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South River Emc Community Assistance Corporation at a glance

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South River Emc Community Assistance Corporation

To support organizations that are serving either the health, safety, or educational needs of citizens within the south river electric membership corporation service territory.

$267k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$303kPublic Safety & Disaster$213kHealth$49kCommunity Improvement$30kHuman Services$29kFood & Nutrition$20kYouth Development$10kEnvironment$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $44,960, the rows itemized in this filing. The $266,683 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $221,723 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$63k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRANSITIONS LIFE CARE$10,000
SAMPSON CO PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN$10,000
DUNN POLICE ATHLETIC & ACTIVITIES$10,000
BROOKSIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$8,430
SAMPSON COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIA$6,530
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 (FY20–22, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FIVE AND TWO FOOD PANTRY: $10k → 13%ACTION PATHWAYS INC: $10k → 16%SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $10k → 16%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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$554k · 16 repeat orgs$105k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
10

Total granted

$554k
$91k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+18%

Still filing today

69%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Public Safety & DisasterEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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

  • HO
    HOSPICE OF WAKE COUNTY INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $40k · revenue +19%
  • SR
    SOUTH RIVER ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION
    3× · 2019–2024 · $30k · revenue +23%
  • WC
    WADE COMMUNITY FIRE DEPARTMENT
    4× · 2019–2023 · $30k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • AP
    ACTION PATHWAYS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue -7%
  • JC
    JOHNSTON-LEE-HARNETT COMMUNITY ACTION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +18%
  • FN
    FIVE N TWO MINISTRIESgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +135%
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
Black Creek Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Fire protection services

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2
Grimesland Volunteer Fire Dept

Fire protection for grimesland fire district

Public Safety & Disaster
3
Cove City Fire Department Inc

To provide fire protection services to individuals living in and visiting the cove city area.

Public Safety & Disaster
4
West Buncombe Fire Department

Providing fire protection for district

Public Safety & Disaster
5
West Yancey Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Provide an all volunteer fire protection & emergency services for a section of yancey county, north carolina.

Public Safety & Disaster
6
Cooleemee Volunteer Fire Department

Provide fire protection services and fire prevention education for the community of cooleemee, nc.

Public Safety & Disaster
7
Southeast Pamlico Volunteer Fire Department and Ems Inc

Volunteer fire department and ems station

Public Safety & Disaster
8
Rolesville Rural Fire Department

To provide fire services to the citizens of rolesville nc

Public Safety & Disaster
9
Parkton Fire and Rescue Inc

The volunteer fire department serves the community in and around the town of parkton, nc.

Public Safety & Disaster
10
Hawtree Volunteer Fire Department Inc

To provide fire department services for the community of wise, nc and surrounding areas

Public Safety & Disaster
11
Bills Creek Volunteer Fire Department

Provide fire and rescue services in the lake lure and bills creek area of rutherford county nc

Public Safety & Disaster
12
Warrenton Rural Voluntary Fire Association Inc

Provide fire protection to citizens and business in the rural area surrounding warrenton, north carolina.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grays Creek Volunteer Fire Dept Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dunn Police Athl & Act League 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

21 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. 21 of the 29 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Sampson County Schools: $231,106 · OtherSampson County SchoolsHOSPICE OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $40,000 · OtherHOSPICE OF WAKE COUNTY INCSOUTH RIVER ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION: $30,000 · OtherSOUTH RIVER ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATIONWADE COMMUNITY FIRE DEPARTMENT: $29,633 · OtherWADE COMMUNITY FIRE DEPARTMENTSTEDMAN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $16,730 · OtherNEW LIFE UPLIFTED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC: $15,150 · Other+9 more: $77,222 · Other+9 moreHUMAN CONNECTIONS FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Public Safety & DisasterHUMAN CONNECTIONS FO…BEAVER DAM FIRE DEPARTMENT: $24,307 · Public Safety & DisasterBEAVER DAM FIRE DEPA…EASTOVER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $23,607 · Public Safety & DisasterEASTOVER VOLUNTEER F…CLEMENT VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $17,741 · Public Safety & DisasterCLEMENT VOLUNTEER FI…GRAY'S CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT #24: $10,924 · Public Safety & DisasterGRAY'S CREEK VOLUNTE…HARNETT COUNTY CHIEFS ASSOCIATION: $6,200 · Public Safety & DisasterDUNN POLICE ATHL & ACT LEAGUE INC: $20,000 · EducationSAMPSON COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $19,362 · EducationBROOKSIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $8,430 · EducationACTION PATHWAYS INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesFIVE N TWO MINISTRIES: $10,000 · Human ServicesCENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $17,500 · PhilanthropyBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL CAROLINA: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentJANICE FAYES RANCH INC: $9,470 · Health
Other$439,841Public Safety & Disaster$122,779Education$47,792Human Services$30,000Philanthropy$17,500Youth Development$10,000Health$9,470

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 budgetHUMAN CONNECTIONS FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetHOSPICE OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH RIVER ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWADE COMMUNITY FIRE DEPARTMENT: $29,633 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetBEAVER DAM FIRE DEPARTMENT: $24,307 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetEASTOVER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $23,607 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetACTION PATHWAYS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDUNN POLICE ATHL & ACT LEAGUE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSAMPSON COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $19,362 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEDMAN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $16,730 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetGRAY'S CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT #24: $10,924 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetGRAYS CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT INC: $10,682 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetJOHNSTON-LEE-HARNETT COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL CAROLINA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBROOKSIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $8,430 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBETHANY RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $6,500 over 1y, 2.0% 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.

The Golden Leaf IncDuke Energy FoundationFoundation for the Ca…Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Golden Leaf IncNC13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Golden Leaf Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 South River Emc Community Assistance Corporation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from South River Emc Community Assistance Corporation. 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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

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    How do I get to South River Emc Community Assistance Corporation?

    Find your warmest path to South River Emc Community Assistance Corporation 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 29 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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