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The James Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
61
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$265k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$1.9MEducation$1.8MHealth$1.3MEnvironment$587kHuman Services$325kHousing & Shelter$190kFood & Nutrition$164kPhilanthropy$146kOther$0
02FY2025 · 61 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k34 grants · $139k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $320k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $331k
  • $250k+2 grants · $515k
$5,250
Median grant
12
States reached
$9.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WOFFORD COLLEGE$265,000
CHARLOTTE NEUROSCIENCE FOUNDATION$250,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$231,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION$100,000
Individual grant recipient$45,000
NOURISH UP$25,827
LUKE GARRISON FOUNDATION$25,000
CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY$20,000
ROOF ABOVE$15,448
HEART MATH TUTORING$15,000
TOSTAN$10,595
VETERANS BRIDGE HOME$10,363
CARE RING$10,363
HOPEWAY$10,363
TREES CHARLOTTE$10,351
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 (FY20–25, $342k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Inter-Faith Food Shuttle: $3k → 8%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING: $10k → 10%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING: $10k → 10%HIGH COUNTRY CAREGIVERS: $7k → 21%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $3k → 8%NC JUSTICE CENTER: $5k → 8%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING: $5k → 10%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $5k → 14%NC JUSTICE CENTER: $5k → 8%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING: $3k → 10%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $5k → 14%Women's Center of Wake County: $3k → 8%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING: $3k → 10%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $3k → 14%WOMEN'S CENTER OF WAKE COUNTY: $3k → 8%Charlotte Family Housing: $3k → 10%TRINITY'S SERVICES & FOOD FOR THE HOMELESS: $3k → 17%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $3k → 14%NC JUSTICE CENTER: $3k → 8%TRINITY'S SERVICES & FOOD FOR THE HOMELESS: $3k → 17%NC JUSTICE CENTER: $3k → 8%Trinity's Services & Food for the Homeless: $3k → 17%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $3k → 14%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $20k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $15k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $15k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $15k → 10%Crisis Assistance Ministry: $15k → 10%The Relatives: $2k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $15k → 10%THE RELATIVES: $2k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $5k → 10%OUR BRIDGE FOR KIDS: $8k → 10%OUR BRIDGE FOR KIDS: $5k → 10%OUR BRIDGE FOR KIDS: $5k → 10%OUR BRIDGE FOR KIDS: $5k → 10%OUR BRIDGE FOR KIDS: $3k → 10%OurBridge For Kids: $3k → 10%THE RELATIVES: $5k → 10%THE RELATIVES: $5k → 10%NOURISH UP: $26k → 10%WOMEN'S IMPACT FUND: $1k → 10%LOAVES AND FISHES: $20k → 10%Loaves and Fishes: $20k → 10%LOAVES AND FISHESFRIENDSHIP TRAYS INC: $15k → 10%LOAVES AND FISHES - FRIENDSHIP TRAYS INC: $15k → 10%LOAVES AND FISHESFRIENDSHIP TRAYS INC: $5k → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
WY
IN
PA
CA
VA
MD
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
AL
GA
TX
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.0M · 59 repeat orgs$555k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

59 repeat relationships: 47 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

59
35

Total granted

$6.0M
$472k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
0%

Still filing today

85%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • WOFFORD COLLEGE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $780k · revenue +43%
  • CN
    Charlotte Neuroscience Foundation DBA Memory and Movement Charlotte
    6× · 2020–2025 · $550k · revenue +188%
  • THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
    5× · 2021–2025 · $365k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • CF
    CPCC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $125k
  • CP
    CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $60k · revenue +43%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $35k
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
For Charlotte Inc

To unite the Church to transform the city through the power of the Gospel.

Religion
2
Carolina Meadows Foundation Inc

To solicit and receive gifts, grants, bequests and contributions for the support of carolina meadows, inc. in order to enhance or extend its mission, programs, services, and facilities.

Human Services
3
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc

The Children's Home Society of North Carolina's mission is to promote the right of every child to a permanent, safe, and loving family.

Human Services
4
Coastal Carolinas Health Alliance

Facilitate networking among hospitals

Health
5
Unc Health Foundation Inc

At unc health foundation, we inspire philanthropic support for unc health and unc school of medicine that transforms healthcare and provides hope to the people of north carolina and communities around the world.

Education
6
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
7
Climate Foundation

To research and develop healthy climate solutions comprising global food security, ecosystem regeneration and carbon balance in seas and soils.

Science & Tech
8
Charlotte Regional Realtor Association Inc

The charlotte regional realtor (r) association (crra) is a trade association serving members in mecklenburg, iredell and haywood counties. at december 31, 2024, crra had 14,020 members.

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9
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
10
Carteret County General Hospital Foundation

To assist carteret general hospital in providing the best possible healthcare to the people of carteret county through fund raising programs that support community based programs, purchase of vital equipment, capital expansion, renovations…

Philanthropy
11
The Foundation of Firsthealth Inc

Provide philanthropic support to firsthealth of the carolinas, inc., a healthcare system exempt from income tax under irs section 501c(3) and 170(b)(1)(a)(iii).

