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Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
124
Grants FY2024still arriving
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States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$7.4MHuman Services$406kReligion$223kCrime & Legal$94kEducation$44kHousing & Shelter$37kHealth$31kPhilanthropy$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 124 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 124 grants below total $3,256,600, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,692,858 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,436,258 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k71 grants · $175k
  • $10k–50k42 grants · $452k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $729k
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.9M
$3,500
Median grant
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States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MANNA Food Bank, Inc.$1,000,000
Golden Harvest Food Bank, Inc.$300,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, Inc.$300,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee$300,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina, Inc.$167,300
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina, Inc.$150,000
World Central Kitchen, Inc.$100,000
Salvation Army National Corp.$100,000
Meals on Wheels America$100,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee$57,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, Inc.$55,000
Second Harvest Food Bank of Coastal Georgia, Inc.$37,300
Golden Harvest Food Bank, Inc.$15,000
Salvation Army - Asheville$10,000
Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte$10,000
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 (FY20–20, $194k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 37% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $2k → 11%AGAPE FAMILY LIFE CENTER INC: $2k → 17%GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES INC: $3k → 4%GREENHOUSE MINISTRIES: $3k → 9%COMMON HEART INC: $2k → 7%MT PLEASANT FOOD MINISTRY INC: $3k → 8%RAIN INC: $3k → 10%MEETING PLACE ONE INC: $2k → 13%ASHE COUNTY SHARING CENTER: $3k → 14%South Caldwell Christian Ministries: $3k → 16%CHILDRENS HOMES OF CLEVELAND COUNTY: $2k → 17%RESTORING HOPE CENTER INC: $4k → 24%Fannin County Family Connection: $4k → 11%Lumpkin County Family Connection: $1k → 12%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF: $4k → 15%RESET INCORPORATED RISING STARS: $2k → 15%Williamsburg House of Mercy: $2k → 7%ROCKBRIDGE AREA RELIEF ASSOCIATION: $3k → 12%BAY AGING: $2k → 12%LAUREL ADVOCACY AND REFERRAL SERVIE: $2k → 11%Lincoln Cty Senior Citizens Center: $2k → 18%UNION COUNTY COMMUNITY SHELTER: $2k → 7%INTER FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $100k → 8%TABLE INC: $3k → 13%SENIOR SERVICES INC: $3k → 15%Inter Faith Alliance: $2k → 17%THE DISABILITY ACTION CENTER: $2k → 15%GROVE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTER: $2k → 7%SALEM MINISTERS CONFERENCE COMMUNIT: $3k → 8%ANTIOCH IMPROVEMENT MINISTRIES INC: $2k → 14%Piedmont Emergency Relief Center: $2k → 10%Harmony Family Center: $3k → 12%Foothills Food Pantry: $1k → 17%CENTER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES GOLDE: $3k → 10%PROJECT SANTA INC: $3k → 13%CRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY INC: $3k → 15%ORPHAN AID SOCIETY: $2k → 12%SHIELD MINISTRIES INC: $2k → 12%The Servant Center: $2k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $4k → 16%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

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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.

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Hickory County Cares

Food distribution to the needy

Human Services
2
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc

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

Food & Nutrition
3
The Community Table Inc

To provide nutritious meals to the hungry and food insecure in Jackson County, NC in a welcoming environment. We do this through our soup kitchen, food pantry and community garden programs.

Food & Nutrition
4
Cabarrus Cooperative Christian Ministry

To respond to the growing need in our community by providing immediate assistance to residents of Concord, Kannapolis, and Cabarrus County, NC who are experiencing crisis in the areas of food, shelter or finances while providing them…

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5
Burke United Christian Ministries

The mission of burke united christian ministries is to restore resilience in people living in poverty or experiencing homelessness, ensuring their essential needs are met.

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6
Harvest of Hope Food Pantry Inc

Food Pantry

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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
8
House of Hope North Charleston

To reduce hunger and poverty in the Tri-County Area by providing individuals and families with food, clothing, shelter, resource and spiritual support while striving to employ, educate and empower.

Food & Nutrition
9
Appling County Food Bank Inc

Our mission is to provide free food to needy families in appling county.

