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The Forest At Duke Inc

To provide a caring, responsible community that fosters the independence of residents of retirement age by enhancing their capability to lead purposeful, active, healthy and secure lives.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
48
Grants FY2025still arriving
States reached
$60k
Largest
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 FY20172025.

Education$1.7MHealth$1.3MArts & Culture$1.0MHuman Services$881kHousing & Shelter$814kYouth Development$359kFood & Nutrition$344kEmployment$324kOther$0
02FY2025 · 48 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 48 grants below total $1,331,232 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,388,752 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $57,520 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k34 grants · $850k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $435k
$25,000
Median grant
States reached
$244M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Durham Nativity School$60,000
Durham Literacy Center$60,000
Lakewood School$60,000
Local Start Dental$55,000
Hill Learning Center$50,000
Leading Age Foundation - Hurricane Helene$50,000
Urban Ministries of Durham$50,000
Durham Tech Foundation$50,000
Cristo Rey Research Triangle$47,500
Meals on Wheels of Durham$47,418
North Carolina Symphony$45,000
Boys & Girls Club of Durham$43,900
Liberty Arts Inc$40,000
Exchange Family Center$40,000
Center for Child and Family Health$40,000
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–23, $407k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%INTERFAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $12k → 8%LEADINGAGE NC FOUNDATION: $60k → 8%LEADINGAGE NC FOUNDATION: $50k → 8%LeadingAge NC: $50k → 8%TRUTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $60k → 11%LEADINGAGE NC FOUNDATION: $50k → 8%MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE TRIANGLE: $50k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS: $25k → 11%DRESS FOR SUCCESS: $20k → 11%DRESS FOR SUCCESS: $20k → 11%Dress for Success: $10k → 11%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.
$6.7M · 47 repeat orgs$443k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +25% since the first grant, against +5% for the ones you funded once.

47 repeat relationships — 37 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
14

Total granted

$6.7M
$257k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+5%

Still filing today

89%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $186k 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
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalFood & NutritionOther

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

  • DURHAM CENTER FOR SENIOR LIFE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $438k · revenue +58%
  • Urban Ministries of Durham Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $370k · revenue +65%
  • Meals on Wheels of Durham Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $325k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • TF
    TRUTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $60k
  • TM
    THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE TRIANGLE
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +10%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $30k

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
Durhamcares Inc

Help Durham residents love neighbors.

Philanthropy
2
The Durham Museum

Provide relevant educational and entertaining opportunities within the region that exceed customer expectations, while preserving our community's vibrant cultural history.

Arts & Culture
3
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
4
Durham Central Park

Durham central park is an exciting downtown destination that offers a venue for cultural activities and is part of a 24-hour, authentic, walkable, neighborhood for arts, recreation and locally owned businesses.

Community Improvement
5
Durham Home Inc
6
The Lgbtq Center of Durham Inc

To create a community where all LGBTQ+ lived experiences are affirmed, supported, and celebrated.

Human Services
7
Durham Dreams Youth Mentorship Foundation

To improve outcomes for students in the Durham community by providing programs focused on academic success, social-emotional well being, and leadership.

8
Research Triangle Regional Partnership

The research triangle regional partnership is an association of area economic development agencies dedicated to keeping the research triangle region economically strong by collectively marketing the region's competitive advantages and…

9
Durham Regional Association of Realtors Inc

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

10
Durham Congregations in Action

Dcia organizes communities of diverse faiths to work for racial justice, social equity, and human dignity.

Human Services
11
Student U

Our mission is to empower and equip first-generation college students in durham public schools, their families, and educators to become the leaders that will transform our city.

Education
12
The Durham Museum Foundation Inc

The primary mission of the durham museum foundation is solicitation, receipt and management of funds received through contributions, gifts, grants and other fundraising sources to support the durham museum.

