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Mitchell W Watts Family Foundation Inc

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.

$110k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
44
Grants FY2024
41
Organizations funded FY2023
27%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 45
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
17
Total assets, FY2024
$2.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Mitchell W Watts Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesEducationPublic BenefitInternationalArts & CultureOther
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 arriving44$110k25%
FY202341$116k27%
FY202245$117k29%
FY202143$98k42%
FY202032$101k28%
FY201929$85k34%
FY201824$69k42%
FY201715$51kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$217kHealth$156kHuman Services$75kReligion$55kInternational$52kYouth Development$42kArts & Culture$20kPublic Benefit$19kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$129,5004n/a
Campbell University$46,50070%
Samaritan's Purse$45,00070%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$24,00080%
The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford Inc$20,00040%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$17,00070%
New Hope Church$17,0004n/a
Project Veritas$15,00030%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$14,75040%
Judicial Watch Inc$11,00020%
Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of Mitchell W Watts Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$129,5004n/a
Campbell University$46,50070%
Samaritan's Purse$45,00070%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$24,00080%
The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford Inc$20,00040%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$17,00070%
New Hope Church$17,0004n/a
Project Veritas$15,00030%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$14,75040%
Judicial Watch Inc$11,00020%
Operation Homeless Inc$10,75065%
Unity School of Christianity$10,0001n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$9,50070%
Tamassee DAR School Inc$8,00080%
Kannapolis Education Foundation Inc$5,00019%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$5,00040%
Turning Point USA Inc$4,50030%
Concord Friends of the Library Inc$4,0008n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$3,50020%
Christian Appalachian Project Inc$3,20040%
Charlotte Rescue Mission$3,05070%
Wingate University$3,00020%
St Josephs Indian School$2,4505n/a
The Heritage Foundation$2,10030%
Mercy Ships International$2,00020%
March of Dimes Inc$1,80060%
Smile Train Inc$1,50030%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$1,45030%
Unity of Charlotte$1,2002n/a
The Isabella Santos Foundation$1,00010%
Fredericksburg Food Pantry Inc$1,00010%
Lake Norman Volunteer Fire Dept$95030%
ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc$92550%
Operation Smile Inc$50010%
Old Courthouse Theatre Inc$50010%
St Labre Indian School$5001n/a
Bee Mighty$50010%
The John Locke Foundation Inc$50010%
Paws-Ability Inc$50010%
American Cancer Society Inc$50010%
Paws for Purple Hearts$50010%
American Heart Association Inc$35020%
Capital Research Center$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 54 recipients with no EIN on record ($317k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mitchell W Watts Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCampbell University: $46,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $45,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $24,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Masonic Home for Children at Oxford Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $17,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetProject Veritas: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $14,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Homeless Inc: $10,750 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $9,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTamassee DAR School Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetKannapolis Education Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Appalachian Project Inc: $3,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCharlotte Rescue Mission: $3,050 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWingate University: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $2,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $1,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America: $1,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Isabella Santos Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFredericksburg Food Pantry Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLake Norman Volunteer Fire Dept: $950 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc: $925 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOld Courthouse Theatre Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBee Mighty: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe John Locke Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaws-Ability Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaws for Purple Hearts: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Research Center: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 36.

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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.

Duke Energy FoundationNC16.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Mitchell W Watts Family Foundation Inc

How much does Mitchell W Watts Family Foundation Inc give?
Mitchell W Watts Family Foundation Inc reported 44 grants totaling $110,440 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 45 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Mitchell W Watts Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (29%), Health (21%), Human Services (10%).
Who are Mitchell W Watts Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ($130k), Campbell University ($47k), Samaritan's Purse ($45k).
Does Mitchell W Watts Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Mitchell W Watts Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Mitchell W Watts Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duke Energy Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund.
Where is Mitchell W Watts Family Foundation Inc based?
Mitchell W Watts Family 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 97 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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