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The Eason Foundation at a glance

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The Eason Foundation

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.

$38k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$113kArts & Culture$85kFood & Nutrition$63kHousing & Shelter$60kHuman Services$15kPhilanthropy$15kPublic Benefit$15kHealth$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $28k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$230k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL$17,500
URBAN MINISTRIES OF DURHAM$10,000
ROARING GAP FOUNDATION$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 17%. 9% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 17%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $25k → 22%AWARE AFFAIRS: $5k → 14%ARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALEX: $5k → 17%DUKE GARDENS: $50k → 11%CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS: $42k → 13%ARBOR ACRES UNITED METHODIST RETIRM: $500 → 15%ROARING GAP FOUNDATION: $5k → 16%FACT RELIEF FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%CONNELL F SMITHHOMER BROWN SCHOLA: $1k → 13%ROARING GAP FOUNDATION: $10k → 8%FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL EASTERN NORT: $5k → 11%CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS: $30k → 13%CHERRY LAND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME: $500 → 16%FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL EASTERN NORT: $5k → 11%CHERRY LAND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME: $500 → 16%FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL EASTERN NORT: $500 → 11%CHERRY LANE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME: $500 → 16%DURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL: $18k → 11%CHERRY LAND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTME: $500 → 16%DURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL: $18k → 11%ALLEGHANY COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD: $500 → 16%DURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL: $18k → 11%ALLEGHANY COUNTY RESCURE SQUAD: $250 → 16%DURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL: $18k → 11%DURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL: $18k → 11%URBAN MINISTRIES OF DURHAM: $10k → 11%URBAN MINISTRIES OF DURHAM: $10k → 11%EMILY K CENTER: $10k → 11%EMILY K CENTER: $5k → 11%THE NASHER MUSEUM OF ART: $5k → 11%SARAH P DUKE GARDENS: $3k → 11%THE NASHER MUSEUM OF ART: $3k → 11%DUKE UNIVERSITY ALS CENTER: $1k → 11%IGLESIA PREBITERIANA EMANUEL: $1k → 11%IGLESIA PREBITERIANA EMANUEL: $1k → 11%BIENVENIDOS IGLESIA PRESBITERIANA E: $1k → 11%TRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SU: $3k → 11%TRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SU: $3k → 11%TROSA DURHAM: $3k → 11%TROSA: $1k → 11%BOOK HARVEST: $500 → 11%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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$279k · 12 repeat orgs$85k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
12

Total granted

$279k
$80k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
0%

Still filing today

42%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentPublic Safety & DisasterPublic BenefitOther
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

  • DURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $88k · revenue +8%
  • Urban Ministries of Durham Inc
    4× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +22%
  • TR
    TRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $6k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • DG
    DUKE GARDENS
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • RG
    ROARING GAP FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • FR
    FACT RELIEF FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
The Arc of North Carolina Inc

The Arc of North Carolina is committed to securing for all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities the opportunity to choose and realize their goals of where and how they learn, live, work, and play.

Human Services
2
Restorative Transitions Inc

Re-entry Program in Durham NC

Crime & Legal
3
The Raleigh Rescue Mission Inc

Believing every individual has sacred value, we equip people to impact the world for good through the love of jesus christ.

Human Services
4
Triangle Radio Reading Service

North carolina reading service turns printed informataion into an audio based media accessible to people who are blind or who have a print disability. a print disability includes anything that prevents someone from holding a book,…

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5
Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County

A local united christian organization and ministry dedicated to providing love, hope, respect and a new beginning for the homeless, offering a holistic care program that leads to true lasting healing.

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6
Durham Community Land Trustees Inc

Build strong communities by developing, managing, and advocating for permanent affordable housing that provides durham residents with low to moderate incomes a stable foundation for achieving economic security.

Housing & Shelter
7
Housing for New Hope

To end homelessness one valuable person at a time

Housing & Shelter
8
InReach

Dedicated to providing high quality residential and community services to individuals with developmental and other disabilities in Mecklenburg and surrounding counties.

Human Services
9
Disability Rights North Carolina

Disability rights north carolina is a legal advocacy organization that advances and defends the rights of people with all types of disabilities, of all ages, throughout north carolina.

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10
Threshold Inc

Threshold works to improve the quality of life for adults with severe and persistent mental illness in durham county by providing a supportive environment with opportunities that address vocational, educational, social, recreational, and…

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11
Durham Regional Association of Realtors Inc

To promote real estate by providing ethical, professional services to its members and consumers seeking real estate information

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12
Pembroke Rescue Squad Inc

Provides emergency medical and rescue services to the pembroke nc and surrounding communities.

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Durham Nativity School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Roaring Gap Foundation 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

9 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. 9 of the 26 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS: $72,000 · OtherCAROLINA PERFORMING ARTSUrban Ministries of Durham Inc: $60,000 · OtherUrban Ministries of Durham IncDUKE GARDENS: $50,000 · OtherDUKE GARDENSEMILY K CENTER: $15,000 · OtherEMILY K CENTERROARING GAP FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherROARING GAP FOUNDATIONFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL EASTERN NORT: $10,500 · Other+14 more: $41,000 · Other+14 moreDURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL INC: $87,500 · EducationDURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL INCTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $25,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PE…+1 more: $500 · EducationROARING GAP FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Public BenefitREALITY MINISTRIES INC: $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentALLEGHANY COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD INC: $750 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$263,500Education$113,000Public Benefit$10,000Youth Development$1,500Public Safety & Disaster$750

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 budgetDURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL INC: $87,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetUrban Ministries of Durham Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROARING GAP FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetTRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREALITY MINISTRIES INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALLEGHANY COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD INC: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOOK HARVEST: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArbor Acres United Methodist Retirement Community Inc: $500 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.

  • Who funds DURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Urban Ministries of Durham Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds ROARING GAP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS INC ↗
  • Who funds REALITY MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLEGHANY COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD INC ↗
  • Who funds BOOK HARVEST ↗
  • Who funds Arbor Acres United Methodist Retirement Community Inc ↗

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.

Triangle Community Fo…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Triangle Community Foundation IncNC13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Eason Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Eason 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.

    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 26 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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