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Durham Library Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Raleigh Business and Professional Network. 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 backsteadyAffordable Housing Developm…Performing Arts Organizatio…K-8 Charter and Private Sch…Youth Education & Economic …Pet Rescue and AdoptionYouth Support and Developme…Youth & Adaptive Sports Pro…Emergency Assistance & Cris…Duke University Support Org…Student Support & Enrichmen…
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 35 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number28%8%<5yr17%8%5–10yr20%8%10–20yr14%26%20–35yr12%36%35–55yr9%15%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value28%6%<5yr17%11%5–10yr20%3%10–20yr14%29%20–35yr12%31%35–55yr9%19%55yr+

The field is 28% startups (under 5 years old) — 8% of your grantees by number, and just 6% 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%0/68
the rest of the field
15%
1,244/8,463

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

60 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. 60 of the 70 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/60
Grantees still filing
42/60
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS — $452,970 · OtherDURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLSDURHAM CENTER FOR SENIOR LIFE — $437,500 · OtherDURHAM CENTER FOR SENIOR LIFEUrban Ministries of Durham Inc — $370,000 · OtherUrban Ministries of Durham IncBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DURHAM AND ORANGE COUNTIES — $264,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DURHAM AND ORANGE COUNT…Durham Literacy Center — $105,275 · OtherTHE CENTER FOR DOCUMENTARY STUDIES — $100,000 · OtherMeals on Wheels of Durham Inc — $324,922 · OtherMeals on Wheels of Durham Inc+27 more — $778,279 · Other+27 moreLOCAL START DENTAL INC — $295,000 · HealthLOCAL START DENTAL…SENIOR PHARMASSIST INC — $275,000 · HealthSENIOR PHARMASSIST…CARING HOUSE INC — $260,478 · HealthCARING HOUSE INCLINCOLN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC — $190,450 · HealthLINCOLN COMMUNITY …Community Health Coalition — $86,500 · HealthCommunity Health C…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $50,250 · Health+1 more — $15,500 · HealthDURHAM LITERACY CENTER INC — $195,000 · EducationDURHAM LITERACY C…DURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL INC — $195,000 · EducationDURHAM NATIVITY S…Durham Colored Library Inc — $188,560 · EducationDurham Colored Li…DURHAM LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $181,000 · EducationDURHAM LIBRARY FO…DURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $114,840 · EducationDURHAM TECHNICAL …THE HILL CENTER INC — $95,000 · EducationTHE HILL CENTER I…TRIANGLE RESEARCH LIBRARIES NETWORK INC — $50,000 · EducationDURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $45,000 · EducationBOOK HARVEST — $42,500 · Education+1 more — $10,400 · EducationLEADINGAGE NORTH CAROLINA — $210,000 · Human ServicesLEADINGAGE…STEPUP DURHAM — $209,000 · Human ServicesSTEPUP DUR…DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC — $115,000 · Human ServicesDRESS FOR …TRUTH FOUNDATION — $60,000 · Human ServicesTRUTH FOUN…THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE TRIANGLE — $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE MIRACL…+1 more — $11,568 · Human ServicesMUSEUM OF DURHAM HISTORY — $109,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC — $99,500 · Arts & CultureCarolina Theatre of Durham Inc — $90,000 · Arts & CultureLIBERTY ARTS INC — $85,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL INC — $67,500 · Arts & CultureMUSIC MAKER FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF LIFE & SCIENCE INC — $17,285 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $15,000 · Arts & CultureCenter for Child and Family Health Inc — $213,500 · Crime & LegalThe Exchange Clubs Child Abuse Prevention Center — $208,033 · Crime & LegalCASA — $264,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING FOR NEW HOPE — $135,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$2,832,946Health$1,173,178Education$1,117,300Human Services$655,568Arts & Culture$513,285Crime & Legal$421,533Housing & Shelter$399,000

