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Molinini Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$44k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Religion$234kYouth Development$69kHealth$42kInternational$40kEducation$35kHuman Services$23kFood & Nutrition$20kCommunity Improvement$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$997k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOTHER TERESA CATHOLIC MISSION$10,000
ARROWHEAD BIBLE CAMP$10,000
THE BARN AT SPRING BROOK FARM INC$5,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$5,000
NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$5,000
OUTER BANKS RELIEF FOUNDATION INC$5,000
OUTER BANKS DEMENTIA FRIENDLY COALITION$2,000
THE CARYING PLACE INC$2,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%HILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH: $2k → 13%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $1k → 10%URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY: $10k → 8%OUTER BANKS RELIEF FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 8%ACCESS OF WILMINGTON INC: $1k → 12%URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY: $5k → 8%OUTER BANKS RELIEF FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 8%SAMARA'S VILLAGE INC: $1k → 9%URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY: $5k → 8%OUTER BANKS RELIEF FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MI
PA
CO
MO
VA
MD
NC
DC
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$439k · 15 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
13

Total granted

$439k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+103%

Still filing today

53%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • LL
    Little Lights Urban Ministries Inc
    7× · 2017–2023 · $46k · revenue +102%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    7× · 2019–2025 · $40k · revenue +151%
  • TB
    THE BARN AT SPRING BROOK FARM INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $36k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • PE
    PROJECT ENLIGHTENMENT FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +68%
  • SJ
    St James Service Club Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +142%
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE TRIANGLEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +155%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
C a R E dba the John 3 16 Center

The organization's mission is: We are guided by our Christian faith to address the impact of poverty and trauma on families with children in Halifax, Northampton, and Warren counties. We do this through advocacy, education, empowerment,…

Crime & Legal
2
Wnc Lighthouse Inc

The mission of WNC Lighthouse Inc is Changing lives, by being a light for Christ our Lord. Our vision is To be fully devoted to Jesus Christ, by opening our arms and providing Christian services to the underseved children, adults and…

Human Services
3
Caramore Community

To empower adults living with severe and persistent mental illness in north carolina with the tools to lead meaningful and independent lives.

4
MemoryCare Inc

MemoryCares mission is three-fold: to provide specialized medical care to older adults with cognitive impairment; to support caregivers with education, counseling, and improved access to services; and to provide community education.

Health
5
Durhamcares Inc

Help Durham residents love neighbors.

Philanthropy
6
The Raleigh Rescue Mission Inc

Believing every individual has sacred value, we equip people to impact the world for good through the love of jesus christ.

Human Services
7
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Eastern North Carolina Inc

The ronald mcdonald houses of eastern north carolina provide a temporary home, support and access to medical care for families of children who are receiving treatment from area medical facilities.

Health
8
Developmental Disabilities Management Assistance Inc

Carolina hill provides safe and caring emergency shelter and supportive services to homeless families focusing efforts to achieve rapid re-housing and developing skills and resources to maintain it.

Human Services
9
Lighthouse Ministries of Raleigh Inc

Line 1, Description of organization mission: Our mission is to help fulfill the great commission of making disciples through biblical counseling, coaching, small groups, speaking and writing. To provide a safe environment for adults and…

Religion
10
Camp Rise Above Inc

Camp rise above provides life-changing camp programs for children and adults with serious illnesses, disabilities, and life challenges.

Recreation & Sports
11
Safe Harbor of Nc Inc

Safe Harbor provides a faith-based community for rebuilding, renewing, and recovery. We work together with volunteers and other nonprofit organizations to provide a wide range of services to those experiencing homelessness, single mothers,…

Health
12
Be the Rainbow Foundation

Be The Rainbow Foundation provides support to families facing childhood cancer by partnering with families and family support organizations, helping to relieve some of the financial and emotional burdens that come with a pediatric cancer…

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Urban Ministries of Wake County Inc and the most unlike its peers is Rainbow Division Veterans Memorial Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 27 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%24%10–20yr16%29%20–35yr13%29%35–55yr16%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%1%5–10yr19%12%10–20yr16%43%20–35yr13%27%35–55yr16%17%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/24
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,541

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MOTHER TERESA CATHOLIC MISSION — $109,000 · OtherMOTHER TERESA CATHOLIC MISSIONARROWHEAD BIBLE CAMP — $71,000 · OtherARROWHEAD BIBLE CAMPST MARK CATHOLIC CHURCH — $27,000 · OtherST MARK CATHOLIC CHURCHCATHOLIC CHARITIES USA — $18,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES USABISHOP OCONNELL HIGH SCHOOL — $15,000 · OtherNATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $15,000 · OtherCARDINAL GIBBONS MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL — $13,000 · Other+7 more — $21,000 · Other+7 moreLittle Lights Urban Ministries Inc — $46,000 · Youth DevelopmentLittle Light…CELEBRATE RVA — $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentCELEBRATE RV…THE BARN AT SPRING BROOK FARM INC — $36,000 · HealthTHE BARN A…RECEPTIONS FOR RESEARCH THE GREG OLSEN FOUNDATION — $3,000 · HealthRECEPTIONS…OUTER BANKS DEMENTIA FRIENDLY COALITION — $2,000 · Health+1 more — $1,000 · HealthSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $40,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN…URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesURBAN MIN…OUTER BANKS RELIEF FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesOUTER BAN…HILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH — $2,000 · Human Services+3 more — $3,000 · Human Services+3 morePROJECT ENLIGHTENMENT FOUNDATION — $5,000 · EducationRAINBOW DIVISION VETERANS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 · EducationSt James Service Club Inc — $5,000 · Community Improvement
Other$289,000Youth Development$52,000Health$42,000Religion$40,000Human Services$40,000Education$7,000Community Improvement$5,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetLittle Lights Urban Ministries Inc — $46,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $40,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BARN AT SPRING BROOK FARM INC — $36,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetURBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC — $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOUTER BANKS RELIEF FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCELEBRATE RVA — $6,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetPROJECT ENLIGHTENMENT FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetSt James Service Club Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetCary Ballet Company — $4,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE TRIANGLE — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRECEPTIONS FOR RESEARCH THE GREG OLSEN FOUNDATION — $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHILL COUNTRY YOUTH RANCH — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAINBOW DIVISION VETERANS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetACCESSIBLE COASTAL CAROLINA EVENTS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSAMARA'S VILLAGE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHELPHOPELIVE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPaws With A Cause — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Duke Energy FoundationNC15.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Carolina Hurricanes Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Greater Washington Community Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Verizon Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Molinini Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report 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, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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