· Public charity
National Balloon Rally Charities Inc
Hold an annual balloon rally in october with proceeds distributed to local charities.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $62k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MITCHELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENDOW | $14,000 |
| RESTORATION ROAD MINISTRY | $8,600 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 1314 | $8,600 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 377 | $7,500 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 363 | $7,000 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 607 | $7,000 |
| GUARDIAN OF THE CHILDREN MOORESVILL | $6,000 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 609 | $6,000 |
| PIEDMONT ANIMAL RESCUE | $6,000 |
| YOKEFELLOW MINISTRIES | $5,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PCPIEDMONT COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 4207× · 2017–2025 · $109k · revenue +9%
- ACAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC3× · 2017–2019 · $57k · revenue -83%
- MCMITCHELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION AND ENDOWMENT FOR EXCELLENCE4× · 2022–2025 · $48k · revenue -8%
Funded once
- BMBLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES INCgraduatedone grant, 2024 · $12k · revenue +114%
- CACIVIL AIR PATROL IREDELL SQUADRONone grant, 2022 · $8k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $7k
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.
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.
Volunteer Avery County finds resources to aid families and individuals that do not qualify for public assistance and fall through the cracks.
To provide shelter and assistance for men 18 and older who have experienced drug and alcohol problems.
Piedmont rescue mission, inc serves alamance county & surrounding areas. a home for homeless & needy men with substance abuse issues, peer counseling for women with unplanned pregnancies and women in crisis situations;
The piedmont area chamber of commerce advocates and represents businesses' interests and issues affecting the community. we provide the environment to help our members prosper and succeed through a proactive working partnership with all…
Our primary mission is to care for and find homes for the lost, abandoned, abused and unwanted animals that come under our care. we provide veterinary care, essential medications, food, shelter and companionship until they are able to find…
The Yadkin Valley Chamber of Commerce is an organization that promotes a positive business environment, community betterment and supports economic development
Provide housing and needs for the homeless
To provide emergency medical care and ambulance service.
Provide food, shelter, rehabilitation and christian ministry to the poor and homeless
As a non-profit, the black mountain counseling center provides mental health counseling without regard to a client's ability to pay. services are provided by licensed, experienced counselors working with children, adults and families…
The Christian Mission provides food, clothing, shelter, substance use support, and life skills to bring individuals from crisis to stability.
To create high quality employment opportunities for unemployed and underemployed residents of mitchell, avery, and yancey counties in north carolina
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 21 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 PIEDMONT COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 420 ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds MITCHELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION AND ENDOWMENT FOR EXCELLENCE ↗
- Who funds KIWANIS CLUB OF STATESVILLE ↗
- Who funds YOKEVILLE MINISTRY OF GREATER STATESVILLE ↗
- Who funds RESTORATION ROAD MINISTRY INC ↗
- Who funds BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC ↗
- Who funds PIEDMONT ANIMAL RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds United Way of Iredell County Inc ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization National Balloon Rally Charities Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Balloon Rally Charities Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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