· Private foundation
Sympraxis
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THEATRE CHARLOTTE | $1,500 |
| WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION | $1,100 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHARLOTTE | $722 |
| ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION | $500 |
| HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE | $100 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $100 |
| CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $100 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $100 |
| SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK | $100 |
| CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION | $100 |
| Individual grant recipient | $100 |
| SAINT NEKTARIOS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $300) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $922 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TLThe Little Theatre of Charlotte Inc dba Theatre Charlotte8× · 2017–2024 · $7k · revenue +34%
- NANATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION5× · 2020–2024 · $3k · revenue +33%
- WFWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC8× · 2017–2024 · $2k · revenue +128%
Funded once
- ASAppalachian State Universityone grant, 2019 · $1k
- NFNATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +547%
- TRTAMPA REPERTORY THEATREgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue +472%
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.
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.
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.
The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…
Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…
At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…
To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
The endowment works collaboratively with partners in the public and private sectors to advance systemic, transformative, and sustainable change for the health and vitality of the nation's working forests and forest reliant communities.
See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 31 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 The Little Theatre of Charlotte Inc dba Theatre Charlotte ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds Humane Society of Charlotte Inc ↗
- Who funds CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds TAMPA REPERTORY THEATRE ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds ARTS & SCIENCE COUNCIL CHARLOTTE/MECKLENBURG INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY RADIO FOUNDATION 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.
Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sympraxis funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sympraxis. Bigger dots raise more.
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