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Robert White & Gaither Smoot Deaton Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% 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
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $7,800, the rows itemized in this filing. The $8,400 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $600 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$200
Median grant
3
States reached
$6k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Alexander Childrens Foundation$2,000
Myers Park Presbyterian Church$2,000
Foundation for the Carolinas$1,000
Linville Foundation$1,000
Wee Kirk Presbyterian Chuch$1,000
Levine Museum of the New South$200
Norfolk Academy$100
The Madeira Fund$100
First Presbyterian Church$100
Leukemia Society$100
St Timothis Episcopal Church$100
St Stephens Episcopal Church$100
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$30k · 9 repeat orgs$19k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
22

Total granted

$30k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+6%

Still filing today

44%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’21’22’24
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TM
    The Madeira Fund
    2× · 2022–2024 · $13k
  • PC
    PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA
    3× · 2021–2024 · $6k
  • AC
    ALEXANDER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $4k · revenue +87%

Funded once

  • PI
    Physicians Impact Fund
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • Davidson Collegegraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +52%
  • ZE
    Zero, End or Prostrate Cancer
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
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.

03Its 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 Azalea Festival at Wilmin

The North Carolina Azalea Festival celebrates our community's art, gardens, history, and culture through educational, recreational, and family-friendly events that promote volunteerism, civic pride, and regional economic growth.

Arts & Culture
2
The Winston-Salem Foundation

We foster meaningful connections and link resources to purposeful action, creating a brighter future for all who call Forsyth County home.

Philanthropy
3
Historic Wilmington Foundation Inc

The mission of Historic Wilmington Foundation is to protect and preserve the irreplaceable historic resources of Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear Region.

Arts & Culture
4
Carolina Meadows Foundation Inc

To solicit and receive gifts, grants, bequests and contributions for the support of carolina meadows, inc. in order to enhance or extend its mission, programs, services, and facilities.

Human Services
5
The Charlotte Center for the Humanities Inc

The mission of The Charlotte Center is to help our community flourish. We accomplish our mission by bringing people together to explore community life together through the lens of the humanities and civic imagination.

Human Services
6
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
7
Alamance Community College Foundation

The Alamance Community College Foundation exists to aid students with a demonstrated financial need in reaching their educational goals, while supporting the mission of ACC.

—
8
Unc Health Foundation Inc

At unc health foundation, we inspire philanthropic support for unc health and unc school of medicine that transforms healthcare and provides hope to the people of north carolina and communities around the world.

Education
9
Central Carolina Community Foundation

Central carolina community foundation is a nonprofit community foundation that connects and mobilizes people and resources to strengthen the midlands of south carolina. the foundation partners with donors, nonprofit organizations,…

Philanthropy
10
Carolina Small Business Development Fund

Our mission is to foster economic development in underserved communities by providing capital, business services, and policy research to support small businesses.

Public Benefit
11
Leadingage North Carolina

Through advocacy, education, innovation and collaboration, the association provides expanded possibilities for aging, value to its members, and leadership to the field of aging.

Human Services
12
The Carolina Trust
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Foundation for the Carolinas; the most unlike its peers is Southminster Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 36 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
8/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Madeira Fund: $12,700 · OtherThe Madeira FundPhysicians Impact Fund: $10,000 · OtherPhysicians Impact FundPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA: $5,500 · OtherPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USAZero, End or Prostrate Cancer: $1,500 · Other+15 more: $4,300 · Other+15 moreALEXANDER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · PhilanthropyALEXANDER CHILD…FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $3,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR …Davidson College: $2,600 · EducationDavidson Co…LINVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $2,400 · EducationLINVILLE FO…+3 more: $300 · Education+3 moreWomens Impact Fund: $2,600 · Human ServicesCrisis Assistance Ministry: $100 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF LAURENS COUNTY INC: $100 · Human ServicesSOUTHMINSTER FOUNDATION INC: $100 · Human ServicesMUSEUM OF THE NEW SOUTH INC: $2,200 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY RADIO FOUNDATION INC: $250 · Arts & CultureMINT MUSEUM OF ART INC: $100 · Arts & CultureWing Haven Foundation Inc DBA Wing Haven Garden & Bird Sanctuary: $250 · AnimalsHumane Society of Charlotte Inc: $100 · AnimalsAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $200 · Recreation & Sports
Other$34,000Philanthropy$7,000Education$5,300Human Services$2,900Arts & Culture$2,550Animals$350Recreation & Sports$200

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 budgetALEXANDER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% 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
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 FoundationDalton-Brand Foundati…The Dickson Foundatio…Dowd Foundation IncThe Marc & Mattye Sil…The Bank of America C…John S and James L Kn…The Winston-Salem Fou…Raymond James Charita…United Way WorldwideNational Philanthropi…
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.

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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