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Slick Family 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.

$585k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its 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.

Health$1.4MArts & Culture$582kRecreation & Sports$295kEnvironment$230kEducation$210kAnimals$178kCommunity Improvement$175kYouth Development$130kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Old Salem Museums and Gardens$500,000
Roanoke Island Historical Association$25,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
NC Coastal Federation$10,000
American Red Cross$5,000
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue$5,000
St Gerard House$5,000
World Central Kitchen$5,000
Mama Hill's Help Inc$5,000
Chrysalis$5,000
Fun Run for Charities - North Carolina Community Foundation$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $51k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BERMUDA RUN CARES: $1k → 15%BERMUDA RUN CARES: $1k → 15%MAMA HILLS HELP: $16k → 14%American Red Cross: $5k → 14%MAMA HILLS HELP: $15k → 14%Mama Hill's Help Inc: $5k → 14%MAMA HILLS HELP: $8k → 14%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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 14 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
25

Total granted

$1.9M
$922k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+26%

Still filing today

86%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $540k 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
AnimalsEducationHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TB
    TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    4× · 2019–2022 · $900k · revenue +27%
  • THE CAROLINAS GATEWAY PARTNERSHIP INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $175k · revenue +18%
  • PF
    PAWS FOR LIFE K9 RESCUE
    3× · 2020–2023 · $165k · revenue +178%

Funded once

  • NS
    NATIONAL STEM CELL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue +84%
  • MS
    MIDDLESEX SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $167k
  • BG
    Boys & Girls Club of Tar River Region
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
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
Wireless Research Center of North Carolina

The Wireless Research Center is an independent, private nonprofit research center dedicated to applied research and engineering. Located in North Carolina's Research Triangle region, the WRC helps clients from around the world develop…

Science & Tech
2
Western Carolina Rescue Ministries Inc

Provide food, shelter, rehabilitation and christian ministry to the poor and homeless

Housing & Shelter
3
Wnc Health Network Inc

WNC Health Network, Inc supports people and organizations to improve community health and wellbeing across Western North Carolina.

Health
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
Humane Society of Charlotte Inc

Humane Society of Charlotte mission is to champion the wellbeing of companion animals and strengthen their bond with the people who know, love, and need them.

Animals
6
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
7
Rogue Climate

Rogue Climate's mission is to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change including low-income, rural, youth, seniors & communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs &…

Education
8
Lake Norman Humane Inc

To rescue, rehabilitate and rehome homeless pets

Animals
9
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
10
Carolina Raptor Center Inc

Environmental stewardship, education, research, and rehabilitation of injured birds of prey

Animals
11
The Resiliency Collaborative Inc

Trc partners with bipoc youth and their ecosystems to strengthen their sense of identity, belonging, and purpose so they can create a healthier, more equitable wake county.

Education
12
North Carolina Outward Bound School

To change lives through challenge and discovery.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Carolina Coastal Federation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mama Hills Help. 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

24 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. 24 of the 44 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Old Salem Museums and Gardens: $500,000 · OtherOld Salem Museums and GardensAdaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Inc: $255,000 · OtherAdaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte IncMIDDLESEX SCHOOL: $166,666 · OtherMIDDLESEX SCHOOLBoys & Girls Club of Tar River Region: $100,000 · OtherBoys & Girls Club of Tar River RegionTexas Biomedical Research Institution: $99,895 · OtherTexas Biomedical Research InstitutionUNC INSTITUTE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT: $99,856 · OtherUNC INSTITUTE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTIndividual grant recipient: $62,000 · Other+21 more: $264,500 · Other+21 moreTEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $899,856 · HealthTEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTENATIONAL STEM CELL FOUNDATION INC: $200,124 · HealthNATIONAL STEM CELL FOUNDATION INCThe Outer Banks Hospital Inc: $50,000 · HealthPAWS FOR LIFE K9 RESCUE: $165,000 · AnimalsRIVER OTTER ECOLOGY PROJECT: $10,000 · Animals+2 more: $10,000 · AnimalsSt Gerard House: $105,000 · EducationROCKY MOUNT ACADEMY: $40,000 · EducationGATEWAY TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC: $30,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationTHE CAROLINAS GATEWAY PARTNERSHIP INC: $175,129 · Community ImprovementCRESTED BUTTE LAND TRUST: $100,000 · EnvironmentMAMA HILLS HELP: $43,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 · Human ServicesBERMUDA RUN CARES INC: $2,000 · Human Services
Other$1,547,917Health$1,149,980Animals$185,000Education$176,000Community Improvement$175,129Environment$100,000Human Services$50,500

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 budgetTEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $899,856 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetAdaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Inc: $255,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetNATIONAL STEM CELL FOUNDATION INC: $200,124 over 1y, 15% of budgetTHE CAROLINAS GATEWAY PARTNERSHIP INC: $175,129 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetPAWS FOR LIFE K9 RESCUE: $165,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetSt Gerard House: $105,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCRESTED BUTTE LAND TRUST: $100,000 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetThe Outer Banks Hospital Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAMA HILLS HELP: $43,500 over 4y, 23% of budgetROCKY MOUNT ACADEMY: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGATEWAY TECHNOLOGY CENTER INC: $30,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCONETOE FAMILY LIFE CENTER INC: $30,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetROANOKE ISLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATI: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRIVER OTTER ECOLOGY PROJECT: $10,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMountain Roots Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetCORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMY SISTERS HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBERMUDA RUN CARES INC: $2,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetWINSTON-SALEM STREET SCHOOL: $1,000 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.

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.

North Carolina Commun…The Cannon Foundation…The Winston-Salem Fou…Triangle Community Fo…Duke Energy FoundationRaymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…
North Carolina Community FoundationNC18.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: North Carolina Community Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 44 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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