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 budgetDURHAM CENTER FOR SENIOR LIFE — $437,500 over 9y, 7.9% of budgetUrban Ministries of Durham Inc — $370,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Durham Inc — $324,922 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetLOCAL START DENTAL INC — $295,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetSENIOR PHARMASSIST INC — $275,000 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DURHAM AND ORANGE COUNTIES — $264,000 over 9y, 7.4% of budgetCASA — $264,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetCARING HOUSE INC — $260,478 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetCenter for Child and Family Health Inc — $213,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetLEADINGAGE NORTH CAROLINA — $210,000 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetSTEPUP DURHAM — $209,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetThe Exchange Clubs Child Abuse Prevention Center — $208,033 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetDURHAM LITERACY CENTER INC — $195,000 over 7y, 6.4% of budgetDURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL INC — $195,000 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetLINCOLN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC — $190,450 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetDurham Colored Library Inc — $188,560 over 7y, 29% of budgetDURHAM LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $181,000 over 8y, 8.9% of budgetHOUSING FOR NEW HOPE — $135,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC — $115,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetDURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $114,840 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetMUSEUM OF DURHAM HISTORY — $109,000 over 7y, 6.8% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR DOCUMENTARY STUDIES — $100,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC — $99,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HILL CENTER INC — $95,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCarolina Theatre of Durham Inc — $90,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Health Coalition — $86,500 over 3y, 12% of budgetLIBERTY ARTS INC — $85,000 over 4y, 9.3% of budgetCRISTO REY RESEARCH TRIANGLE CORPORATE WORK STUDY PROGRAM INC — $83,500 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetLyons Farm Elementary PTA — $67,700 over 3y, 41% of budgetTRIANGLE RADIO READING SERVICE — $67,500 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetAMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL INC — $67,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $50,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE TRIANGLE — $50,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetSt Josephs Historic Foundation — $50,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetTRIANGLE RESEARCH LIBRARIES NETWORK INC — $50,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetDURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $45,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBOOK HARVEST — $42,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTRIANGLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS INC — $41,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF DURHAM — $35,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetMUSIC MAKER FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetGREATER DURHAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $28,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY OF DURHAM — $21,579 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDURHAM CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE — $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF LIFE & SCIENCE INC — $17,285 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBENNIEGIRL HEALTHY LIFESTLYE BRANDING & EVENTS — $15,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetThe Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle — $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE — $11,568 over 1y, 0.1% 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 DURHAM CENTER FOR SENIOR LIFE
  • Who funds Urban Ministries of Durham Inc
  • Who funds Meals on Wheels of Durham Inc
  • Who funds LOCAL START DENTAL INC
  • Who funds SENIOR PHARMASSIST INC
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DURHAM AND ORANGE COUNTIES
  • Who funds CASA
  • Who funds CARING HOUSE INC
  • Who funds Center for Child and Family Health Inc
  • Who funds LEADINGAGE NORTH CAROLINA
  • Who funds STEPUP DURHAM
  • Who funds The Exchange Clubs Child Abuse Prevention Center
  • Who funds DURHAM LITERACY CENTER INC
  • Who funds DURHAM NATIVITY SCHOOL INC
  • Who funds LINCOLN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC
  • Who funds Durham Colored Library Inc
  • Who funds DURHAM LIBRARY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds HOUSING FOR NEW HOPE
  • Who funds DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC
  • Who funds DURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF DURHAM HISTORY
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR DOCUMENTARY STUDIES
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds THE HILL CENTER INC
  • Who funds Carolina Theatre of Durham Inc
  • Who funds Community Health Coalition
  • Who funds LIBERTY ARTS INC
  • Who funds CRISTO REY RESEARCH TRIANGLE CORPORATE WORK STUDY PROGRAM INC
  • Who funds THE NORTH CAROLINA HOMES FOR THE AGING FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds Lyons Farm Elementary PTA
  • Who funds TRIANGLE RADIO READING SERVICE
  • Who funds AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL INC
  • Who funds TRUTH FOUNDATION
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
  • Who funds THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF THE TRIANGLE
  • Who funds St Josephs Historic Foundation
  • Who funds TRIANGLE RESEARCH LIBRARIES NETWORK 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 IncNC76× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke University · Duke University Health System Inc · Durham Merchants Association Charitable Foundation · The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Missionpost Pmb #101 · Fox Family Foundation Inc · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Aj Fletcher Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · Fm Kirby Foundation Inc · 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 Forest At Duke 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
202122232425
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.

    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 70 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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