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Skeebo 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.

$3.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$3.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$7.9MEducation$7.4MHealth$170kAnimals$150kYouth Development$125kCommunity Improvement$74kSocial Science$66kHousing & Shelter$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $59k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $3.0M
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$108M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREAT SCHOOLS NC$3,000,000
READ CHARLOTTE (CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION)$50,000
BELLEWETHER EDUCATION PARTNERS$49,200
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BELLEWETHER EDUCATION PARTNERS: $76k → 8%BUILDING EXCELLENT SCHOOLS: $100k → 16%UPSTREAM USA: $130k → 10%TEACH FOR AMERICA: $25k → 17%CLEMSON UNIVERSITY: $37k → 16%HONOR PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL: $75k → 7%NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%CHARLOTTE SPEECH & HEARING: $20k → 10%REACH OUT AND READ CAROLINAS: $75k → 18%CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND: $1.3M → 7%AFRICAN PEOPLE & WILDLIFE FUND INC: $50k → 5%BELLEWETHER EDUCATION PARTNERS: $49k → 8%BUILDING EXCELLENT SCHOOLS: $100k → 16%CLEMSON UNIVERSITY: $37k → 16%NC EARLY CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%CHARLOTTE SPEECH AND HEARING: $10k → 10%CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND: $1.3M → 7%AFRICAN PEOPLE & WILDLIFE FUND INC: $50k → 5%BUILDING EXCELLENT SCHOOLS: $50k → 16%NC EARLY CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%CHARLOTTE SPEECH & HEARING: $10k → 10%CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND: $60k → 7%AFRICAN PEOPLE & WILDLIFE FUND INC: $50k → 5%NC EARLY CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL CAPITAL - UNCC: $3k → 10%NC ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS: $12k → 8%READ CHARLOTTE (CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION): $276k → 10%READ CHARLOTTE (CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION): $270k → 10%READ CHARLOTTE (CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION): $175k → 10%READ CHARLOTTE (CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION): $69k → 10%READ CHARLOTTE (CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION): $63k → 10%READ CHARLOTTE (CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION): $50k → 10%READ CHARLOTTE (CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION): $50k → 10%READ CHARLOTTE (CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION): $50k → 10%READ CHARLOTTE (CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION): $50k → 10%SMART START OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY: $38k → 10%SMART START OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY: $36k → 10%CHARLOTTE BILINGUAL PRESCHOOL INC: $50k → 10%RENAISSANCE WEST COMMUNITY INITIATIVE: $50k → 10%UPSTREAM USA: $7.0M → 10%UPSTREAM USA: $892k → 10%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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 13 repeat orgs$420k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
8

Total granted

$15M
$420k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

54%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationHealthPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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

  • CF
    CHARTER FUND INC D/B/A CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND
    3× · 2020–2022 · $2.6M · revenue +56%
  • HM
    Heart Math Tutoring Inc
    4× · 2017–2020 · $194k · revenue +531%
  • CS
    Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center Inc
    3× · 2018–2020 · $40k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • UU
    Upstream USA Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $130k · revenue -5%
  • HP
    HONOR PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $75k
  • REACH OUT AND READ INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $75k · revenue +77%
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 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
2
Carolina Charter Academy

Operation of a public charter school.

Education
3
Charlotte Preparatory School Inc

Charlotte Preparatory School fosters lifelong learning and provides an exemplary educational experience founded on academic excellence, positive character, and leadership development in a diverse, inclusive community.

Education
4
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
5
Deans for Impact

See Schedule ODeans for Impact supports educator-preparation programs to bring the science of learning into teaching practice; partners with policymakers to ensure pathways into teaching are accessible, practice-based, and…

Education
6
Kipp North Carolina

Support of member charter schools in north carolina

Education
7
The National Center on Education and the Economy

The Center is dedicated to providing tools the nation needs to lead the world in education & training in a swiftly globalizing world economy.

Public Benefit
8
Bronx Charter School for Excellence

Excellence community schools prepares young people in new york city and stamford to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, emotional, and…

Education
9
Raleigh Oak Charter School Inc

Operation of a public charter school.

Education
10
The Royal School System

The mission of Royal Public Schools is to spark students' natural curiosity and love of learning while providing the knowledge and skills they need to lead successful and fulfilling lives.

Education
11
Great Mn Schools

We believe that great schools are the cornerstone of a just and thriving community. ensuring that every child is able to attend a school that works is our moral and social imperative - our children deserve no less.

Education
12
Springboard Collaborative

Springboard collaborative combines targeted student instruction with parent training in an incentivized system that closes the literacy gap, by transferring the summer from a barrier into a springboard for financially disadvantaged…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Charter Fund Inc D/B/a Charter School Growth Fund; the most unlike its peers is Honor Preparatory Charter School. 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

14 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. 14 of the 22 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
6/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UPSTREAM USA: $7,863,456 · OtherUPSTREAM USAREAD CHARLOTTE (CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION): $1,053,448 · OtherREAD CHARLOTTE (CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION)+6 more: $268,826 · OtherGREAT SCHOOLS NC: $3,010,000 · EducationGREAT SCHOOLS NCBES INC: $250,000 · EducationBES INCHeart Math Tutoring Inc: $193,819 · Education+6 more: $399,900 · Education+6 moreCHARTER FUND INC D/B/A CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND: $2,560,000 · PhilanthropyCHARTER FUND INC D…+1 more: $2,000 · PhilanthropyUpstream USA Inc: $130,000 · HealthCharlotte Speech and Hearing Center Inc: $40,000 · HealthAFRICAN PEOPLE & WILDLIFE FUND INC: $150,000 · Animals
Other$9,185,730Education$3,853,719Philanthropy$2,562,000Health$170,000Animals$150,000

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 budgetGREAT SCHOOLS NC: $3,010,000 over 2y, 89% of budgetCHARTER FUND INC D/B/A CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUND: $2,560,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBES INC: $250,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetHeart Math Tutoring Inc: $193,819 over 4y, 9.8% of budgetAFRICAN PEOPLE & WILDLIFE FUND INC: $150,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetUpstream USA Inc: $130,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBELLWETHER EDUCATION PARTNERS INC: $124,900 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHONOR PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL: $75,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRenaissance West Community Initiative: $50,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCharlotte Bilingual Learning Center: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCharlotte Speech and Hearing Center Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 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…Merancas Foundation I…The Leon Levine Found…United Way of Greater…New Schools FundDuke Energy FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…
Foundation for the CarolinasNC14.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · Merancas Foundation Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · New Schools Fund · Duke Energy Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Skeebo Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Skeebo Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • African People & Wildlife Fund Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Upstream Usa Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Skeebo Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Skeebo Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 22 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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