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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 FY2024still arriving
44
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it funds
0193% 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
02FY2024 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k42 grants · $70k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
$1,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNC - CHAPEL HILL$30,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH$5,000
CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY$5,000
CABARRUS COUNTY SHERIFF EMPLOYEES$5,000
MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN$5,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS$5,000
JUDICIAL WATCH$5,000
TURNING POINT USA$3,000
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
WINGATE UNIVERSITY$2,500
ST JUDES CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITA$2,500
CONCORD POLICE FOUNDATION$2,500
AL BROWN HIGH SCHOOL$2,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 11%MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 11%MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 11%MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 11%OPERATION HOMELESS: $3k → 8%OPERATION HOMELESS: $3k → 8%OPERATION HOMELESS: $3k → 8%OPERATION HOMELESS: $2k → 8%OPERATION HOMELESS: $1k → 8%OPERATION HOMELESS: $250 → 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

MT
IL
NY
SD
IA
IN
CA
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$688k · 54 repeat orgs$59k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

54 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

54
32

Total granted

$688k
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+5%

Still filing today

44%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationPublic BenefitInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $47k · revenue +6%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    7× · 2017–2023 · $45k · revenue +134%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $24k · revenue +145%

Funded once

  • US
    UNITY SCHOOL OF CHRISTIANITY
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • VF
    VOLUNTEER FL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
3
St Martin Hospital Inc

To improve, maintain and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
4
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
5
Gaston Memorial Hospital Inc

To provide compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

Health
6
City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. PLEASE SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A CONTINUATION OF OUR MISSION

Health
7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
American College of Surgeons

The american college of surgeons is dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and to safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment.

Education
9
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
10
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
11
Gaston Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc

To engage and inspire our community to support caromont health in providing compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

Health
12
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Operation Homeless Inc. 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

36 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. 36 of the 97 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
25/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $129,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLPHARMACY FOUNDATION OF NC INC: $98,250 · OtherPHARMACY FOUNDATION OF NC INCIndividual grant recipient: $36,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBOYS GIRLS CLUB: $25,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY: $17,750 · Other+68 more: $208,915 · Other+68 moreCAMPBELL UNIVERSITY: $46,500 · EducationCAMPBELL U…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $14,750 · EducationSTEPHEN SI…KANNAPOLIS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationKANNAPOLIS…WINGATE UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · EducationST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $24,000 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $17,000 · HealthCHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION: $3,050 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $1,800 · Health+4 more: $3,300 · HealthTHE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION HOMELESS INC: $10,750 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $9,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,500 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $3,200 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $45,000 · ReligionJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $11,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $2,100 · Public BenefitPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $500 · Public BenefitMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $2,000 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INC: $500 · International
Other$515,415Education$69,250Health$49,150Human Services$46,950Religion$45,000Public Benefit$13,600International$7,500

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 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
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 CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MASONIC HOME FOR CHILDREN AT OXFORD INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT VERITAS ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION HOMELESS INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Tamassee DAR School Inc ↗
  • Who funds KANNAPOLIS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds WINGATE UNIVERSITY ↗

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 →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Mitchell W Watts Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mitchell W Watts Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report 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.
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How do I get to Mitchell W Watts Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Mitchell W Watts Family Foundation Inc 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 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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