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North Carolina Community Foundation

The nccf is the single statewide community foundation serving north carolina and was created in 1988 to build capacity through philanthropy.

$33M
Granted FY2025still arriving
732
Grants FY2025still arriving
27
States reached
$3.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$41MHealth$21MRecreation & Sports$17MHuman Services$14MFood & Nutrition$13MReligion$12MArts & Culture$12MPhilanthropy$9.9MOther$0
02FY2025 · 732 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 732 grants below total $30,579,279, the rows itemized in this filing. The $33,025,036 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,445,757 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k191 grants · $1.3M
  • $10k–50k405 grants · $8.4M
  • $50k–250k120 grants · $11M
  • $250k+16 grants · $10.0M
$15,000
Median grant
27
States reached
$569M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MANNA FOODBANK$3,506,000
DOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY$1,041,280
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$769,175
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN$638,200
EASTWOOD COMMUNITY CHURCH$600,000
NC INNOVATION$400,000
NC PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN$375,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$340,173
MAINSPRING CONSERVATION TRUST INC$325,000
RENAISSANCE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC$320,564
SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION INC$306,153
PRESERVATION STATESVILLE$300,000
WEDDINGTON CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC$300,000
MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY FOUNDATION$250,000
NORTH CAROLINA COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS INC$250,000
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 (FY17–25, $11.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%YOUTH VILLAGES: $50k → 17%THE BELOVED HAVEN: $56k → 9%TRUE RIDGE: $50k → 12%ALBEMARLE COMMISSION: $65k → 13%INTER-FAITH ALLIANCE DBA CLEVELAND COUNTY RESCUE MISSION: $55k → 17%NC FIELD INC: $100k → 21%FEED MY LAMBS INC: $55k → 22%BERTIE COUNTY HIVE HOUSE: $68k → 24%MEALS ON WHEELS NORTH CAROLINA: $500k → 15%MEN AND WOMEN UNITED FOR YOUTH & FAMILIES: $75k → 21%NC FIELD: $55k → 21%ANSON CRISIS MINISTRY: $50k → 22%INTERFAITH COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $57k → 8%JONES COUNTY COMMUNITY HOPE INC: $66k → 17%MEN AND WOMEN UNITED FOR YOUTH & FAMILIES: $62k → 21%NC FIELD INC: $50k → 21%NC FIELD INC: $50k → 21%CANINES FOR SERVICE: $58k → 12%TAMMY LYNN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $200k → 8%THE LGBTQ CENTER OF DURHAM: $250k → 11%BOYS AND GIRLS HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $161k → 21%Oasis Inc: $100k → 21%BOYS AND GIRLS HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $100k → 21%CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES CENTER: $200k → 10%BOYS AND GIRLS HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $63k → 21%BOYS AND GIRLS HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $56k → 21%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $637k → 8%URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $85k → 8%LOWER CAPE FEAR HOSPICE INC: $112k → 12%SE RALEIGH PROMISE INC: $2.3M → 8%SE RALEIGH PROMISE INC: $800k → 8%SE RALEIGH PROMISE INC: $219k → 8%SE RALEIGH PROMISE INC: $205k → 8%SE RALEIGH PROMISE INC: $175k → 8%THE SUPPER TABLE INC: $120k → 8%STEPUP MINISTRY: $56k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $231k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $158k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $136k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $133k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $125k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $112k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $97k → 8%YMCA of the Triangle: $68k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $53k → 8%PREVENT BLINDNESS NORTH CAROLINA: $52k → 8%PREVENT BLINDNESS NORTH CAROLINA: $51k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $64k → 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

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MI
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IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
KY
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VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
LA
AL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 24% of North Carolina Community Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 88% of the giving stays in NC; by stated purpose, 74%.

