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· Public charity

North Carolina Healthcare Foundation Inc

To foster and accelerate the collective impact of hospitals, health systems and community partners to improve the health of north carolinians.

$2.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$1.7M
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$8.8MCommunity Improvement$1.8MHuman Services$679kPublic Safety & Disaster$500kPhilanthropy$264kInternational$250kCivil Rights$141kYouth Development$125kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k10 grants · $144k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $363k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.7M
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$9.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARONOVA$1,700,000
SOUTH CAROLINA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION$113,440
ROBESON HEALTHCARE CORPORATION$50,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE$50,000
PAWSS INC$50,000
SOUTHERN CAROLINA HOUSING INC$50,000
SCOTLAND MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SYSTEM$39,274
FLORENCE 1 SCHOOLS$25,000
CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER$10,000
CAROMONT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER$10,000
ROPER ST FRANCIS FOUNDATION$10,000
PRISMA HEALTH$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL$10,000
HENDERSON COUNTY HOSPITAL CORPORATION$10,000
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 (FY20–20, $296k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 10% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NEIGHBORS IN MINISTRY INC: $29k → 13%HISPANIC LIAISON OF CHATHAM COUNTY: $98k → 9%THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE TRIANGLE AREA INC: $169k → 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.
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.

37%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 27 repeat orgs$8.2M to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
58

Total granted

$4.8M
$6.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+34%

Still filing today

74%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.2M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • SR
    SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
    2× · 2019–2020 · $607k · revenue +31%
  • WF
    WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
    2× · 2019–2020 · $409k · revenue +22%
  • AM
    ASHE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC
    3× · 2019–2023 · $329k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • HE
    HEALTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EASTERN Ngraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue +113%
  • NC
    NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF FREE AND CHARITABLE CLINICS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $263k · revenue -59%
  • NC
    North Carolina Community Health Center Assoc Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $263k · revenue +326%
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
Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Found ation
Health
2
East Carolina Health

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
3
Pitt County Memorial Hospital Inc

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
4
Rex Hospital Inc

To improve the health and well-being of north carolinians and others whom we serve. we accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Health
5
Presbyterian Medical Care Corp

Mission novant health exists to improve the health of our communities, one person at a time. vision we, the novant health team, will deliver the most remarkable patient experience, in every dimension, every time. values -compassion: we…

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6
University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Inc

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
7
Carolina Medicorp Enterprises Inc

Mission novant health exists to improve the health of our communities, one person at a time. vision we, the novant health team, will deliver the most remarkable patient experience, in every dimension, every time. values -compassion: we…

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8
Cumberland Medical Center

Cumberland Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
9
Fort Loudoun Medical Center

Fort Loudoun Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
10
Medical Center of Central Georgia Inc

To enhance the health status of those we serve in partnership with medical staff and other community organizations by providing wellness services, health education, training, and access to safe high quality health care services.

Health
11
The Presbyterian Hospital

In the spirit of keeping our focus on patient-centered, equitable and compassionate care while ensuring our organization is sustainable for future generations, we have restated our mission, vision and values and are now guided by our…

Health
12
Atrium Health Inc

Atrium health will oversee an integrated academic and community health system that is steeped in innovation and poised to reshape the delivery of healthcare and achieve the highest and safest outcomes in the communities it serves.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atrium Health Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Pmh Legacy. 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

