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Sam & Pam Hooker Foundation at a glance

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Sam & Pam Hooker Foundation

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.

$98k
Granted FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$24k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$281kReligion$247kEducation$58kHealth$43kArts & Culture$38kHuman Services$29kRecreation & Sports$20kYouth Development$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k34 grants · $39k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $58k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$223k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Poplar Springs Church of Christ$24,000
Mission of Hope Haiti$21,800
NC Museum of Art Foundation$12,500
Wake Forest University$7,143
Individual grant recipient$1,000
King Outreach Ministry$1,000
Samaritan Ministries$1,000
Monarch$1,000
Solus Christus$1,000
One more One Less$1,000
Gideons International$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Danbury Volunteer Fire Dept$1,000
Sauratown Volunteer Fire Department$1,000
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 (FY17–24, $47k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%RYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $1k → 6%Monarch: $1k → 13%MOUNTAIN VALLEY HOSPICE: $16k → 17%Ryan's case for smiles: $1k → 6%Monarch: $900 → 13%MOUNTAIN VALLEY HOSPICE: $3k → 17%Ryan's case for smiles: $900 → 6%MONARCH: $800 → 13%RYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $800 → 6%MONARCH: $700 → 13%RYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $700 → 6%MONARCH: $600 → 13%RYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $600 → 6%MONARCH: $500 → 13%MONARCH: $500 → 13%MONARCH: $500 → 13%Riverwood therapeutic center: $1k → 15%Riverwood therapeutic center: $900 → 15%RIVERWOOD THERAPEUTIC CENTER: $800 → 15%RIVERWOOD THERAPEUTIC CENTER: $700 → 15%RIVERWOOD THERAPEUTIC CENTER: $600 → 15%RIVERWOOD THERAPEUTIC CENTER: $500 → 15%RIVERWOOD THERAPEUTIC CENTER: $500 → 15%RIVERWOOD THERAPEUTIC CENTER: $500 → 15%King Outreach Ministry: $1k → 11%Exodus Ministries: $1k → 11%King Outreach Ministry: $900 → 11%Exodus Ministries: $900 → 11%EXODUS MINISTRIES: $800 → 11%KING OUTREACH MINISTRY: $800 → 11%EXODUS MINISTRIES: $700 → 11%KING OUTREACH MINISTRY: $700 → 11%EXODUS MINISTRIES: $600 → 11%KING OUTREACH MINISTRY: $600 → 11%KING OUTREACH MINISTRY: $500 → 11%EXODUS MINISTRIES: $500 → 11%KING OUTREACH MINISTRY: $500 → 11%EXODUS MINISTRIES: $500 → 11%KING OUTREACH MINISTRY: $500 → 11%EXODUS MINISTRIES: $500 → 11%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

IN
PA
CA
WV
VA
TN
NC
GA
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 57% of Sam & Pam Hooker Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 61% of the giving stays in NC; by stated purpose, 40%.

Sam & Pam Hooker Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.1% 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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$794k · 47 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

47 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
18

Total granted

$794k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+9%

Still filing today

43%
11%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationReligionHealthFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2017–2024 · $44k · revenue +30%
  • NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $26k · revenue +72%
  • HO
    Hospice of Surry County Inc
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • TA
    TRITON AMATEUR SWIMMING FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
  • MC
    MISSIONARY CHURCH INC
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
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
Southern Wesleyan University

Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.

Education
2
Hospice of Gaston County Inc

To provide compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

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3
Southlight Healthcare Inc

Southlight healthcare provides access to high-quality mental health and substance use treatment, fostering a resilient community by supporting individuals in their recovery.

Health
4
Sayre Christian Village Nursing Home Inc

A non-profit senior living community dedicated to providing quality housing, rehabilitative services and long-term nursing care reflecting christian compassion for everyone.

Health
5
First Fruit Ministries

First fruit ministries shares the unconditional love of god through outreach and supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness or trafficking in southeastern north carolina.

Religion
6
Shepherds Theological Seminary Inc

To train men and women for ministry.