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12
Carolina Small Business Development Fund

Our mission is to foster economic development in underserved communities by providing capital, business services, and policy research to support small businesses.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Evidence Action; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. 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

79 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. 79 of the 110 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
77/79
Grantees still filing
47/79
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $1,877,000 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHWOFFORD COLLEGE: $780,000 · OtherWOFFORD COLLEGECPCC FOUNDATION: $125,000 · Other+54 more: $793,987 · Other+54 moreCharlotte Neuroscience Foundation DBA Memory and Movement Charlotte: $550,000 · HealthCharlotte Neuroscien…THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $365,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FO…Care Ring Inc: $65,826 · HealthCare Ring IncHopeWay Foundation: $61,866 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $60,813 · Health+7 more: $104,512 · Health+7 moreCHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $170,000 · EducationCHARLOTTE COU…CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $125,000 · EducationCHARLOTTE MEC…Teach for America Inc: $116,500 · EducationTeach for Ame…Heart Math Tutoring Inc: $90,000 · EducationHeart Math Tu…DONORSCHOOSEORG: $65,000 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEO…CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · EducationCENTRAL PIEDM…AUGUSTINE LITERACY PROJECT - TRIANGLE: $50,540 · EducationAUGUSTINE LIT…WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Education+7 more: $35,776 · EducationWing Haven Foundation Inc DBA Wing Haven Garden & Bird Sanctuary: $425,000 · Animals+1 more: $2,000 · AnimalsNourish Up: $100,827 · Human ServicesCrisis Assistance Ministry: $100,000 · Human ServicesCharlotte Family Housing: $34,000 · Human ServicesourBRIDGE Inc: $28,500 · Human ServicesNORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $20,326 · Human ServicesBABY BUNDLES: $19,331 · Human ServicesGREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $19,000 · Human ServicesTHE RELATIVES INC: $14,154 · Human Services+5 more: $33,290 · Human ServicesFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $70,000 · PhilanthropyLUKE GARRISON FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyMSI US: $20,571 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $15,464 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOCUS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $5,045 · PhilanthropyTOSTAN INC: $93,690 · InternationalREMOTE AREA MEDICAL: $28,429 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,901 · International+1 more: $3,000 · International
Other$3,575,987Health$1,208,017Education$772,816Animals$427,000Human Services$369,428Philanthropy$171,080International$151,020

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 budgetWOFFORD COLLEGE: $780,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCharlotte Neuroscience Foundation DBA Memory and Movement Charlotte: $550,000 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetWing Haven Foundation Inc DBA Wing Haven Garden & Bird Sanctuary: $425,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $365,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $170,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $116,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNourish Up: $100,827 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCrisis Assistance Ministry: $100,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTOSTAN INC: $93,690 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHeart Math Tutoring Inc: $90,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetROOF ABOVE INC: $75,896 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCare Ring Inc: $65,826 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHopeWay Foundation: $61,866 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $60,813 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAUGUSTINE LITERACY PROJECT - TRIANGLE: $50,540 over 5y, 22% of budgetLUKE GARRISON FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetHabitat For Humanity Of The Charlotte Region: $38,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTreesCharlotte: $35,526 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCharlotte Family Housing: $34,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetourBRIDGE Inc: $28,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetREMOTE AREA MEDICAL: $28,429 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetParkinson Association of the Carolinas: $28,332 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetCONSERVATION TRUST FOR NORTH CAROLINA: $26,331 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $26,155 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,901 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCatawba Lands Conservancy: $25,525 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMIRACLEFEET: $24,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMSI US: $20,571 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $20,326 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFREEDOM COMMUNITIES: $20,300 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIGRAINE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetBABY BUNDLES: $19,331 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $19,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center for Community Transitions: $17,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $15,464 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMY SISTER'S PLACE INC: $15,020 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RELATIVES INC: $14,154 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetROCK STEADY BOXING INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC: $10,486 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.

  • Who funds WOFFORD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Charlotte Neuroscience Foundation DBA Memory and Movement Charlotte ↗
  • Who funds Wing Haven Foundation Inc DBA Wing Haven Garden & Bird Sanctuary ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds Nourish Up ↗
  • Who funds Crisis Assistance Ministry ↗
  • Who funds TOSTAN INC ↗
  • Who funds Heart Math Tutoring Inc ↗
  • Who funds ROOF ABOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ↗
  • Who funds Care Ring Inc ↗
  • Who funds DONORSCHOOSEORG ↗
  • Who funds HopeWay Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AUGUSTINE LITERACY PROJECT - TRIANGLE ↗
  • Who funds LUKE GARRISON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Habitat For Humanity Of The Charlotte Region ↗
  • Who funds TreesCharlotte ↗
  • Who funds Charlotte Family Housing ↗
  • Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ourBRIDGE Inc ↗
  • Who funds REMOTE AREA MEDICAL ↗
  • Who funds Parkinson Association of the Carolinas ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION TRUST FOR NORTH CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds The Fistula Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Catawba Lands Conservancy ↗

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.

Foundation for the Ca…Duke Energy FoundationThe Cannon Foundation…United Way of Greater…The Marc & Mattye Sil…The Leon Levine Found…The Presbyterian Hosp…Dowd Foundation IncThe Winston-Salem Fou…Albemarle FoundationThe Dickson Foundatio…Merancas Foundation I…
Foundation for the CarolinasNC44.8× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · The Marc & Mattye Silverman Family Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · The Presbyterian Hospital · Dowd Foundation Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Albemarle Foundation · The Dickson Foundation Inc · Merancas 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 James Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The James Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 110 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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