· Private foundation
The Grace and Hope Foundation Inc
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k19 grants · $97k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $310k
- $250k+2 grants · $1.5M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CAMP CANAAN | $1,000,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500,000 |
| MATTHEWS HELP CENTER | $125,000 |
| SERVANT'S HEART OF MINT HILL | $125,000 |
| CHRIST OUR SHEPHERD MINISTRY | $60,000 |
| LEARNING HELP CENTERS CHARLOTTE | $7,000 |
| CHANGED CHOICES | $5,000 |
| YOUNG LIFE UNV CITY | $5,000 |
| HANDS FOR HOLLY FUND | $5,000 |
| MEPHIBOSHETH FARMS ANGELIC RIDE | $5,000 |
| BLESSED ASSURANCE ADULT DAY | $5,000 |
| TURNING POINT OF UNION COUNTY | $5,000 |
| COMMON HEART INC | $5,000 |
| CCSC | $5,000 |
| KINDERMOURN | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $206k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2021, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCCamp Canaan4× · 2017–2021 · $1.0M · revenue +229% · 33% of their budget
- MHMATTHEWS HELP CENTER5× · 2017–2021 · $146k · revenue +141%
- SHServants Heart of Mint Hill Inc5× · 2017–2021 · $141k · revenue +200%
Funded once
- RERainbow Express Ministriesgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +67%
- P2Project 2 Healgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +199%
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.
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.
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.
To unite the Church to transform the city through the power of the Gospel.
We minister to orphans and widows in their distress by transitioning children from orphanages into loving families. We do this through Christ- centered care, training and social work.
The Shepherds Center of Charlotte enriches the lives of older adults by providing a network of support to increase social connection, expand access to critical resources, and combat the negative effects of isolation.
Safe Harbor provides a faith-based community for rebuilding, renewing, and recovery. We work together with volunteers and other nonprofit organizations to provide a wide range of services to those experiencing homelessness, single mothers,…
The mission of WNC Lighthouse Inc is Changing lives, by being a light for Christ our Lord. Our vision is To be fully devoted to Jesus Christ, by opening our arms and providing Christian services to the underseved children, adults and…
We provide accessible biblical counseling and training, walking alongside hurting people, which leads to Christ-centered hope, help, and healing, for the Triangle and beyond.
Covenant Care Services, Inc. is a non-profit faith-based adoption agency serving birthmothers and adoptive families in the state of Georgia. The Organization counsels women experiencing unplanned pregancy and educates them about the option…
Humane Society of Charlotte mission is to champion the wellbeing of companion animals and strengthen their bond with the people who know, love, and need them.
Christian Berets is a nondenominational ministry serving the mentally and physically disabled and their families by sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ primarily through camping programs to help meet their emotional, physical, and spiritual…
The mission of Selah International Counseling Ministries is to glorify God as we serve and equip His church, providing leadership and service through counseling, counseling resources, and counseling training.
Home, Counseling & Support for Hurting Teens
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 29 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Camp Canaan ↗
- Who funds MATTHEWS HELP CENTER ↗
- Who funds Servants Heart of Mint Hill Inc ↗
- Who funds BRIGHT BLESSINGS ↗
- Who funds HANDS FOR HOLLY MEMORIAL FUND ↗
- Who funds Playing For Others ↗
- Who funds COMMON HEART INC ↗
- Who funds CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds MEPHIBOSETH FARMS ANGELIC RIDERS ↗
- Who funds Missionary Athletes International and Charlotte Eagles Inc ↗
- Who funds Changed Choices Inc ↗
- Who funds KinderMourn Inc ↗
- Who funds Lois Lodge Inc ↗
- Who funds Care Ring Inc ↗
- Who funds Arborbrook Christian Academy ↗
- Who funds Rainbow Express Ministries ↗
- Who funds Hope Cancer Ministries ↗
- Who funds BABY BUNDLES ↗
- Who funds Project 2 Heal ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · True Homes Foundation Inc · Albemarle Foundation · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Merancas Foundation Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Grace and Hope Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Grace and Hope Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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