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John William Pope Foundation at a glance

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John William Pope Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$15M
Granted FY2025still arriving
259
Grants FY2025still arriving
19
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Public Benefit$35MEducation$22MSocial Science$9.4MHealth$5.7MCivil Rights$5.6MArts & Culture$5.0MHuman Services$3.6MCrime & Legal$3.3MOther$0
02FY2025 · 259 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $100k
  • $10k–50k160 grants · $3.7M
  • $50k–250k60 grants · $4.7M
  • $250k+19 grants · $6.7M
$25,000
Median grant
19
States reached
$121M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ECONOMIC POLICY INNOVATION CENTER$500,000
RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC$500,000
ASHEVILLE SCHOOL$500,000
NC ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC$500,000
JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION$328,250
JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION$328,250
JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION$328,250
JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION$328,250
JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION$328,250
JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION$328,250
JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION$328,250
JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION$328,250
JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION$328,250
JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION$328,250
JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION$328,250
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, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 44% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD: $25k → 11%FAMILY ROOM FOSTER CARE RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 16%MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD: $25k → 11%MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN: $25k → 11%COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF HOPE: $50k → 20%CLASSICAL LIBERALS IN THE CAROLINAS INC: $25k → 10%MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD: $25k → 11%CLASSICAL LIBERALS IN THE CAROLINAS INC: $25k → 10%MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD: $25k → 11%MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD: $25k → 11%COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF HOPE: $50k → 20%CLASSICAL LIBERALS IN THE CAROLINAS: $15k → 10%TURNING POINT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $40k → 20%CLASSICAL LIBERALS IN THE CAROLINAS: $15k → 10%SHEPHERD YOUTH RANCH: $15k → 11%TURNING POINT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $20k → 20%TURNING POINT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $20k → 20%TURNING POINT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $20k → 20%TURNING POINT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $20k → 20%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $27k → 14%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $25k → 14%NOTE IN THE POCKET: $25k → 8%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $25k → 14%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $25k → 14%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $15k → 14%NOTE IN THE POCKET: $15k → 8%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $15k → 14%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $15k → 8%TAMMY LYNN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $20k → 8%TAMMY LYNN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION DBA TAMMY LYNN CENTER (TLC): $20k → 8%STEPUP MINISTRY: $30k → 8%STEPUP MINISTRY: $30k → 8%STEPUP MINISTRY: $30k → 8%STEPUP MINISTRY: $30k → 8%STEPUP MINISTRY: $30k → 8%STEPUP MINISTRY: $25k → 8%STEPUP MINISTRY: $20k → 8%GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $50k → 8%GREEN CHAIR PROJECT THE: $35k → 8%GREEN CHAIR PROJECT THE: $30k → 8%GREEN CHAIR PROJECT THE: $30k → 8%GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $25k → 8%GREEN CHAIR PROJECT THE: $25k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $25k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $25k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $20k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $20k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $20k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
MT
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
WV
VA
DE
AZ
KS
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$83M · 236 repeat orgs$7.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

236 repeat relationships: 155 still active in FY2025, 81 since wound down; 39 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

236
99

Total granted

$83M
$5.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+2%

Still filing today

75%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesPublic BenefitHealthCivil RightsOther
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

  • TJ
    THE JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $23M · revenue +49% · 82% of their budget
  • AS
    ASHEVILLE SCHOOL INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $3.8M · revenue +26%
  • UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $3.6M · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
    one grant, 2024 · $750k
  • UO
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill-Arts and Sciences Fnd
    one grant, 2019 · $500k
  • N(
    NCSU (NORTH CAROLINA STATE FOUNDATION)
    one grant, 2023 · $266k
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
North Carolina Chamber

The organization is a proactive, nonpartisan business advocacy organization. the organization works in the legislative, regulatory and political arenas to proactively drive positive change to ensure that north carolina is a leading place…

