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Southminster Inc

At southminster, our mission is to embrace community, caring and collaboration to enrich the lives of those we serve.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$175k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Health$1.5MHuman Services$1.4MArts & Culture$494kEducation$429kHousing & Shelter$134kCommunity Improvement$131kEmployment$113kYouth Development$95kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $651,073, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,553,623 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $902,550 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 · $14k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $160k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $477k
$40,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$238M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE IVEY$175,000
THE SHEPHERD'S CENTER OF PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES CHARLOTTE INC$148,000
MEMORY & MOVEMENT CENTER CHARLOTTE$100,000
LEADINGAGE NORTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION$54,051
UNC CHARLOTTE$46,705
THE ECHO FOUNDATION$40,000
CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIBRARY$25,000
QUEENS UNIVERSITY$20,000
ARTS$15,000
FEEDING CHARLOTTE$13,067
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION - WESTERN CAROLINA CHAPTER$8,000
CHARLOTTE WRITERS CLUB$6,250
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 (FY17–25, $971k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LEADINGAGE NC: $50k → 8%THE CHARLOTTE CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES: $10k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $7k → 10%SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMMUNITIES: $5k → 10%PACE OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT: $34k → 10%GREATER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM INC: $30k → 10%GREATER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM INC: $25k → 10%GREATER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM: $15k → 10%THE IVEY: $261k → 10%THE IVEY: $200k → 10%THE IVEY: $175k → 10%THE IVEY: $100k → 10%THE IVEY: $59k → 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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.1M · 25 repeat orgs$564k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
31

Total granted

$4.1M
$545k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+7%

Still filing today

84%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • TS
    The Shepherds Center of Charlotte
    9× · 2017–2025 · $697k · revenue +73% · 60% of their budget
  • CN
    Charlotte Neuroscience Foundation DBA Memory and Movement Charlotte
    4× · 2021–2025 · $228k · revenue +97%
  • A
    ArtsPlus
    7× · 2017–2025 · $226k · revenue +147%

Funded once

  • PP
    POTIONS & PIXELS NONPROFIT
    one grant, 2024 · $83k · revenue -61% · 39% of their budget
  • CP
    CORE PROGRAMS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $55k · revenue +204%
  • PO
    PACE OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $34k · revenue +38%
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
Charlotte Is Creative

Charlotte Is Creative develops programs and initiatives designed to break the Charlotte mold and remake it with creativity into a city that draws people in, excites them, and inspires them to invest their financial, social and creative…

Arts & Culture
2
Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Found ation
Health
3
For Charlotte Inc

To unite the Church to transform the city through the power of the Gospel.

Religion
4
TreesCharlotte

Public/private collaborative to plant trees, raise awareness of the canopy, and educate about tree care.

Environment
5
Charlotte Pride Inc

Charlotte pride creates programs and activites to enrich, empower, strengthen and make visable the unique lives and experiences of lgbtq people in charlotte.

Civil Rights
6
Charlotte Medical Dental and Pharmaceutical Association
Health
7
Share Charlotte

SHARE Charlotte is building a better Charlotte by empowering nonprofits and helping people invest in their communities in ways that matter most to them.

Community Improvement
8
Project Bolt

Project BOLT is a Charlotte-based nonprofit established in 2017 to directly address the disparities of underserved populations in the community. The organization empowers community members to take control of their lives by providing unique…

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9
Nami - Charlotte Pka Alliance for the Mentally Ill

Guided by the experiences of those living with mental health conditions and rooted in equity, NAMI Charlotte provides advocacy, education, support and connections to resources so that all individuals and families affected by mental illness…

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10
The Little Theatre of Charlotte Inc dba Theatre Charlotte

To produce volunteer-based theatrical events in the Charlotte, NC region.

Arts & Culture
11
MakerSpace Charlotte

Encourage technological creativity and community by enabling people to use tools, to learn by making things and to share knowledge.

