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de Molina Family Foundation at a glance

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de Molina Family Foundation

$27k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$27k
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.

Arts & Culture$83kEducation$39kHealth$33kReligion$28kPhilanthropy$27kHuman Services$20kCivil Rights$11kRecreation & Sports$11kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$26,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$4k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
St Therese Catholic Church$26,500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Susquehanna University: $20k → 10%Smithsonian Latino Center: $25k → 14%St Therese Catholic Church: $27k → 9%Jamie Kimble Foundation for Courage: $1k → 10%Hyde School: $5k → 9%St Therese Catholic Church: $1k → 9%The Echo Foundation: $1k → 10%Allegro Foundation: $15k → 10%Carolina Thread Trail: $10k → 10%Allegro Foundation: $8k → 10%Carolina Thread Trail: $880 → 10%Charlotte Ballet: $48k → 10%Charlotte Symphony: $5k → 10%Freedom Alliance: $5k → 10%Friedland Foundation: $5k → 10%RunningWorks: $200 → 10%Latin American Womens Association: $5k → 10%Levine Childrens Hospital: $500 → 10%Charlotte New Music: $500 → 10%Hope Way Foundation: $10k → 10%Hopeway: $10k → 10%Hopeway: $10k → 10%WTVI Foundation: $21k → 10%WTVI PBS Charlotte: $5k → 10%International House: $3k → 10%WTVI Foundation: $1k → 10%The John Crosland School: $14k → 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.
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.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$113k · 5 repeat orgs$143k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
16

Total granted

$113k
$143k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+6%

Still filing today

60%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationArts & CultureCrime & LegalCivil RightsHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • HF
    HopeWay Foundation
    3× · 2017–2019 · $30k · revenue +233%
  • WF
    WTVI FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $22k · revenue +41%
  • AF
    Allegro Foundation Inc
    2× · 2018–2019 · $22k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • CB
    CHARLOTTE BALLETgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $48k · revenue +161%
  • SL
    Smithsonian Latino Center
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • SU
    SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +27%
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
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
2
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
3
President and Fellows of Middlebury College

Through a commitment to immersive learning, we prepare students to lead engaged, consequential, and creative lives, contribute to their communities, and address the world's most challenging problems.

Education
4
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
5
Hampden-Sydney College

Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.

Education
6
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
7
Columbia College

Columbia college provides educational opportunities that develop students' capacity for critical thought and expression, life-long learning, acceptance of personal responsibilty, and commitment to service and social justice.

Education
8
Wiley College

Provide a liberal arts education with globally focused endeavors to provide an intellectually stimulating environment, promoting student competencies in communication, as well as critical and analytical thinking.

Education
9
Greensboro College

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Education
10
Sledge Institute

Public, tuition-free charter school

Education
11
Hope Academy of Charlotte Inc

Christ-centered, college preparatory, academic program.

Education
12
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The John Crosland School; the most unlike its peers is Charlotte Ballet. 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

11 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. 11 of the 21 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

St Therese Catholic Church: $27,550 · OtherSt Therese Catholic ChurchSmithsonian Latino Center: $25,000 · OtherSmithsonian Latino CenterTHE JOHN CROSLAND SCHOOL: $14,000 · OtherTHE JOHN CROSLAND SCHOOLCAROLINA THREAD TRAIL: $10,880 · OtherCAROLINA THREAD TRAILFriedland Foundation: $5,000 · OtherFreedom Alliance: $5,000 · OtherLatin American Womens Association: $5,000 · OtherCharlotte Symphony: $5,000 · OtherWTVI PBS Charlotte: $5,000 · Other+4 more: $4,200 · OtherCHARLOTTE BALLET: $47,500 · Arts & CultureCHARLOTTE BALLETAllegro Foundation Inc: $22,000 · EducationAllegro Foundation I…SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationSUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSI…Hyde School: $5,000 · EducationHyde SchoolHopeWay Foundation: $30,000 · HealthHopeWay Found…WTVI FOUNDATION INC: $22,160 · PhilanthropyWTVI FOUN…Jamie Kimble Foundation for Courage: $1,000 · Crime & LegalEcho Foundation: $1,000 · Civil Rights
Other$106,630Arts & Culture$47,500Education$47,000Health$30,000Philanthropy$22,160Crime & Legal$1,000Civil Rights$1,000

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 budgetCHARLOTTE BALLET: $47,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHopeWay Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWTVI FOUNDATION INC: $22,160 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetAllegro Foundation Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOHN CROSLAND SCHOOL: $14,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHyde School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJamie Kimble Foundation for Courage: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRUNNINGWORKS INC: $200 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 CHARLOTTE BALLET ↗
  • Who funds HopeWay Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WTVI FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Allegro Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE JOHN CROSLAND SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CAROLINA THREAD TRAIL ↗
  • Who funds Hyde School ↗
  • Who funds Jamie Kimble Foundation for Courage ↗
  • Who funds Echo Foundation ↗
  • Who funds RUNNINGWORKS 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.

Duke Energy FoundationFoundation for the Ca…The Marc & Mattye Sil…Foundation for the Ch…The Dickson Foundatio…The Presbyterian Hosp…Dowd Foundation IncThe Bank of America C…United Way WorldwideMorgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…
Duke Energy FoundationNC21.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Marc & Mattye Silverman Family Foundation · Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community · The Dickson Foundation Inc · The Presbyterian Hospital · Dowd Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way Worldwide · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment 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 de Molina Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from de Molina Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%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 · 0–10%
    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 21 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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