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Mildred Sheffield Wells Char Trust at a glance

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Mildred Sheffield Wells Char Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$335k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$52k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% 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$476kReligion$432kArts & Culture$236kYouth Development$223kHousing & Shelter$150kFood & Nutrition$143kHealth$126kScience & Tech$35kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $269k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $52k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$51,766
REBUILDING TOGETHER PITT COUNTY$25,000
FOOD BANK - CENTRAL & EASTERN NC$25,000
FEED YOUR NEIGHBOR FOOD PANTRY$22,600
THE SALVATION ARMY$21,766
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COASTAL PLAIN$21,766
STRAIGHTWAY CHURCH$20,000
CARENET COUNSELING EAST$20,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$20,000
Individual grant recipient$19,652
GREENVILLE MUSEUM OF ART INC$15,731
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS$15,000
HOPE OF GLORY MINISTRIES$15,000
EMERGE GALLERY & ART CENTER$14,000
DH CONLEY HIGH SCHOOL BANDS$13,000
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, $364k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%HB SUGGS COMMUNITY CENTER: $42k → 20%CHURCHES OUTREACH NETWORK: $27k → 20%CHURCHES OUTREACH NETWORK: $19k → 20%PITT COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $200k → 20%CARENET COUNSELING EAST: $20k → 20%CARENET COUNSELING EAST: $18k → 20%CHURCHES OUTREACH NETWORK: $11k → 20%CARENET COUNSELING EAST: $10k → 20%CARENET COUNSELING EAST: $10k → 20%MOONBEAMS AND MIRACLES THERAEUTIC: $7k → 20%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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 21 repeat orgs$564k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +10% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
15

Total granted

$1.4M
$467k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
0%

Still filing today

67%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $97k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureReligionHousing & ShelterHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • HO
    Hope of Glory Ministries Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $85k · revenue +43%
  • CO
    Churches Outreach Network
    2× · 2022–2024 · $58k · revenue +20%
  • CC
    CARENET COUNSELING EAST
    4× · 2020–2025 · $58k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • PC
    PITT COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue -19%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF PITT CO
    one grant, 2023 · $75k
  • HB
    H B SUGG COMMUNITY CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $42k · revenue -73%
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 Empowerment Organization
Civil Rights
2
Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Found ation
Health
3
Carolina Common Enterprise

The specific objectives and purposes of this corporation shall be to assist individuals and communities, particularly those in low-income and socially disadvantaged areas, in the creation, expansion, and improvement of rural and…

Community Improvement
4
The Children's Center of Western North Carolina

At The Childrens Center of Western North Carolina (TCC), we are dedicated to creating an inclusive, playful, and nuturing environment where children can grow and learn together in acceptance of one another.

Human Services
5
The Shepherds Center of Charlotte

The Shepherds Center of Charlotte enriches the lives of older adults by providing a network of support to increase social connection, expand access to critical resources, and combat the negative effects of isolation.

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6
The Center for Disordered Eating dba Carolina Resource Center for Eating

Developing and connecting resources to assist and advocate for those impacted by eating disorders.

Health
7
Greenville Theatre Arts Center
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8
The Greenville Community Shelters

To serve the homeless and those at risk of homelessness by providing safe housing and assisting them in developing a long-term plan that leads to self-sufficiency.

Housing & Shelter
9
Carolina Therapeutic Services Community Development Inc

CTS Community Development is a behavioral health provider committed to helping individuals from underserved communities to live safe, productive, and meaningful lives

Human Services
10
Preservation Greensboro Inc

Build thriving communities by protecting and renewing our history and architectural treasures.

Arts & Culture
11
Carolina Comfort Coalition

Serenity House is a community organization that bridges the gap for hospice families by providing a three bed group home setting at no charge for short term end of life care by trained volunteers and nurses.

—
12
Community Industry Value Interactionist League

NC CIVIL is a nonprofit community impact organization that develops grassroots approaches to structural disparities. Our mission is to increase resident involvement, improve organization of resources, and help institutions partner…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas Inc; the most unlike its peers is Moonbeams and Miracles Therapeutic Horsemanship. 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

24 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. 24 of the 42 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COASTAL PLAIN: $192,381 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COASTAL PLAINST PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $152,382 · OtherST PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCHSTRAIGHTWAY CHURCH: $127,000 · OtherSTRAIGHTWAY CHURCHTHE SALVATION ARMY: $122,382 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYGREENVILLE CHORAL SOCIETY: $89,500 · OtherGREENVILLE CHORAL SOCIETYHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF PITT CO: $75,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF PITT CO+20 more: $298,533 · Other+20 morePITT COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesPITT COUNTY COUNCIL ON…Churches Outreach Network: $57,625 · Human ServicesChurches Outreach Netw…CARENET COUNSELING EAST: $57,500 · Human ServicesCARENET COUNSELING EAS…H B SUGG COMMUNITY CENTER: $42,000 · Human ServicesH B SUGG COMMUNITY CEN…+2 more: $16,030 · Human ServicesNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureEmerge Gallery Art Center Inc: $44,000 · Arts & CultureGREENVILLE MUSEUM OF ART INC: $39,680 · Arts & CultureFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $115,000 · Food & NutritionRebuilding Together Pitt County NC Inc: $55,000 · Housing & ShelterGRIFTON MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $54,300 · Housing & ShelterHope of Glory Ministries Inc: $85,000 · ReligionThird Street Education Center Inc: $10,000 · ReligionACES FOR AUTISM: $30,000 · HealthCarolina Pregnancy Center Inc: $4,000 · Health
Other$1,057,178Human Services$373,155Arts & Culture$133,680Food & Nutrition$115,000Housing & Shelter$109,300Religion$95,000Health$34,000

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 budgetPITT COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $200,000 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $115,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHope of Glory Ministries Inc: $85,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetChurches Outreach Network: $57,625 over 2y, 20% of budgetCARENET COUNSELING EAST: $57,500 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetRebuilding Together Pitt County NC Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetGRIFTON MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $54,300 over 2y, 14% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEmerge Gallery Art Center Inc: $44,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetGREENVILLE MUSEUM OF ART INC: $39,680 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetACES FOR AUTISM: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOperation Sunshine Inc: $19,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetLives of Purpose Inc: $14,436 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetThird Street Education Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBuilding Hope Community Life Center Inc: $9,530 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetEvergreen of Greenville Inc: $7,390 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMoonbeams and Miracles Therapeutic Horsemanship: $6,500 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER PARTNERS OF THE CAROLINAS INC: $5,963 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGREENVILLE LEARNING CENTER: $5,358 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCarolina Pregnancy Center Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS - NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL PINES INC: $2,000 over 2y, 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.

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.

Eddie and Jo Allison …James J & Mamie Richa…Tr Uw Vivian S West -…University Health Sys…W Russell and Patrici…The Cannon Foundation…North Carolina Commun…Food Bank of Central …Women for WomenBill and Faye Stallin…United Way of Pitt Co…Dennis & Jennie Hendr…
Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation IncNC38.6× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Family Foundation Inc · James J & Mamie Richardson Perkins Memorial Fund - C/O Bank of America · Tr Uw Vivian S West - West Memorial Fund · University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Foundation Inc · W Russell and Patricia Davis Duke Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc · Women for Women · Bill and Faye Stallings Family Foundation · United Way of Pitt County Inc · Dennis & Jennie Hendrix 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 Mildred Sheffield Wells Char Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mildred Sheffield Wells Char Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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

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    How do I get to Mildred Sheffield Wells Char Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Mildred Sheffield Wells Char Trust 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 42 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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