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The Neisler Foundation TUA

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.

$163k
Granted FY2025still arriving
74
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$19k
Largest
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Religion$301kHuman Services$148kEducation$105kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kPhilanthropy$40kArts & Culture$38kFood & Nutrition$36kHousing & Shelter$36kOther$0
02FY2025 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k71 grants · $121k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $42k
$1,358
Median grant
13
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
First Presbyterian Church$18,734
NEAAAT Foundation$12,226
Kings Mountain Ministrerial Assoc$11,226
Life Enrichment Center of Cleveland Coun$8,000
First Presbyterian Church of Pageland$4,483
Maine Foodscapes Inc$3,972
Community Foundation of Gaston County In$3,878
Womans Club of Kings Mountain$3,586
UF Foundation Inc$3,500
University of Southern California$3,257
Inn from the Cold$3,257
Boys Girls Club of Cleveland County$3,006
Connie Maxwell Childrens Home$3,000
Meredith College$3,000
City of Kings Mountain$3,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $142k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Connie Maxwell Childrens Home: $3k → 20%Oregon Trail of Hope: $500 → 12%Carolina Meadows Foundation: $2k → 9%Community YMCA of Alamance County I: $3k → 13%CALDWELL COUNTY YOKEFELLOW INC: $7k → 16%Life Enrichment Center of Cleveland Coun: $15k → 17%Connie Maxwell Childrens Home: $3k → 20%Oregon Trail of Hope: $500 → 12%Community YMCA of Alamance County I: $1k → 13%LIFE ENRICHMENT CENTER OF CLEVELAND COUNT: $15k → 17%Connie Maxwell Childrens Home: $3k → 20%Life Enrichment Center of Cleveland Coun: $8k → 17%CONNIE MAXWELL CHILDREN'S HOME: $2k → 20%Life Enrichment Center of Cleveland Coun: $8k → 17%Life Enrichment Center of Cleveland Coun: $7k → 17%Connie Maxwell Childrens Home: $2k → 20%LIFE ENRICHMENT CENTER OF CLEVELAND: $5k → 17%Caldwell County Yokefellow Inc: $1k → 16%Kings Mountain Ministrerial Assoc: $14k → 17%Kings Mountain Ministrerial Assoc: $12k → 17%Kings Mountain Ministrerial Assoc: $11k → 17%CHESCO SERVICES: $1k → 20%Boys & Girls Home of North Carolina Inc: $1k → 21%CHESCO Services: $1k → 20%Boys & Girls Home of North Carolina Inc: $691 → 21%Boys & Girls Home of North Carolina Inc: $557 → 21%CHESCO Services: $1k → 20%Kings Mountain Ministrerial Assoc: $5k → 17%Boys & Girls Home of North Carolina Inc: $541 → 21%BOYS & GIRLS HOME OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $500 → 21%KINGS MOUNTAIN MINISTERIAL ASSOC: $4k → 17%Kings Mountain Rotary Foundation In: $2k → 17%Kings Mountain Rotary Foundation In: $2k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$718k · 78 repeat orgs$124k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +16% since the first grant, against +6% for the ones you funded once.

78 repeat relationships — 60 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

78
53

Total granted

$718k
$109k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+6%

Still filing today

54%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionEnvironmentHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • LE
    Life Enrichment Center of Cleveland County Inc
    6× · 2017–2025 · $58k · revenue +5%
  • KM
    Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $46k · revenue +41%
  • NF
    NEAAAT FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $22k · revenue +118% · 37% of their budget

Funded once

  • PC
    PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA
    one grant, 2017 · $22k
  • TU
    THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $9k
  • KM
    KINGS MOUNTAIN TOUCHDOWN CLUB INC
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue -44%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc

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

Food & Nutrition
2
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
3
Carolina Community Care Inc

The mission of hospice & community care is to give hope, comfort, and compassion to those that need it most. hospice & community care is a nonprofit healthcare organization providing hospice and palliative care to residents of york,…

4
United Way of Coastal Carolina Inc

The united way of coastal carolina, inc. strives to meet the current and emerging human needs in craven, carteret, jones, and pamlico counties by mobilizing the resources of community organizations, agencies, recipients, and volunteers.

