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The Crosland Foundation

The mission of THE CROSLAND FOUNDATION is to create a perpetual charitable legacy through the devotion and application of its assets exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of and to carry out the purposes (cont on schedule o)

$952k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$143k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$1.7MEducation$1.5MHuman Services$605kPhilanthropy$525kHealth$104kCommunity Improvement$45k
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k15 grants · $319k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $633k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$129M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL OF VA$142,737
THE JOHN CROSLAND SCHOOL$100,000
FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS$95,158
DAVIDSON COLLEGE$95,158
ROOF ABOVE INC$50,000
YWCA OF THE CENTRAL CAROLINAS$50,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$50,000
CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING$50,000
CROSSROADS CORPORATION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY$45,000
WEST SIDE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST$25,000
SALVATION ARMY - CHARLOTTE$25,000
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMMUNITIES$25,000
CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY$25,000
DAVIDSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,000
RELATIVES INC$25,000
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 (FY20–24, $615k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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.

area typical 10%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING: $50k → 10%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING: $50k → 10%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING: $50k → 10%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING: $50k → 10%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING: $50k → 10%SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMMUNITIES: $35k → 10%SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMMUNITIES: $25k → 10%RELATIVES INC: $25k → 10%RELATIVES INC: $25k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $35k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $30k → 10%SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMMUNITIES: $25k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $30k → 10%RELATIVES INC: $25k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $25k → 10%RELATIVES INC: $25k → 10%SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMMUNITIES: $20k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $20k → 10%SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COMMUNITIES: $20k → 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.
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.0M · 21 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
1

Total granted

$4.0M
$25k

Still filing today

95%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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

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    THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA
    5× · 2020–2024 · $674k · revenue +39%
  • ROOF ABOVE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $450k · revenue +58%
  • Davidson College
    5× · 2020–2024 · $450k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • DC
    DAVIDSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
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
For Charlotte Inc

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

Religion
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
Housing Collaborative

Housing Collaborative makes affordable housing easier to navigate by helping to secure rental housing for those experiencing or at risk of homelessness; and for those who have lost housing due to disaster or displacement. We make it easier…

Housing & Shelter
4
Presbyterian Homes of Charlotte Inc

Low-rent government assisted housing for the elderly.

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5
Developmental Disabilities Management Assistance Inc

Carolina hill provides safe and caring emergency shelter and supportive services to homeless families focusing efforts to achieve rapid re-housing and developing skills and resources to maintain it.

Human Services
6
Habitat for Humanity Cabarrus County

Guided by God, Habitat Cabarrus transforms lives and our community by uniting all of Cabarrus County around the cause of decent, affordable housing for everyone.

Housing & Shelter
7
Charleston Redevelopment Corporation

To facilitate, develop, and advocate for neighborhood revitalization, affordable housing construction, preservation and economic development in Charleston County.

Community Improvement
8
Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte

The mission of Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte is repairing homes, revitalizing communities, rebuilding lives.We mobilize community volunteers and contractors to provide repairs that make homes safer and healthier for…

Housing & Shelter
9
Hearts for the Invisible Charlotte Coalition

Eradicating housing inequities for people experiencing homelessness

Human Services
10
Carolina Common Enterprise

The specific objectives and purposes of this corporation shall be to assist individuals and communities, particularly those in low-income and socially disadvantaged areas, in the creation, expansion, and improvement of rural and…

Community Improvement
11
Beyond Housing

We strive to serve the community by constructing and rehabilitating homes for affordable homeownership, providing new housing rentals for low to moderate wealth families in south carolina, and providing services that aid in all aspects of…

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12
Charlotte Regional Realtor Association Inc

The charlotte regional realtor (r) association (crra) is a trade association serving members in mecklenburg, iredell and haywood counties. at december 31, 2024, crra had 14,020 members.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region; the most unlike its peers is West Side Clt. 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

21 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. 21 of the 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $674,345 · EducationTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SC…Davidson College: $449,562 · EducationDavidson CollegeRenaissance West Community Initiative: $135,000 · EducationRenaissance West Community Initi…+1 more: $30,000 · EducationTHE JOHN CROSLAND SCHOOL: $356,117 · OtherTHE JOHN CROSLAND SCHOOLHabitat For Humanity Of The Charlotte Region: $235,000 · OtherHabitat For Humanity Of …Young Womens Christian Association of the Central Carolinas Inc: $235,000 · OtherYoung Womens Christian A…THE SALVATION ARMY: $130,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY+1 more: $25,000 · OtherCharlotte Family Housing: $250,000 · Human ServicesCharlotte Famil…Crisis Assistance Ministry: $140,000 · Human ServicesCrisis Assistan…Supportive Housing Communities Inc: $125,000 · Human ServicesSupportive Hous…THE RELATIVES INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE RELATIVES I…FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $499,562 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION F…West Side CLT: $210,000 · Housing & ShelterWest Side CL…Crossroads Corporation for Affordable Housing and Community Development Inc: $205,000 · Housing & ShelterCrossroads C…THE LOTUS CAMPAIGN: $45,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE LOTUS CA…DreamKey Partners Inc: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterDreamKey Par…ROOF ABOVE INC: $450,000 · Arts & CultureROOF ABOVE …Charlotte Neuroscience Foundation DBA Memory and Movement Charlotte: $41,763 · HealthHope Haven Inc: $40,000 · HealthParkinson Association of the Carolinas: $31,763 · HealthLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $45,000 · Community Improvement
Education$1,288,907Other$981,117Human Services$615,000Philanthropy$499,562Housing & Shelter$490,000Arts & Culture$450,000Health$113,526Community Improvement$45,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $674,345 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $499,562 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetROOF ABOVE INC: $450,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetDavidson College: $449,562 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JOHN CROSLAND SCHOOL: $356,117 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetCharlotte Family Housing: $250,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetHabitat For Humanity Of The Charlotte Region: $235,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Womens Christian Association of the Central Carolinas Inc: $235,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetWest Side CLT: $210,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetCrossroads Corporation for Affordable Housing and Community Development Inc: $205,000 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetCrisis Assistance Ministry: $140,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetRenaissance West Community Initiative: $135,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetSupportive Housing Communities Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetTHE RELATIVES INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE LOTUS CAMPAIGN: $45,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCharlotte Neuroscience Foundation DBA Memory and Movement Charlotte: $41,763 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHope Haven Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetParkinson Association of the Carolinas: $31,763 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetDreamKey Partners Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAllegro Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.8% 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…United Way of Greater…Duke Energy FoundationMerancas Foundation I…Ally Charitable Found…Philip L Van Every Fo…The Leon Levine Found…Td Charitable Foundat…Champions for Educati…The Presbyterian Hosp…The Cannon Foundation…Publix Super Markets …
Foundation for the CarolinasNC33.8× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Merancas Foundation Inc · Ally Charitable Foundation · Philip L Van Every Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Champions for Education Inc · The Presbyterian Hospital · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc

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 Crosland Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Crosland Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%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 · 0–40%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Crosland Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Crosland 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 23 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 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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