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The Bailey Chipps Family Foundation at a glance

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The Bailey Chipps Family 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.

$78k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$53kReligion$33kEducation$30kInternational$25kHealth$14kArts & Culture$11kCommunity Improvement$10kPublic Safety & Disaster$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k13 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $45k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Womens Philanthropy Institute$15,000
Charlotte Country Day$10,000
Women's Impact Fund$10,000
Foundation For The Carolinas$10,000
Wee Kirk Church$7,500
Leadership Charlotte$5,000
Charlotte Ballet$3,000
Linville Foundation$2,500
Junior State of America$2,500
Women Executives for Community Serv$2,500
Foundation for Fraternal Exellence$2,500
American Heart Association$2,500
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Helping Hands Pantry of Rhode Islan$1,000
First Presbyterian Church$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Reaching Avery Ministry: $1k → 15%Playing For Others: $750 → 10%Women's Impact Fund: $10k → 10%Women's Impact Fund: $10k → 10%Dress for Success Charlotte: $1k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
IN
OH
RI
CA
MO
NC
DC
HI
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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$125k · 16 repeat orgs$66k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
28

Total granted

$125k
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+26%

Still filing today

63%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 & CultureHealthCivil RightsCrime & LegalOther
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

  • WI
    Womens Impact Fund
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +4%
  • LF
    LINVILLE FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $7k · revenue +57%
  • WE
    Women Executives for Community Service
    4× · 2017–2024 · $6k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • IM
    International Medical Assistance Fo
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • MY
    MORGANTON YOUTH ROBOTICS
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • CM
    Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Librar
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
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
Deans for Impact

See Schedule ODeans for Impact supports educator-preparation programs to bring the science of learning into teaching practice; partners with policymakers to ensure pathways into teaching are accessible, practice-based, and…

Education
2
UrbanPromise Charlotte

Provide Charlotte's low-income children and youth with the academic, spiritual, and social development necessary to become Christian leaders determined to restore their communities.

Youth Development
3
Collegespring Inc

In partnership with educators, CollegeSpring helps students impacted by poverty demonstrate their full potential on college and career readiness assessments that unlock better opportunities after high school. Our vision is that every…

Education
4
For Charlotte Inc

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

Religion
5
Center for the Future of Learning

The Center for the Future of Learning empowers a vibrant learning ecosystem connecting communities to create future-focused solutions for today while sharing effective practices to advance tomorrow. The Center for the Future of Learning…

Education
6
Alamance Community College Foundation

The Alamance Community College Foundation exists to aid students with a demonstrated financial need in reaching their educational goals, while supporting the mission of ACC.

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7
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
8
The Charlotte Center for the Humanities Inc

The mission of The Charlotte Center is to help our community flourish. We accomplish our mission by bringing people together to explore community life together through the lens of the humanities and civic imagination.

Human Services
9
Women's Foundation of Minnesota

Women's Foundation of Minnesota is a statewide community foundation investing in ending systemic inequities and driving innovation for gender and racial justice. WFM applies an Intersectional Equity Framework inclusive of gender, race,…

Philanthropy
10
Wallin Education Partners

To ensure college and career success for high-potential students from low-income backgrounds, and through our efforts help build diverse, equitable, and vibrant communities. we do this through a comprehensive model of financial aid and…

Education
11
Community Building Initiative

The mission of Community Building Initiative (CBI) is to give people and organizations the knowledge, skills and courage to fight bias, remove barriers to opportunity and build a more equitable and just CharlotteMecklenburg. CBI envisions…

Community Improvement
12
Communities in Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Inc

The mission of Communities In Schools is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Foundation for the Carolinas; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association 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

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 52 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
20/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

First Presbyterian Church: $26,000 · OtherFirst Presbyterian ChurchInternational Medical Assistance Fo: $25,000 · OtherInternational Medical Assistance FoWomens Philanthropy Institute: $18,000 · OtherWomens Philanthropy InstituteWee Kirk Church: $11,500 · OtherWee Kirk ChurchIndividual grant recipient: $4,500 · OtherNovant Health Foundation: $4,250 · Other+24 more: $26,500 · Other+24 moreCHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationCHARLOTTE COUNT…LINVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 · EducationLINVILLE FOUNDA…Women Executives for Community Service: $5,500 · EducationWomen Executive…UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $1,500 · EducationUNITED NEGRO CO…DELTA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationNest Academy Inc: $1,000 · EducationIndiana University Foundation: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationWomens Impact Fund: $20,000 · Human ServicesWomens Impac…Dress for Success Charlotte: $1,000 · Human ServicesREACHING AVERY MINISTRY: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $750 · Human ServicesLEADERSHIP CHARLOTTE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureLEADERSHI…CHARLOTTE BALLET: $3,500 · Arts & CultureCHARLOTTE…The Arts Empowerment Project Inc: $3,000 · Arts & CultureThe Arts …FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $12,300 · PhilanthropyAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 · HealthCare Ring Inc: $1,500 · HealthCarolina Breast Friends Inc: $600 · HealthEcho Foundation: $1,000 · Civil RightsTHE LOVEBOLT: $1,000 · Civil Rights
Other$115,750Education$28,000Human Services$22,750Arts & Culture$16,500Philanthropy$12,300Health$7,100Civil Rights$2,000

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 budgetWomens Impact Fund: $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $12,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEADERSHIP CHARLOTTE: $10,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetLINVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWomen Executives for Community Service: $5,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLOTTE BALLET: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR STATE OF AMERICA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Womens Christian Association of the Central Carolinas Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCare Ring Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDress for Success Charlotte: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDELTA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNest Academy Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREACHING AVERY MINISTRY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LOVEBOLT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMPSON CHILD & FAMILY FOCUS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlaying For Others: $750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCarolina Breast Friends Inc: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRenaissance West Community Initiative: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Community Transitions: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUrban League of Central Carolinas Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $250 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.

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…Duke Energy FoundationThe Presbyterian Hosp…United Way of Greater…Albemarle FoundationDowd Foundation IncThe Marc & Mattye Sil…Philip L Van Every Fo…The Leon Levine Found…Charlotte Woman's Clu…Merancas Foundation I…The Winston-Salem Fou…
Foundation for the CarolinasNC37.4× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · The Presbyterian Hospital · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Albemarle Foundation · Dowd Foundation Inc · The Marc & Mattye Silverman Family Foundation · Philip L Van Every Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · Charlotte Woman's Club First Citizens Bank · Merancas Foundation Inc · The Winston-Salem 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 The Bailey Chipps Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bailey Chipps 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 The Bailey Chipps Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Bailey Chipps Family 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 52 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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