63 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. 63 of the 101 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
60/63
Grantees still filing
40/63
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CARONOVA INC: $1,700,000 · OtherCARONOVA INCJ ARTHUR DOSHER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $302,948 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM: $230,497 · OtherWASHINGTON COUNTY HOSPITAL: $203,743 · Other+52 more: $3,551,813 · Other+52 moreSOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $606,724 · HealthSOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER: $408,986 · HealthWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTERASHE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC: $329,392 · HealthASHE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INCPRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $266,457 · HealthFIRSTHEALTH OF THE CAROLINAS INC: $262,818 · HealthNORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF FREE AND CHARITABLE CLINICS INC: $262,500 · HealthNorth Carolina Community Health Center Assoc Inc: $262,500 · HealthSt Lukes Hospital: $259,818 · HealthCUMBERLAND COUNTY HOSPITAL SYSTEM INC: $252,858 · HealthAPPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC: $230,000 · HealthMURPHY MEDICAL CENTER INC: $201,036 · HealthGRANVILLE HEALTH INC: $184,555 · Health+24 more: $1,970,419 · Health+24 moreHEALTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EASTERN N: $500,000 · EducationPAWSS INC: $50,000 · EducationThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $169,050 · Human ServicesHISPANIC LIAISON OF CHATHAM COUNTY: $98,480 · Human ServicesNeighbors in Ministry Inc: $28,600 · Human ServicesPARDEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $145,618 · PhilanthropyCAMINO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC: $118,500 · PhilanthropyIMPACT GLOBAL HEALTH ALLIANCE: $249,996 · InternationalREFUGEE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP INC: $141,050 · Civil Rights
Other$5,989,001Health$5,498,063Education$550,000Human Services$296,130Philanthropy$264,118International$249,996Civil Rights$141,050

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 budgetSOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $606,724 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF EASTERN N: $500,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER: $408,986 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetASHE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC: $329,392 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $266,457 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetFIRSTHEALTH OF THE CAROLINAS INC: $262,818 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF FREE AND CHARITABLE CLINICS INC: $262,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetNorth Carolina Community Health Center Assoc Inc: $262,500 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetSt Lukes Hospital: $259,818 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCUMBERLAND COUNTY HOSPITAL SYSTEM INC: $252,858 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT GLOBAL HEALTH ALLIANCE: $249,996 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetAPPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC: $230,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMURPHY MEDICAL CENTER INC: $201,036 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGRANVILLE HEALTH INC: $184,555 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $169,050 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWestern Carolina Medical Society Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetWakeMed: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColumbus Regional Healthcare System: $149,900 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALCOHOLDRUG COUNCIL OF NORTH CAROLINA: $149,897 over 1y, 15% of budgetTHE NORTH CAROLINA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $149,881 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCALDWELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC: $149,318 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLSA Management Inc: $148,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetJORDAN PEER RECOVERY INC: $148,418 over 1y, 44% of budgetMOSES H CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OPERATING CORPORATION: $148,198 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARDEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $145,618 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetREFUGEE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP INC: $141,050 over 2y, 19% of budgetPENDER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INCORPORATED: $135,201 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MOSES H CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $132,776 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAMINO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC: $118,500 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetSouth Carolina Hospital Association: $113,440 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHISPANIC LIAISON OF CHATHAM COUNTY: $98,480 over 1y, 15% of budgetUniversity Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Foundation Inc: $95,652 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION: $93,028 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLINCOLN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $90,530 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $85,800 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HENDERSON COUNTY/HENDERSONVILLE INC: $75,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCHATHAM HOSPITAL INC: $74,646 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHARLES A CANNON JR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC: $73,593 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAlleghany County Memorial Hospital Inc: $63,780 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSURRY MEDICAL MINISTRIES FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetThe Outer Banks Hospital Inc: $57,493 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $55,933 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHOUSE OF MERCY INC: $55,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetEAGLE MARKET STREETS DEVELOPMENT CO: $50,022 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetROBESON HEALTH CARE CORPORATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetScotland Memorial Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPAWSS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 10% 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.

The Duke EndowmentThe Cannon Foundation…North Carolina Commun…Dogwood Health TrustThe Golden Leaf IncReach Out and Read IncThe Community Foundat…Foundation for the Ca…American Heart Associ…The Leon Levine Found…The Winston-Salem Fou…Community Foundation …
The Duke EndowmentNC51.1× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Duke Endowment · The Cannon Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Dogwood Health Trust · The Golden Leaf Inc · Reach Out and Read Inc · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · American Heart Association Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro 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 Healthcare Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from North Carolina Healthcare Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    25report 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 101 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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