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The Byrne Foundation Inc

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.

$91k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Housing & Shelter$290kHealth$270kHuman Services$123kEducation$60kAnimals$56kRecreation & Sports$30kEnvironment$25kPublic Safety & Disaster$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $70k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$474k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EXPLORIS SCHOOL$15,000
CAROLINA'S GOLF FOUNDATION$15,000
CHILDREN'S FLIGHT OF HOPE$15,000
DUCKS UNLIMITED$15,000
CROHN'S COLITIS FOUNDATION OF AMERI$10,000
WUNC$5,000
DUKE UNIVERSITY$5,000
HORSE BUDDY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$2,500
TROSA$2,500
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–23, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 18% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COVENANT HOUSE: $5k → 17%THE CENTER FOR VOLUNTEER CAREGIVING: $10k → 8%THE CENTER FOR VOLUNTEER CAREGIVING: $8k → 8%THE CENTER FOR VOLUNTEER CAREGIVING: $5k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$811k · 19 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships — 9 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
11

Total granted

$811k
$73k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+30%

Still filing today

53%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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
HealthEducationAnimalsHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • THE CARYING PLACE INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $280k · revenue +337%
  • TE
    THE EXPLORIS SCHOOL
    3× · 2023–2025 · $50k · revenue +17%
  • CF
    CHILDREN'S FLIGHT OF HOPE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $50k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • HN
    HOLLYS NEST
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • CP
    CATHOLIC PARISH OUTREACH
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $8k · revenue +59%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
3
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
4
Carolina Medicorp Enterprises Inc

Mission novant health exists to improve the health of our communities, one person at a time. vision we, the novant health team, will deliver the most remarkable patient experience, in every dimension, every time. values -compassion: we…

5
WakeMed

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

Health
6
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
7
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
8
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
9
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
10
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
11
Georgian Court University

Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.

Education
12
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifeline Children's Services Inc and 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

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 32 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CROHN'S COLITIS FOUNDATION OF AMERI — $162,500 · OtherCROHN'S COLITIS FOUNDATION OF AMERIYMCA — $75,000 · OtherYMCAHORSE BUDDY — $30,500 · OtherHORSE BUDDYTRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS INC — $28,000 · OtherTRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS I…TRANSITIONS LIFE CENTER — $17,500 · OtherCAROLINAS GOLF FOUNDATION — $15,000 · Other+11 more — $88,000 · Other+11 moreTHE CARYING PLACE INC — $280,100 · Housing & ShelterTHE CARYING PLACE INCCHILDREN'S FLIGHT OF HOPE — $50,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $7,500 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $7,500 · Health+2 more — $4,000 · HealthTHE EXPLORIS SCHOOL — $50,000 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY — $5,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY — $5,000 · EducationTHE CENTER FOR VOLUNTEER CAREGIVING — $22,500 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE — $5,000 · Human ServicesDucks Unlimited Inc — $25,000 · EnvironmentHOLLYS NEST — $15,000 · AnimalsSECOND CHANCE PET ADOPTIONS INC — $10,000 · AnimalsLIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC — $250 · Religion
Other$416,500Housing & Shelter$280,100Health$69,000Education$60,000Human Services$27,500Environment$25,000Animals$25,000Religion$250

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE CARYING PLACE INC — $280,100 over 7y, 12% of budgetTHE EXPLORIS SCHOOL — $50,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S FLIGHT OF HOPE — $50,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS INC — $28,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc — $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR VOLUNTEER CAREGIVING — $22,500 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetSECOND CHANCE PET ADOPTIONS INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDIC ALERT FOUNDATION UNITED STATES — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCARY WOMAN'S CLUB — $2,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE CARYING PLACE INC
  • Who funds THE EXPLORIS SCHOOL
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S FLIGHT OF HOPE
  • Who funds TRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS INC
  • Who funds Ducks Unlimited Inc
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR VOLUNTEER CAREGIVING
  • Who funds CAROLINAS GOLF FOUNDATION
  • Who funds HOLLYS NEST
  • Who funds SECOND CHANCE PET ADOPTIONS INC
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE
  • Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds MEDIC ALERT FOUNDATION UNITED STATES
  • Who funds CARY WOMAN'S CLUB
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc
  • Who funds LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Triangle Community Foundation IncNC13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Byrne Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%your 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
    5report 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, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Byrne Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Byrne Foundation Inc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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