Education
7
Gaston Memorial Hospital Inc

To provide compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

Health
8
Township Seven Ems Inc

Provide emergency medical services to residents and businesses of township 7 and the surrounding areas of craven county, north carolina

Education
9
South Carolina Episcopal Home at Still Hopes

To provide a faith based community where life will be rich and full as god intends it to be, holding to our values, serving one another with dedication and promoting health and wellness for all.

Health
10
University of the South

The College of Arts and Sciences is committed to the development of the whole person through a liberal arts education of the highest quality. The School of Theology educates women and men to serve the broad whole of the Episcopal Church in…

Education
11
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Inc

To consistenly deliver exceptional quality and service by demonstrating the values of service, teamwork, accountability, respect, and safe care.

Health
12
Pitt County Memorial Hospital Inc

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hospice of Surry County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. 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

23 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. 23 of the 67 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
15/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

POPLAR SPRINGS CHURCH OF CHRIST: $235,695 · OtherPOPLAR SPRINGS CHURCH OF CHRIST+50 more: $148,993 · Other+50 moreMISSION OF HOPE INC MISSION OF HOPE HAITI INC: $279,950 · ReligionMISSION OF HOPE INC MISSION OF HOPE HAI…+1 more: $1,000 · ReligionWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $44,215 · EducationSTOKES PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC: $7,530 · Education+2 more: $1,001 · EducationHospice of Surry County Inc: $19,578 · Human ServicesEXODUS MINISTRIES: $5,500 · Human ServicesMONARCH: $5,500 · Human ServicesKING OUTREACH MINISTRY INC: $5,500 · Human ServicesRIVERWOOD THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $5,500 · Human ServicesRYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $5,289 · Human ServicesNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $25,500 · Arts & CultureDANBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $6,000 · HealthSOLUS CHRISTUS INC: $4,000 · HealthEAST STOKES OUTREACH MINISTRY INC: $6,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$384,688Religion$280,950Education$52,746Human Services$46,867Arts & Culture$25,500Health$10,000Food & Nutrition$6,000

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 budgetMISSION OF HOPE INC MISSION OF HOPE HAITI INC: $279,950 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $44,215 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $25,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHospice of Surry County Inc: $19,578 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTOKES PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC: $7,530 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSAURATOWN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INCORPORATED: $7,520 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetEAST STOKES OUTREACH MINISTRY INC: $6,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetDANBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $6,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetEXODUS MINISTRIES: $5,500 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetMONARCH: $5,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $5,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSTOKES COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $5,500 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetKING OUTREACH MINISTRY INC: $5,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetRIVERWOOD THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $5,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED FUND OF STOKES COUNTY INC: $5,500 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetRYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES: $5,289 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSTOKES COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL INC: $4,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF SAURATOWN MOUNTAINS: $4,500 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetEXCHANGE CLUB CENTER FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $4,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSOLUS CHRISTUS INC: $4,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSALEM ACADEMY AND COLLEGE: $501 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUEFIELD UNIVERSITY: $500 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 MISSION OF HOPE INC MISSION OF HOPE HAITI INC ↗
  • Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Hospice of Surry County Inc ↗
  • Who funds STOKES PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds SAURATOWN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds EAST STOKES OUTREACH MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds DANBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
  • Who funds EXODUS MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds MONARCH ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds STOKES COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds KING OUTREACH MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds RIVERWOOD THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UNITED FUND OF STOKES COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds RYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES ↗
  • Who funds STOKES COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF SAURATOWN MOUNTAINS ↗
  • Who funds EXCHANGE CLUB CENTER FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE OF NORTH CAROLINA INC ↗
  • Who funds SOLUS CHRISTUS 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.

Duke Energy FoundationReynolds American Fou…The Winston-Salem Fou…American Snuff Charit…The Cannon Foundation…Raymond James Charita…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…
Duke Energy FoundationNC21.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Reynolds American Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · American Snuff Charitable Trust · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving 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 Sam & Pam Hooker Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sam & Pam Hooker Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 67 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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