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Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
72
Grants FY2024
67
Organizations funded FY2023
15%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$8,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
60 to 68
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$380k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 15% of the organizations Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationScience & TechReligionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving72$1.0M15%
FY202367$1.1M15%
FY202266$1.1M15%
FY202167$1.1M13%
FY202060$923k12%
FY201968$950kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$2.1MHuman Services$1.2MHealth$807kCrime & Legal$295kReligion$277kArts & Culture$272kAnimals$201kFood & Nutrition$197kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 93 grantees
All grantees of Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mary Baldwin University$447,00060%
Catawba College$447,00060%
Davidson College$372,00050%
Rowan Helping Ministries$342,25061%
Community Care Clinic of Rowan County Inc$260,00062%
Family Crisis Council of Rowan Inc$194,00065%
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Foundation Inc$181,00066%
Terrie Hess Child Advocacy Center$172,00063%
Rowan Vocational Opportunities Inc$169,76062%
Partners in Learning Child Develop- Ment and Family Resource Center$151,00061%
Meals on Wheels of Rowan$141,00062%
A Storehouse for Jesus Inc$130,00066%
Livingstone College$125,00040%
The Dragonfly House Children's Advocacy Center Inc$90,00052%
Hood Theological Seminary$82,00050%
Humane Society of Rowan County$80,000611%
Bell Tower Green Inc$75,30033%
Westside Community Foundation Inc$74,0006n/a
Rowan-Salisbury School System$72,6006n/a
Rowan County Crosby Scholars Community Partnership$69,00062%
Apseed Early Childhood Education Inc$64,00064%
Humane Society of Davie County$62,50066%
Habitat for Humanity International of Rowan County$60,00061%
Communities in Schools of Rowan County$60,00063%
Capstone Recovery Center Inc$60,00065%
Next Generation Academy-Salisbury$55,000222%
Faithful Friends Animal Sanctuary Inc$54,00057%
Family Promise of Davie County$48,00065%
Life Choices Rowan$43,50063%
Families First-Nc Inc$43,00051%
Davie County Public Library$43,0006n/a
Beacon Hall Incorporated$41,0753n/a
Rowan-Cabarrus Young Men's Christian Association$39,00050%
Davie County Arts Council$39,00054%
Main Street Mission of China Grove$37,00062%
Muddy Sneakers Inc$35,00031%
Saving Grace Farm Inc$34,000612%
Piedmont Players Theatre Inc$33,50061%
Waterworks Visual Arts Center Inc$32,50063%
Nazareth Children's Home Inc$32,00040%
The Arc of North Carolina Inc$31,50040%
Power Cross$30,00021%
Smart Start of Davie County Inc$29,30061%
Advocacy Center of Davie County$28,500415%
Happys Farm Inc$28,14062%
Footprints in the Community$28,0006n/a
Rowan County Literacy Council Inc$25,00054%
Young Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina (4626)$23,00030%
Salisbury Symphony Inc$21,50061%
The Pedal Factory$21,00066%
Happy Roots Inc$20,50048%
Rowan Museum Inc$20,50056%
Town of Spencer$20,0003n/a
Cognition of Davie County Inc$20,00018%
One Love Community Programs Inc$20,00024%
St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church$20,0002n/a
Essie Mae Kiser Foxx Charter School$20,00021%
Special Olympics North Carolina Inc$18,00040%
Abundant Living Adult Day Services Inc$17,00051%
Davidson-Davie Community College$16,00020%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$15,0001n/a
Lee Street Theatre$13,00031%
Pops at the Post Inc$13,00047%
North Carolina Symphony Society Inc$12,50040%
Rotary Club of Salisbury Charities$12,00024%
Rowan Regional Medical Center Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Salisbury Academy$10,00020%
Just Hope Inc$10,00025%
Nc Transportation Museum Foundation$9,50040%
Elder Orphan Care$9,00021%
Bread Riot$8,00035%
The Young Mens Christian Association of Rowan County Nc Inc$7,00010%
Samaritan's Feet International$7,00010%
Insideout Global$7,0001n/a
Historic Salisbury Foundation Inc$6,50021%
Rowan Food and Farm Network Inc$6,0002n/a
High Road$6,0001n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters Services Inc$5,00011%
Students in Training$5,00018%
Bright Minds Academy & Afterschool$5,0001n/a
Young Life$5,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Western North Carolina Inc$5,00010%
Rufty-Holmes Senior Center Inc$5,00010%
Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas Inc$5,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of the Piedmont Inc$5,00010%
Poole Town Volunteer Fire Department$4,59611%
Shelter Guardians Inc$4,00011%
Rowan County Cancer Support Fund$4,0001n/a
Rowan Idea Center Foundation$2,900114%
Autism Society of North Carolina Inc$2,50010%
Project Light Rowan Inc$2,5001n/a
Rowan County Sro Foundation$1,6001n/a
