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The Dickson Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
165
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$301k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2024.

Education$6.3MReligion$3.9MHealth$3.5MHuman Services$1.9MArts & Culture$890kCivil Rights$784kEnvironment$552kPhilanthropy$538kOther$0
02FY2024 · 165 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k112 grants · $173k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $411k
  • $50k–250k33 grants · $2.9M
  • $250k+1 grant · $301k
$2,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$65M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CTR FOUNDATION$301,000
LEES MCRAE COLLEGE$201,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$200,000
NC STATE UNIVERSITY$127,500
HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE CHARLOTTE REGION$127,000
COALITION FOR LIBERTY$125,000
WING HAVEN FOUNDATION$121,000
ELON UNIVERSITY$106,000
SOUTHMINSTER$105,000
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$103,000
CROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN$102,000
DILWORTH CENTER$101,000
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FDN$101,000
CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIBRARY FOUNDATION$100,000
FFTC- HUGH MCCOLL PARK$100,000
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 (FY21–24, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%YMCA OF CATAWBA VALLEY: $27k → 12%BOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC: $500 → 21%LEARNING ALLY: $1k → 11%UNION COUNTY CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $500 → 7%YMCA OF CATAWBA VALLEY: $25k → 12%BOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC: $500 → 21%LEARNING ALLY: $1k → 11%UNION COUNTY CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $500 → 7%LEARNING ALLY: $1k → 11%LEARNING ALLY: $1k → 11%GRANDFATHER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 14%PREVENT BLINDNESS NORTH CAROLINA: $500 → 8%PREVENT BLINDNESS NORTH CAROLINA: $500 → 8%NOURISH UP: $50k → 10%ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK: $2k → 10%HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE CHARLOTTE REGION: $127k → 10%HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE CHARLOTTE REGION: $126k → 10%HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE CHARLOTTE REGION: $1k → 10%SOUTHMINSTER: $155k → 10%SOUTHMINSTER: $105k → 10%SOUTHMINSTER: $100k → 10%SOUTHMINSTER: $55k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $300k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $100k → 10%YMCA - YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $50k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $50k → 10%ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK: $2k → 10%ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK: $2k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $2k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $2k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $2k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $2k → 10%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.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
GA

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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$13M · 203 repeat orgs$4.4M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +19% since the first grant, against -2% for the ones you funded once.

203 repeat relationships — 147 still active in FY2024, 56 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

203
155

Total granted

$13M
$3.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
-2%

Still filing today

55%
12%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $809k 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
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther

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

  • Davidson College
    4× · 2021–2024 · $728k · revenue +52%
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $500k · revenue +22%
  • SI
    SOUTHMINSTER INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $415k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • BA
    BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $200k · revenue +35%
  • HF
    HOPEWAY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $200k
  • PM
    PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $200k

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
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
2
Greensboro College

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Education
3
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
4
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
5
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
6
Columbia College

Columbia college provides educational opportunities that develop students' capacity for critical thought and expression, life-long learning, acceptance of personal responsibilty, and commitment to service and social justice.

Education
7
Brevard College Corporation

Brevard college is committed to an experiential liberal arts education that encourages personal growth and inspires artistic, intellectual, and social action.

Education
8
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
9
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
10
Carleton College

See schedule o.founded in 1866, carleton college is a private, coeducational liberal arts college of 2,007 students located in the historic river town of northfield, minnesota. nationally recognized as the nation's top college for…

Education
11
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
12
Charlotte Christian School

Charlotte christian school is a christ-centered, college preparatory school, equipping and developing students to effectively integrate biblical truth and learning nto their daily lives and to impact the culture for christ.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Educational Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyHealth Access Advocacy and …Public Library OperationsCommunity College Foundatio…Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…United Way AffiliatesChristian Missionary Organi…Youth Development ServicesCancer Support ServicesPolicy Research and AdvocacyCommunity Arts CentersDance Arts OrganizationsChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Senior Support ServicesEnvironmental Conservation …Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Independent K-12 SchoolsYmca Youth DevelopmentCommunity Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 50 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%1%<5yr16%5%5–10yr20%10%10–20yr14%13%20–35yr12%27%35–55yr12%45%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%8%<5yr16%2%5–10yr20%19%10–20yr14%18%20–35yr12%23%35–55yr12%29%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 8% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/147
the rest of the field
15%
7,957/53,033

