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O'H Rankin Foundation Inc at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its 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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’23
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’25

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

01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 33 grants below total $262,362, the rows itemized in this filing. The $272,362 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $10,000 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 · 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
Dilworth Center for Chemical Dependency$20,000
Blowing Rock Community Foundation, Inc.$20,000
United States Naval Academy$20,000
Bridge to Recovery New Horizons$12,500
Women's Impact Fund$10,000
Montreat College$10,000
Charlotte Neuroscience Foundation$10,000
Johnson & Wales University$10,000
Healing Hands of Joy$5,000
The Fletcher School$5,000
Humane Society of Charlotte$5,000
Hospice & Palliative Care, Charlotte Region$5,000
Crisis Assistance Ministry$5,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 5%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its 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
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 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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Montreat College; 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.
04the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 34 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 Naval Academy Foundation: $5,000 · OtherTHE FLETCHER SCHOOL INC: $5,000 · OtherThe Salvation Army: $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 · HealthMONTREAT COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationJOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationCHARLOTTE LATIN SCHOOLS: $2,000 · EducationSAINT MARYS SCHOOL: $1,500 · EducationDAVIS & ELKINS COLLEGE: $1,000 · EducationCHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $1,000 · EducationThe Hirsch Academy Inc: $1,000 · EducationCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationWomens Impact Fund: $10,000 · Human ServicesHealing Hands of Joy: $5,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE CHARLOTTE REGION: $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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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

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

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 O'H Rankin Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from O'H Rankin Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's 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
    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 34 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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