· Private foundation
Dr Michael & Sophia Yarborough Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY | $30,000 |
| FOOD BANK OF EASTERN NC | $15,000 |
| FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $140) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
THE HILL CENTER INC7× · 2017–2023 · $171k · revenue +44%
Davidson College7× · 2017–2023 · $63k · revenue +42%- TTTHE TELLURIDE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION2× · 2019–2023 · $8k · revenue +20%
Funded once
- SMSAMARITAN MEDICAL OUTREACH MINISTRIES INCone grant, 2017 · $16k · revenue +20%
- BIBAY ISLANDS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2017 · $10k
HEALING TRANSITIONS INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +116%
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.
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.
The nc ahec program provides and supports educational activities and services with a focus on primary care in rural communities and those with less access to resources to recruit, train, and retain the workforce needed to create a healthy…
The mission of wingate university is to develop educated, ethical, and productive global citizens. following its judeo-christian heritage, the university seeks to cultivate the following in its students: knowledge, faith, and service.
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.
Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.
The purpose of methodist university is to provide an undergraduate and graduate education firmly grounded in the liberal arts tradition, that nurtures moral values & ethical decision-making; to provide distinctive professional & graduate…
The compelling purpose of presbyterian college, as a church-related college, is to develop within the framework of christian faith the mental, physical, moral, and spiritual capacities of each student in (see schedule o)
Brevard college is committed to an experiential liberal arts education that encourages personal growth and inspires artistic, intellectual, and social action.
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.
Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.
The mission of the edward via college of osteopathic medicine (vcom) is to prepare globally-minded, community-focused physicians to meet the needs of rural and medically underserved populations and promote research to improve human health.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 14 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE HILL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Davidson College ↗
- Who funds MEREDITH COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN MEDICAL OUTREACH MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds THE TELLURIDE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds HEALING TRANSITIONS INC ↗
- Who funds Law Enforcement Chaplaincy for South Carolina ↗
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.
Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Dr Michael & Sophia Yarborough Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dr Michael & Sophia Yarborough Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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