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The Mary Murrill Oakes Family Private Foundation at a glance

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The Mary Murrill Oakes Family Private Foundation

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.

$69k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$27k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$279kReligion$36kScience & Tech$33kArts & Culture$7kPhilanthropy$6kEnvironment$3kHealth$2kHuman Services$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $27k
$1,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$878k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SANDHILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE$26,694
WINGATE UNIV HUGH MURRILL SCHOLARSH$8,000
WINGATE UNIV IRENE B MURRILL SCHOLA$8,000
EMMANUAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH$3,000
CCNC FOUNDATION$3,000
ST PAULS EISCOPAL CHURCH$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
BARNARD COLLEGE$1,500
PRATT INSTITUTE$1,500
THE LATIN FUND AT CHARLOTTE$1,500
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LA$1,500
SALEM COLLEGE$1,500
CHATHAM HALL$1,500
DUKE UNIVERSITY$1,000
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH$1,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 13% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PRATT INSTITUTE: $2k → 20%ST PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $8k → 7%BALD HEAD CONSERVANCY: $6k → 9%SANDHILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $27k → 10%THE LATIN FUND AT CHARLOTTE: $2k → 10%WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LA: $2k → 15%CHATHAM HALL: $2k → 14%PRATT INSTUTUTE: $2k → 20%ST PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $2k → 7%BHI CONSERVANCY: $3k → 9%SANDHILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDAT: $23k → 10%CHARLOTTE LATIN SCHOOL FUND: $2k → 10%WAKE FORREST UNIVERSITY LAW: $2k → 15%CHATHAM HALL: $2k → 14%BARNARD COLLEGE: $2k → 17%PRATT INSTITUTE: $2k → 20%ST PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $2k → 7%BHI CONSERVATORY: $3k → 9%CCNC FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 10%THE LATIN FUND AT CHARLOTTE: $2k → 10%ST PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $2k → 7%BALD HEAD CONSERVANCY: $3k → 9%SANDHILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDAT: $4k → 10%WINGATE UNIVERSITY IBM SCHOLARSHIP: $20k → 7%CCNC FOUNDATION: $3k → 10%WINGATE UNIVERSITY- HCM SCHOLARSHIP: $20k → 7%SANDHILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDAT: $3k → 10%WINGAGE UNIVERSITY: $16k → 7%CCNC FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 10%WINGATE UNIVERSITY: $16k → 7%SANDHILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDAT: $3k → 10%WINGATE UNIVERSITY IBM SCHOLARSHIP: $15k → 7%CCNC FOUNDATION INC: $2k → 10%WINGATE UNIVERSITY- HCM SCHOLARSHIP: $15k → 7%SANDHILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $2k → 10%WINGAGE UNIVERSITY: $15k → 7%WINGATE UNIVERSITY: $15k → 7%WINGATE UNIV HUGH MURRILL SCHOLARSH: $8k → 7%WINGATE UNIV IRENE B MURRILL SCHOLA: $8k → 7%HUGH C MURRILL SCHOLARSHIP WINGATE: $6k → 7%IRENE BOWIE MURRILL SCHOLARSHIP WIN: $6k → 7%ST PAULS EISCOPAL CHURCH: $3k → 10%EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $3k → 10%EMMANUAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $3k → 10%EMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $2k → 10%EMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $2k → 10%EMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $2k → 10%EMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $2k → 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.
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.
$322k · 28 repeat orgs$49k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
10

Total granted

$322k
$23k

Still filing today

57%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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
EducationArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • WU
    WINGATE UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2020–2021 · $62k · revenue +18%
  • SA
    SALEM ACADEMY AND COLLEGE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $9k · revenue +14%
  • PI
    PRATT INSTITUTE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $9k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • HC
    HUGH C MURRILL SCHOLARSHIP WINGATE
    one grant, 2024 · $6k
  • IB
    IRENE BOWIE MURRILL SCHOLARSHIP WIN
    one grant, 2024 · $6k
  • SP
    ST PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
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
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
2
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
3
Greensboro College

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Education
4
Catawba College

Catawba college is committed to providing students an education rich in personal attention that blends the knowledge and competencies of liberal studies with career preparation. catawba college draws strength from judeo-christian values,…

Education
5
Hampden-Sydney College

Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.

