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O'H Rankin Foundation Inc

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.

$272k
Granted FY2022
33
Grants FY2022
8
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of O'H Rankin Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year O'H Rankin Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 21 organizations, $272k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’22
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’23
1
’24
0
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2022–2025.

Philanthropy$526kEducation$64kHuman Services$60kHealth$53kReligion$45kAnimals$5kInternational$5kArts & Culture$1kOther$0
02FY2022 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 33 grants below total $262,362 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $272,362 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $10,000 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.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k23 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $155k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$4.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YWCA of Central Carolinas$50,000
Myers Park Presbyterian Church$42,862
Blowing Rock Community Foundation, Inc.$20,000
Dilworth Center for Chemical Dependency$20,000
United States Naval Academy$20,000
Bridge to Recovery New Horizons$12,500
Montreat College$10,000
Johnson & Wales University$10,000
Women's Impact Fund$10,000
Charlotte Neuroscience Foundation$10,000
Charlotte Rescue Mission$5,000
The Naval Academy Foundation$5,000
The Salvation Army$5,000
Hospice & Palliative Care, Charlotte Region$5,000
The Fletcher School$5,000
02The need
03

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.

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Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY23–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 5%. 100% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 5%NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $200k → 7%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $262k → 10%NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $100k → 7%NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $100k → 7%NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $50k → 7%NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $46k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

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.

03Your field

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.

1
Charlotte Christian School

Charlotte christian school is a christ-centered, college preparatory school, equipping and developing students to effectively integrate biblical truth and learning nto their daily lives and to impact the culture for christ.

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2
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
3
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
4
Columbia College

Columbia college provides educational opportunities that develop students' capacity for critical thought and expression, life-long learning, acceptance of personal responsibilty, and commitment to service and social justice.

Education
5
Spartanburg Methodist College

SMC Delivers an exceptional education that fuses the empowerment of the liberal arts with crucial career skills. Our mission is to equip our students with the knowledge, skills, virtues, and mindset needed to thrive personally, create…

Education
6
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
7
Queens University of Charlotte

Queens university of charlotte provides transformative educational experiences that nurture intellectual curiosity, promote global understanding, encourage ethical living and prepare individuals for purposeful and fulfilling lives.

Education
8
Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School

We engage a diverse community of learners in a collaborative educational experience, preparing them for college success and a lifetime of meaningful engagement with the broader world.

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9
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
10
Charlotte Christian College & Theological Seminary

To educate, train, and develop ministers, evangelists, missionaries, and other people who are going to enter the Christian ministry. Educate ministers and missionaries to serve the Lord.

Religion
11
Roberts Wesleyan University

As new york's leading university for character education, rwu is a community of learners committed to historic christianity which seeks to prepare thoughtful, spiritually mature, service-oriented people who will transform society.

Education
12
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Montreat College and the most unlike its peers is Healing Hands of Joy. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 47 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr19%19%20–35yr13%29%35–55yr14%38%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%4%10–20yr19%84%20–35yr13%7%35–55yr14%5%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/23
the rest of the field
11%
587/5,263

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 34 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST — $496,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUSTBLOWING ROCK COMMUNITY FOUNDAT INC — $20,000 · PhilanthropyYWCA of Central Carolinas — $50,000 · OtherYWCA of Central Caroli…PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA — $42,862 · OtherPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH US…United States Naval Academy — $20,000 · OtherUnited States Naval Ac…Bridge to Recovery New Horizons — $12,500 · OtherBridge to Recovery New…The Salvation Army — $5,000 · OtherThe Naval Academy Foundation — $5,000 · OtherTHE FLETCHER SCHOOL INC — $5,000 · Other+8 more — $9,500 · Other+8 moreDilworth Center for Chemical Dependency — $20,000 · HealthCharlotte Neuroscience Foundation DBA Memory and Movement Charlotte — $10,000 · HealthCHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION — $5,000 · HealthJOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY — $10,000 · EducationMONTREAT COLLEGE — $10,000 · EducationCHARLOTTE LATIN SCHOOLS — $2,000 · EducationSAINT MARYS SCHOOL — $1,500 · EducationThe Hirsch Academy Inc — $1,000 · EducationCHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — $1,000 · EducationCOLGATE UNIVERSITY — $1,000 · EducationDAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGE — $1,000 · EducationWomens Impact Fund — $10,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE CHARLOTTE REGION — $5,000 · Human ServicesHealing Hands of Joy — $5,000 · Human ServicesCrisis Assistance Ministry — $5,000 · Human ServicesHumane Society of Charlotte Inc — $5,000 · AnimalsTHE BLOWING ROCK ART & HISTORY MUSEUM — $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$516,000Other$149,862Health$35,000Education$27,500Human Services$25,000Animals$5,000Arts & Culture$1,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST — $496,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDilworth Center for Chemical Dependency — $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBLOWING ROCK COMMUNITY FOUNDAT INC — $20,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetJOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomens Impact Fund — $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCharlotte Neuroscience Foundation DBA Memory and Movement Charlotte — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMONTREAT COLLEGE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Charlotte Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE CHARLOTTE REGION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealing Hands of Joy — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCrisis Assistance Ministry — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FLETCHER SCHOOL INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLANKET AMERICA MINISTRIES INC — $2,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCHARLOTTE LATIN SCHOOLS — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT MARYS SCHOOL — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOFFORD COLLEGE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BLOWING ROCK ART & HISTORY MUSEUM — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Hirsch Academy Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Foundation for the Ca…The Eleanor H Barnhar…The Winston-Salem Fou…The Dickson Foundatio…Dowd Foundation IncThe Cannon Foundation…The Marc & Mattye Sil…Richard G Jacobus Fam…Foundation for the Ch…United Way WorldwideAmerican Endowment Fo…Duke Energy Foundation
Foundation for the CarolinasNC24.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · The Eleanor H Barnhardt Charitable Trust · The Winston-Salem Foundation · The Dickson Foundation Inc · Dowd Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · The Marc & Mattye Silverman Family Foundation · Richard G Jacobus Family Foundation · Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community · United Way Worldwide · American Endowment Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation

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 O'H Rankin Foundation Inc 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.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 34 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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