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Robert Haywood Morrison Fdn

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.

$360k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$2.0MEnvironment$1.9MArts & Culture$936kPhilanthropy$600kHealth$200Animals$170
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $300k
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE$200,000
CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$100,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$40,000
CULTURE AND HERITAGE MUSEUM$10,000
ROANOKE COLLEGE$5,000
QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE - FRIENDS OF THE ARTS$1,500
TREESCHARLOTTE FOUNDATION$1,000
WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY$1,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$1,000
MINT MUSEUM OF ART$250
CHARLOTTE MASTER CHORALE INC$200
CHAMBER MUSIC FOR ALL$200
CAROLINA RAPTOR CENTER$170
WING HAVEN FOUNDATION INC$150
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 84% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ARTIST BOOK FOUNDATION: $3k → 12%CULTURE AND HERITAGE MUSEUM: $10k → 8%OPERA CAROLINA: $100k → 10%NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1.6M → 11%ROANOKE COLLEGE: $5k → 8%MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE: $200k → 8%CULTURE AND HERITAGE MUSEUM: $10k → 8%OPERA CAROLINA: $100k → 10%QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE: $250k → 11%ROANOKE COLLEGE: $5k → 8%MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE: $200k → 8%OPERA CAROLINA: $100k → 10%NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50k → 11%MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE: $200k → 8%CULTURE AND HERITAGE MUSEUM: $10k → 10%NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50k → 11%MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE: $200k → 8%OPERA CAROLINA: $3k → 10%NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50k → 11%MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE: $20k → 8%OPERA CAROLINA: $3k → 10%NATURE CONSERVANCY: $40k → 11%MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE: $20k → 8%OPERA CAROLINA: $3k → 10%NATURE CONSERVANCY: $40k → 11%OPERA CAROLINA: $3k → 10%QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE: $250k → 10%QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE: $2k → 10%CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY: $200k → 10%FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $200k → 10%FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $200k → 10%FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $200k → 10%CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $100k → 10%CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $100k → 10%CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $100k → 10%CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY: $3k → 10%CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY: $3k → 10%CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY: $3k → 10%CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY: $3k → 10%QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE: $200k → 10%QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE: $200k → 10%QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE: $200k → 10%NATURE CONSERVANCY - EXEMPT PUBLIC: $40k → 10%QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE: $2k → 10%LYNNWOOD FOUNDATIONDUKE MANSION: $20k → 10%LYNNWOOD FOUNDATIONDUKE MANSION: $20k → 10%LYNNWOOD FOUNDATIONDUKE MANSION: $20k → 10%ROANOKE COLLEGE: $5k → 10%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 21 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
2

Total granted

$2.9M
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+15%

Still filing today

57%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationAnimalsEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • MARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $840k · revenue +8%
  • CS
    CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $300k · revenue +16%
  • CY
    Charlotte Youth Ballet Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $4k · revenue +412%

Funded once

  • RC
    ROANOKE COLLEGE
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • TA
    THE ARTIST BOOK FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +15%
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
North Carolina Symphony Society Inc

To be north carolina's state orchestra, an orchestra achieving the highest level of artistic quality and performance standards, and embracing its dual legacies of statewide service and music education.

Arts & Culture
2
Chamber Music Raleigh Inc

To enrich and connect individuals in the greater raleigh community through intimate and exceptional chamber music experiences. we are committed to presenting world class artists performing music of the highest caliber, providing…

Arts & Culture
3
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra

The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra provides a professional symphony orchestra of artistic excellence and integrity to enrich lives, to educate, and to entertain diverse audiences in western Virginia with the highest quality instrumental and…

Arts & Culture
4
Chamber Music Charleston

Chamber Music Charleston is dedicated to developing the audience for classical music through chamber music concerts and educational programs of the highest caliber.

Arts & Culture
5
Carolina Ballet Inc

Carolina ballet's mission is to perform world-class professional ballet, entertaining and enlightening audiences in raleigh, the triangle region, the state of north carolina, and beyond. carolina ballet works to accomplish this mission by…

Arts & Culture
6
The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle

We provide concerts of classical music performed by a professional chamber orchestra. We encourage young people to learn about and enjoy classical music by providing free admission to all students.

