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· Public charity

The Health Foundation Inc

To improve the health and well-being of the people in our communities.

$505k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$113k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$693kEducation$424kRecreation & Sports$339kHousing & Shelter$187kFood & Nutrition$148kCrime & Legal$145kHuman Services$125kPublic Safety & Disaster$112kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 16 grants below total $380,140, the rows itemized in this filing. The $505,149 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $125,009 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.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k15 grants · $267k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $113k
$15,994
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WILKES COUNTY SCHOOLS$113,033
HOSPITALITY HOUSE$43,255
SAMARITAN KITCHEN OF WILKES$33,000
WILKES DENTAL CONSORTIUM INC$28,238
WILKES YOUTH LIFE DEVELOPMENT$26,000
WILKES COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT$20,000
BLUE RIDGE OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION INC$18,020
WILKES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN$15,994
WILKES LITERACY$11,600
ECHO MINISTRY$11,000
WILKES CIRCLES OF CARE$10,000
SAFE SPOT CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF WILKES$10,000
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY$10,000
CARENET COUNSELING OF WILKES$10,000
WILKES FAMILY YMCA$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $91k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%WILKES FAMILY YMCA: $10k → 19%BLUE RIDGE OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION INC: $18k → 19%WILKES CIRCLES OF CARE: $11k → 19%WILKES CIRCLES OF CARE: $10k → 19%WILKES CIRCLES OF CARE: $10k → 19%WILKES CIRCLE OF CARE: $8k → 19%BLUE RIDGE OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION: $8k → 19%WILKES CIRCLE OF CARE: $8k → 19%WILKES CIRCLE OF CARE: $8k → 19%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of The Health Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in NC; by stated purpose, 95%.

The Health Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 23 repeat orgs$121k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
7

Total granted

$2.6M
$111k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+27%

Still filing today

83%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
HealthHuman ServicesReligionEnvironmentEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • WR
    WILKES RECOVERY REVOLUTION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $321k · revenue ×16
  • HH
    HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
    6× · 2020–2025 · $163k · revenue +142%
  • SS
    SAFE SPOT CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF WILKES
    3× · 2022–2025 · $155k · revenue +112% · 41% of their budget

Funded once

  • WR
    WILKES RESCUE SQUAD INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +20%
  • TO
    TOWN OF NORTH WILKESBORO
    one grant, 2021 · $24k
  • NW
    NORTH WILKESBORO HOUSING AUTHORITY
    one grant, 2022 · $22k
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
Adult Enrichment Services of Wilkes

To provide adult day health services in a safe, enriching atmosphere. participants will be cared for with dignity, compassion, and acceptance by an exceptional staff dedicated to meeting their needs.

Human Services
2
Wilkes County Community Partnership Inc

To serve as a catalyst for improving results for Georgia's children, families and communities.

Philanthropy
3
Wilkes Economic Development Corporation

Economic development of wilkes county

Community Improvement
4
Wilkes Vocational Services Inc

To provide jobs and training to individuals who, due to physical or mental handicaps, have been unable to obtain a regular position in the workforce of the community. basic skills such as mathematics and personal grooming are taught by the…

Employment
5
Wilkes Playmakers Inc

Provide cultural and artistic programs for the public of Wilkes County, NC and the surrounding area

Arts & Culture
6
Wilkes Art Gallery Inc

The wilkes art gallery provides art exhibits from a variety of artistic media. they also organize art education classes and programs for students and adults of wilkes county, nc and surrounding areas.

Arts & Culture
7
United Way of Wilkes County Inc

UNITED WAY OF WILKES COUNTY IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF OUR CITIZENS BY UNDERWRITING IDENTIFIED PROGRAMS THAT ENHANCE THEIR WELL-BEING THROUGH OUR FIFTEEN PARTNER AGENCIES. THE UNITED WAY OF WILKES COUNTY ANNUALLY IMPACTS OVER…

Philanthropy
8
Wilkes Senior Resources Inc

To provide services, education, and information that promote quality of life and active aging for senior citizens.

Human Services
9
Wilkes Education Foundation Inc

To assist educational functions

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10
Walker County Childrens Advocacy Center Inc

Walker County Childrens Advocacy Center, Inc. will provide services to child victims of physical and sexual abuse, severely neglected children and children who have witnessed a violent crime. The Center will work every day to try and stop…

Human Services
11
Wilkes Pregnancy Care Center Inc

Committed to helping women and men make life affirming choices concerning pregnancy relationship & sexual behavior. our goal is to empower these women & men by providing them the tools necessary to make life changing decisions.

