Skip to content
Partlo Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Partlo 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.

$154k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Crime & Legal$286kEducation$122kFood & Nutrition$107kHuman Services$6kRecreation & Sports$5kAnimals$5kPublic Benefit$5kHealth$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $4k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
North Carolina Farm Bureau Foundation Inc$100,000
Garner Rotary Club Trust Fund Inc$50,000
YMCA of the Triangle Area Inc$1,000
Johnston Health Foundation$1,000
HBA Durham Orange & Chatham Counties Foundation$1,000
North Carolina Marine & Estuary Foundation$1,000
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 (FY19–25, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%YMCA of the Triangle Area Inc: $1k → 8%YMCA of the Triangle Area Inc: $1k → 8%YMCA of the Triangle Area Inc: $1k → 8%YMCA of the Triangle Area Inc: $1k → 8%YMCA of the Triangle Area Inc: $1k → 8%YMCA of the Triangle Area Inc: $500 → 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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$373k · 7 repeat orgs$175k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against -9% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
6

Total granted

$373k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
-9%

Still filing today

86%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $152k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationCrime & LegalPhilanthropyEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • NF
    NRA FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $286k · revenue +34%
  • TN
    THE NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2019–2021 · $7k · revenue +36%
  • TY
    The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598)
    5× · 2019–2025 · $6k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $8k
  • JC
    JOHNSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -9%
  • CC
    CLAYTON COMMUNITY RECREATIONAL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -30%
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
Nc Farm Bureau Legal Foundation Inc
—
2
North Carolina State University Foundation Inc

Supports, by financial assistance and otherwise, the various colleges within the university, the libraries, and other university-connected functions.

Education
3
North Carolina State University College of Sciences Foundation Inc

Provide financial support for all types of education and research within the college of sciences at north carolina state university.

Philanthropy
4
North Carolina Foundation for Nursing Inc

The purpose and goals of the foundation are to secure and administer funds directed toward (1) education that assures that registered nurses are prepared to meet the current and changing health care needs of north carolina citizens; (2)…

—
5
Nc State Engineering Foundation Inc

To aid and promote, by financial assistance and otherwise, educational, research, and extension in the college of engineering at north carolina state university

Education
6
Nc State Natural Resources Foundation Inc

To promote education and research in the college of natural resources of north carolina state university as well as aid and promote, by financial assistance and otherwise, all types of education, research and extension in the college of…

Education
7
North Carolina Textile Foundation Inc

To advance wilson college of textiles through engagement, partnership and philanthropy. as a charitable organization, the foundation supports the college and dean of the college and such support shall include but is not limited to…

Education
8
North Carolina State University Alumni Association Inc

The nc state alumni association engages alumni and friends through programs and services that foster pride and enhance a lifelong connection to nc state university ("nc state").

—
9
North Carolina Sports Legacy Foundation Fka Promote the Youth Foundation
Philanthropy
10
North Carolina Educational Scholarship Fund Inc

To fund academic scholarships for the young people in the state of north carolina to pursue post-secondary education trade and technical studies, undergraduate studies and graduate studies.

Education
11
The Carolina Trust
Philanthropy
12
North Carolina Equal Access to Justice Foundation Inc

In collaboration with the legal community, NCEAJF empowers North Carolinians to navigate the civil justice system.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rescue for Ptsd. 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

14 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. 14 of the 17 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NRA FOUNDATION INC: $285,598 · Crime & LegalNRA FOUNDATION INCNORTH CAROLINA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Crime & LegalNORTH CAROLINA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION INCCarteret Community College: $67,200 · OtherCarteret Communit…Individual grant recipient: $7,500 · OtherIndividual grant …RESCUE FOR PTSD: $5,000 · OtherRESCUE FOR PTSD+4 more: $4,550 · Other+4 moreGarner Rotary Club Trust Fund Inc: $50,000 · EducationGarner Rota…JOHNSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationJOHNSTON CO…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationTHE NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 · HealthThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $5,500 · Human ServicesCLAYTON COMMUNITY RECREATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $250 · PhilanthropyElectoral Education Foundation: $5,000 · Civil Rights
Crime & Legal$385,598Other$84,250Education$56,000Health$6,500Human Services$5,500Philanthropy$5,250Civil Rights$5,000

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 budgetNRA FOUNDATION INC: $285,598 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetGarner Rotary Club Trust Fund Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetTHE NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetElectoral Education Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetRESCUE FOR PTSD: $5,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetJOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHBA OF DURHAM ORANGE & CHATHAM COUNTIES FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF MARTIN & ST LUCIE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA MARINE AND ESTUARY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $250 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA6.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Partlo Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Partlo Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%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
    4report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Partlo Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Partlo Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 17 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Partlo’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home