—
7
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
8
Bechtler Collection Preservation Foundation
Arts & Culture
9
Bach Akademie Charlotte

Dedicated to rigorous scholarship and performance that inspires, Bach Akademie Charlotte advances the spirit of community through the legacy of Johann Sebastian Bachs transformational music.

—
10
Carolina Art Association Dba Gibbes Museum of Art

The mission of the gibbes museum of art is to enhance lives through art by engaging people of every background and experience with art and artists of enduring quality; collect and preserve the art that touches charleston; and provide…

Arts & Culture
11
Charlotte Ballet

Charlotte ballet's mission: through dance, we create authentic connections, engaging and inclusive educational opportunities, and transformative experiences. charlotte ballet's vision: we inspire individuals and communities to explore the…

Arts & Culture
12
Greensboro Opera Company

Greensboro opera is a community-based company dedicated to fostering the growth of opera and to presenting professional productions of the highest artistic caliber for the enjoyment, education, and enrichment of the triad region of north…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Opera Carolina; the most unlike its peers is The Artist Book Foundation. 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

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 30 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
10/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,805,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYCHARLOTTE SYMPHONY: $210,000 · OtherCHARLOTTE SYMPHONY+12 more: $161,850 · Other+12 moreQueens University of Charlotte: $1,107,500 · EducationQueens University of CharlotteMARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY: $840,000 · EducationMARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY+1 more: $10,000 · EducationOPERA CAROLINA: $310,000 · Arts & CultureOPERA CAROLIN…CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $300,000 · Arts & CultureCHARLOTTE SYM…+6 more: $10,050 · Arts & CultureFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $600,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION F…CATAWBA RIVERKEEPER FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentCarolina Raptor Center Inc: $170 · AnimalsWing Haven Foundation Inc DBA Wing Haven Garden & Bird Sanctuary: $150 · AnimalsThe Joe Martin ALS Foundation: $200 · Health
Other$2,176,850Education$1,957,500Arts & Culture$620,050Philanthropy$600,000Environment$3,000Animals$320Health$200

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 budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,805,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetQueens University of Charlotte: $1,107,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY: $840,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $600,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOPERA CAROLINA: $310,000 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetCHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $300,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetROANOKE COLLEGE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCharlotte Youth Ballet Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetAMERICAN SHAKESPEARE CENTER: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCATAWBA RIVERKEEPER FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARTIST BOOK FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCharlotte Museum of History: $1,700 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCHAMBER MUSIC - CALIN LUPANU AND MONICA BOBOC: $800 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCharlotte Master Chorale: $800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPRESERVE MECKLENBURG INC: $350 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMINT MUSEUM OF ART INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Joe Martin ALS Foundation: $200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCarolina Raptor Center Inc: $170 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWing Haven Foundation Inc DBA Wing Haven Garden & Bird Sanctuary: $150 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.

  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Queens University of Charlotte ↗
  • Who funds MARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ↗
  • Who funds OPERA CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds ROANOKE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Charlotte Youth Ballet Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CATAWBA RIVERKEEPER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ARTIST BOOK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Charlotte Museum of History ↗
  • Who funds CHAMBER MUSIC - CALIN LUPANU AND MONICA BOBOC ↗
  • Who funds Charlotte Master Chorale ↗
  • Who funds PRESERVE MECKLENBURG INC ↗
  • Who funds MINT MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds The Joe Martin ALS Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Carolina Raptor Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Wing Haven Foundation Inc DBA Wing Haven Garden & Bird Sanctuary ↗

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…Arts & Science Counci…Duke Energy FoundationGreater Charlotte Cul…The Dickson Foundatio…United Way of Greater…Albemarle FoundationIbm International Fou…Arts Sciences & Cultu…Dowd Foundation IncThe Bank of America C…Truist Foundation Inc
Foundation for the CarolinasNC30.1× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · Arts & Science Council Charlotte/Mecklenburg Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Greater Charlotte Cultural Trust · The Dickson Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Albemarle Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Arts Sciences & Cultural Council of Charlotte Mecklenburg Inc · Dowd Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Truist Foundation 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 Robert Haywood Morrison Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert Haywood Morrison Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • The Artist Book Foundation: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Robert Haywood Morrison Fdn 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 30 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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