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Fox Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$523k
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.1MArts & Culture$431kHealth$426kHousing & Shelter$400kScience & Tech$121kYouth Development$101kFood & Nutrition$78kEmployment$61kOther$0
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $495k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$9.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Senior PharmAssist Inc$40,000
Durham Technical Community College Foundation Inc$37,500
Families Moving Forward$35,000
Durham Literacy Center$30,000
Duke University$30,000
Duke University$30,000
Urban Ministries of Durham Inc$25,000
The Association for the Preservation of the Eno River Valley Inc dba Eno R$25,000
American Dance Festival Inc$25,000
Housing for New Hope$25,000
Durham Arts Council Inc$23,000
El Futuro$20,000
The Hill Center Inc dba Hill Learning Center$20,000
Museum of Durham History$20,000
Museum of Life and Science$20,000
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 (FY20–24, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA: $3k → 8%Dress for Success Triangle NC: $18k → 8%Dress for Success Triangle NC: $15k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $13k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $13k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $3k → 8%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 31 repeat orgs$166k to everyone else

31 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
10

Total granted

$2.7M
$128k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+34%

Still filing today

84%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $256k · revenue +1%
  • DA
    DURHAM ACADEMY INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $228k · revenue +16%
  • DURHAM LITERACY CENTER INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $133k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • DU
    DUKE UNIVERSITY FOR DUKE PEDIATRIC BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION PROGRAM
    one grant, 2020 · $40k
  • NU
    NCSU UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC FOR ARTS NC STATE CRAFTS CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • THE HILL CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +30%
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
Durham Community Land Trustees Inc

Build strong communities by developing, managing, and advocating for permanent affordable housing that provides durham residents with low to moderate incomes a stable foundation for achieving economic security.

Housing & Shelter
2
The Durham Museum

Provide relevant educational and entertaining opportunities within the region that exceed customer expectations, while preserving our community's vibrant cultural history.

Arts & Culture
3
Durham Dreams Youth Mentorship Foundation

To improve outcomes for students in the Durham community by providing programs focused on academic success, social-emotional well being, and leadership.

—
4
Durhamcares Inc

Help Durham residents love neighbors.

Philanthropy
5
North Carolina Museum of Life & Science Inc

To create a place of lifelong learning where people, from young child to senior citizen, embrace science as a way of knowing about themselves, their community, and their world.

Arts & Culture
6
Stepup Durham

Stepup partners with adults to transform their lives through training in life and employment skills.

Human Services
7
Durham's Partnership for Children

To ensure every child in durham enters school ready to succeed, we lead community strategies for children birth to 5, and their families that promote healthy development and learning and echance access to high quality care.

Education
8
Durham Home Inc
—
9
Durham Congregations in Action

Dcia organizes communities of diverse faiths to work for racial justice, social equity, and human dignity.

Human Services
10
Davidson Day School

Davidson Day is a Pre-K through 12th grade college preparatory school located in Davidson, North Carolina. Davidson Day School fosters academic excellence through collaboration, creativity, and character development. Our vision is to be a…

Education
11
Made in Durham

We are a community partnership of educators, business, government, youth-serving nonprofits and young people mobilized to achieve a shared vision that all of durham's youth will complete high school and a post-secondary credential and…

Education
12
Durham Central Park

Durham central park is an exciting downtown destination that offers a venue for cultural activities and is part of a 24-hour, authentic, walkable, neighborhood for arts, recreation and locally owned businesses.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Student U; the most unlike its peers is Bull City Woodshop. 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