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12
Clt Joules

CLT Joules is a 501(c)(3) non-profit working with utilities, industry, municipalities, universities and R&D institutions to identify, advise, connect and deploy cleantech startups with Charlotte and the Research Triangle Park.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for Healthy Living Inc; the most unlike its peers is Greater Enrichment Program 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

45 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. 45 of the 58 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/45
Grantees still filing
26/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Shepherds Center of Charlotte: $696,718 · OtherThe Shepherds Center of CharlotteTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE: $670,771 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTEArtsPlus: $225,900 · OtherArtsPlusTHE NORTH CAROLINA HOMES FOR THE AGING FOUNDATION INC: $179,051 · OtherTHE NORTH CAROLINA HOMES FOR THE AGING FOUNDATION INC+30 more: $647,281 · Other+30 moreCENTER FOR HEALTHY LIVING INC: $794,839 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR HEALTHY LIVING INCCHARLOTTE VILLAGE NETWORK: $190,858 · Human ServicesCHARLOTTE VILLAGE NETWORKCREATIVE AGING NETWORK - NC: $70,000 · Human ServicesCREATIVE AGING NETWORK - NCGreater Enrichment Program Inc: $70,000 · Human ServicesGreater Enrichment Program IncLEADINGAGE NORTH CAROLINA: $65,000 · Human Services+5 more: $60,974 · Human ServicesCharlotte Neuroscience Foundation DBA Memory and Movement Charlotte: $227,500 · HealthCharlotte…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $85,418 · HealthALZHEIMER…Parkinson Association of the Carolinas: $51,240 · HealthParkinson…Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center Inc: $20,540 · HealthGREEN BOX SOLUTIONS: $20,000 · Health+1 more: $5,000 · HealthCHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $137,000 · EducationRenaissance West Community Initiative: $79,794 · EducationQueens University of Charlotte: $69,000 · EducationCharlotte Bilingual Learning Center: $30,000 · EducationSustain Charlotte Inc: $130,500 · Community ImprovementCORE PROGRAMS INC: $55,200 · Housing & ShelterLEADINGAGE INC: $28,100 · Housing & ShelterPOTIONS & PIXELS NONPROFIT: $83,000 · Employment
Other$2,419,721Human Services$1,251,671Health$409,698Education$315,794Community Improvement$130,500Housing & Shelter$83,300Employment$83,000

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 HEALTHY LIVING INC: $794,839 over 5y, 22% of budgetThe Shepherds Center of Charlotte: $696,718 over 9y, 60% of budgetCharlotte Neuroscience Foundation DBA Memory and Movement Charlotte: $227,500 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetArtsPlus: $225,900 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetCHARLOTTE VILLAGE NETWORK: $190,858 over 7y, 71% of budgetTHE NORTH CAROLINA HOMES FOR THE AGING FOUNDATION INC: $179,051 over 4y, 18% of budgetCHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $137,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetSustain Charlotte Inc: $130,500 over 5y, 10% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $85,418 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPOTIONS & PIXELS NONPROFIT: $83,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetRenaissance West Community Initiative: $79,794 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetEcho Foundation: $75,000 over 3y, 9.0% of budgetGreater Enrichment Program Inc: $70,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetQueens University of Charlotte: $69,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLEADINGAGE NORTH CAROLINA: $65,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetCORE PROGRAMS INC: $55,200 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetARTS & SCIENCE COUNCIL CHARLOTTE/MECKLENBURG INC: $53,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetParkinson Association of the Carolinas: $51,240 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetAndreas H Bechtler Arts Foundation: $44,573 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetPiedmont Culinary Guild: $44,000 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetPACE OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC: $33,774 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BULB GALLERY: $30,400 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetCharlotte Bilingual Learning Center: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE GOOD FELLOWS CLUB INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWTVI FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetLEADINGAGE INC: $28,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROFOUND GENTLEMEN INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetA WOMAN'S NATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCharlotte Speech and Hearing Center Inc: $20,540 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGREEN BOX SOLUTIONS: $20,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetARTHRITIS PATIENT SERVICES: $14,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCHARLOTTE CENTER FOR LITERARY ARTS INC: $12,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetThe Charlotte Center For The Humanities Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetCharlotte Mecklenburg Police Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetROOF ABOVE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $7,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLOTTE BALLET: $6,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSamaritan's Feet International: $6,445 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriendship Trays Inc: $5,700 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSupportive Housing Communities Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamilies Forward Charlotte Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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…United Way of Greater…Duke Energy FoundationThe Presbyterian Hosp…Albemarle FoundationThe Marc & Mattye Sil…Dowd Foundation IncBlumenthal Foundation…Truist Foundation IncThe Dickson Foundatio…Philip L Van Every Fo…John S and James L Kn…
Foundation for the CarolinasNC43.4× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Presbyterian Hospital · Albemarle Foundation · The Marc & Mattye Silverman Family Foundation · Dowd Foundation Inc · Blumenthal Foundation for Charity Religion Education & Better Inter- · Truist Foundation Inc · The Dickson Foundation Inc · Philip L Van Every Foundation · John S and James L Knight 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 Southminster Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Southminster Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report 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.

    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 58 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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