Three Rivers Land Trust Inc$1,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($878k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMary Baldwin University: $447,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCatawba College: $447,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDavidson College: $372,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRowan Helping Ministries: $342,250 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetCommunity Care Clinic of Rowan County Inc: $260,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetFamily Crisis Council of Rowan Inc: $194,000 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetRowan-Cabarrus Community College Foundation Inc: $181,000 over 6y, 6.4% of budgetTerrie Hess Child Advocacy Center: $172,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetRowan Vocational Opportunities Inc: $169,760 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetPartners in Learning Child Develop- Ment and Family Resource Center: $151,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Rowan: $141,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetA Storehouse for Jesus Inc: $130,000 over 6y, 6.5% of budgetLivingstone College: $125,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Dragonfly House Children's Advocacy Center Inc: $90,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetHood Theological Seminary: $82,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetHumane Society of Rowan County: $80,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetBell Tower Green Inc: $75,300 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetRowan County Crosby Scholars Community Partnership: $69,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetApseed Early Childhood Education Inc: $64,000 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetHumane Society of Davie County: $62,500 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetHabitat for Humanity International of Rowan County: $60,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Rowan County: $60,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetCapstone Recovery Center Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetNext Generation Academy-Salisbury: $55,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetFaithful Friends Animal Sanctuary Inc: $54,000 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetFamily Promise of Davie County: $48,000 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetLife Choices Rowan: $43,500 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetFamilies First-Nc Inc: $43,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetRowan-Cabarrus Young Men's Christian Association: $39,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDavie County Arts Council: $39,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetMain Street Mission of China Grove: $37,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetMuddy Sneakers Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSaving Grace Farm Inc: $34,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetPiedmont Players Theatre Inc: $33,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetWaterworks Visual Arts Center Inc: $32,500 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetNazareth Children's Home Inc: $32,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Arc of North Carolina Inc: $31,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPower Cross: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSmart Start of Davie County Inc: $29,300 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetAdvocacy Center of Davie County: $28,500 over 4y, 15% of budgetHappys Farm Inc: $28,140 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetRowan County Literacy Council Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina (4626): $23,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSalisbury Symphony Inc: $21,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetThe Pedal Factory: $21,000 over 6y, 6.5% of budgetHappy Roots Inc: $20,500 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetRowan Museum Inc: $20,500 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetCognition of Davie County Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 78.

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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 CarolinasNC95.6× affinity66 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · The Cannon Foundation Inc · The Hurley-Trammell Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Rowan Regional Medical Center Inc · Rowan County United Way Inc · The Wallace Family Foundation Inc · Novant Health Inc · The Wilson L Smith Family Foundation the Smith Foundation · Joe L & Hester Sims Family Foundation · Davie Community Foundation Inc · Reynolds American 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.

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About Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc

How much does Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc give?
Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc reported 72 grants totaling $1,015,856 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 60 and 68 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (34%), Human Services (20%), Health (13%).
Who are Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Mary Baldwin University ($447k), Catawba College ($447k), Davidson College ($372k).
Does Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for the Carolinas, The Cannon Foundation Inc, The Hurley-Trammell Foundation.
Where is Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc based?
Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc is based in NC.

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 116 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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