39 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. 39 of the 49 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
32/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DUKE UNIVERSITY: $256,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYDURHAM ACADEMY INC: $228,000 · EducationDURHAM ACADEMY INCDURHAM LITERACY CENTER INC: $133,000 · EducationDURHAM LITERACY CENTER INCDURHAM LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $104,250 · EducationDURHAM LIBRARY FOUNDATIONSTUDENT U: $69,000 · EducationSTUDENT UDURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL INC: $63,000 · EducationDURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL INCDURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EducationAUGUSTINE LITERACY PROJECT - TRIANGLE: $38,000 · Education+4 more: $65,500 · Education+4 moreFAMILIES MOVING FORWARD: $127,000 · OtherFAMILIES MOVING FORWARDMUSEUM OF LIFE AND SCIENCE: $120,500 · OtherMUSEUM OF LIFE AND SCIENCEUrban Ministries of Durham Inc: $112,000 · OtherUrban Ministries of Durham IncThe Hill Center Inc dba Hill Learning Center: $83,000 · OtherThe Hill Center Inc dba Hill Learning C…HOUSING FOR NEW HOPE ON BEHALF OF DURHAM COLLABORATIVE TO END FAMILY HOMELE: $78,000 · OtherHOUSING FOR NEW HOPE ON BEHALF OF DURHA…EMILY K CENTER: $73,000 · OtherEMILY K CENTERTHRESHOLD INC: $68,000 · OtherTHRESHOLD INCNORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC FOR ARTS NC STATE CRAFTS CE: $43,000 · OtherDUKE UNIVERSITY FOR DUKE PEDIATRIC BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION PROGRAM: $40,000 · OtherDRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $60,500 · OtherDRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NCASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE ENO RIVER VALLEY INC: $60,000 · OtherASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE…DISPUTE SETTLEMENT CENTER INC: $60,000 · OtherDISPUTE SETTLEMENT CENTER INC+10 more: $72,500 · Other+10 moreTHE DURHAM ARTS COUNCIL INC: $110,500 · Arts & CultureTHE DURHAM AR…AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $98,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN DANC…MUSEUM OF DURHAM HISTORY: $89,500 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF DUR…Carolina Theatre of Durham Inc: $49,000 · Arts & CultureCarolina Thea…+1 more: $3,750 · Arts & CultureSENIOR PHARMASSIST INC: $127,000 · HealthSENIOR PHAR…EL FUTURO INC: $87,000 · HealthEL FUTURO I…LINCOLN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $63,000 · HealthLINCOLN COM…+2 more: $4,500 · HealthDURHAM CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE: $65,500 · Youth DevelopmentVOICES TOGETHER INC: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentBULL CITY WOODSHOP: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentHOUSING FOR NEW HOPE: $83,000 · Housing & ShelterMeals on Wheels of Durham Inc: $78,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$996,750Other$997,500Arts & Culture$350,750Health$281,500Youth Development$100,500Housing & Shelter$83,000Food & Nutrition$78,000

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 budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $256,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDURHAM ACADEMY INC: $228,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDURHAM LITERACY CENTER INC: $133,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetFAMILIES MOVING FORWARD: $127,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetSENIOR PHARMASSIST INC: $127,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetUrban Ministries of Durham Inc: $112,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE DURHAM ARTS COUNCIL INC: $110,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetDURHAM LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $104,250 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetAMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $98,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMUSEUM OF DURHAM HISTORY: $89,500 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetEL FUTURO INC: $87,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHOUSING FOR NEW HOPE: $83,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Durham Inc: $78,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSTUDENT U: $69,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTHRESHOLD INC: $68,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetDURHAM CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE: $65,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetLINCOLN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $63,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL INC: $63,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $60,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE ENO RIVER VALLEY INC: $60,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetDISPUTE SETTLEMENT CENTER INC: $60,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetCarolina Theatre of Durham Inc: $49,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetDURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetAUGUSTINE LITERACY PROJECT - TRIANGLE: $38,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetVOICES TOGETHER INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION INC: $23,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HILL CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOOK HARVEST: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLatino Educational Achievement Partnership: $10,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetBULL CITY WOODSHOP: $10,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEEP DURHAM BEAUTIFUL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA ARTS IN ACTION INC: $3,750 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCARING HOUSE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECU FAMILY HOUSE AT UNC HOSPITALS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEMILY KRZYZEWSKI CENTER INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREFUGEE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP INC: $750 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 DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DURHAM ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds DURHAM LITERACY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES MOVING FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR PHARMASSIST INC ↗
  • Who funds Urban Ministries of Durham Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE DURHAM ARTS COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds DURHAM LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF DURHAM HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds EL FUTURO INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING FOR NEW HOPE ↗
  • Who funds Meals on Wheels of Durham Inc ↗
  • Who funds STUDENT U ↗
  • Who funds THRESHOLD INC ↗
  • Who funds DURHAM CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds DURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE ENO RIVER VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds DISPUTE SETTLEMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Carolina Theatre of Durham Inc ↗
  • Who funds DURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AUGUSTINE LITERACY PROJECT - TRIANGLE ↗
  • Who funds VOICES TOGETHER INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA VETERINARY MEDICAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HILL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BOOK HARVEST ↗
  • Who funds TRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS INC ↗
  • Who funds Latino Educational Achievement Partnership ↗
  • Who funds BULL CITY WOODSHOP ↗

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.

Triangle Community Fo…Duke UniversityThe Mary Duke Biddle …The Forest At Duke IncDurham Merchants Asso…Duke University Healt…Fm Kirby Foundation I…United Way of the Gre…Duke Energy FoundationFidelity FoundationThe Leon Levine Found…Truist Foundation Inc
Triangle Community Foundation IncNC60.9× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke University · The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Missionpost Pmb #101 · The Forest At Duke Inc · Durham Merchants Association Charitable Foundation · Duke University Health System Inc · Fm Kirby Foundation Inc · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · 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 Fox Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fox Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Fox Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Fox Family Foundation Inc 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 49 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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