North Carolina Community Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$154M · 911 repeat orgs$23M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

911 repeat relationships: 492 still active in FY2025, 419 since wound down; 194 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

911
644

Total granted

$154M
$17M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+13%

Still filing today

74%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.8M 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • MANNA FOOD BANK INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $3.6M · revenue +230%
  • Save The Children Federation Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.9M · revenue +21%
  • CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.8M · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • NC
    NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1.5M · revenue +670%
  • MO
    MEALS ON WHEELS NORTH CAROLINA
    one grant, 2021 · $500k · revenue -52% · 83% of their budget
  • FT
    Feeding the Carolinasgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $500k · revenue +504%
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
Carolina Family Health Centers Inc

Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc. provides accessible and affordable health care with excellence...where patients come FIRST

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2
Research Triangle Regional Partnership

The research triangle regional partnership is an association of area economic development agencies dedicated to keeping the research triangle region economically strong by collectively marketing the region's competitive advantages and…

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3
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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4
North Carolina Community Health Center Assoc Inc

To promote community based primary health care systems in medically underserved areas.

Health
5
Western Carolina Rescue Ministries Inc

Provide food, shelter, rehabilitation and christian ministry to the poor and homeless

Housing & Shelter
6
First Choice Community Health Ctrs

Providing healthcare to the underserved population of Harnett County NC and the surrounding area.

Health
7
Foundation for the Carolinas

Inspiring philanthropy and strengthening our region through innovative community initiatives and quality services to donors and constituents.

Philanthropy
8
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
9
Carolina Small Business Development Fund

Our mission is to foster economic development in underserved communities by providing capital, business services, and policy research to support small businesses.

Public Benefit
10
Carolina Common Enterprise

The specific objectives and purposes of this corporation shall be to assist individuals and communities, particularly those in low-income and socially disadvantaged areas, in the creation, expansion, and improvement of rural and…

Community Improvement
11
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
12
Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Found ation
Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Free Will Baptist Children's Home Inc; the most unlike its peers is Papertown Partners 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

1270 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1270 of the 1,778 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.

77
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
347
Early backer (in before they grew)
1229/1270
Grantees still filing
801/1270
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF RALEIGH: $3,903,139 · OtherCITY OF RALEIGHUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $1,952,762 · OtherSave The Children Federation Inc: $2,895,381 · OtherSave The Children Federation Inc+102 more: $42,966,505 · Other+102 moreCAMPBELL UNIVERSITY: $2,797,247 · EducationCAMPBELL UNIVERSITYREGION A PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $1,561,082 · EducationREGION A PARTNERSHI…NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION: $1,501,000 · EducationNORTH CAROLINA COMM…NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS FUND: $1,500,000 · EducationNORTH CAROLINA FIRE…NCINNOVATION INC: $1,200,000 · EducationNCINNOVATION INCCAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,001,900 · EducationElon University: $969,500 · EducationBETHEL UNIVERSITY: $934,170 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE FOUNDATION INC: $762,793 · Education+28 more: $9,091,617 · Education+28 moreDOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY: $14,728,462 · Recreation & SportsDOROTHEA DIX …SE RALEIGH PROMISE INC: $3,729,439 · Human ServicesSE RALEIG…The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $1,224,868 · Human ServicesThe Young…INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $719,628 · Human ServicesINTER-FAI…BOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC INC: $600,037 · Human ServicesBOYS & GI…Young Men's Christian Association of Southeastern North Carolina Inc: $506,050 · Human ServicesMEALS ON WHEELS NORTH CAROLINA: $500,000 · Human Services+14 more: $3,285,497 · Human Services+14 moreAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $2,551,556 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN …NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $1,472,488 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL …THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND: $1,054,644 · PhilanthropyTHE BLACK…MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $997,000 · PhilanthropyMORGAN ST…THE SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT FOUNDATION INC: $665,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SCHOO…FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $553,351 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATIO…Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $413,791 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $385,547 · PhilanthropyQUIET GIVERS INC: $363,000 · PhilanthropyPRETTY IN PINK FOUNDATION INC: $333,500 · Philanthropy+5 more: $1,145,193 · Philanthropy+5 moreNORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF FREE AND CHARITABLE CLINICS INC: $2,500,000 · HealthNORTH CAROLINA HARM REDUCTION COALITION: $1,000,002 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $952,808 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $578,639 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $500,500 · HealthHEALING TRANSITIONS INC: $408,713 · HealthQUEEN CITY COCOA BEANS INCORPORATED: $385,001 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $330,000 · HealthNORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION: $308,610 · Health+8 more: $1,784,966 · HealthMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $3,565,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding the Carolinas: $500,000 · Food & NutritionFARMER FOODSHARE INC: $500,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $467,412 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC: $340,510 · Food & Nutrition
Other$51,717,787Education$21,319,309Recreation & Sports$14,728,462Human Services$10,565,519Philanthropy$9,935,070Health$8,749,239Food & Nutrition$5,372,922