Education
6
Brevard College Corporation

Brevard college is committed to an experiential liberal arts education that encourages personal growth and inspires artistic, intellectual, and social action.

Education
7
Coker University

Coker university is a student-centered, comprehensive university. it is dedicated to providing every student an academic curriculum based upon a uniformly excellent liberal arts core that enhances the structured development of key personal…

Education
8
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
9
North Carolina Wesleyan University Inc

North carolina wesleyan university, a private institution affiliated with the united methodist church, prepares students for professional advancement, life-long learning, and responsible participation in their communities.

Education
10
Salisbury Academy

To provide an enriching and challenging curriculum and educational community which encourages students to be life-long learners, develop strong character, serve their community, and deepen their faith.

—
11
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
12
Columbia College

Columbia college provides educational opportunities that develop students' capacity for critical thought and expression, life-long learning, acceptance of personal responsibilty, and commitment to service and social justice.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Salem Academy and College; the most unlike its peers is Healing the Children - Florida 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

16 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. 16 of the 46 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
13/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WINGATE UNIVERSITY IBM SCHOLARSHIP: $35,067 · OtherWINGATE UNIVERSITY IBM SCHOLARSHIPWINGATE UNIVERSITY- HCM SCHOLARSHIP: $35,065 · OtherWINGATE UNIVERSITY- HCM SCHOLARSHIPSANDHILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $32,000 · OtherSANDHILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCSANDHILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $28,694 · OtherSANDHILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGECCNC FOUNDATION INC: $21,000 · OtherCCNC FOUNDATION INCST PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $14,000 · OtherEMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $14,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,875 · Other+25 more: $72,780 · Other+25 moreWINGATE UNIVERSITY: $61,640 · EducationWINGATE UNIVERSITYSALEM ACADEMY AND COLLEGE: $9,000 · EducationSALEM ACADEMY AND COLLEGEPRATT INSTITUTE: $9,000 · EducationPRATT INSTITUTEBARNARD COLLEGE: $9,000 · EducationBARNARD COLLEGECHATHAM HALL: $4,500 · Education+2 more: $4,500 · EducationVillage Heritage Foundation: $2,500 · Arts & CultureCAROLINA PHILHARMONIC INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureArts Council of Moore County: $1,250 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF WEYMOUTH INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureHEALING THE CHILDREN - FLORIDA INC: $2,000 · HealthSTARWORKS: $1,500 · Environment
Other$263,481Education$97,640Arts & Culture$6,750Health$2,000Environment$1,500

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 budgetWINGATE UNIVERSITY: $61,640 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANDHILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $32,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSALEM ACADEMY AND COLLEGE: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPRATT INSTITUTE: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBARNARD COLLEGE: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHATHAM HALL: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVillage Heritage Foundation: $2,500 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetHEALING THE CHILDREN - FLORIDA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAROLINA PHILHARMONIC INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSTARWORKS: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetArts Council of Moore County: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIEND TO FRIEND: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF WEYMOUTH INC: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $225 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 WINGATE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SANDHILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SALEM ACADEMY AND COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds PRATT INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds BARNARD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM HALL ↗
  • Who funds Village Heritage Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HEALING THE CHILDREN - FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CAROLINA PHILHARMONIC INC ↗
  • Who funds STARWORKS ↗
  • Who funds Arts Council of Moore County ↗
  • Who funds FRIEND TO FRIEND ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF WEYMOUTH 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.

Ibm International Fou…Stan and Jean Bradsha…North Carolina Commun…The Winston-Salem Fou…Gordy-Steidinger Foun…Cedar Street Charitab…The Cannon Foundation…Foundation for the Ca…Duke Energy FoundationRaymond James Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…
Ibm International FoundationNY16.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ibm International Foundation · Stan and Jean Bradshaw Foundation · North Carolina Community Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Gordy-Steidinger Foundation · Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Mary Murrill Oakes Family Private Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mary Murrill Oakes Family Private Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 46 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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