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Four Ten Foundation at a glance

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Four Ten Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$101k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$4,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$367k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WEE GIVE FOOD PANTRY$9,396
FIRST BAPTIST CHARLOTTE$8,000
EMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION$8,000
FIRST TEE OF CENTRAL CAROLINA$4,000
CONNECTING THE GAP$4,000
CROSSROADS$4,000
KICKO$4,000
GRACE MAR SERVICES$4,000
BEDS FOR KIDS$4,000
ALLIANCE CENTER FOR EDUCATION$4,000
ST PETER'S WORLD OUTREACH$4,000
LEGACY HILLS CHURCH$4,000
COMMUNITY CARE CENTER$4,000
SHERMAN ACADEMY$4,000
CENTER GROVE$4,000
02The need
02

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 (FY24–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%GRACE MAR SERVICES: $4k → 10%SAFE ALLIANCE: $4k → 10%BEDS FOR KIDS: $4k → 10%BETHESDA CENTER: $4k → 15%B HELPFUL LOVE: $4k → 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 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
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
2
Homes of Hope Inc

Provied temporary and emergency and low income housing and secured shelter.

Housing & Shelter
3
Safe Harbor of Nc Inc

Safe Harbor provides a faith-based community for rebuilding, renewing, and recovery. We work together with volunteers and other nonprofit organizations to provide a wide range of services to those experiencing homelessness, single mothers,…

Health
4
House of Hope of Nc Inc

Home, Counseling & Support for Hurting Teens

Education
5
Mom Community Inc

To provide low-cost transitional living and life skill programs to pregnant mothers and new moms between the ages of 18 and 24

Human Services
6
Fresh Start Alamance Inc

Charitable nonprofit providing assistance to individuals in need in Alamance County

Housing & Shelter
7
Youth Crisis Center Inc

The mission of YCC is to build a healthier community by empowering young people and families to rise above adversity.

Human Services
8
Grace Resource Center Inc

To provide food, shelter, clothing, medical assistance and other immediate need to the thousands of needy and homeless people living in our area.

Housing & Shelter
9
Second Home Support Network

To provide tangible support and care to foster, adoptive, and kinship families in the Raleigh/Durham area.

Health
10
C4 Ministries of Laurens County

General assistance to help families experiencing homelessness and low-income families achieve sustaiinable independence through a community-based response.

Human Services
11
Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc

Faith Family Hospitality's mission is to support families experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable self-sufficiency in a timely and dignified manner. This interfaith volunteer effort coordinates the work of 30 diverse Fort Collins…

Human Services
12
Heal Charlotte

Heal Charlotte is a community based organization that provides youth development programming (in-school, after school, and summer camps), adult training workshops (financial literacy, job training), rental assistance and eviction…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Golf Fore Fun Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bhelpful Love Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

13 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. 13 of the 22 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
6/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEE GIVE FOOD PANTRY: $9,396 · OtherWEE GIVE FOOD PANTRYFIRST BAPTIST CHARLOTTE: $8,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHARLOTTECROSSROADS: $4,000 · OtherCROSSROADSLIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH: $4,000 · OtherLIFE COMMUNITY CHURCHCONNECTING THE GAP: $4,000 · OtherCONNECTING THE GAPCENTER GROVE: $4,000 · OtherCENTER GROVEKICKO: $4,000 · OtherKICKOST PETER'S WORLD OUTREACH: $4,000 · OtherST PETER'S WORLD OUTREACHLEGACY HILLS CHURCH: $4,000 · OtherLEGACY HILLS CHURCHBethesda Center for the Homesless Inc: $4,000 · Human ServicesBethesda Center for th…BHELPFUL LOVE INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesBHELPFUL LOVE INCBEDS FOR KIDS INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesBEDS FOR KIDS INCGRACE-MAR SERVICES INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesGRACE-MAR SERVICES INCSafe Alliance Inc: $4,000 · Human ServicesSafe Alliance IncEMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Youth DevelopmentEMERALD YOUTH…LEAD Girls of NC Inc: $4,000 · Youth DevelopmentLEAD Girls of…Sherman Academy Inc: $4,000 · EducationALLIANCE CENTER FOR EDUCATION INC: $4,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY CARE CENTER FOR FORSYTH COUNTY: $4,000 · HealthANOTHER CHANCE HOUSE OF REFUGE INC: $4,000 · Housing & ShelterP23 Retreat: $4,000 · ReligionGOLF FORE FUN INC: $4,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$45,396Human Services$20,000Youth Development$12,000Education$8,000Health$4,000Housing & Shelter$4,000Religion$4,000Recreation & Sports$4,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEMERALD YOUTH FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBethesda Center for the Homesless Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSherman Academy Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY CARE CENTER FOR FORSYTH COUNTY: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANOTHER CHANCE HOUSE OF REFUGE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetALLIANCE CENTER FOR EDUCATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetP23 Retreat: $4,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetGOLF FORE FUN INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBEDS FOR KIDS INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRACE-MAR SERVICES INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLEAD Girls of NC Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSafe Alliance Inc: $4,000 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.

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…United Way of Greater…The Winston-Salem Fou…Reynolds American Fou…The Cannon Foundation…Truist Foundation IncDuke Energy FoundationThe Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Foundation for the CarolinasNC18.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Reynolds American Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Truist Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Four Ten Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Four Ten 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.

    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 22 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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