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Silverback Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$133k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2024
33
Organizations funded FY2023
21%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 38
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$4.4M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 21% of the organizations Silverback Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
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 arriving34$128k18%
FY202333$120k21%
FY202234$130k29%
FY202132$133k13%
FY202035$121k46%
FY201929$117k24%
FY20189$26k56%
FY201738$165kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$255kEducation$137kArts & Culture$84kHuman Services$72kPhilanthropy$55kRecreation & Sports$52kHousing & Shelter$50kFood & Nutrition$41kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
IN
PA
CA
VA
NC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 58 grantees
All grantees of Silverback Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Judea Reform Congregation$25,5001n/a
Center for Child and Family Health Inc$25,00080%
Chatham County Literacy Council Inc$25,00024%
Volunteers for Youth Inc$21,75052%
North Carolina Arts in Action Inc$20,75061%
North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation$20,00070%
United Way of Chatham County$19,50071%
Duke University$19,00030%
Durham Nativity School Inc$16,50060%
Chatham Education Foundation$11,50071%
Esteamed Coffee Inc$10,50051%
The Foundation for Medical Education & Research$10,05519%
Meals on Wheels of Durham Inc$10,00030%
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle$9,50040%
North Carolina Symphony Society Inc$8,00020%
American Dance Festival Inc$6,50070%
Rescue Missions Ministries Inc$6,50050%
Lincoln Community Health Center Inc$6,50020%
Triangle ArtWorks Inc$6,20052%
The Corral Riding Academy$6,00040%
Koenig Childhood Cancer Foundation$5,80011%
Seva Foundation$5,50040%
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc$5,50050%
The Durham Jazz Workshop$5,00011%
Jordan High School Athletic Booster Club$5,00012%
Durham Academy Inc$5,00020%
Robins House Foundation Inc$5,00012%
Happy Ditto$5,0001n/a
Jason Learning$4,50010%
Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill Inc$4,50020%
Emily Krzyzewski Center Inc$3,50010%
The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598)$3,00010%
Durham Technical Community College Foundation$3,00020%
Community Music School Inc$2,70020%
Harpers Home Inc$2,50012%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina$2,50010%
The Mast Cell Disease Society Inc$2,00020%
Student U$2,00010%
Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge$2,00020%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Triangle$2,00010%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc$2,00010%
Unc Health Foundation Inc$2,00010%
The Great American Songbook Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Durham Ballet Theatre$2,00021%
Carolina Ballet Inc$2,00020%
Durham Success Summit Inc$2,0001n/a
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$2,00020%
National Park Foundation$1,50020%
Covenant House$1,50020%
Carrolls Kitchen Inc$1,50010%
Chatham County Council on Aging Inc$1,00010%
The Kenan-Flagler Business School Foundation$1,00010%
Why Project Inc$1,0001n/a
Open Table Ministry Inc$1,00011%
Trinity School Inc$1,00010%
Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation$1,00010%
Raleigh Swimming Association$1,00010%
North Carolina Sheriffs' Association Inc$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($554k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Silverback Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCenter for Child and Family Health Inc: $25,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetChatham County Literacy Council Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetVolunteers for Youth Inc: $21,750 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetNorth Carolina Arts in Action Inc: $20,750 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetNorth Carolina Museum of Art Foundation: $20,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Chatham County: $19,500 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetDuke University: $19,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDurham Nativity School Inc: $16,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetChatham Education Foundation: $11,500 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetEsteamed Coffee Inc: $10,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetThe Foundation for Medical Education & Research: $10,055 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Durham Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetInter-Faith Food Shuttle: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Carolina Symphony Society Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Dance Festival Inc: $6,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRescue Missions Ministries Inc: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Community Health Center Inc: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTriangle ArtWorks Inc: $6,200 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetThe Corral Riding Academy: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKoenig Childhood Cancer Foundation: $5,800 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSeva Foundation: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Durham Jazz Workshop: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetJordan High School Athletic Booster Club: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetDurham Academy Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRobins House Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetJason Learning: $4,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRonald McDonald House of Chapel Hill Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEmily Krzyzewski Center Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDurham Technical Community College Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Music School Inc: $2,700 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHarpers Home Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Mast Cell Disease Society Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetStudent U: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPiedmont Farm Animal Refuge: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of the Triangle: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnc Health Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Great American Songbook Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDurham Ballet Theatre: $2,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCarolina Ballet Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCarrolls Kitchen Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChatham County Council on Aging Inc: $1,000 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 54.

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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.

Triangle Community Foundation IncNC52.2× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Duke University Health System Inc · Duke University · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Fox Family Foundation Inc · The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Missionpost Pmb #101 · The Leon Levine Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · The Forest At Duke Inc · Durham Merchants Association Charitable Foundation · Fidelity Foundation

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 Silverback Foundation Inc

How much does Silverback Foundation Inc give?
Silverback Foundation Inc reported 35 grants totaling $133,200 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Silverback Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (27%), Education (14%), Arts & Culture (9%).
Who are Silverback Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Judea Reform Congregation ($26k), Center for Child and Family Health Inc ($25k), Chatham County Literacy Council Inc ($25k).
Does Silverback Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Silverback Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Silverback Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Triangle Community Foundation Inc, Duke Energy Foundation, Duke University Health System Inc.
Where is Silverback Foundation Inc based?
Silverback 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 95 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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