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2
Nc Budget & Tax Center

As a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, we work to document and analyze fiscal and economic conditions in partnership with community leaders and north carolinians with lived experience of poverty to advance systemic solutions through…

Civil Rights
3
Center for American Progress

The center for american progress (cap) is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all americans through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. our aim is…

Civil Rights
4
American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation Inc

The aclu of north carolina dares to create a more perfect union - beyond one person, party, or side. our mission is to realize this promise of the united states and north carolina constitutions for all and expand the reach of their…

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5
Unc Free Speech Alliance Inc

Unc alumni free speech alliance, inc. supports and defends free speech, academic freedom, and viewpoint diversity at university of north carolina, chapel hill.

Education
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
8
South Carolina Business & Industry Political Education Committee

Promoting and protecting the free private and competitive enterprise system through research and education.

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9
North Carolina Council On Economic Education Inc

The nccee provides economic and financial education for educators and students throughout north carolina. this mission is accomplished through standards based workshops and a variety of resources for educators, academic competitions for…

Social Science
10
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
11
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
12
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Ava Gardner Museum 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

249 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. 249 of the 375 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)
62
Early backer (in before they grew)
241/249
Grantees still filing
168/249
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION INC: $22,827,723 · OtherTHE JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION INCInstitute for Humane Studies: $3,050,000 · OtherInstitute for Humane Studies+119 more: $26,677,650 · Other+119 moreASHEVILLE SCHOOL INC: $3,827,500 · EducationASHEVILLE SCHOOL INCUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $3,559,999 · EducationUNC HEALTH FOUNDATIO…UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL H ARTS & SCIENCES FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NORTH …AMERICAN REDISTRICTING PROJECT: $950,000 · EducationAMERICAN REDISTRICTI…RAVENSCROFT SCHOOL: $900,000 · EducationRAVENSCROFT SCHOOLTHE REASON FOUNDATION: $720,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY: $518,000 · EducationFRANKLIN NEWS FOUNDATION: $515,000 · Education+23 more: $3,363,896 · Education+23 moreCIVITAS INSTITUTE INC: $2,371,500 · Civil RightsSTATE POLICY NETWORK: $1,050,000 · Civil RightsINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $375,000 · Civil RightsNORTH CAROLINA CENTER ON ACTUAL INNOCENCE: $235,000 · Civil Rights+7 more: $745,000 · Civil RightsTHE JAMES G MARTIN CENTER FOR ACADEMIC RENEWAL: $2,083,274 · PhilanthropyTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $425,000 · PhilanthropyCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $310,000 · PhilanthropyDonors Trust Inc: $250,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $303,000 · PhilanthropyADVANCING AMERICAN FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC: $750,000 · Public BenefitMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $615,000 · Public BenefitLUCY BURNS INSTITUTE INC: $340,500 · Public BenefitCATO INSTITUTE: $295,000 · Public BenefitINSTITUTE FOR FREE SPEECH: $270,000 · Public BenefitTAX FOUNDATION: $265,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $230,000 · Public BenefitFOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC: $220,000 · Public BenefitAMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL: $160,000 · Public Benefit+2 more: $180,000 · Public BenefitMercatus Center Inc: $1,440,000 · Social ScienceECONOMIC POLICY INNOVATION CENTER INC: $1,000,000 · Social ScienceAMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH: $290,000 · Social ScienceAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $235,000 · Social ScienceTHE INSTITUTE OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP: $200,000 · Social ScienceFoundation for Economic Education Inc: $125,000 · Social ScienceTHE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC: $880,000 · Human ServicesNORTH CAROLINA FAMILY POLICY COUNCIL: $690,000 · Human ServicesTHE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $245,000 · Human ServicesSTEPUP MINISTRY: $220,000 · Human ServicesTHE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesSAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $142,000 · Human ServicesTURNING POINT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $120,000 · Human ServicesCLASSICAL LIBERALS IN THE CAROLINAS: $115,029 · Human ServicesDRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $115,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY PARTNERS OF HOPE INC: $100,000 · Human Services+3 more: $205,000 · Human Services
Other$52,555,373Education$15,354,395Civil Rights$4,776,500Philanthropy$3,371,274Public Benefit$3,325,500Social Science$3,290,000Human Services$2,982,029

