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Luddy Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Luddy Charitable Foundation

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.

$3.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$3.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$7.8MReligion$1.9MArts & Culture$800kPublic Benefit$430kSocial Science$389kCivil Rights$203kScience & Tech$100kCommunity Improvement$65kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$61M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THALES ACADEMY$3,000,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MEHODIST HOME FOR CHILDREN: $2k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $5k → 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
IL
MI
NY
WY
OH
PA
CT
CA
KY
VA
DE
TN
NC
DC
AL
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 50% of Luddy Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 58% of the giving stays in NC; by stated purpose, 15%.

Luddy Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.9M · 16 repeat orgs$2.6M to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
33

Total granted

$9.9M
$2.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+68%

Still filing today

56%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’23’24
EducationReligionCivil RightsHuman ServicesPublic BenefitInternationalOther
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

  • TA
    THALES ACADEMY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $5.0M · revenue +95%
  • BC
    BARTON COLLEGE
    2× · 2017–2020 · $510k · revenue +40%
  • AS
    American Spectator Foundation Inc
    3× · 2017–2020 · $400k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • LS
    LA SALLE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $400k · revenue -40%
  • SJ
    ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $400k
  • TS
    THE SEMINAR NETWORK TRUST
    one grant, 2017 · $250k
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
The Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies

The institute's mission is to conduct research on key issues facing society to help both the church and society deal thoughtfully with the major issues they face globally. the institute also sponsors and conducts research and scholarship…

Religion
2
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
5
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
6
Hampden-Sydney College

Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.

Education
7
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
8
Collegium Institute

Collegium Institute is a Catholic intellectual apostolate that fosters the Catholic intellectual tradition within the University of Pennsylvania community and within the greater region and secular academia. (Continued on Sch. O)

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9
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
10
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
11
Randolph College Inc

See detailed description of organization's primary mission provided on schedule o

Education
12
LaGrange College

Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Spitzer-Magis Center Fka Magis Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

25 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. 25 of the 50 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
22/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THALES ACADEMY: $5,000,000 · EducationTHALES ACADEMYAQUINAS COLLEGE: $750,000 · EducationAQUINAS COLLEGEBARTON COLLEGE: $510,000 · EducationBARTON COLLEGEAmerican Spectator Foundation Inc: $400,000 · EducationBELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE INC: $400,000 · EducationLA SALLE UNIVERSITY: $400,000 · Education+7 more: $412,000 · EducationROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF RALEIGH: $750,000 · OtherROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF RALEIGHIndividual grant recipient: $400,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH: $400,000 · OtherST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCHCALVIN COOLIDGE FOUNDATION: $375,000 · OtherCALVIN COOLIDGE FOUNDATIONDIETRICH VON HILDEBRAND LEGACY: $300,000 · OtherDIETRICH VON HILDEBRAND LEGACYTHE SEMINAR NETWORK TRUST: $250,000 · OtherTHE SEMINAR NETWORK TRUSTLEGION OF CHRIST: $200,000 · OtherPASTORAL SUPPORT SERVICES INC: $200,000 · OtherBISHOP MCDEVITT HIGH SCHOOL: $200,000 · OtherLUDWIG VON MISES INSTITUTE FOR AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS INC: $139,000 · Other+19 more: $939,000 · Other+19 moreSpitzer-Magis Center FKA Magis Institute: $200,000 · ReligionBenchmark Ministries INC: $50,000 · ReligionActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $100,000 · Civil RightsINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $50,000 · Civil RightsCATO INSTITUTE: $50,000 · Public BenefitWORLD PEDIATRICS: $45,000 · InternationalThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $5,000 · Human ServicesThe Methodist Home for Children Inc: $2,000 · Human Services
Education$7,872,000Other$4,153,000Religion$250,000Civil Rights$150,000Public Benefit$50,000International$45,000Human Services$7,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHALES ACADEMY: $5,000,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetAQUINAS COLLEGE: $750,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetBARTON COLLEGE: $510,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican Spectator Foundation Inc: $400,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetBELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE INC: $400,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLA SALLE UNIVERSITY: $400,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSpitzer-Magis Center FKA Magis Institute: $200,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetThe King's College: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLUDWIG VON MISES INSTITUTE FOR AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS INC: $139,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRELIGIOUS FREEDOM INSTITUTE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD PEDIATRICS: $45,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWyoming Catholic College: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHoly Angels Academy: $15,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCOMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Methodist Home for Children Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRESCUE MISSIONS MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 THALES ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds AQUINAS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BARTON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds American Spectator Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds LA SALLE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Spitzer-Magis Center FKA Magis Institute ↗
  • Who funds The King's College ↗
  • Who funds LUDWIG VON MISES INSTITUTE FOR AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS INC ↗
  • Who funds Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds Benchmark Ministries INC ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds CATO INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds WORLD PEDIATRICS ↗
  • Who funds Wyoming Catholic College ↗
  • Who funds Holy Angels Academy ↗
  • Who funds COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE ↗

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.

Knights of Columbus C…The Lynde and Harry B…Charles Koch Foundati…Donors Trust IncTriangle Community Fo…Verizon FoundationNational Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…Renaissance Charitabl…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…
Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund IncCT15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Charles Koch Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Luddy Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Luddy Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Ave Maria University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 Luddy Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Luddy Charitable 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 50 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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