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The Horton Foundation at a glance

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The Horton Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$500
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$6kReligion$5kEducation$5kFood & Nutrition$4kHealth$4kPhilanthropy$3kHuman Services$800Environment$200Other$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
4
States reached
$35k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST MATTHEWS HOUSE$500
ALDER SPRINGS DEAF & BLIND COMMUNITY$500
BURKE COUNTY UNITED WAY$500
HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK$400
Individual grant recipient$100
ST JUDES$100
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 60% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE USO: $100 → 9%LITERACY VOLUNTEERS: $100 → 10%HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK: $500 → 11%PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION: $200 → 15%VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY: $3k → 14%ST JUDES: $100 → 17%BURKE COUNTY UNITED WAY: $500 → 13%ST LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $3k → 21%THE USO: $100 → 9%LITERACY VOLUNTEERS: $100 → 10%HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK: $500 → 11%BURKE CHARITABLE PROPERTIESBURKE MISSION STATION: $400 → 13%ST LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $2k → 21%THE USO: $100 → 9%ST MATTHEWS HOUSE: $500 → 10%HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK: $500 → 11%BURKE COUNTY UNITED WAY: $400 → 13%ST MATTHEWS HOUSE: $500 → 10%HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK: $400 → 11%BURKE CHARITABLE PROPERTIESBURKE MISSION STATION: $400 → 13%ST MATTHEWS HOUSE: $500 → 10%HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK: $400 → 11%BURKE COUNTY UNITED WAY: $400 → 13%ST MATTHEWS HOUSE: $500 → 10%HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK: $400 → 11%BURKE COUNTY UNITED WAY: $300 → 13%ST MATTHEWS HOUSE: $500 → 10%HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK: $400 → 11%BURKE COUNTY UNITED WAY: $300 → 13%ST MATTHEWS HOUSE: $500 → 10%HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK: $400 → 11%BURKE CHARITABLE PROPERTIESBURKE MISSION STATION: $300 → 13%ST MATTHEWS HOUSE: $500 → 10%HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK: $300 → 11%BURKE COUNTY UNITED WAY: $300 → 13%ST MATTHEWS HOUSE: $500 → 10%BURKE COUNTY UNITED WAY: $300 → 13%ST MATTHEWS HOUSE: $500 → 10%BURKE COUNTY UNITED WAY: $300 → 13%CONSERVANCY OF SW FLORIDA: $200 → 10%BURKE CHARITABLE PROPERTIESBURKE MISSION STATION: $300 → 13%BURKE COUNTY UNITED WAY: $300 → 13%BURKE CHARITABLE PROPERTIESBURKE MISSION STATION: $200 → 13%BURKE CHARITABLE PROPERTIESBURKE MISSION STATION: $200 → 13%WESTERN PIEDMONT FOUNDATION: $200 → 13%WESTERN PIEDMONT FOUNDATION: $100 → 13%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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$24k · 11 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +262% since the first grant, against +109% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
3

Total granted

$24k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+262%
+109%

Still filing today

45%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 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
EducationHealthHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • SM
    ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $5k · revenue +262%
  • HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $4k · revenue +140%
  • BC
    BURKE COUNTY UNITED WAY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3k · revenue +77%

Funded once

  • Vanderbilt University
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -15%
  • THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDAgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $200 · revenue +271%
  • PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $200 · revenue +109%
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
Pitt County Memorial Hospital Inc

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
2
The Outer Banks Hospital Inc

To enhance the quality of life for the residents and visitors of dare county and the surrounding region by promoting wellness and providing the highest quality healthcare services.

Health
3
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc

Nourish people. build solutions. empower communities. no one goes hungry.

Food & Nutrition
4
Burnett Medical Center Inc

The mission of burnett medical center is to provide compassionate, comprehensive, community healthcare that exceeds our customer's expectations. our mission, as well as our vision and values, serves as a guideline for daily decision making…

Health
5
East Carolina Health

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
6
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
7
University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Inc

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
8
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
9
Musc Strategic Ventures

To promote and support the educational, medical, scientific, and research purposes of the medical university of south carolina "musc", and university medical associates of the medical university of south carolina "uma", including their…

Health
10
United Way of Pitt County Inc

The united way of pitt county, inc. (uwpc) is a nonprofit entity located in eastern north carolina. uwpc is a volunteer-driven organization that seeks to impact the greater pitt county community by focusing on the keys to a good life -…

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11
David H Murdock Research Institute

To support and sustain breakthrough research.

Food & Nutrition
12
Presbyterian Hospital Foundation

In the spirit of keeping our focus on patient-centered, equitable and compassionate care while ensuring our organization is sustainable for future generations, we have restated our mission, vision and values and are now guided by our…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Parkinson's Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Conservancy of Southwest Florida. 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, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 15 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST LUKES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherST LUKES EPISCOPAL CHURCHALDER SPRINGS DEAF & BLIND COMMUNITY: $3,300 · OtherALDER SPRINGS DEAF & BLIND COMMUNITYBURKE CHARITABLE PROPERTIESBURKE MISSION STATION: $1,800 · OtherBURKE CHARITABLE PROPERTIESBURKE MISSION STA…Individual grant recipient: $400 · Other+2 more: $400 · OtherST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $4,500 · Housing & ShelterST MATTHEWS HOUSE …Vanderbilt University: $3,200 · EducationVanderbilt Univers…DEAF AND BLIND PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · EducationDEAF AND BLIND PAT…WESTERN PIEDMONT FOUNDATION INC: $300 · EducationWESTERN PIEDMONT F…HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $3,800 · Food & NutritionHARRY CHAPIN FO…BURKE COUNTY UNITED WAY: $3,100 · PhilanthropyBURKE COUNTY…THE OUTREACH CENTER: $800 · Human ServicesPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $200 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 · Health
Other$10,900Housing & Shelter$4,500Education$4,500Food & Nutrition$3,800Philanthropy$3,100Human Services$800Health$300

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 budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $3,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $3,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBURKE COUNTY UNITED WAY: $3,100 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetDEAF AND BLIND PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE OUTREACH CENTER: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN PIEDMONT FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 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 ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
  • Who funds BURKE COUNTY UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds DEAF AND BLIND PATHWAYS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE OUTREACH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN PIEDMONT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL 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.

Community Foundation …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Burke CountyNC13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Burke County · 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 Horton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Horton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • St Matthews House Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 15 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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