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Robert White & Gaither Smoot Deaton Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$8k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
12
Itemized grants FY2024
13
Organizations funded FY2022
54%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Itemized, FY2024
$8k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$200
Largest grant, FY2024
$2,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 22
FY2018 to FY2022
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$6k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 54% of the organizations Robert White & Gaither Smoot Deaton Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 75% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving11$7k36%
FY202213$18k54%
FY202122$23k100%
FY20182$2kn/a
88% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$18kHealth$13kReligion$8kEducation$6kYouth Development$4kArts & Culture$3kEnvironment$250Animals$200Other$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Presbyterian Church USA$5,5003n/a
Alexander Children's Foundation Inc$4,00030%
Davidson College$2,60010%
Womens Impact Fund$2,60020%
Linville Foundation Inc$2,40030%
Museum of the New South Inc$2,20030%
Saint Timothys Episcopal Church$5001n/a
University Radio Foundation Inc$25010%
Wing Haven Foundation Inc DBA Wing Haven Garden & Bird Sanctuary$25010%
American Junior Golf Association Inc$20010%
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All grantees of Robert White & Gaither Smoot Deaton Charitable Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Presbyterian Church USA$5,5003n/a
Alexander Children's Foundation Inc$4,00030%
Davidson College$2,60010%
Womens Impact Fund$2,60020%
Linville Foundation Inc$2,40030%
Museum of the New South Inc$2,20030%
Saint Timothys Episcopal Church$5001n/a
University Radio Foundation Inc$25010%
Wing Haven Foundation Inc DBA Wing Haven Garden & Bird Sanctuary$25010%
American Junior Golf Association Inc$20010%
Crisis Assistance Ministry$10010%
Hospice of Laurens County Inc$10010%
The Norfolk Academy$10010%
Order of St Helena$1001n/a
Salem Academy and College$10010%
Umar Services Inc$10010%
Mint Museum of Art Inc$10010%
Southminster Foundation Inc$1001n/a
Noyes Children's Library Foundationinc$10010%
Humane Society of Charlotte Inc$10010%

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($28k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert White & Gaither Smoot Deaton Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAlexander Children's Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDavidson College: $2,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomens Impact Fund: $2,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLinville Foundation Inc: $2,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of the New South Inc: $2,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity Radio Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWing Haven Foundation Inc DBA Wing Haven Garden & Bird Sanctuary: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrisis Assistance Ministry: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of Laurens County Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Norfolk Academy: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSalem Academy and College: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUmar Services Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMint Museum of Art Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNoyes Children's Library Foundationinc: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of Charlotte Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 16.

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 CarolinasNC20.2× affinity8 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 · Dalton-Brand Foundation Inc · The Dickson Foundation Inc · Dowd Foundation Inc · The Marc & Mattye Silverman Family Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · John S and James L Knight Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · United Way Worldwide · National Philanthropic Trust

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.

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About Robert White & Gaither Smoot Deaton Charitable Foundation Inc

How much does Robert White & Gaither Smoot Deaton Charitable Foundation Inc give?
Robert White & Gaither Smoot Deaton Charitable Foundation Inc reported 12 itemized grants totaling $7,800, out of $8,400 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2022.
What does Robert White & Gaither Smoot Deaton Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (14%), Health (10%), Religion (6%).
Who are Robert White & Gaither Smoot Deaton Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Presbyterian Church USA ($6k), Alexander Children's Foundation Inc ($4k), Davidson College ($3k).
Does Robert White & Gaither Smoot Deaton Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 54% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert White & Gaither Smoot Deaton Charitable Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Robert White & Gaither Smoot Deaton Charitable Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for the Carolinas, Duke Energy Foundation, Dalton-Brand Foundation Inc.
Where is Robert White & Gaither Smoot Deaton Charitable Foundation Inc based?
Robert White & Gaither Smoot Deaton Charitable Foundation Inc is based in NC.

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 36 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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