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Richmond Community Foundation at a glance

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Richmond Community Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$477k
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 2024.

Health$2.7MCommunity Improvement$2.3MHuman Services$1.0MScience & Tech$1.0MEducation$440kFood & Nutrition$270kHousing & Shelter$235kPublic Benefit$200kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $47k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $790k
  • $250k+2 grants · $874k
$80,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRSTHEALTH OF THE CAROLINAS INC$477,334
LEAK STREET ALUMNI INC$396,240
Individual grant recipient$210,000
FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC$200,000
PEE DEE CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER$100,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE NC SANDHILLS INC$100,000
MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$100,000
HAMLET HISTORIC DEPOT INC$80,000
HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE$25,000
SAMARITAN COLONY INC$22,000
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NC$7,500
SENIOR GAMES OF RICHMOND COUNTY$6,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - CENTRAL NC COUNCIL$5,000
HYGIENE BOX INC$3,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE$2,000
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 (FY19–24, $202k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%OURBRIDGE INC: $5k → 10%HELPING HAND OF HAMLET INC: $8k → 23%HELPING HANDS OF HAMLET INC: $5k → 23%HELPING HANDS OF HAMLET INC: $5k → 23%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE: $2k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE: $2k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE: $2k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE: $1k → 10%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE: $1k → 10%SAMARITAN COLONY INC: $100k → 23%SAMARITAN COLONY INC: $49k → 23%SAMARITAN COLONY INC: $22k → 23%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.
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 Richmond Community Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in NC; by stated purpose, 94%.

Richmond Community Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.5M · 17 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +87% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
12

Total granted

$7.5M
$816k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+87%
+30%

Still filing today

76%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $196k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationHousing & ShelterEnvironmentOther
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

  • DP
    DISCOVERY PLACE INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $1.0M · revenue +100%
  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +96%
  • FO
    FIRSTHEALTH OF THE CAROLINAS INC
    3× · 2019–2024 · $977k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • RC
    RICHMOND COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA
    one grant, 2023 · $200k
  • RC
    RICHMOND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $175k · revenue +287% · 50% of their budget
  • HR
    HAMLET RESCUE & EMERGENCY MEDICALgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue +43%
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
First Choice Community Health Ctrs

Providing healthcare to the underserved population of Harnett County NC and the surrounding area.

Health
2
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc

The Children's Home Society of North Carolina's mission is to promote the right of every child to a permanent, safe, and loving family.

Human Services
3
Carolina Family Health Centers Inc

Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc. provides accessible and affordable health care with excellence...where patients come FIRST

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4
Community Health Center of Richmond Inc

The organization's mission is to sustain a vibrant, healthy and strong community through affordable, culturally competent, quality primary health care.

Health
5
NourishNC Inc

NourishNC, Inc.'s goal is to provide healthy food to hungry children, empowering them to succeed in the classroom and in their community

Food & Nutrition
6
Richmond County Hospice Inc

Mission is to comfort the body and heal the heart through compassionate quality care during end-of-life experiences, so patients and families may live each day with peace, comfort and dignity. we also serve the community by providing…

Human Services
7
Carolina Family Connections

Recruit and train and license foster parents to receive foster children from county government agencies.

Human Services
8
For Charlotte Inc

To unite the Church to transform the city through the power of the Gospel.

Religion
9
Carolina Community Care Inc

The mission of hospice & community care is to give hope, comfort, and compassion to those that need it most. hospice & community care is a nonprofit healthcare organization providing hospice and palliative care to residents of york,…

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10
Conway Hospital Community Services

Conway hospital community services provides outpatient health care services to horry county and the surrounding community in conjunction with conway hospital, inc., a non-profit acute care hospital system.

Health
11
Wnc Health Network Inc

WNC Health Network, Inc supports people and organizations to improve community health and wellbeing across Western North Carolina.

Health
12
Charlotte Family Housing

The mission of Charlotte Family Housing is to empower working families experiencing homelessness to achieve long-term self-sufficiency through shelter, housing, supportive services, and advocacy.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Our Daily Bread Christian Food Ministry 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

25 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. 25 of the 35 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $2,625,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC: $1,000,000 · OtherTHE FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INCLEAK STREET ALUMNI INC: $790,300 · OtherLEAK STREET ALUMNI INCIndividual grant recipient: $217,500 · OtherRICHMOND COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA: $200,000 · OtherPEE DEE CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER: $200,000 · Other+12 more: $438,929 · Other+12 moreFIRSTHEALTH OF THE CAROLINAS INC: $977,334 · HealthFIRSTHEALTH OF …HAMLET RESCUE & EMERGENCY MEDICAL: $150,000 · HealthHAMLET RESCUE &…+2 more: $56,000 · HealthDISCOVERY PLACE INC: $1,005,000 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY PLA…+1 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureOUR DAILY BREAD CHRISTIAN FOOD MINISTRY INC: $270,000 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN COLONY INC: $171,000 · Human ServicesRICHMOND INTERAGENCY TRANSPORTATION INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesHelping Hands of Hamlet INC: $17,500 · Human Services+3 more: $15,500 · Human ServicesRICHMOND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $175,000 · EducationSANDHILLS CHILDREN'S CENTER: $75,000 · EducationRICHMOND COUNTY RESCUE MISSION: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterHumane Society of Charlotte Inc: $5,000 · Animals
Other$5,471,729Health$1,183,334Arts & Culture$1,007,500Human Services$499,000Education$250,000Housing & Shelter$100,000Animals$5,000

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 budgetDISCOVERY PLACE INC: $1,005,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF FIRSTHEALTH INC: $1,000,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetFIRSTHEALTH OF THE CAROLINAS INC: $977,334 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLEAK STREET ALUMNI INC: $790,300 over 5y, 77% of budgetOUR DAILY BREAD CHRISTIAN FOOD MINISTRY INC: $270,000 over 5y, 71% of budgetRICHMOND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $175,000 over 1y, 50% of budgetSAMARITAN COLONY INC: $171,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetHAMLET RESCUE & EMERGENCY MEDICAL: $150,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE NC SANDHILLS INC: $135,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetRICHMOND COUNTY RESCUE MISSION: $100,000 over 1y, 94% of budgetSANDHILLS CHILDREN'S CENTER: $75,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHOSPITALITY HOUSE OF CHARLOTTE: $35,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetRICHMOND INTERAGENCY TRANSPORTATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $21,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHelping Hands of Hamlet INC: $17,500 over 3y, 20% of budgetAUTISM SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NORTH CAROLINA INC: $8,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc: $8,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetourBRIDGE Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CENTRAL NC COUNCIL #416: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHumane Society of Charlotte Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTOSCO MUSIC PARTIES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF RICHMOND COUNTY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INCORPORATED: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHREE RIVERS LAND TRUST INC: $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…Duke Energy FoundationAmerican Woodmark Fou…United Way of Richmon…The Cannon Foundation…North Carolina Commun…The Leon Levine Found…Albemarle FoundationPhilip L Van Every Fo…The Presbyterian Hosp…United Way of Greater…Food Bank of Central …
Foundation for the CarolinasNC38.1× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · American Woodmark Foundation Inc · United Way of Richmond County Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · Albemarle Foundation · Philip L Van Every Foundation · The Presbyterian Hospital · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc

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 Richmond Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richmond Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 Richmond Community Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Richmond Community Foundation 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 35 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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