Food & Nutrition
10
Fauquier Community Food Bank & Thrift Store

To fight hunger in fauquier county by providing our neighbors in need with nourishing food and encouraging self-sufficiency through vibrant community partnerships

Food & Nutrition
11
Christian Food Bank of Hopkins County Inc

Provide food for the needy

Food & Nutrition
12
The Pantry at Hamilton Mill Inc

The Pantry seeks to offer the Bread of Life to our community by providing quality food and building quality relationships rooted in the love ofJesus. Due to the strong need in our community, The Pantry at Hamilton Mill was created to…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greensboro Urban Ministry; the most unlike its peers is Communities in Schools of Catoosa. 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

134 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. 134 of the 356 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)
132/134
Grantees still filing
107/134
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MANNA Food Bank, Inc.: $1,000,000 · OtherMANNA Food Bank, Inc.SPRING GRANTS SCHEDULE ATTACHED: $732,200 · OtherSPRING GRANTS SCHEDULE ATTACHEDFALL GRANTS SCHEDULE ATTACHED: $586,550 · OtherFALL GRANTS SCHEDULE ATTACHEDNOURISH UP 10 YR COMMITTMENT: $500,000 · OtherNOURISH UP 10 YR COMMITTMENTSecond Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee: $357,000 · OtherSecond Harvest Food Bank of Northeast TennesseeSecond Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, Inc.: $355,000 · OtherSecond Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, Inc.Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina, Inc.: $317,300 · OtherSecond Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina, Inc.Golden Harvest Food Bank, Inc.: $315,000 · OtherGolden Harvest Food Bank, Inc.+147 more: $1,059,734 · Other+147 moreFeeding America: $165,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST TN: $50,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA: $30,000 · Food & Nutrition+12 more: $42,050 · Food & NutritionINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $100,000 · Human Services+21 more: $65,200 · Human ServicesTERRIE HESS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $85,000 · Crime & LegalONE STEP FURTHER INC: $3,750 · Crime & LegalSAMARITAN KITCHEN OF WILKES: $3,000 · ReligionDOWNTOWN CHURCHES UNITED INC: $3,000 · ReligionHOUSE OF MERCY: $2,500 · ReligionHaywood Pathways Center Inc: $3,500 · Housing & ShelterGood Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc: $3,250 · Housing & ShelterCONWAY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Health
Other$5,222,784Food & Nutrition$287,050Human Services$165,200Crime & Legal$88,750Religion$8,500Housing & Shelter$6,750Health$6,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetFeeding America: $165,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTERRIE HESS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $85,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST TN: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONWAY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOM A FINCH COMMUNITY YMCA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRestoring Hope Center Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFannin County Family Connection Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetONE STEP FURTHER INC: $3,750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInterfaith Assistance Ministry Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCharleston Jewish Federation Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHaywood Pathways Center Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Rome and Floyd County Georgia Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANDALWOOD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $3,300 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJesus Others & You Inc: $3,250 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGood Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc: $3,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON OUTREACH MINISTRY INC: $3,250 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSALEM MINISTERS CONFERENCE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $3,200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREENHOUSE MINISTRIES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBERKELEY COUNTY BACKPACK PROGRAM INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHelping Hand of Myrtle Beach Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSECOND HELPINGS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES OF ALEXANDRIA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN KITCHEN OF WILKES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN CHURCHES UNITED INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHATHAM OUTREACH ALLIANCE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROCKBRIDGE AREA RELIEF ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetReidsville Outreach Center: $3,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetASHE FOOD PANTRY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSouth Caldwell Christian Ministries: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHELP OF BEAUFORT: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetROOF ABOVE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARMONY FAMILY CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSE OF MERCY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRAIN Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetICNA RELIEF USA PROGRAMS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH FOOD PANTY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBEACON EDUCATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE ↗
  • Who funds TERRIE HESS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST TN ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ↗

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.

Lowcountry Food Bank IncSC44.3× affinity20 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lowcountry Food Bank Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Golden Leaf Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable 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 Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundati funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundati. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 53%
  • Laurel Advocacy & Referral Services Inc: 53% of income from government
  • Life Crisis Center Inc: 24% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
60report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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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Find your warmest path to Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundati 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 356 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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