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Silverback Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$133k
Granted FY2024still arriving
35
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% 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
02FY2024 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k31 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $58k
$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE$25,000
CHATHAM COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC$12,500
DUKE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$10,000
FOLDS OF HONOR EASTERN NC$10,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY - IRON DUKES FUND$9,000
VOLUNTEERS FOR YOUTH$5,500
HAPPY DITTO INC$5,000
MUSEUM OF LIFE AND SCIENCE$5,000
JEWISH FOR GOOD$5,000
JASON LEARNING$4,500
NORTH CAROLINA ARTS IN ACTION$3,500
CHATHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION$3,000
URBAN MINISTRIES$2,500
HARPER'S HOME NC$2,500
DURHAM ACADEMY$2,500
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, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 10% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COVENANT HOUSE: $1k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $500 → 17%ESTEAMED COFFEE INC: $3k → 8%ESTEAMED COFFEE INC: $2k → 8%ESTEAMED COFFEE INC: $2k → 8%ESTEAMED COFFEE INC: $2k → 8%ESTEAMED COFFEE INC: $2k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $3k → 8%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

NY
MA
IN
PA
CA
VA
NC
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$821k · 52 repeat orgs$119k to everyone else

52 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
35

Total granted

$821k
$102k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+51%

Still filing today

60%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • Center for Child and Family Health Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $25k · revenue +41%
  • CHATHAM COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $25k · revenue +11%
  • VF
    Volunteers for Youth Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $22k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • JR
    JUDEA REFORM CONGREGATION
    one grant, 2019 · $26k
  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION & RESEARCH
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -40%
  • KC
    KOENIG CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue -6%
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 Museum of Life & Science Inc

To create a place of lifelong learning where people, from young child to senior citizen, embrace science as a way of knowing about themselves, their community, and their world.

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
The Durham Museum

Provide relevant educational and entertaining opportunities within the region that exceed customer expectations, while preserving our community's vibrant cultural history.

Arts & Culture
4
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc

The Children's Home Society of North Carolina's mission is to promote the right of every child to a permanent, safe, and loving family.

Human Services
5
Research Triangle Regional Partnership

The research triangle regional partnership is an association of area economic development agencies dedicated to keeping the research triangle region economically strong by collectively marketing the region's competitive advantages and…

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6
Community School of Davidson Inc

Community school of davidson believes that every student can and will succeed in ways that reflect his or her own aptitudes and interests. our mission is to use the principles of "the basis school" to provide an optimum environment for…

Education
7
North Carolina Medical Society

To organize members of the medical profession to advance medical science.

—
8
NourishNC Inc

NourishNC, Inc.'s goal is to provide healthy food to hungry children, empowering them to succeed in the classroom and in their community

Food & Nutrition
9
Communities in Schools of North Carolina Inc

Cisnc's mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. cisnc serves as the backbone for its statewide network of 20 independent nonprofit organizations that serve local…

Human Services
10
North Carolina Business Leaders for Educ

The mission of north carolina business leaders for education (dba best nc) is to unite an engaged and informed business perspective to dramatically transform and improve north carolina's education system. our goal is for every student to…

Education
11
North Carolina Symphony Foundation

To receive and hold the endowment of the north carolina symphony society, inc. (the "society"), solicit additions to the endowment, safeguard assets, and expend funds for the exclusive use and benefit of the society.

Arts & Culture
12
North Carolina Foundation for Public School Children

To provide basic necessities for public school children as well as improving parenting skills in order for the children to be successful in school and to expand professional development opportunities for educators.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina; the most unlike its peers is Durham Success Summit Inc. 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

56 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. 56 of the 95 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/56
Grantees still filing
47/56
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE: $129,600 · OtherDUKE CANCER INSTITUTEDUKE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $50,000 · OtherDUKE CHILDREN'S HOSPITALDUKE UNIVERSITY IRON DUKES FUND: $42,000 · OtherDUKE UNIVERSITY IRON DUKES FUNDPLAYWORKS DURHAM: $40,000 · OtherPLAYWORKS DURHAMDURHAM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $38,000 · OtherDURHAM HABITAT FOR HUMANITYDUKE CANCER PATIENT SUPPORT PROGRAM: $35,600 · OtherMUSEUM OF LIFE AND SCIENCE: $35,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $34,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $29,500 · OtherJUDEA REFORM CONGREGATION: $25,500 · OtherCHATHAM COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $25,000 · OtherFOLDS OF HONOR EASTERN NC: $24,500 · Other+51 more: $202,645 · Other+51 moreNORTH CAROLINA ARTS IN ACTION INC: $20,750 · Arts & CultureNORTH CAR…NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH CAR…NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH CAR…AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $6,500 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN …Triangle ArtWorks Inc: $6,200 · Arts & CultureTriangle …THE DURHAM JAZZ WORKSHOP: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DURHA…JASON LEARNING: $4,500 · Arts & CultureJASON LEA…COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL INC: $2,700 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $6,000 · Arts & Culture+3 moreDUKE UNIVERSITY: $19,000 · EducationDURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL INC: $16,500 · EducationTHE CORRAL RIDING ACADEMY: $6,000 · EducationDURHAM ACADEMY INC: $5,000 · EducationDURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationSTUDENT U: $2,000 · EducationUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Education+3 more: $3,000 · EducationUNITED WAY OF CHATHAM COUNTY: $19,500 · PhilanthropyCHATHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $11,500 · PhilanthropyKOENIG CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION: $5,800 · PhilanthropyVolunteers for Youth Inc: $21,750 · Youth DevelopmentROBINS HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentCenter for Child and Family Health Inc: $25,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $25 · Crime & LegalESTEAMED COFFEE INC: $10,500 · Human ServicesINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $9,500 · Human ServicesThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $3,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE: $1,500 · Human Services
Other$711,345Arts & Culture$79,650Education$56,500Philanthropy$36,800Youth Development$26,750Crime & Legal$25,025Human Services$24,500

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 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 budgetDURHAM-CHAPEL HILL JEWISH FEDERATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% 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 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 Center for Child and Family Health Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds Volunteers for Youth Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA ARTS IN ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL JEWISH FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CHATHAM COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ESTEAMED COFFEE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION & RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds Meals on Wheels of Durham Inc ↗
  • Who funds INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds RESCUE MISSIONS MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Triangle ArtWorks Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CORRAL RIDING ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds KOENIG CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEVA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC 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.

Triangle Community Fo…Duke Energy FoundationDuke University Healt…Duke UniversityUnited Way of the Gre…Fox Family Foundation…The Mary Duke Biddle …The Leon Levine Found…Truist Foundation IncThe Forest At Duke IncDurham Merchants Asso…Fidelity Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Silverback Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Silverback Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home