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Fred and Nancy Brumley Fdn at a glance

· Private foundation

Fred and Nancy Brumley Fdn

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$215k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
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 2024.

Crime & Legal$365kHuman Services$298kCommunity Improvement$120kHealth$115kHousing & Shelter$105kEmployment$99kYouth Development$88kArts & Culture$55kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k8 grants · $165k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARTSPLUS$50,000
THE SALVATION ARMY A GEORGIA CORPORATIO$40,000
CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION$30,000
THOMPSON CHILD & FAMILY FOCUS$25,000
CHANGED CHOICES$20,000
URBANPROMISE CHARLOTTE$15,000
CENTER FOR COMMUNITY TRANSITIONS INC$15,000
HABITAT CHARLOTTE REGION$10,000
CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY$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 (FY19–24, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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.

area typical 9%SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMMUNITIES INC: $25k → 10%SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMMUNITIES INC: $10k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 10 repeat orgs$228k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against -18% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
6

Total granted

$1.1M
$118k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
-18%

Still filing today

70%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
Youth DevelopmentHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureHealthCrime & LegalOther
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

  • TC
    The Center for Community Transitions
    7× · 2017–2024 · $335k · revenue +5%
  • CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $115k · revenue +44%
  • LS
    LIONS SERVICES INC
    4× · 2017–2023 · $99k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • AC
    A CHILD'S PLACE OF CHARLOTTE INC
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue -41%
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • FS
    Freedom School Partners Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue -18%
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
Charlotte Family Housing

The mission of Charlotte Family Housing is to empower working families experiencing homelessness to achieve long-term self-sufficiency through shelter, housing, supportive services, and advocacy.

Human Services
2
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc

The Children's Home Society of North Carolina's mission is to promote the right of every child to a permanent, safe, and loving family.

Human Services
3
Habitat for Humanity Cabarrus County

Guided by God, Habitat Cabarrus transforms lives and our community by uniting all of Cabarrus County around the cause of decent, affordable housing for everyone.

Housing & Shelter
4
For Charlotte Inc

To unite the Church to transform the city through the power of the Gospel.

Religion
5
The Charlotte Center for the Humanities Inc

The mission of The Charlotte Center is to help our community flourish. We accomplish our mission by bringing people together to explore community life together through the lens of the humanities and civic imagination.

Human Services
6
Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy Inc

Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy provides civil legal representation to meet basic human needs of safety, security and stability. Our mission is to provide justice for those in need.During FY2025, we worked on 13,537 cases and shared…

Crime & Legal
7
Coastal Carolinas Health Alliance

Facilitate networking among hospitals

Health
8
Carolina Community Care Inc

The mission of hospice & community care is to give hope, comfort, and compassion to those that need it most. hospice & community care is a nonprofit healthcare organization providing hospice and palliative care to residents of york,…

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9
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
10
Dress for Success Charlotte

A womens advancement center, the mission of Dress for Success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and development tools to thrive in work and in life. Programs and…

Human Services
11
Mens Shelter of Charlotte Inc

Helping homeless men by providing a safe shelter and meeting their basic needs as well as address barriers related to homelessness and self-sufficiency and helping homeless men to obtain and maintain more appropriate housing.

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12
Habitat for Humanity of High Point Archdale & Trinity Inc

Habitat for Humanity of High Point, Archdale and Trinity is an ecumenical Christian movement whose goal is to build safe, decent, affordable homes for our neighbors in need. Through conscience and action, Habitat utilizes volunteer labor…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region; the most unlike its peers is Thompson Child & Family Focus Inc. 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

15 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. 15 of the 20 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Center for Community Transitions: $335,000 · OtherThe Center for Community TransitionsTHE SALVATION ARMY: $130,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYCOMMUNITY LINK PROGRAMS OF TRAVELER: $120,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY LINK PROGRAMS OF TRAVELERTHOMPSON CHILD & FAMILY FOCUS INC: $80,000 · OtherTHOMPSON CHILD & FAMILY FOCUS INCPLAZA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $53,951 · OtherPLAZA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHArtsPlus: $50,000 · OtherArtsPlusA CHILD'S PLACE OF CHARLOTTE INC: $50,000 · OtherA CHILD'S PLACE OF CHARLOTTE INCTHE SALVATION ARMY A GEORGIA CORPORATIO: $40,000 · Other+4 more: $58,000 · Other+4 moreCHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION: $115,000 · HealthCHARLOTTE…UrbanPromise Charlotte: $87,500 · Youth DevelopmentFreedom School Partners Inc: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentLIONS SERVICES INC: $98,500 · Community ImprovementSupportive Housing Communities Inc: $35,000 · Human ServicesCrisis Assistance Ministry: $10,000 · Human ServicesChanged Choices Inc: $30,000 · Crime & LegalCarolina Voices Inc: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$916,951Health$115,000Youth Development$102,500Community Improvement$98,500Human Services$45,000Crime & Legal$30,000Arts & Culture$5,000

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 budgetThe Center for Community Transitions: $335,000 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetCHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION: $115,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLIONS SERVICES INC: $98,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUrbanPromise Charlotte: $87,500 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetTHOMPSON CHILD & FAMILY FOCUS INC: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetArtsPlus: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetA CHILD'S PLACE OF CHARLOTTE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetSupportive Housing Communities Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetChanged Choices Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetFreedom School Partners Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFLORENCE CRITTENTON INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCrisis Assistance Ministry: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHabitat For Humanity Of The Charlotte Region: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Link Programs of Travelers Aid Society of Central Carolinas Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCarolina Voices Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% 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 Leon Levine Found…Duke Energy FoundationMerancas Foundation I…Albemarle FoundationTruist Foundation IncBrighthouse Financial…The Eleanor H Barnhar…Philip L Van Every Fo…The Presbyterian Hosp…Ally Charitable Found…
Foundation for the CarolinasNC30.4× affinity13 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 Leon Levine Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Merancas Foundation Inc · Albemarle Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · Brighthouse Financial Foundation · The Eleanor H Barnhardt Charitable Trust · Philip L Van Every Foundation · The Presbyterian Hospital · Ally 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 Fred and Nancy Brumley Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fred and Nancy Brumley Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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 20 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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