Skip to content
The Leonard G Herring Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Leonard G Herring Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
40
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$246k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.1MEmployment$1.6MPhilanthropy$525kHuman Services$437kCommunity Improvement$326kHealth$325kReligion$320kYouth Development$243kOther$0
02FY2024 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $61k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $304k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $926k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE$245,750
WILKES PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN$230,000
WILKES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$225,000
OLD HICKORY COUNCIL$115,000
WILKES COUNTY LIBRARY$60,000
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE$50,074
WILKES ART GALLERY$30,000
BLUE RIDGE OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION INC$26,000
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$20,000
HIGHER ED WORKS$20,000
WILKES PLAYMAKERS INC$20,000
YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE$15,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
UNITED WAY OF WILKES COUNTY INC$15,000
YMCA OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA$15,000
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 (FY21–24, $217k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CARRIAGE HOUSE CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $5k → 11%YMCA of Greater Charlotte: $15k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $1k → 11%YMCA of Greater Charlotte: $15k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $15k → 10%Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission Inc: $50k → 19%Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission Inc: $40k → 19%BLUE RIDGE OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION INC: $26k → 19%BLUE RIDGE OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION INC: $25k → 19%Wilkes Circles of Care Inc: $10k → 19%WILKES CIRCLES OF CARE INC: $5k → 19%Wilkes Circles of Care Inc: $5k → 19%WILKES CIRCLES OF CARE INC: $5k → 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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.0M · 42 repeat orgs$819k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
27

Total granted

$6.0M
$468k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+20%

Still filing today

71%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $351k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationReligionArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • WC
    WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $700k · revenue +72%
  • WE
    WILKES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $325k · revenue +182%
  • BR
    BLUE RIDGE OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $186k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • CH
    CATHERINE H BARBER MEMORIAL SHELTER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -51%
  • CLUB NOVA COMMUNITY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue -11%
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
Wilkes Medical Center Foundation

To support and carry out the functions and purposes of wrmc hospital operating corporation (dba atrium health wake forest baptist wilkes medical center) to enhance the delivery of quality health care within the organization's region.

Health
2
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
3
Wilkes Senior Resources Inc

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

Human Services
4
Wilkes Developmental Day School Inc

Provider of day care and training programs for children with development disabilities

—
5
Wilkes University

To educate through a commitment to attention, exceptional teaching, and academic excellence.

Education
6
Wnc Health Network Inc

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

Health
7
Wilkes Adult Developmental Activities Program Inc

The organization provides training and work programs for physically and/or mentally handicapped adults of wilkes county, nc. average enrollment = 40

Employment
8
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
9
Wake County Medical Society

To promote the practice of medicine and advocate for the rights of patients to quality medical care.

—
10
Wilmington Christian School Inc

Wilmington christian school provides a christ-centered challenging academic program with instruction based on the biblical view of god and the world. wcs teaches, influences, and encourages each student to effectively integrate biblical…

Education
11
Wilkes Education Foundation Inc

To assist educational functions

—
12
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
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 Wilkes Playmakers Inc. 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

51 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. 51 of the 82 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/51
Grantees still filing
33/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NC TechPaths Inc: $1,600,000 · OtherNC TechPaths IncWILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $770,120 · OtherWILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGEFocusing Philanthropy Inc (Per Scholas): $400,000 · OtherFocusing Philanthropy Inc (Per Scholas)WILKES PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $230,000 · OtherWILKES COUNTY SCHOOLS: $194,100 · OtherOLD HICKORY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $175,000 · Other+46 more: $1,281,451 · Other+46 moreWILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $700,000 · EducationWILKES COMMUNITY…HIGHER ED WORKS: $105,000 · EducationHIGHER ED WORKSSWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE: $90,074 · EducationSWEET BRIAR INST…DUKE UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · Education+1 more: $28,000 · EducationWILKES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $324,500 · Community ImprovementThe Wilkes County Hall of Fame: $25,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $1,000 · Community ImprovementBLUE RIDGE OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION INC: $186,200 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $55,000 · Human ServicesWILKES CIRCLE OF CARE INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesBARIUM SPRINGS HOME FOR CHILDREN: $15,000 · Human Services+3 more: $16,000 · Human ServicesWILKES RECOVERY REVOLUTION INC: $90,000 · HealthCLUB NOVA COMMUNITY INC: $50,000 · HealthTHE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $42,000 · HealthCARENET COUNSELING OF WILKES INC: $20,000 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $15,000 · HealthWRMC HOSPITAL OPERATING CORPORATION: $10,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $9,000 · Health+2 more: $9,000 · HealthWILKES ART GALLERY INC: $110,000 · Arts & CultureWILKES PLAYMAKERS INC: $75,200 · Arts & CultureDREAMS OF HOPE: $12,500 · Arts & CultureUNITED WAY OF WILKES COUNTY INC: $95,000 · PhilanthropyThe Winston-Salem Foundation: $30,000 · PhilanthropyALPHA SIGMA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$4,650,671Education$973,074Community Improvement$350,500Human Services$307,200Health$245,000Arts & Culture$197,700Philanthropy$130,000