Health
12
Wirt County Health Services Association Inc

Provision of primary and preventive care services to the rural population of wirt, jackson, and wood counties in west virginia and the surrounding areas.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wilkes Community Partnership for Children; the most unlike its peers is Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire Department Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

25 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. 25 of the 31 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
18/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TOWN OF WILKESBORO: $363,560 · OtherTOWN OF WILKESBOROWILKES COUNTY SCHOOLS: $333,095 · OtherWILKES COUNTY SCHOOLSTOWN OF NORTH WILKESBORO: $259,973 · OtherTOWN OF NORTH WILKESBOROWILKES DEVELOPMENTAL DAY SCHOOL INC: $59,000 · OtherWILKES CIRCLE OF CARE INC: $54,900 · OtherWILKES ADULT DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES PROGRAM INC: $80,000 · OtherRONDA COMMUNITY VOL FIRE DEPT INC: $69,167 · OtherYADKIN RIVER GREENWAY COUNCIL: $55,000 · Other+10 more: $239,810 · Other+10 moreWILKES RECOVERY REVOLUTION INC: $321,479 · HealthWILKES RECOVERY REVO…WILKES DENTAL CONSORTIUM INCORPORATED: $91,210 · HealthWILKES DENTAL CONSOR…CARENET COUNSELING OF WILKES INC: $63,459 · HealthCARENET COUNSELING O…+2 more: $15,153 · HealthSAFE SPOT CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF WILKES: $155,000 · Youth DevelopmentWILKES YOUTH LIFE DEVELOPMENT INC: $38,500 · Youth DevelopmentWILKES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $109,427 · EducationALLEGHANY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $56,000 · EducationHOSPITALITY HOUSE OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA: $162,579 · Housing & ShelterSAMARITAN KITCHEN OF WILKES: $76,000 · ReligionECHO MINISTRY: $56,200 · ReligionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC: $105,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,514,505Health$491,301Youth Development$193,500Education$165,427Housing & Shelter$162,579Religion$132,200Food & Nutrition$105,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWILKES RECOVERY REVOLUTION INC: $321,479 over 5y, 14% of budgetHOSPITALITY HOUSE OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA: $162,579 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetSAFE SPOT CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF WILKES: $155,000 over 3y, 41% of budgetWILKES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $109,427 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC: $105,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWILKES DENTAL CONSORTIUM INCORPORATED: $91,210 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetWILKES ADULT DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES PROGRAM INC: $80,000 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetSAMARITAN KITCHEN OF WILKES: $76,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetRONDA COMMUNITY VOL FIRE DEPT INC: $69,167 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetCARENET COUNSELING OF WILKES INC: $63,459 over 6y, 23% of budgetWILKES DEVELOPMENTAL DAY SCHOOL INC: $59,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetECHO MINISTRY: $56,200 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetALLEGHANY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $56,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetYADKIN RIVER GREENWAY COUNCIL: $55,000 over 2y, 46% of budgetWILKES CIRCLE OF CARE INC: $54,900 over 6y, 15% of budgetWILKES LITERACY INC: $43,600 over 5y, 13% of budgetWILKES YOUTH LIFE DEVELOPMENT INC: $38,500 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetBLUE RIDGE OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION INC: $26,020 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWILKES RESCUE SQUAD INC: $25,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetCHILD ABUSE PREVENTION TEAM: $24,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetPLEASANT HILL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $18,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina (4626): $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAIDS LEADERSHIP FOOTHILLS AREA ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER: $5,153 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.

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 Leonard G Herring…Wilkes Medical Center…United Way of Wilkes …North Carolina Commun…The Stone FoundationSpeedway Children's C…The Winston-Salem Fou…The Carson FoundationThe Golden Leaf IncSyla FoundationSecond Harvest Food B…The Cannon Foundation…
The Leonard G Herring Family FoundationNC34.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Leonard G Herring Family Foundation · Wilkes Medical Center Foundation · United Way of Wilkes County Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · The Stone Foundation · Speedway Children's Charities · The Winston-Salem Foundation · The Carson Foundation · The Golden Leaf Inc · Syla Foundation · Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc · The Cannon Foundation 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 Health Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Health Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report 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
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Health Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Health 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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