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Stangler Family Foundation at a glance

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Stangler Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$74k
Granted FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$166kFood & Nutrition$127kHuman Services$43kHealth$41kCivil Rights$25kAnimals$25kEnvironment$21kHousing & Shelter$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k29 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $37k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$20,000
FOOD BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA$17,000
CROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN$4,000
CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND$4,000
NC DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLU$3,000
HARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK$2,700
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$1,800
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,500
BROWN BAG MINISTRY$1,500
LOAVES & FISHES$1,300
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE$1,300
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$1,200
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$1,100
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER$1,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF NC$1,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN: $1k → 8%THE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN: $1k → 8%THE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN: $1k → 8%THE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN: $900 → 8%THE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN: $900 → 8%THE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN: $800 → 8%THE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN: $700 → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION: $800 → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION: $800 → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION: $800 → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION: $700 → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION: $700 → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION: $600 → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION: $600 → 8%LOAVES & FISHES: $1k → 8%LOAVES & FISHES: $1k → 8%LOAVES & FISHES: $1k → 8%LOAVES & FISHES: $1k → 8%LOAVES & FISHES: $1k → 8%LOAVES & FISHES: $1k → 8%BROWN BAG MINISTRY: $2k → 8%BROWN BAG MINISTRY: $2k → 8%BROWN BAG MINISTRY: $1k → 8%BROWN BAG MINISTRY: $1k → 8%BROWN BAG MINISTRY: $1k → 8%BROWN BAG MINISTRY: $1k → 8%BROWN BAG MINISTRY: $1k → 8%Brown Bag Ministry: $750 → 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

MN
IL
CA
VA
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$497k · 40 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

40 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
10

Total granted

$497k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+49%

Still filing today

63%
10%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentFood & NutritionAnimalsEducationOther
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

  • FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $105k · revenue +86%
  • Cheetah Conservation Fund
    7× · 2019–2025 · $25k · revenue +63%
  • BB
    BROWN BAG MINISTRY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $10k · revenue +139%

Funded once

  • CF
    Center for Colon Cancer Research
    one grant, 2017 · $750
  • I
    INTERACT
    one grant, 2017 · $500
  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1Dgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +49%
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
Care Share Health Alliance Inc

Care share health alliance is a north carolina-based nonprofit organization advancing community health and wellbeing through systems change. guided by the mission of collaborating for health and a vision of communities that are healthy and…

Health
2
Rex Hospital Inc

To improve the health and well-being of north carolinians and others whom we serve. we accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Health
3
Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Found ation
Health
4
North Carolina Biotechnology Center

The north carolina biotechnology center aids the biotechnology-related efforts of researchers, businesses, state and federal governments, and other agencies primarily through awards of grants and loans related to specific programs and…

Science & Tech
5
Food Bank of the Albemarle

To fight hunger and poverty in northeastern north carolina.

Food & Nutrition
6
East Carolina Health

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
7
WakeMed

The mission of wakemed is to improve the health and well-being of our community with outstanding and compassionate care to all.

Health
8
University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Inc

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
9
Cumberland Medical Center

Cumberland Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
10
The Outer Banks Hospital Inc

To enhance the quality of life for the residents and visitors of dare county and the surrounding region by promoting wellness and providing the highest quality healthcare services.

Health
11
Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Education and Research Foundation
Health
12
Pitt County Memorial Hospital Inc

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Healing Transitions Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Congaree Swamp. 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

28 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. 28 of the 50 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/28
Grantees still filing
20/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATI: $125,300 · OtherMINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIMINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $33,000 · OtherMINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONNC DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLU: $21,600 · OtherNC DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $11,650 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS: $9,800 · OtherUnited Way: $9,700 · Other+23 more: $55,650 · Other+23 moreFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $105,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EAST…HARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK: $14,900 · Food & NutritionHARVEST HOPE FOOD BANKCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $7,200 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $6,100 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,000 · HealthALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC: $5,100 · HealthHEALING TRANSITIONS INC: $4,900 · HealthPRISMA HEALTH MIDLANDS FOUNDATION F/K/A PALMETTO HEALTH FOUNDATION: $4,000 · HealthFive Hearts Therapeutic Horsemanship Inc: $2,000 · Health+2 more: $1,435 · HealthBROWN BAG MINISTRY: $9,950 · Human ServicesNourish Up: $6,800 · Human ServicesTHE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC: $6,300 · Human ServicesTHE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesCheetah Conservation Fund: $25,000 · AnimalsNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $5,400 · EnvironmentAmerican Whitewater: $4,700 · EnvironmentFriends of Congaree Swamp: $3,400 · EnvironmentWAKE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $6,350 · EducationNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $4,410 · Arts & Culture
Other$266,700Food & Nutrition$119,900Health$36,735Human Services$28,050Animals$25,000Environment$13,500Education$6,350Arts & Culture$4,410

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 budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $105,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCheetah Conservation Fund: $25,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK: $14,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $11,650 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBROWN BAG MINISTRY: $9,950 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $7,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $7,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNourish Up: $6,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWAKE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $6,350 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC: $6,300 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $6,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER INC: $6,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $5,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC: $5,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC: $5,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHEALING TRANSITIONS INC: $4,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Whitewater: $4,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $4,410 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPRISMA HEALTH MIDLANDS FOUNDATION F/K/A PALMETTO HEALTH FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Congaree Swamp: $3,400 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetUSO OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $2,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFive Hearts Therapeutic Horsemanship Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetAUTISM SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTamassee DAR School Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $935 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $500 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.

  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC ↗
  • Who funds Cheetah Conservation Fund ↗
  • Who funds HARVEST HOPE FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity ↗
  • Who funds BROWN BAG MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds Nourish Up ↗
  • Who funds WAKE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds THE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds TAMMY LYNN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALING TRANSITIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds American Whitewater ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRISMA HEALTH MIDLANDS FOUNDATION F/K/A PALMETTO HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Congaree Swamp ↗
  • Who funds USO OF NORTH CAROLINA INC ↗
  • Who funds Five Hearts Therapeutic Horsemanship Inc ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA INC ↗
  • Who funds Tamassee DAR School Inc ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION 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.

Duke Energy FoundationLonnie & Carol Poole …Triangle Community Fo…Foundation for the Ca…WakeMedRex Hospital IncW Trent Ragland Jr Fo…Seby B Jones Family F…Bell Koonce Burnette …John William Pope Fou…United Way of the Gre…North Carolina Commun…
Duke Energy FoundationNC22.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Lonnie & Carol Poole Family Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · WakeMed · Rex Hospital Inc · W Trent Ragland Jr Foundation · Seby B Jones Family Foundation · Bell Koonce Burnette Foundation · John William Pope Foundation · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · North Carolina Community 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 Stangler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stangler Family Foundation. 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • American Whitewater: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 50 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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