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Mann Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$850k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$750k
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 2025.

Education$1.9MReligion$211kArts & Culture$83kHealth$63kHuman Services$43kPhilanthropy$36kRecreation & Sports$22kFood & Nutrition$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $84k
  • $250k+1 grant · $750k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$750,000
WINGATE UNIVERSITY$25,000
MADELYNS FUND$24,000
RAVENSCROFT SCHOOL$15,000
DIAPER TRAIN$10,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$10,000
BAND TOGETHER NC$7,500
NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$6,500
WOMEN'S GIVING NETWORK OF WAKE COUNTY$1,200
CARETHE JOHN 316 CENTER$300
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 (FY21–25, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, 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%TABLE: $5k → 13%DIAPER TRAIN: $10k → 8%DIAPER TRAIN: $10k → 8%DIAPER TRAIN: $9k → 8%STEP UP MINISTRY: $1k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $2k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $1k → 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.
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 16 repeat orgs$792k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
10

Total granted

$1.6M
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
-3%

Still filing today

63%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $750k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthCrime & LegalPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • TE
    THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2018–2024 · $793k · revenue +97%
  • RAVENSCROFT SCHOOL
    7× · 2017–2025 · $265k · revenue +46%
  • WU
    WINGATE UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2019–2025 · $62k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -22%
  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue -3%
  • CH
    CHAPEL HILL DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -12%
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
Wake County Smart Start Inc

Wake county smart start invests in young children, their families, and a connected early childhood system that supports and prepares them for school and life ahead.

Education
2
North Carolina Business Leaders for Educ

The mission of north carolina business leaders for education (dba best nc) is to unite an engaged and informed business perspective to dramatically transform and improve north carolina's education system. our goal is for every student to…

Education
3
Early Years Inc

Early years leads efforts to strengthen accessible and affordable quality early care and education by providing support for families, communities and the workforce. early years 's primary purpose is to provide services, research and…

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4
Foundation of the University of North Carolina At Charlotte

The foundation of unc charlotte receives contributions to promote and develop the academic and educational purpose of unc charlotte by providing support for operations, educational programs, and scholarships for the university and its…

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5
Research Triangle Regional Partnership

The research triangle regional partnership is an association of area economic development agencies dedicated to keeping the research triangle region economically strong by collectively marketing the region's competitive advantages and…

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6
North Carolina Foundation for Public School Children

To provide basic necessities for public school children as well as improving parenting skills in order for the children to be successful in school and to expand professional development opportunities for educators.

Philanthropy
7
Queens University of Charlotte

Queens university of charlotte provides transformative educational experiences that nurture intellectual curiosity, promote global understanding, encourage ethical living and prepare individuals for purposeful and fulfilling lives.

Education
8
Triangle Charter Education Association Inc

The triangle charter educational association is a north carolina not-for-profit entity organized exclusively for educational purposes. the association is comprised of respected leaders within the state of north carolina who are committed…

Education
9
Ncinnovation Inc

The organization is a public-private partnership to accelerate and scale commercialized innovation from nc's universities, create jobs, and improve economic opportunities in all 100 counties of north carolina.

Education
10
NourishNC Inc

NourishNC, Inc.'s goal is to provide healthy food to hungry children, empowering them to succeed in the classroom and in their community

Food & Nutrition
11
Charlotte Country Day School

Through excellence in education, charlotte country day school develops the potential of each student by fostering intellectual curiosity, principled character, ethical leadership and a responsibility to serve. the key values and…

Education
12
South Carolina Childrens Fund

To make strategic, catalytic investments and provide expertise and technical assistance to educational organizations across south carolina.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Educational Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Jim Parke Foundation. 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

22 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. 22 of the 28 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $750,000 · EducationWAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONRAVENSCROFT SCHOOL: $265,000 · EducationRAVENSCROFT SCHOOLWINGATE UNIVERSITY: $62,000 · EducationWINGATE UNIVERSITY+3 more: $18,000 · EducationTHE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $793,000 · OtherTHE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INCALLIANCE MINISTRIES: $111,000 · OtherALLIANCE MINISTRIESHAYES BARTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $59,000 · OtherHAYES BARTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCHNC HALL OF FAME INC: $57,500 · OtherHAYES BARTON BAPTIST CHURCH: $41,000 · Other+6 more: $42,800 · OtherMadelyns Fund: $48,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 · HealthDIAPER TRAIN: $29,100 · Human ServicesTABLE MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $2,500 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesBAND TOGETHER: $25,000 · Public Safety & DisasterNORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $19,900 · PhilanthropyTHE JIM PARKE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $22,000 · Youth DevelopmentOVERFLOWING HANDS INC BELARUSSIAN OUTREACH: $1,750 · Youth Development
Education$1,095,000Other$1,104,300Health$53,000Human Services$37,600Public Safety & Disaster$25,000Philanthropy$24,900Youth Development$23,750

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 budgetTHE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $793,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetWAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $750,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetRAVENSCROFT SCHOOL: $265,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetWINGATE UNIVERSITY: $62,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMadelyns Fund: $48,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetDIAPER TRAIN: $29,100 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetBAND TOGETHER: $25,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $22,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $19,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $12,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetC A R E dba The John 3 16 Center: $10,300 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRISE SOUTHEAST RALEIGH CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAPEL HILL DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTABLE MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JIM PARKE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSAFECHILD: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOVERFLOWING HANDS INC BELARUSSIAN OUTREACH: $1,750 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSTEPUP MINISTRY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWEE CARE CHILDREN'S ENRICHMENT PROGRAM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Triangle Community Fo…A E Finley Foundation…Bell Koonce Burnette …Duke Energy FoundationReplogle Family Found…Bell Schaefer Family …Bell Cook Family Foun…John William Pope Fou…North Carolina Commun…Raymond James Charita…Raleigh Kiwanis Found…Maynard Family Founda…
Triangle Community Foundation IncNC27.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · A E Finley Foundation Inc · Bell Koonce Burnette Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Replogle Family Foundation · Bell Schaefer Family Foundation · Bell Cook Family Foundation · John William Pope Foundation · North Carolina Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Raleigh Kiwanis Foundation Inc · Maynard Family 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 Mann Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mann Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 28 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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