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 budgetNC TechPaths Inc: $1,600,000 over 3y, 40% of budgetWILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $700,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetWILKES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $324,500 over 4y, 20% of budgetBLUE RIDGE OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION INC: $186,200 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetOLD HICKORY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $175,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $120,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWILKES ART GALLERY INC: $110,000 over 4y, 9.5% of budgetHIGHER ED WORKS: $105,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetCATHERINE H BARBER MEMORIAL SHELTER INC: $100,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WILKES COUNTY INC: $95,000 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetSWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE: $90,074 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWILKES RECOVERY REVOLUTION INC: $90,000 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetTHE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $85,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWILKES PLAYMAKERS INC: $75,200 over 5y, 17% of budgetCRAIG CHURCH MINISTRIES INC: $60,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $55,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCLUB NOVA COMMUNITY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $42,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetSAMARITAN KITCHEN OF WILKES: $42,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHOSPITALITY HOUSE OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA: $40,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetWILKES CIRCLE OF CARE INC: $35,000 over 5y, 8.0% of budgetThe Winston-Salem Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILKES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $28,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetThe Wilkes County Hall of Fame: $25,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetYADKIN RIVER GREENWAY COUNCIL: $20,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetCARENET COUNSELING OF WILKES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetBARIUM SPRINGS HOME FOR CHILDREN: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DRAGON'S DEN: $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWILKES YOUTH LIFE DEVELOPMENT INC: $15,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetWILKES LITERACY INC: $12,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina (4626): $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILKES PRISON MINISTRY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetWRMC HOSPITAL OPERATING CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAFECHILD: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWILKES HERITAGE MUSEUM INC: $7,500 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $6,001 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetECHO MINISTRY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCARRIAGE HOUSE CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALPHA SIGMA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetWILKES DENTAL CONSORTIUM INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNION PROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWINCHESTER THURSTON SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPizza to the Polls: $250 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 NC TechPaths Inc ↗
  • Who funds WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WILKES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds BLUE RIDGE OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds OLD HICKORY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds WILKES ART GALLERY INC ↗
  • Who funds HIGHER ED WORKS ↗
  • Who funds CATHERINE H BARBER MEMORIAL SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF WILKES COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds SWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds WILKES RECOVERY REVOLUTION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WILKES PLAYMAKERS INC ↗
  • Who funds CRAIG CHURCH MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE ↗
  • Who funds CLUB NOVA COMMUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN KITCHEN OF WILKES ↗
  • Who funds HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds WILKES CIRCLE OF CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Winston-Salem Foundation ↗
  • Who funds WILKES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds The Wilkes County Hall of Fame ↗
  • Who funds YADKIN RIVER GREENWAY COUNCIL ↗

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 Stone FoundationThe Winston-Salem Fou…The Health Foundation…United Way of Wilkes …Wilkes Medical Center…North Carolina Commun…The Cannon Foundation…Speedway Children's C…The Carson FoundationSyla FoundationMelton FoundationStrickland Family Fou…
The Stone FoundationNC41.1× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Stone Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · The Health Foundation Inc · United Way of Wilkes County Inc · Wilkes Medical Center Foundation · North Carolina Community Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Speedway Children's Charities · The Carson Foundation · Syla Foundation · Melton Foundation · Strickland Family Foundation Cynthia a S Graham

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 Leonard G Herring Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Leonard G Herring Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%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
    1get no government money at all
    13report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Leonard G Herring Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Leonard G Herring Family Foundation 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 82 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Leonard G Herring Family’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home