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Stephen Knight Pond 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.

$562k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$345k
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.

Education$1.2MHuman Services$1.1MReligion$170kInternational$140kHealth$85kRecreation & Sports$65kSocial Science$35kArts & Culture$26kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $51k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $345k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$7.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN HOME FURNISHINGS HALL OF FAME FOUNDATION INC$345,000
HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY$150,000
ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE$21,400
KING BAUDOUIN FOUNDATION UNITED STATES INC$10,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY$10,000
UNITED WAY OF HIGH POINT NC$10,000
HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION$5,000
HOSPICE OF THE PIEDMONT INC$5,000
NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC$5,000
HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY$350
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 (FY17–24, $823k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HOSPICE OF THE NORTH COUNTRY: $2k → 14%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%HOSPICE OF THE NORTH COUNTRY: $1k → 14%FRIENDS OF AABROO: $4k → 8%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%HOSPICE OF THE NORTH COUNTRY: $1k → 14%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $2k → 17%FAMILY SERVICE OF HIGH POINT FOUNDATION: $1k → 16%AMERICAN HOME FURNISHINGS HALL OF FAME FOUNDATION INC: $345k → 16%AMERICAN HOME FURNISHINGS HALL OF FAME FOUNDATION INC: $200k → 16%AMERICAN HOME FURNISHINGS HALL OF FAME FOUNDATION INC: $100k → 16%AMERICAN HOME FURNISHINGS HALL OF FAME FOUNDATION INC: $100k → 16%AMERICAN HOME FURNISHINGS HALL OF FAME FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
MA
OH
RI
VA
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
FL
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 24 repeat orgs$168k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
19

Total granted

$2.6M
$137k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+65%

Still filing today

75%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthReligionInternationalOther
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

  • HP
    HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $762k · revenue +89%
  • CO
    COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2020 · $110k · revenue +110%
  • WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $85k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • HP
    HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +112%
  • FC
    FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • NS
    NORTH SOUND FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -78%
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
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
2
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
3
Unc Health Foundation Inc

At unc health foundation, we inspire philanthropic support for unc health and unc school of medicine that transforms healthcare and provides hope to the people of north carolina and communities around the world.

Education
4
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
Houghton University

Houghton university provides an academically challenging, christ-centered education in the liberal arts and sciences to students from diverse traditions and economic backgrounds and equips them to lead and labor as scholar-servants in a…

Education
7
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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8
North Carolina State University Foundation Inc

Supports, by financial assistance and otherwise, the various colleges within the university, the libraries, and other university-connected functions.

Education
9
Wilkes Medical Center Foundation

To support and carry out the functions and purposes of wrmc hospital operating corporation (dba atrium health wake forest baptist wilkes medical center) to enhance the delivery of quality health care within the organization's region.

Health
10
Greensboro College

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Education
11
The Medical Foundation of Wake Forest University Health Sciences and North Car

See schedule oto render aid and assistance to wake forest university health sciences (wfuhs) and north carolina baptist hospital (ncbh) in their pursuits by approved methods for the promotion of medical science and medical knowledge, the…

Health
12
Queens University of Charlotte

Queens university of charlotte provides transformative educational experiences that nurture intellectual curiosity, promote global understanding, encourage ethical living and prepare individuals for purposeful and fulfilling lives.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is High Point Regional Health Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. 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

30 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. 30 of the 47 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
23/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY: $762,100 · EducationHIGH POINT UNIVERSITYCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION: $110,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATIONWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $85,000 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYDUKE UNIVERSITY: $75,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY+3 more: $47,500 · EducationAMERICAN HOME FURNISHINGS HALL OF FAME FOUNDATION INC: $795,000 · Human ServicesAMERICAN HOME FURNISHINGS HALL O…+4 more: $28,225 · Human ServicesAMERICAN HOME FURNISHINGS HALL OF FAME FND: $251,000 · OtherAMERICAN HOME FURNISHIN…HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL: $125,000 · OtherHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOLUNITED STATES LUGE ASSOCIATION: $55,000 · OtherUNITED STATES LUGE ASSO…FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: $25,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY OF HIGH POINT: $20,000 · Other+22 more: $119,023 · Other+22 moreMYRIAD USA INC: $120,000 · InternationalTHE INSTITUTE OF WORLD POLITICS: $20,000 · InternationalNORTH SOUND FOUNDATION: $10,000 · InternationalSERVANTS OF JESUS AND MARY INC: $100,000 · ReligionTHEHOPELINE INC: $44,000 · ReligionHIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $21,400 · Civil Rights
Education$1,079,600Human Services$823,225Other$595,023International$150,000Religion$144,000Health$51,000Civil Rights$21,400

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 budgetAMERICAN HOME FURNISHINGS HALL OF FAME FOUNDATION INC: $795,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetHIGH POINT UNIVERSITY: $762,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $120,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSERVANTS OF JESUS AND MARY INC: $100,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $85,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $75,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES LUGE ASSOCIATION: $55,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetHIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHEHOPELINE INC: $44,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $21,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE OF WORLD POLITICS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGUILFORD EDUCATION ALLIANCE: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA BUSINESS LEADERS FOR EDUC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $19,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SOUND FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetDavidson College: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFranklin County Historical and Museum Society: $7,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetROANOKE VALLEY CHILDRENS CHOIR INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetREYNOLDA HOUSE INC: $5,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWATCH HILL LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS ASSOC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF AABROO: $4,200 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE NORTH COUNTRY: $4,025 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHigh Point Community Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABC OF NC FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF HIGH POINT FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 Winston-Salem Fou…Brayton Family Charit…Flow Foundation IncEarl and Kathryn Cong…Truist Foundation IncAmerican Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Raymond James Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…
The Winston-Salem FoundationNC14.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Winston-Salem Foundation · Brayton Family Charitable Foundation · Flow Foundation Inc · Earl and Kathryn Congdon Family Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · 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 Stephen Knight Pond Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stephen Knight Pond Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 Stephen Knight Pond Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Stephen Knight Pond 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 47 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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