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

141 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. 141 of the 378 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
141/141
Grantees still filing
93/141
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $903,000 · OtherNOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIONNC STATE UNIVERSITY — $690,000 · OtherNC STATE UNIVERSITYSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $300,000 · OtherWing Haven Foundation Inc DBA Wing Haven Garden & Bird Sanctuary — $304,000 · Other+132 more — $6,707,340 · Other+132 moreDavidson College — $728,000 · EducationDavidson CollegeCENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $409,000 · EducationCENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNI…CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — $358,000 · EducationCHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SC…TRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL — $350,000 · EducationTRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOLPFEIFFER UNIVERSITY — $304,000 · EducationPFEIFFER UNIVERSITYCHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $300,000 · EducationCHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LI…LEES-MCRAE COLLEGE INC — $204,000 · EducationLEES-MCRAE COLLEGE INCBELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE INC — $200,000 · EducationBELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE IN…Elon University — $169,000 · Education+19 more — $697,333 · Education+19 moreDilworth Center for Chemical Dependency — $404,000 · HealthDilworth …CROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN — $208,000 · HealthCROSSNORE…HopeWay Foundation — $175,000 · HealthHopeWay F…Charlotte Neuroscience Foundation DBA Memory and Movement Charlotte — $175,000 · HealthCharlotte…CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION — $156,000 · HealthCHARLOTTE…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC — $81,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WI…Pats Place Child Advocacy Center — $60,000 · Health+5 more — $105,000 · Health+5 moreYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE — $500,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHMINSTER INC — $415,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE CHARLOTTE REGION — $255,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CATAWBA VALLEY INC — $52,000 · Human ServicesNourish Up — $50,000 · Human ServicesGrandfather Community Foundation Inc — $50,000 · Human Services+4 more — $31,500 · Human ServicesCOALITION FOR LIBERTY INC — $750,000 · Civil Rights+1 more — $6,000 · Civil RightsSullenberger Aviation Museum — $250,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LYNNWOOD FOUNDATION — $150,000 · Arts & CultureTHE GENERALS REDOUBT — $60,000 · Arts & CultureCHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC — $52,400 · Arts & CultureThe Childrens Theatre of Charlotte Inc — $20,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $14,000 · Arts & CultureAPPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC — $301,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $54,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC — $40,000 · PhilanthropyPhilanthropy Southeast Inc — $36,870 · Philanthropy+1 more — $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$8,904,340Education$3,719,333Health$1,364,000Human Services$1,353,500Civil Rights$756,000Arts & Culture$546,400Philanthropy$441,870

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCOALITION FOR LIBERTY INC — $750,000 over 2y, 99% of budgetDavidson College — $728,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE — $500,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTHMINSTER INC — $415,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $409,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetDilworth Center for Chemical Dependency — $404,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetCHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — $358,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL — $350,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetPFEIFFER UNIVERSITY — $304,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWing Haven Foundation Inc DBA Wing Haven Garden & Bird Sanctuary — $304,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetAPPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC — $301,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $300,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $300,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetHOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE CHARLOTTE REGION — $255,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSullenberger Aviation Museum — $250,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN — $208,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLEES-MCRAE COLLEGE INC — $204,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetBELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE INC — $200,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY — $200,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetHopeWay Foundation — $175,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCharlotte Neuroscience Foundation DBA Memory and Movement Charlotte — $175,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetElon University — $169,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION — $156,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFLORENCE CRITTENTON INC — $150,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTHE LYNNWOOD FOUNDATION — $150,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetHeart Math Tutoring Inc — $105,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetHOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION — $104,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA INCORPORATED — $104,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC — $100,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE JOHN CROSLAND SCHOOL — $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC — $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC — $81,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBrookstone Schools of Mecklenburg County — $75,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE GENERALS REDOUBT — $60,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetPats Place Child Advocacy Center — $60,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $54,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEREDITH COLLEGE — $54,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetST ANDREWS UNIVERSITY — $54,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $53,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC — $52,400 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CATAWBA VALLEY INC — $52,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNourish Up — $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAROLINA YOUTH COALITION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN STEWARDSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGrandfather Community Foundation Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetATRIUM HEALTH FOUNDATION — $42,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC — $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROCKY MOUNT ACADEMY — $40,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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 COALITION FOR LIBERTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Davidson College ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHMINSTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Dilworth Center for Chemical Dependency ↗
  • Who funds CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PFEIFFER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Wing Haven Foundation Inc DBA Wing Haven Garden & Bird Sanctuary ↗
  • Who funds APPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE CHARLOTTE REGION ↗
  • Who funds Sullenberger Aviation Museum ↗
  • Who funds CROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds LEES-MCRAE COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds BELMONT ABBEY COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds DOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds HopeWay Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Charlotte Neuroscience Foundation DBA Memory and Movement Charlotte ↗
  • Who funds Elon University ↗
  • Who funds CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds FLORENCE CRITTENTON INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LYNNWOOD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Heart Math Tutoring 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.

Foundation for the Ca…The Winston-Salem Fou…Duke Energy FoundationThe Cannon Foundation…Dowd Foundation IncThe Leon Levine Found…United Way of Greater…Albemarle FoundationPhilip L Van Every Fo…Foundation for the Ch…The Presbyterian Hosp…Ibm International Fou…
Foundation for the CarolinasNC85× affinity62 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Dowd Foundation Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Albemarle Foundation · Philip L Van Every Foundation · Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community · The Presbyterian Hospital · Ibm International 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 Dickson 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Learning Ally Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
41report 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 Dickson Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Dickson 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 378 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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