOR RESEARCH THE GREG OLSEN FOUNDATION: $490,000 · HealthRECEPTIONS…CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION: $350,000 · HealthCHARLOTTE …MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $350,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WIS…+4 more: $107,000 · HealthNourish Up: $2,135,000 · Human ServicesNourish U…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,125,000 · Human ServicesAmerican …INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $673,475 · Human ServicesINTER-FAI…Operation Warm Inc: $345,196 · Human ServicesOperation…+5 more: $228,625 · Human ServicesGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $3,800,000 · Public Safety & Disaster+1 more: $50,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Food & Nutrition$11,465,425Other$12,848,075Education$7,679,258Philanthropy$7,574,709Health$4,938,666Human Services$4,507,296Public Safety & Disaster$3,850,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $3,842,209 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $3,800,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc: $2,958,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetUniversity of South Carolina Educational Foundation: $2,750,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $2,237,875 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNourish Up: $2,135,000 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC: $1,829,625 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetVISION TO LEARN: $1,800,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $1,469,200 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $1,430,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetCLASSROOM CENTRAL INC: $1,415,368 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,341,666 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK: $1,172,550 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,125,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $1,087,725 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNSON C SMITH UNIVERSITY: $1,070,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCharmeck Family Justice Center Inc co Safe Alliance: $1,000,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $860,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $775,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetUnited Jewish Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc: $701,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $673,475 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCMS FOUNDATION: $593,890 over 4y, 9.7% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $572,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRECEPTIONS FOR RESEARCH THE GREG OLSEN FOUNDATION: $490,000 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ALBEMARLE: $487,300 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetHumane Society of Charlotte Inc: $471,350 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetThe Steve Smith Family Foundation: $375,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetGOLDEN HARVEST FOOD BANK INC: $354,375 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION: $350,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $350,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $345,196 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $310,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNew York University: $275,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAROLINA FARM TRUST INC: $200,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetQueens University of Charlotte: $200,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDANCE FOR THE CURE INC: $155,000 over 6y, 23% of budgetMANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE PALM BEACHES INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLivingstone College: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 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.

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.

Foundation for the Ca…The Leon Levine Found…The Cannon Foundation…Duke Energy FoundationAlbemarle FoundationCharlotte Hornets Fou…The Gambrell Foundati…The Tepper FoundationNfl Foundation IncThe Presbyterian Hosp…Feeding AmericaTruist Foundation Inc
Foundation for the CarolinasNC33.9× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · The Leon Levine Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Albemarle Foundation · Charlotte Hornets Foundation Inc · The Gambrell Foundation · The Tepper Foundation · Nfl Foundation Inc · The Presbyterian Hospital · Feeding America · Truist 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 David and Nicole Tepper Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David and Nicole Tepper Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Period Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Global Empowerment Mission Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
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How do I get to David and Nicole Tepper Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to David and Nicole Tepper Charitable 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 108 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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