Philanthropy
5
Feeding the Carolinas

The mission of the Organization is to coordinate, support, and advocate for member Food Banks across the Carolinas to create lasting solutions to address hunger.

Food & Nutrition
6
Carolina College of Biblical Studies

Carolina college of biblical studies exists to disciple christ-followers, through biblical higher education, for a lifetime of effective servant leadership.

Education
7
Carolina Family Health Centers Inc

Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc. provides accessible and affordable health care with excellence...where patients come FIRST

8
Union County Crisis Assistance Ministry Inc

The mission of union county crisis assistance ministry is to help families with an urgent financial emergency to meet essential needs and to, once again, become self-sufficient. the primary objective of the crisis intervention program is…

Human Services
9
NourishNC Inc

NourishNC, Inc.'s goal is to provide healthy food to hungry children, empowering them to succeed in the classroom and in their community

Food & Nutrition
10
Foundation for the Carolinas

Inspiring philanthropy and strengthening our region through innovative community initiatives and quality services to donors and constituents.

Philanthropy
11
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
12
Western Carolina Rescue Ministries Inc

Provide food, shelter, rehabilitation and christian ministry to the poor and homeless

Housing & Shelter

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Connie Maxwell Children's Ministries and the most unlike its peers is Kings Mountain Little Theatre Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Ymca Youth DevelopmentAffordable Housing Developm…Independent K-12 SchoolsEnvironmental Conservation …Community College Foundatio…Food Banks and PantriesChristian Missionary Organi…Community Arts CentersYouth Development Centers
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%4%<5yr16%6%5–10yr20%15%10–20yr14%14%20–35yr12%29%35–55yr12%32%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%7%<5yr16%4%5–10yr20%11%10–20yr14%6%20–35yr12%30%35–55yr12%43%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 7% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/90
the rest of the field
15%
7,957/53,090

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

73 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 73 of the 145 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
71/73
Grantees still filing
43/73
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

First Presbyterian Church — $97,667 · OtherFirst Presbyterian ChurchCITY OF KINGS MOUNTAIN — $36,007 · OtherCITY OF KINGS MOUNTAINPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA — $21,659 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PAGELAND INC — $19,156 · Other+99 more — $390,434 · Other+99 moreLife Enrichment Center of Cleveland County Inc — $57,500 · Human ServicesLife Enrichment Cent…Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry Inc — $46,337 · Human ServicesKings Mountain Crisi…Connie Maxwell Children's Ministries — $12,500 · Human ServicesConnie Maxwell Child…INTER-FAITH ALLIANCE CORPORATION DBA CLEVELAND COUNTY RESCUE MISSION — $8,185 · Human ServicesINTER-FAITH ALLIANCE…Caldwell County Yokefellow Inc — $8,180 · Human ServicesCaldwell County Yoke…+8 more — $20,557 · Human Services+8 moreNEAAAT FOUNDATION — $22,336 · EducationNEAAAT FOUN…THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC — $13,559 · EducationTHE UNIVERS…MEREDITH COLLEGE — $12,800 · EducationMEREDITH CO…Davidson College — $7,500 · EducationDavidson Co…KINGS MOUNTAIN TOUCHDOWN CLUB INC — $7,500 · EducationKINGS MOUNT…THE BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL INC — $5,548 · EducationTHE BLUE RI…GASTON DAY SCHOOL INC — $3,900 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $3,257 · Education+8 more — $8,846 · Education+8 moreGASTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $19,374 · PhilanthropyUnited Way Inc — $4,201 · Philanthropy+1 more — $400 · PhilanthropySt Augustine Society Inc — $11,961 · Housing & ShelterVALLEY MISSION INC — $2,910 · Housing & ShelterCARITAS — $1,418 · Housing & ShelterHAITI PROJECTS INC — $7,500 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $2,536 · InternationalONE COLLECTIVE — $500 · InternationalTRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC — $6,500 · EnvironmentNORTH CAROLINA BOTANICAL GARDEN FOUNDATION — $2,750 · EnvironmentLEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $700 · EnvironmentBALD HEAD ISLAND CONSERVANCY INC — $400 · Environment
Other$564,923Human Services$153,259Education$85,246Philanthropy$23,975Housing & Shelter$16,289International$10,536Environment$10,350