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION INC: $22,827,723 over 7y, 82% of budgetASHEVILLE SCHOOL INC: $3,827,500 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $3,559,999 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetInstitute for Humane Studies: $3,050,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetCIVITAS INSTITUTE INC: $2,371,500 over 3y, 71% of budgetTHE JAMES G MARTIN CENTER FOR ACADEMIC RENEWAL: $2,083,274 over 5y, 89% of budgetMercatus Center Inc: $1,440,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetSTATE POLICY NETWORK: $1,050,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetTHE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES: $1,010,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetECONOMIC POLICY INNOVATION CENTER INC: $1,000,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL H ARTS & SCIENCES FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetAMERICAN REDISTRICTING PROJECT: $950,000 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetRAVENSCROFT SCHOOL: $900,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetTHE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC: $880,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: $812,000 over 3y, 51% of budgetTHE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $800,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCOMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: $760,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetADVANCING AMERICAN FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC: $750,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetTHE REASON FOUNDATION: $720,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA FAMILY POLICY COUNCIL: $690,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITY: $640,000 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $615,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE: $595,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $518,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLIN NEWS FOUNDATION: $515,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $500,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetPUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL FOUNDATION: $470,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetGRAYSON-JOCKEY CLUB RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $453,279 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $425,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTHE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES: $400,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTHE JESSE HELMS CENTER FOUNDATION: $375,000 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $375,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPositive Childhood Alliance North Carolina: $365,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetParents for Educational Freedom in NC: $365,000 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetCAROLINA BALLET INC: $350,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetLUCY BURNS INSTITUTE INC: $340,500 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetSECU FAMILY HOUSE AT UNC HOSPITALS: $331,500 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetHOSPICE OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $330,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY STUDIES: $310,000 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $310,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetTHE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE: $300,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetNEW VOCATIONS RACEHORSE ADOPTION: $295,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $295,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH: $290,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetTHE VANDENBERG COALITION INC: $275,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR FREE SPEECH: $270,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetNATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION FOUNDATION: $270,000 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetTAX FOUNDATION: $265,000 over 6y, 0.7% 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 THE JOHN LOCKE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ASHEVILLE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Institute for Humane Studies ↗
  • Who funds CIVITAS INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JAMES G MARTIN CENTER FOR ACADEMIC RENEWAL ↗
  • Who funds Mercatus Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds STATE POLICY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds THE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds ECONOMIC POLICY INNOVATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL H ARTS & SCIENCES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN REDISTRICTING PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds RAVENSCROFT SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ↗
  • Who funds THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds ADVANCING AMERICAN FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE REASON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA FAMILY POLICY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ↗
  • Who funds MANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLIN NEWS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GRAYSON-JOCKEY CLUB RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE ↗
  • Who funds THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds THE JESSE HELMS CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds Positive Childhood Alliance North Carolina ↗

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…The Lynde and Harry B…Donors Trust IncNorth Carolina Commun…Sarah Scaife Foundati…Bradley Impact Fund I…The Cannon Foundation…Charles Koch Foundati…W Trent Ragland Jr Fo…The Searle Freedom Tr…Adolph Coors Foundati…Bell Koonce Burnette …
Triangle Community Foundation IncNC92.3× affinity65 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Donors Trust Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Charles Koch Foundation · W Trent Ragland Jr Foundation · The Searle Freedom Trust · Adolph Coors Foundation · Bell Koonce Burnette 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 John William Pope Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John William Pope Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
52report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to John William Pope Foundation?

Find your warmest path to John William Pope Foundation 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 375 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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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home