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The Givens Estates Inc

Improving lives through communities, services, and outreach core values our core values are commitment, caring, courage and collaboration.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$295kHuman Services$112kPhilanthropy$78kReligion$38kPublic Safety & Disaster$24kCommunity Improvement$21kArts & Culture$15kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $35,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,435,152 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,400,152 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$416M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Asheville Symphony$15,000
Haywood Street Community Development$10,000
Four Seasons Foundation$10,000
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, $57k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%FOUR SEASONS FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%FOUR SEASONS FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%Four Seasons Foundation: $10k → 12%FOUR SEASONS FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%Four Seasons Foundation: $10k → 12%COUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY: $7k → 12%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$545k · 7 repeat orgs$54k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +45% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
5

Total granted

$545k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+45%

Still filing today

71%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
Human ServicesEducationPhilanthropyHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • MA
    MOUNTAIN AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $146k · revenue +148%
  • MI
    MemoryCare Inc
    5× · 2019–2023 · $139k · revenue +68%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $78k · revenue +209%

Funded once

  • CC
    CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF HOPE
    one grant, 2022 · $11k
  • CO
    COUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $7k · revenue -39%
  • SV
    SWANNANOA VALLEY CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
    one grant, 2023 · $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
Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Found ation
Health
2
Wnc Health Network Inc

WNC Health Network, Inc supports people and organizations to improve community health and wellbeing across Western North Carolina.

Health
3
North Carolina Community Health Center Assoc Inc

To promote community based primary health care systems in medically underserved areas.

Health
4
Ashe County Recovery and Restoration

Ashe County Recovery and Restoration was established in October 2024 in response to the devastation in Ashe County, nc that occured as a result of Hurricane Helene.

Public Safety & Disaster
5
Meals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc

Meals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health, safety, and independence of homebound older adults by providing nutritious, home-delivered meals and meaningful moments of…

Food & Nutrition
6
Hospice of Yancey County Inc

Our Mission - We aspire to a Higher Standard of Care. We are dedicated to being recognized as the hospice of choice in our community and for being the most respected and trusted experts in palliative and hospice care.

Human Services
7
North Carolina Psychiatric Association

To promote the science, art and practice of psychiatry and to maintain high professional standards in this field in the state of North Carolina.

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8
Haywood Pathways Center Inc

Guided by faith, love, and respect, we provide food, shelter, and individualized supportive services for Haywood County residents.

Housing & Shelter
9
Asheville-Buncombe Regional Sports Commission

The main areas of emphasis for Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission are to attract sports events, generate positive economic development, and provide wellness programs that enhance the quality of life for the residents of Buncombe…

Recreation & Sports
10
All Souls Counseling Center

All Souls Counseling Centers (ASCC) mission is to serve as a leading nonprofit provider and community partner for quality mental health counseling, outreach, and education with a focus on those who are underinsured and uninsured in Western…

Health
11
First Choice Community Health Ctrs

Providing healthcare to the underserved population of Harnett County NC and the surrounding area.

Health
12
Alliance for a Healthier South Carolina

Convene and connect diverse stakeholders to align and catalyze efforts to improve health and well-being for communities across South Carolina.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Haywood Street Community Development. 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

10 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. 10 of the 14 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)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MOUNTAIN AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER INC: $146,000 · EducationMOUNTAIN AREA HEALTH EDUCAT…MemoryCare Inc: $139,328 · HealthMemoryCare IncLEADINGAGE NORTH CAROLINA: $65,000 · Human ServicesLEADINGAGE NORTH CAROLIN…Four Seasons Compassion for Life Foundation: $50,000 · Human ServicesFour Seasons Compassion …COUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesCOUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNC…Blue Ridge Pride Center Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesGENERAL BOARD OF GLOBAL MINISTRIES OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHUCH INC: $33,279 · OtherGENERAL BOARD O…HAYWOOD STREET CONGREGATION: $33,279 · OtherHAYWOOD STREET …CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF HOPE: $11,470 · OtherCHRISTIAN CHURC…SWANNANOA VALLEY CHRISTIAN MINISTRY: $5,100 · OtherSWANNANOA VALLE…+1 more: $500 · OtherUNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $77,960 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF …Asheville Symphony Society Inc: $15,000 · Arts & CultureHaywood Street Community Development: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Education$146,000Health$139,328Human Services$127,000Other$83,628Philanthropy$77,960Arts & Culture$15,000Housing & Shelter$10,000

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 budgetMOUNTAIN AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER INC: $146,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMemoryCare Inc: $139,328 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $77,960 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLEADINGAGE NORTH CAROLINA: $65,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetFour Seasons Compassion for Life Foundation: $50,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetAsheville Symphony Society Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHaywood Street Community Development: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCOUNCIL ON AGING OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBlue Ridge Pride Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetChildren FirstCommunities In Schools of Buncombe County Inc: $500 over 2y, 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.

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.

The Community Foundat…Dogwood Health TrustDeerfield Episcopal R…Walnut Cove Members A…United Way of Ashevil…Wnc Bridge FoundationThe Cannon Foundation…Deerfield Charitable …Mission Hospital IncRichard Eckerd Founda…Pisgah Health Foundat…Community Foundation …
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina IncNC25.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Dogwood Health Trust · Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community Inc · Walnut Cove Members Association Inc · United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc · Wnc Bridge Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Deerfield Charitable Foundation · Mission Hospital Inc · Richard Eckerd Foundation Inc · Pisgah Health Foundation · Community Foundation of Henderson County 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 Givens Estates Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Givens Estates Inc. 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
    6report 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 14 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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