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Harold and Margaret Deal Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Harold and Margaret Deal Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$40k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$107kArts & Culture$29kReligion$16kHealth$10kInternational$10kYouth Development$10kHousing & Shelter$9kEducation$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$3,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$404k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YMCA OF CATAWBA VALLEY$10,000
EARLIERORG$5,000
HICKORY CHORAL SOCIETY$5,000
CATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN$3,000
SALT BLOCK FOUNDATION$3,000
JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION$3,000
PIEDMONT COUNCIL BSA$3,000
SAFE HARBOR OF NC$3,000
HART SQUARE FOUNDATION$3,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $102k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%YMCA OF CATAWBA VALLEY: $25k → 12%YMCA OF CATAWBA VALLEY: $4k → 12%YMCA OF CATAWBA VALEY: $33k → 12%YMCA OF CATAWBA VALLEY: $20k → 12%YMCA OF CATAWBA VALLEY: $10k → 12%YMCA OF CATAWBA VALLEY: $10k → 12%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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$171k · 8 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against -12% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
7

Total granted

$171k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
-12%

Still filing today

88%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesReligionPhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CATAWBA VALLEY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $102k · revenue +49%
  • HC
    HICKORY CHORAL SOCIETY
    3× · 2020–2025 · $13k · revenue +59%
  • FF
    FRIENDS FOR AN EARLIER BREAST CANCER TEST INC
    3× · 2020–2025 · $10k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • GH
    GREATER HICKORY COOPERATIVE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -43%
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
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
Foundation for the Carolinas

Inspiring philanthropy and strengthening our region through innovative community initiatives and quality services to donors and constituents.

Philanthropy
2
North Carolina Symphony Society Inc

To be north carolina's state orchestra, an orchestra achieving the highest level of artistic quality and performance standards, and embracing its dual legacies of statewide service and music education.

Arts & Culture
3
Haywood Pathways Center Inc

Guided by faith, love, and respect, we provide food, shelter, and individualized supportive services for Haywood County residents.

Housing & Shelter
4
Cary Christian School Incorporated

Cary christian school provides an excellent classical education founded upon a biblical worldview. classical christian education is an integrated approach to learning which complements students' natural learning stages while infusing…

Education
5
The Carolina Trust
Philanthropy
6
Carolina Family Health Centers Inc

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

—
7
North Carolina Humanities Council

The north carolina humanities council is dedicated to promoting free public programs in the humanities across north carolina.

—
8
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
9
The North Carolina Foundation for Christian Minist

To foster and promote christian stewardship and for promoting and providing support to the ministries in north carolina affiliated with or consistent with the convention of original free will baptists and other charitable, education,…

Religion
10
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc

To consistently deliver exceptional quality and service by demonstrating the values of respect, integrity, innovation, fiscal responsibility and accountability. to be an outstanding community healthcare organization, with service as our…

Philanthropy
11
Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce

To build a thriving regional economy, enhance the community's quality of life, and strengthen member businesses.

—
12
Carolina Meadows Foundation Inc

To solicit and receive gifts, grants, bequests and contributions for the support of carolina meadows, inc. in order to enhance or extend its mission, programs, services, and facilities.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Hickory Cooperative Christian Ministry; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

14 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. 14 of the 17 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
6/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CATAWBA VALLEY INC: $101,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CATAWBA VALLEY INCFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $16,000 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHHICKORY CHORAL SOCIETY: $13,000 · OtherHICKORY CHORAL SOCIETYPIEDMONT COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 420: $9,500 · OtherPIEDMONT COUNCIL INC BOY S…THE JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · OtherTHE JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION …THE SALVATION ARMY: $2,500 · OtherCAROLINA THREAD TRAIL: $2,000 · Other+1 more: $1,000 · OtherFRIENDS FOR AN EARLIER BREAST CANCER TEST INC: $10,000 · HealthFRIENDS FOR …Safe Harbor of NC Inc: $7,000 · HealthSafe Harbor …GREATER HICKORY COOPERATIVE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY: $2,500 · HealthGREATER HICK…EXODUS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · HealthEXODUS OUTRE…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 · ReligionSALT BLOCK FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureHICKORY MUSEUM OF ART INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureHART SQUARE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · PhilanthropyCATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $3,000 · Education
Human Services$101,500Other$47,000Health$21,500Religion$10,000Arts & Culture$9,000Philanthropy$6,000Education$3,000

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 budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CATAWBA VALLEY INC: $101,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHICKORY CHORAL SOCIETY: $13,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetFRIENDS FOR AN EARLIER BREAST CANCER TEST INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPIEDMONT COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 420: $9,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSALT BLOCK FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSafe Harbor of NC Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHART SQUARE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER HICKORY COOPERATIVE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEXODUS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAROLINA THREAD TRAIL: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHICKORY MUSEUM OF ART INC: $1,000 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.

George Foundation IncFoundation for the Ca…Duke Energy FoundationThe Bolick FoundationNorth Carolina Commun…Underdown Family Foun…Tsh Charitable Founda…Beaver Family Foundat…Corning Incorporated …The Cannon Foundation…The Claude S Jr and R…The Lb Lane Family Fo…
George Foundation IncNC28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · The Bolick Foundation · North Carolina Community Foundation · Underdown Family Foundation · Tsh Charitable Foundation · Beaver Family Foundation Inc · Corning Incorporated Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · The Claude S Jr and Raenelle Aberne Testamentary Charitable Trust · The Lb Lane Family 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 Harold and Margaret Deal Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harold and Margaret Deal 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%1%3%4%5%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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 17 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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