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The Caton Family Charitable 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.

$83k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Religion$99kHealth$82kEducation$75kPhilanthropy$53kYouth Development$52kRecreation & Sports$39kHuman Services$20kArts & Culture$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $43k
$2,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LUMBER RIVER UNITED WAY$12,500
SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER$10,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$10,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$10,000
ATLANTA MEMORIAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE$5,000
ROBESON KIWANIS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION$5,000
SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES CATHOLIC PARISH OF LUMBERTO$4,000
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE$2,664
BOYCE L ANSLEY SCHOOL INC$2,500
PATH FOUNDATION INC$2,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$2,000
PEACHTREE BATTLE ALLIANCE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT$2,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$2,000
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE$1,500
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 (FY18–21, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 26%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ROBESON COUNTY CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2k → 26%ROBESON COUNTY CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2k → 26%ROBESON COUNTY CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2k → 26%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$428k · 26 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +31% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

26 repeat relationships — 14 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
15

Total granted

$428k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+22%

Still filing today

69%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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
EducationHealthEnvironmentRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther

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

  • SR
    SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $55k · revenue +36%
  • PA
    PACE ACADEMY INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $19k · revenue +53%
  • LR
    LUMBERTON RESCUE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $17k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • SI
    SOAR Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue 0%
  • HA
    HAITI AWAKE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +86%
  • CH
    CHILDRENS HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC
    one grant, 2020 · $2k

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
Robeson Health Care Corporation

Providing primary health care and professional counseling services to all indviduals who need it.

Health
2
Robertson County Child Advocacy Cen

Effective prosecution of child abuses, providing therapy and education for the abused, and providing a safe haven for the abused.

Crime & Legal
3
The Glynn Community Crisis Center Inc

Providing emergency shelter and other services to persons battered and or abused, commonly referred to as domestic violence.

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4
Robertson Charter School

The school operates as a public charter school for at risk children

Education
5
Rowan Economic Development Council

Promoting economic and industrial development in rowan county, north carolina

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6
Alamance County Rescue Unit Inc

To provide specialty emergency services in a professional manner to the citizens and guests of alamance county, surrounding counties and the state of north carolina.

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7
Rape Crisis Center of Robeson County

Crisis intervention for rape victims

Health
8
Kidspeace National Centers of Georgia

Kidspeace, founded in 1882, is a healthcare nonprofit that is dedicated to providing hope, help, and healing to children, adults, and those who love them.continued on schedule o.with 40 offices and facilities across seven states, this…

Human Services
9
Piedmont Rape Crisis Center

Piedmont rape crisis center's (prcc) primary focus is assisting and advocating for adult, sexual assault victims. we address the immediate aftermath of an assault and the long-term support required for recovery. our work is concentrated in…

Health
10
Evergreen Retreat Center Inc

To operate a christian summer camp as an outreach ministry for friends, families and neighbors of mt bethel and northside umc & provide an opportunity for inner-city and other disadvantaged children ot encounter god & nature in a secure…

Religion
11
Robeson County Partnership for Children

To make a compelling impact on Robeson County families by collaborating with early childhood agencies to support programs that measurably develop young children and their caregivers for success.

Education
12
Palmetto Health Council Inc

Palmetto Health Council, Inc will be the model of excellence for improving the total health status of the communities it serves. All of our employees will provide comprehensive preventative, curative, and life-enhancing services in a…

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Trees Atlanta Inc and the most unlike its peers is Haiti Awake Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%6%<5yr16%6%5–10yr20%22%10–20yr14%19%20–35yr12%39%35–55yr12%8%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%3%<5yr16%3%5–10yr20%21%10–20yr14%10%20–35yr12%56%35–55yr12%7%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 6% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/37
the rest of the field
15%
7,956/53,143

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

35 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 45 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/35
Grantees still filing
21/35
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $69,500 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHLUMBER RIVER UNITED WAY — $52,500 · OtherLUMBER RIVER UNITED WAYUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE — $42,335 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKESAINT FRANCIS DE SALES CATHOLIC CHURCH — $27,549 · OtherSAINT FRANCIS DE SALES CATHOLIC CHURCHFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $23,500 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $13,500 · OtherROBESON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL — $13,000 · OtherLUMBERTON CHRISTIAN CARE CENTER INC — $10,250 · OtherROBESON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY — $10,000 · Other+12 more — $26,150 · Other+12 moreSOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER — $54,900 · HealthSOUTHEASTERN REGIO…LUMBERTON RESCUE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC — $16,500 · HealthLUMBERTON RESCUE A…+4 more — $1,750 · HealthATLANTA MEMORIAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $19,000 · Recreation & SportsATLANTA M…PATH FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsPATH FOUN…Agape Community Center — $3,500 · Recreation & SportsAgape Com…Peachtree Battle Alliance Neighborhood Improvement — $3,500 · Recreation & SportsPeachtree…+1 more — $500 · Recreation & SportsPACE ACADEMY INC — $18,500 · EducationPACE ACAD…THE BOYCE L ANSLEY SCHOOL INC — $7,500 · EducationTHE BOYCE…ALZAR SCHOOL INC — $4,750 · EducationALZAR SCH…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS ROBESON COUNTY INC — $3,000 · EducationCOMMUNITI…ODYSSEY INC — $1,500 · Education+1 more — $1,000 · EducationSOAR Inc — $3,000 · EnvironmentCHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC — $1,500 · EnvironmentTREES ATLANTA INC — $1,500 · EnvironmentGEORGIA CONSERVANCY INC — $500 · EnvironmentGeorgia Interfaith Power & Light Inc — $250 · EnvironmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LUMBERTON NC — $6,745 · Youth DevelopmentROBESON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $5,350 · Animals
Other$288,284Health$73,150Recreation & Sports$36,500Education$36,250Environment$6,750Youth Development$6,745Animals$5,350

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 budgetSOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER — $54,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLUMBER RIVER UNITED WAY — $52,500 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetATLANTA MEMORIAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC — $19,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetPACE ACADEMY INC — $18,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLUMBERTON RESCUE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE INC — $16,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetROBESON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL — $13,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetLUMBERTON CHRISTIAN CARE CENTER INC — $10,250 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetPATH FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOYCE L ANSLEY SCHOOL INC — $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LUMBERTON NC — $6,745 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetROBESON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $5,350 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetROBESON-LUMBERTON KIWANIS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetALZAR SCHOOL INC — $4,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROBESON COUNTY CHURCH AND COMMUNITY CENTER — $4,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAgape Community Center — $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPeachtree Battle Alliance Neighborhood Improvement — $3,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS ROBESON COUNTY INC — $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOAR Inc — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAITI AWAKE INC — $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC — $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTREES ATLANTA INC — $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVICTORY TRAIN INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROBESON COUNTY COMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE INC — $950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERSHIP AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONROE CAMP AND RETREAT CENTER INC — $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOANNA MCAFEE CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION INC — $500 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Interfaith Power & Light Inc — $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND CHANCES EQUINE RESCUE INC — $200 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

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.

North Carolina Commun…The Community Foundat…Lumber River United W…The Sartain Lanier Fa…Tull Charitable Found…The 2492 Fund HowellUnited Way of Greater…The Cannon Foundation…Georgia Power Foundat…Duke Energy FoundationThe Winston-Salem Fou…Foundation for the Ca…
North Carolina Community FoundationNC20.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: North Carolina Community Foundation · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Lumber River United Way · The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Inc · Tull Charitable Foundation Inc · The 2492 Fund Howell · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas

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 Caton Family Charitable Foundation 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 Caton Family Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Caton Family Charitable 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 45 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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