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George W & Ruth R Baxter Foundation Inc at a glance

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George W & Ruth R Baxter Foundation Inc

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.

$691k
Granted FY2024still arriving
63
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$30k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$1.6MHuman Services$883kEducation$725kFood & Nutrition$650kReligion$218kRecreation & Sports$170kHousing & Shelter$135kCrime & Legal$125kOther$0
02FY2024 · 63 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $101k
  • $10k–50k42 grants · $590k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDSHIP TRAYS$30,000
PATRIOT FOUNDATION$25,000
FIRST HEALTH FOUNDATION$25,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS$25,000
HEART MATH TUTORING$20,000
CLASSROOM CENTRAL$20,000
SALVATION ARMY$20,000
SAMARITAN'S COLONY$20,000
VETERAN'S BRIDGE HOME$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
CHARLOTTE SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER$15,000
SHELTER HEALTH SERVICES$15,000
CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY$15,000
HOSPICE PALLIATIVE CARE - CHARLOTTE$15,000
CHARLOTTE NEUROSCIENCE FOUNDATION$15,000
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 (FY19–24, $563k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%SAMARITAN'S COLONY: $30k → 23%SAMARITAN'S COLONY: $20k → 23%SAMARITAN'S COLONY: $20k → 23%RICHMOND COUNTY HOSPICE: $15k → 23%SAMARITAN'S COLONY: $15k → 23%SAMARITAN'S COLONY: $15k → 23%RICHMOND COUNTY HOSPICE: $15k → 23%RICHMOND COUNTY HOSPICE: $15k → 23%RICHMOND COUNTY HOSPICE: $15k → 23%SAMARITAN'S COLONY: $15k → 23%RICHMOND COUNTY HOSPICE: $10k → 23%RICHMOND COUNTY HOSPICE: $10k → 23%FAMILY PROMISE OF MOORE COUNTY: $15k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF MOORE COUNTY: $10k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF MOORE COUNTY: $10k → 10%NORTHERN MOORE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 10%NORTHERN MOORE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $20k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $20k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $20k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $20k → 10%NEXT STEP CLUBHOUSE: $20k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $15k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $15k → 10%ADULT DAY AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES: $5k → 10%ADULT DAY AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES: $5k → 10%NEXT STEP CLUBHOUSE: $3k → 10%LOAVES AND FISHES: $75k → 10%LOAVES AND FISHES: $30k → 10%LOAVES AND FISHES: $30k → 10%LOAVES AND FISHES: $30k → 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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.7M · 70 repeat orgs$140k to everyone else

70 repeat relationships: 53 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

70
7

Total granted

$4.7M
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+57%

Still filing today

63%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther
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

  • HF
    Heineman-Robicsek Foundation Inc
    5× · 2019–2023 · $250k · revenue +271%
  • NU
    Nourish Up
    4× · 2019–2022 · $165k · revenue +225%
  • HM
    Heart Math Tutoring Inc
    6× · 2019–2024 · $160k · revenue +155%

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +76%
  • HB
    HOLDEN BEACH TURTLE WATCH PROGRAM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $13k · revenue +94%
  • HF
    HV3 FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -46%
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
Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Found ation
Health
2
North Carolina Community Health Center Assoc Inc

To promote community based primary health care systems in medically underserved areas.

Health
3
Carolina Family Health Centers Inc

Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc. provides accessible and affordable health care with excellence...where patients come FIRST

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4
Humane Society of Charlotte Inc

Humane Society of Charlotte mission is to champion the wellbeing of companion animals and strengthen their bond with the people who know, love, and need them.

Animals
5
Virginia B Andes Volunteer Community Clinic Inc

Provide no-cost volunteer medical, pharmacy and wellness services to the under-served in charlotte county

Health
6
First Choice Community Health Ctrs

Providing healthcare to the underserved population of Harnett County NC and the surrounding area.

Health
7
Carolina Therapeutic Services Community Development Inc

CTS Community Development is a behavioral health provider committed to helping individuals from underserved communities to live safe, productive, and meaningful lives

Human Services
8
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
9
Hospitality House of Charlotte

To provide the comforts of home for families of seriously ill loved ones by offering affordable accommodations in the heart of charlotte's medical community.

Health
10
For Charlotte Inc

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

Religion
11
Charlotte Medical Dental and Pharmaceutical Association
Health
12
Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region

Our mission is to relieve suffering and improve the quality and dignity of life through compassionate hospice care at the end of life, palliative care for those with advanced illness, and through community education.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Promise of Moore County; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United 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