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetLife Enrichment Center of Cleveland County Inc — $57,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetKings Mountain Crisis Ministry Inc — $46,337 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetNEAAAT FOUNDATION — $22,336 over 2y, 37% of budgetGASTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $19,374 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC — $13,559 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEREDITH COLLEGE — $12,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetConnie Maxwell Children's Ministries — $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSt Augustine Society Inc — $11,961 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLAKE WACCAMAW DEPOT MUSEUM INC — $10,100 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetINTER-FAITH ALLIANCE CORPORATION DBA CLEVELAND COUNTY RESCUE MISSION — $8,185 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCaldwell County Yokefellow Inc — $8,180 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHAITI PROJECTS INC — $7,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetDavidson College — $7,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetINTER-FAITH COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICE INC — $7,179 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCleveland County Family YMCA Inc — $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC — $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine — $5,653 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL INC — $5,548 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHATHAM OUTREACH ALLIANCE INC — $5,285 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL APHASIA ASSOCIATION I — $4,479 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetUnited Way Inc — $4,201 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLEGHANY JAM — $4,152 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY YMCA OF ALAMANCE COUNTY — $4,111 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLUE RIDGE AREA FOOD BANK INC — $4,074 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGASTON DAY SCHOOL INC — $3,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHUNGERS END INC — $3,611 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC INC — $3,530 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALLEGHANY ARTS COUNCIL INC — $3,304 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — $3,257 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKings Mountain Historical Museum Foundation Inc — $3,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetPORCH CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO — $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHESCO SERVICES — $3,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetKings Mountain Little Theatre Inc — $3,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCALDWELL ARTS COUNCIL INC — $3,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetVALLEY MISSION INC — $2,910 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA BOTANICAL GARDEN FOUNDATION — $2,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $2,536 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetColumbus Christian Academy Inc — $2,369 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKings Mountain Elite Club — $2,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetIBMA TRUST FUND — $2,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY MATH ACADEMY INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE TANDANA FOUNDATION INC — $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetARTPOP — $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCARITAS — $1,418 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALLEGHANY CARES INC — $1,275 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPORCH INC — $1,161 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetLISBON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT — $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Life Enrichment Center of Cleveland County Inc
  • Who funds Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry Inc
  • Who funds NEAAAT FOUNDATION
  • Who funds GASTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds MEREDITH COLLEGE
  • Who funds Connie Maxwell Children's Ministries
  • Who funds St Augustine Society Inc
  • Who funds LAKE WACCAMAW DEPOT MUSEUM INC
  • Who funds INTER-FAITH ALLIANCE CORPORATION DBA CLEVELAND COUNTY RESCUE MISSION
  • Who funds Caldwell County Yokefellow Inc
  • Who funds HAITI PROJECTS INC
  • Who funds Davidson College
  • Who funds KINGS MOUNTAIN TOUCHDOWN CLUB INC
  • Who funds INTER-FAITH COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICE INC
  • Who funds Cleveland County Family YMCA Inc
  • Who funds TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Duke Energy FoundationNC29.2× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Albemarle Foundation · North Carolina Community Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Carlson Family Foundation · Hospice Cleveland County Foundation · Dover Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Gaston Community Foundation · Brinkley Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Neisler Foundation TUA funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 50%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get no government money at all
    25report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Neisler Foundation TUA?

    Find your warmest path to The Neisler Foundation TUA 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 145 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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