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Pat Pannill Mebane Foundation at a glance

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Pat Pannill Mebane Foundation

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.

$100k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$30k
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 2025.

Religion$169kHuman Services$102kInternational$59kPublic Safety & Disaster$46kEducation$22kFood & Nutrition$12kHealth$6kEnvironment$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $85k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$961k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$30,000
HIS HEART MINISTRIES$20,000
ELIJAH LIST MINISTRIES$15,000
REGENERATION NASHVILLE$10,000
CHRIST IN CRISIS$10,000
SEACOAST CHURCH$5,000
AWAKE CHURCH$5,000
2 CITIES CHURCH$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–22, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SAVE MORE KIDS: $4k → 12%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF NC: $10k → 16%ACTIVE HEROES: $1k → 15%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
OR
CA
KY
VA
TN
NC
SC
MS
FL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Pat Pannill Mebane Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 20% of the giving stays in SC; by stated purpose, 13%.

Pat Pannill Mebane Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 7.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$305k · 10 repeat orgs$114k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +106% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
14

Total granted

$305k
$74k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+106%
+5%

Still filing today

40%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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
ReligionHuman ServicesEducationHealthOther
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

  • EL
    ELIJAH LIST MINISTRIES INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $30k · revenue +24%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    2× · 2020–2024 · $25k · revenue +106%
  • CI
    Christ In Action Ministries Inc
    3× · 2021–2024 · $16k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +83%
  • CA
    CHURCH AT MERCY SHORE
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • CH
    Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +2%
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
Repairing the Breach Ministries Inc
Religion
2
Saved Sinner Ministries Inc Brotherhood Biker Church

Christian Church

Religion
3
Frontier Evangelism Inc

Preaching the Gospel in Crusades

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4
New Heart World Ministries
Religion
5
Gods Promise Ministries International

Religious Purposes

Housing & Shelter
6
Remember Those in Captivity Ministries Inc
Philanthropy
7
Spirit Invasion Ministries

Spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Religion
8
Equippers Group International

To produce and publish training materials for church leadership and development. To facilitate churches groups and individual participation in world mission.

Religion
9
Relationship With Jesus Inc
Religion
10
Follow Him Media Inc
Religion
11
Cry from the Wilderness Ministries
Religion
12
Love Mercy International

It is the mission, purpose, duty, and vision of LOVE MERCY INTERNATIONAL to meet the physical, mental, and spiritual needs of persons in distress internationally and locally.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Crown Leadership Academy Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

13 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. 13 of the 27 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $109,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCITY LIFE CHARLESTON CHURCH: $30,000 · OtherCITY LIFE CHARLESTON CHURCHSEACOAST CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH INCORPORATED: $25,000 · OtherSEACOAST CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH INCORPORATEDAWAKE CHURCH: $23,000 · OtherAWAKE CHURCHGLOBAL VISION BIBLE CHURCH: $20,000 · OtherGLOBAL VISION BIBLE CHURCHHIS HEART MINISTRIES: $20,000 · OtherHIS HEART MINISTRIESChrist In Action Ministries Inc: $16,000 · OtherChrist In Action Ministries Inc2 CITIES CHURCH: $15,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $11,500 · OtherCHURCH AT MERCY SHORE: $10,000 · OtherREGENERATION NASHVILLE: $10,000 · Other+4 more: $7,500 · OtherELIJAH LIST MINISTRIES INC: $30,000 · ReligionELIJAH LIST MINISTRIE…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $25,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSERestore7 Inc: $10,000 · ReligionRestore7 IncChrist in Crisis: $10,000 · ReligionChrist in CrisisREBRIDGE: $5,000 · ReligionREBRIDGE+1 more: $1,000 · ReligionSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationCrown Leadership Academy Inc: $1,000 · EducationChildren's Home Society of North Carolina Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesPanta Pride Foundation Inc: $3,500 · Human ServicesACTIVE HEROES INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesHAPPY WHEELS INC: $5,000 · Health
Other$297,000Religion$81,000Education$21,000Human Services$14,500Health$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 budgetELIJAH LIST MINISTRIES INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChrist In Action Ministries Inc: $16,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $11,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Home Society of North Carolina Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRestore7 Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREBRIDGE: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHAPPY WHEELS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPanta Pride Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCrown Leadership Academy Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACTIVE HEROES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHoly Clubs Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

  • Who funds ELIJAH LIST MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Christ In Action Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds Restore7 Inc ↗
  • Who funds REBRIDGE ↗
  • Who funds HAPPY WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds Panta Pride Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Crown Leadership Academy Inc ↗
  • Who funds ACTIVE HEROES INC ↗
  • Who funds Holy Clubs Inc ↗

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.

Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA9.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Pat Pannill Mebane Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pat Pannill Mebane Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%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
    1get no government money at all
    3report 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 27 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.

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