· Public charity
North Carolina Native Plant Society
Promote the use of native plants
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
The 16 grants below total $22,874 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $25,874 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $3,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ASHEVILLE BOTANICAL GARDEN | $3,000 |
| PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY | $3,000 |
| FOOTHILLS CONSERVANCY OF NORTH CARO | $3,000 |
| THREE RIVERS LAND TRUST | $3,000 |
| MAINSPRING CONSERVATION TRUST | $1,500 |
| CONSERVING CAROLINA | $1,491 |
| MARSHALL NATIVE GARDENS INITIATIVE | $1,000 |
| WAXHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| STARWORKS | $1,000 |
| NORTH CAROLINA ARBORETUM SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| ENO RIVER ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| MERRICKMOORE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | $997 |
| Individual grant recipient | $686 |
| CALDWELL COUNTY PATHWAY INC | $600 |
| GATEWAY NATURE PRESERVE | $500 |
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.
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 79% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
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.
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.
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.
As a nationally accredited land trust, we conserve and manage land for public benefit in North Carolinas Southern Piedmont. We have conserved 235 properties, totaling 17,786 acres of land. We also facilitate the creation of a 1600 mile…
The mission of the Davidson Lands Conservancy is to protect local lands and natural resources, connect lives to nature, and promote a conservation ethic. The Conservancy advances its work through four conservation programs or pillars: land…
To promote permanent conservation of the natural resources and scenic beauty of the mountains and foothills of north georgia through land protection, collaborative partnerships and education.
To accumulate properties on and bordering the lumber river in nc. the property will be included in the lumber river state park (part of the nc public park system).
Lula Lake Land Trust is dedicated to the preservation of lands located within the Rock Creek watershed on Lookout Mountain. The mission of Lula Lake Land Trust is to preserve the natural and historic landscapes surrounding Rock Creek and…
Blue ridge rc&d works with partners to conserve natural resources, foster environmental stewardship, and support sustainable community development in northwest north carolina.
Ctnc conserves land in ways that inspire and enable people to build resilient, just communities. we carry out our mission in collaboration with other conservation organizations and the communities we serve. our goal is to lessen the…
The organization is dedicated to preserving the lands that define the coastal plain's distinct landscape. it works with local professionals, businesses, and individuals to protect the environment, sustain nature and cultural heritage,…
The mission of the Organization is the conservation of the natural resources of the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, the preservation of wildlife habitat, the stewardship of lands that define the character of the region and its quality of…
Triangle land conservancy (tlc) strives to create a healthier and more vibrant triangle region by safeguarding clean water, protecting natural habitats, supporting local farms, and connecting people with nature through land protection and…
To conserve and steward lands and waters of Westmoreland County that harbor ecological, cultural or recreational qualities to offer a healthier and more sustainable future for all.
The organization's primary mission is conserving land where people and nature can thrive by creating green corridors linking existing public lands using conservation easments and outright purchase.
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Three Rivers Land Trust Inc and the most unlike its peers is Merrick Moore Community Development Corp Merrick Moore Community Club. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
11 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 16 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.
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
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.
- Who funds PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds THREE RIVERS LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds ASHEVILLE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
- Who funds FOOTHILLS CONSERVANCY OF NORTH CAROLINA INC ↗
- Who funds Mainspring Conservation Trust Inc ↗
- Who funds Conserving Carolina ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE ENO RIVER VALLEY INC ↗
- Who funds STARWORKS ↗
- Who funds The North Carolina Arboretum Society ↗
- Who funds MERRICK MOORE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP MERRICK MOORE COMMUNITY CLUB ↗
- Who funds Caldwell County Pathways Inc ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Cannon Foundation Inc · Conservation Trust for North Carolina · Duke Energy Foundation · The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Dogwood Health Trust · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 North Carolina Native Plant Society 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.
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.
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