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetDOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY: $14,728,462 over 6y, 34% of budgetSE RALEIGH PROMISE INC: $3,729,439 over 5y, 54% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $3,565,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $2,895,381 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCAMPBELL UNIVERSITY: $2,797,247 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $2,551,556 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF FREE AND CHARITABLE CLINICS INC: $2,500,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetREGION A PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $1,561,082 over 8y, 7.6% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS FUND: $1,500,000 over 3y, 98% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $1,472,488 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAROLINA FARM STEWARDSHIP ASSOCIATION: $1,414,280 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $1,224,868 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetNCINNOVATION INC: $1,200,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetEAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC: $1,195,368 over 9y, 12% of budgetTHE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND: $1,054,644 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION: $1,025,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetCAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,001,900 over 9y, 8.5% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA HARM REDUCTION COALITION: $1,000,002 over 3y, 16% of budgetMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC: $997,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetElon University: $969,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $952,808 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $946,675 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBETHEL UNIVERSITY: $934,170 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN: $865,859 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetAPPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $852,380 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetThe Children's Playhouse Inc: $831,375 over 8y, 72% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE FOUNDATION INC: $762,793 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetGood Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc: $719,725 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $719,628 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL LAND TRUST: $665,510 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetTHE SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT FOUNDATION INC: $665,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetRAVENSCROFT SCHOOL: $657,257 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetTRYON PALACE FOUNDATION INC: $634,439 over 9y, 17% of budgetBuffalo Bill Memorial Association: $617,500 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC INC: $600,037 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $578,639 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $570,589 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMURFREESBORO HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $569,695 over 6y, 54% of budgetEL CENTRO HISPANO INC: $558,704 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetRURAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INTERNATION: $553,742 over 7y, 10% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $553,351 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC: $552,490 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetEAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $534,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetEDUCATIONNC: $517,000 over 4y, 9.3% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Southeastern North Carolina Inc: $506,050 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $500,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS NORTH CAROLINA: $500,000 over 1y, 83% of budgetFeeding the Carolinas: $500,000 over 1y, 18% 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 DOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds SE RALEIGH PROMISE INC ↗
  • Who funds MANNA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF FREE AND CHARITABLE CLINICS INC ↗
  • Who funds REGION A PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS FUND ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds CAROLINA FARM STEWARDSHIP ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598) ↗
  • Who funds NCINNOVATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CAPE FEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA HARM REDUCTION COALITION ↗
  • Who funds MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds Elon University ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds BETHEL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN ↗
  • Who funds APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Playhouse Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc ↗
  • Who funds INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds THE SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RAVENSCROFT SCHOOL ↗

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.

The Cannon Foundation…Anonymous Trust U/A D…Camber FoundationUnited Way of the Gre…Triangle Community Fo…The Golden Leaf IncThe Landfall Foundati…Cape Fear Memorial Fo…New Hanover Community…Z Smith Reynolds Foun…Ella Ann L and Frank …The Robert P Holding …
The Cannon Foundation IncNC141.4× affinity246 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cannon Foundation Inc · Anonymous Trust U/A Dated 2-4-2008 · Camber Foundation · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · The Golden Leaf Inc · The Landfall Foundation Inc · Cape Fear Memorial Foundation · New Hanover Community Endowment Inc · Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · Ella Ann L and Frank B Holding Foundatio · The Robert P Holding Foundation 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 North Carolina Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from North Carolina Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
71report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 1778 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 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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