57 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. 57 of the 87 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)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/57
Grantees still filing
40/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Heineman-Robicsek Foundation Inc: $250,000 · OtherHeineman-Robicsek Foundation IncSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $215,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANKSALVATION ARMY: $190,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYIndividual grant recipient: $185,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFriendship Trays Inc: $180,000 · OtherFriendship Trays IncCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $135,000 · OtherFIRST HEALTH FOUNDATION: $125,000 · OtherVETERANS BRIDGE HOME INC: $120,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $112,500 · OtherFRIEND TO FRIEND: $105,000 · OtherMOORE COUNTY FREE & CHARITABLE CLINIC: $95,000 · OtherCROSSNORE SCHOOL: $90,000 · Other+35 more: $890,250 · Other+35 morePats Place Child Advocacy Center: $125,000 · HealthPats Place Child…Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center Inc: $110,000 · HealthCharlotte Speech…SHELTER HEALTH SERVICES INC: $90,000 · HealthSHELTER HEALTH S…Agape Dental Ministry: $75,000 · HealthAgape Dental Min…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $70,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN…Charlotte Neuroscience Foundation DBA Memory and Movement Charlotte: $70,000 · HealthCharlotte Neuros…MATTHEWS FREE MEDICAL CLINIC: $60,000 · HealthMATTHEWS FREE ME…Carolina Breast Friends Inc: $40,000 · HealthCarolina Breast …Cook Community Clinic Inc: $40,000 · HealthCook Community C…+3 more: $37,000 · HealthNourish Up: $165,000 · Human ServicesNourish UpSAMARITAN COLONY INC: $115,000 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN COL…Crisis Assistance Ministry: $110,000 · Human ServicesCrisis Assist…RICHMOND COUNTY HOSPICE INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesRICHMOND COUN…Family Promise of Moore County: $35,000 · Human ServicesFamily Promis…Families Forward Charlotte Inc: $30,000 · Human ServicesNORTHERN MOORE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesNext Step Clubhouse: $22,500 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesHeart Math Tutoring Inc: $160,000 · EducationHeart Math…CLASSROOM CENTRAL INC: $135,000 · EducationCLASSROOM …SANDHILLS CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $114,000 · EducationSANDHILLS …AUGUSTINE LITERACY PROJECT - TRIANGLE: $20,000 · EducationAugustine Literacy Project - Charlotte: $20,000 · Education+3 more: $17,000 · EducationPATRIOT FOUNDATION: $155,000 · Recreation & SportsHV3 FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsROOF ABOVE INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LYNNWOOD FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Arts & CultureCHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureVAGABOND SCHOOL OF THE DRAMA INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureOPERA CAROLINA: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSolutions for Animals Inc: $60,000 · AnimalsHOLDEN BEACH TURTLE WATCH PROGRAM INC: $13,000 · Animals+1 more: $1,500 · Animals
Other$2,692,750Health$717,000Human Services$592,500Education$466,000Recreation & Sports$170,000Arts & Culture$125,000Animals$74,500

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 budgetHeineman-Robicsek Foundation Inc: $250,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetFriendship Trays Inc: $180,000 over 6y, 6.5% of budgetNourish Up: $165,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHeart Math Tutoring Inc: $160,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetPATRIOT FOUNDATION: $155,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetCLASSROOM CENTRAL INC: $135,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPats Place Child Advocacy Center: $125,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetVETERANS BRIDGE HOME INC: $120,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetSAMARITAN COLONY INC: $115,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetSANDHILLS CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $114,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCrisis Assistance Ministry: $110,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCharlotte Speech and Hearing Center Inc: $110,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetFRIEND TO FRIEND: $105,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetSHELTER HEALTH SERVICES INC: $90,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetRICHMOND COUNTY HOSPICE INC: $80,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAgape Dental Ministry: $75,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $70,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCharlotte Neuroscience Foundation DBA Memory and Movement Charlotte: $70,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMATTHEWS FREE MEDICAL CLINIC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetSMITH MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $60,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetSolutions for Animals Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetLIFT UP CAROLINAS: $50,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF KNOXVILLE: $40,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetCarolina Breast Friends Inc: $40,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetROOF ABOVE INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LYNNWOOD FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCook Community Clinic Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFamily Promise of Moore County: $35,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetFamilies Forward Charlotte Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTHE FLETCHER SCHOOL INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCABARRUS MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetThe Shepherds Center of Charlotte: $30,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetNORTHERN MOORE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNext Step Clubhouse: $22,500 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetREMOTE AREA MEDICAL: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAUGUSTINE LITERACY PROJECT - TRIANGLE: $20,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetAugustine Literacy Project - Charlotte: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetINTERFAITH HEALTH CENTER: $19,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHARLOTTE COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHV3 FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMEDICAL BENEVOLENCE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhilips Academy of North Carolina Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWILLS PLACE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetAdult Day and Health Care Services Inc Blessed Assurance Adult Day and Health C: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHearts United for Good Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBounty & Soul: $10,000 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.

  • Who funds Heineman-Robicsek Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Friendship Trays Inc ↗
  • Who funds Nourish Up ↗
  • Who funds Heart Math Tutoring Inc ↗
  • Who funds PATRIOT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CLASSROOM CENTRAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Pats Place Child Advocacy Center ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS BRIDGE HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN COLONY INC ↗
  • Who funds SANDHILLS CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Crisis Assistance Ministry ↗
  • Who funds Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIEND TO FRIEND ↗
  • Who funds SHELTER HEALTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds RICHMOND COUNTY HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds Agape Dental Ministry ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Charlotte Neuroscience Foundation DBA Memory and Movement Charlotte ↗
  • Who funds MATTHEWS FREE MEDICAL CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds SMITH MEDICAL CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds Solutions for Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds LIFT UP CAROLINAS ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF KNOXVILLE ↗
  • Who funds Carolina Breast Friends Inc ↗
  • Who funds ROOF ABOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LYNNWOOD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Cook Community Clinic Inc ↗

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…Duke Energy FoundationUnited Way of Greater…The Leon Levine Found…The Presbyterian Hosp…Merancas Foundation I…The Cannon Foundation…Albemarle FoundationThe Dickson Foundatio…The Eleanor H Barnhar…Philip L Van Every Fo…Dowd Foundation Inc
Foundation for the CarolinasNC55.3× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · The Presbyterian Hospital · Merancas Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Albemarle Foundation · The Dickson Foundation Inc · The Eleanor H Barnhardt Charitable Trust · Philip L Van Every Foundation · Dowd 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 George W & Ruth R Baxter Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George W & Ruth R Baxter Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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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    Find your warmest path to George W & Ruth R Baxter 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 87 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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