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Norris 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.

$66k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$81kArts & Culture$75kHealth$64kHuman Services$39kEducation$24kHousing & Shelter$18kEnvironment$18kCrime & Legal$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA$10,000
MITE$8,000
THE LYRIC THEATRE$5,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$5,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CE$5,000
TPUSA$5,000
MALTZ JUPITER THEATRE$5,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY OF FL$2,500
DILWORTH CENTER$2,500
RANDOLPH COLLEGE$2,500
INREACH$2,500
CHILDREN OF VIETNAM$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION$1,000
CHILDREN'S HOPE ALLIANCE$1,000
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 (FY20–25, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 58% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SERVANTS WITH A HEART: $3k → 8%MISSION LEXINGON: $1k → 11%MISTY MEADOWS MITEY RIDERS: $3k → 7%HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN: $5k → 8%GRANDFATHER HOME FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 21%MISTY MEADOWS MITEY RIDERS: $1k → 7%HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN: $3k → 8%HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN: $3k → 8%HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN: $3k → 8%EMITE: $5k → 12%INREACH: $3k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF GTR ORLANDO: $3k → 13%INREACH: $3k → 10%INREACH: $3k → 10%INREACH: $3k → 10%INREACH: $3k → 10%INREACH: $3k → 10%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

IL
MI
VA
AZ
TN
NC
SC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 10% of Norris Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 63% of the giving stays in NC; by stated purpose, 59%.

Norris Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 8.1% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$314k · 27 repeat orgs$72k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
15

Total granted

$314k
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+5%

Still filing today

63%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalHealthEducationOther
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

  • AC
    ARTS CENTER OF COASTAL CAROLINA
    3× · 2020–2024 · $28k · revenue +50%
  • FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $21k · revenue +86%
  • CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $17k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +5%
  • EI
    EMITE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -4%
  • AA
    ARMY ANGLES
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
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
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc

The Children's Home Society of North Carolina's mission is to promote the right of every child to a permanent, safe, and loving family.

Human Services
2
Beyond Housing

We strive to serve the community by constructing and rehabilitating homes for affordable homeownership, providing new housing rentals for low to moderate wealth families in south carolina, and providing services that aid in all aspects of…

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3
Charlotte Family Housing

The mission of Charlotte Family Housing is to empower working families experiencing homelessness to achieve long-term self-sufficiency through shelter, housing, supportive services, and advocacy.

Human Services
4
United Way of Charlotte County Inc

Mobilizing the power of our community to break the cycle of poverty.

Philanthropy
5
Family Promise of Wake County Inc

Moving families at risk of or experiencing homelessness into sustainable, permanent housing in our community through a continuum of support services.

Housing & Shelter
6
Raleigh County Community Action Association Inc

Raleigh county community action association, inc. empowers individuals and families to reach their highest levels of social and economical self-sufficiency, while identifying and eliminating causes of poverty. rccaa provides direct…

Human Services
7
Compass of Carolina Inc

Our mission is to provide compassionate direction to individuals and families in need through counseling, education and financial benefits management.

Education
8
The Presbyterian Home At Charlotte Inc

We enrich the lives of those we serve by providing a nurturing environment that fosters joy, purpose, and well-being.

Human Services
9
Carolina Community Care Inc

The mission of hospice & community care is to give hope, comfort, and compassion to those that need it most. hospice & community care is a nonprofit healthcare organization providing hospice and palliative care to residents of york,…

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10
Homes of Hope Inc

Provied temporary and emergency and low income housing and secured shelter.

Housing & Shelter
11
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
12
Florence Crittenton Inc

Crittenton of North Carolina empowers women and children through education, health, residential care, and supportive services.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Women's Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Emite Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

31 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. 31 of the 49 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
21/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMITE: $28,500 · OtherMITESECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CE: $10,000 · OtherBARTER FOUNDATION INC STATE THEATRE OF VIRGINIA: $9,800 · OtherFIGS OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $7,500 · OtherTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $7,500 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC: $7,500 · OtherCYSTIC FIBROSIS CHARLOTTE CHAPTER: $7,000 · OtherTHE CARYING PLACE INC: $7,500 · OtherJamie Kimble Foundation for Courage: $9,500 · Other+19 more: $57,421 · Other+19 moreARTS CENTER OF COASTAL CAROLINA: $27,500 · Arts & CultureARTS CENTER OF C…CAROLINA BALLET INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCAROLINA BALLET …UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED ARTS OF C…MALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMALTZ JUPITER TH…ORLANDO BALLET INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureARTREACH ORLANDO INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureInReach: $15,000 · Human ServicesInReachTHE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesTHE HOPE CEN…EMITE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesEMITE INCMISTY MEADOWS MITEY RIDERS INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesMISTY MEADOW…GRANDFATHER HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesGRANDFATHER …SERVANTS WITH A HEART INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesSERVANTS WIT…FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMI…+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesCHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION: $17,000 · HealthCHARLOTTE…Dilworth Center for Chemical Dependency: $15,000 · HealthDilworth …FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $21,400 · Food & NutritionRANDOLPH COLLEGE INC: $12,500 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5,000 · EducationHILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT INC: $15,000 · Environment
Other$202,221Arts & Culture$57,500Human Services$44,500Health$32,000Food & Nutrition$21,400Education$17,500Environment$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetARTS CENTER OF COASTAL CAROLINA: $27,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $21,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION: $17,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDilworth Center for Chemical Dependency: $15,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetInReach: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRANDOLPH COLLEGE INC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC: $12,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCAROLINA BALLET INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBARTER FOUNDATION INC STATE THEATRE OF VIRGINIA: $9,800 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetJamie Kimble Foundation for Courage: $9,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetFIGS OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $7,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTHE CARYING PLACE INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMITE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPRESERVING HOME INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN OF VIETNAM: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMISTY MEADOWS MITEY RIDERS INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGRANDFATHER HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPEEDWAY CHILDREN'S CHARITIES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSERVANTS WITH A HEART INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetORLANDO BALLET INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSKINS PARK MINISTRIES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetARISE COLLECTIVE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetARTREACH ORLANDO INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Duke Energy FoundationTriangle Community Fo…North Carolina Commun…Realtor Foundation of…John William Pope Fou…Foundation for the Ca…Universal Orlando Fou…United Way of the Gre…The Leon Levine Found…Coastal Community Fou…Shell USA Company Fou…Natl Christian Charit…
Duke Energy FoundationNC18.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Realtor Foundation of Wake County · John William Pope Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Universal Orlando Foundation Inc · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

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 Norris Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Norris Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • United Arts of Central Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.

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 49 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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