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The Plume Family Foundation at a glance

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The Plume Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$1k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$18kArts & Culture$13kAnimals$12kEducation$8kReligion$3kPublic Benefit$3kHuman Services$500
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
2
States reached
$115k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOOTHILLS HUMANE SOCIETY$1,000
POLK COUNTY FILM INITIATIVE$500
CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS$500
LANIER LIBRARY ASSOCIATION$250
P3 ANIMAL ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION$250
02The need
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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 (FY22–23, $750) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CAROLINA FOOTHILLS FOUNDATION: $500 → 16%CAROLINA FOOTHILLS FOUNDATION: $250 → 16%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 10% of The Plume Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 57% of the giving stays in NC; by stated purpose, 48%.

The Plume Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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.
$51k · 10 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
4

Total granted

$51k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+177%

Still filing today

80%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureAnimalsEducationHealthPublic BenefitHuman 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

  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $16k · revenue +43%
  • TF
    TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $12k · revenue +5%
  • LL
    LANIER LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $3k · revenue +250%

Funded once

  • TT
    THE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +94%
  • TI
    TRYON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    one grant, 2022 · $500
  • LF
    LENNIE'S FUND INC
    one grant, 2018 · $500
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
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

At SPCA of the Triad, we save homeless animals and support the people who love them. As a private, limted-admission shelter, we provide rescue and adoption, and free and low-cost programs and services so people and their pets thrive…

Animals
2
Piedmont Animal Welfare Alliance

he Piedmont Animal Welfare Alliance (PAW Alliance) is an all-volunteer animal welfare / social justice nonprofit in Forsyth County, NC. We envision a world where no person or animal will be thrown away, and our mission is to make our…

Animals
3
Paws for Life Nc

Rescue dogs and cats from local shelters and neglectful situations and provide medical care, spay/neuter, food and shelter while looking for forever homes.

Animals
4
4 Paws 4 Rescue

4 Paws 4 Rescue is an all foster home rescue. We are dedicated to saving animals that are in need, whether they be from high kill shelters, strays, abandoned animals, or owner surrenders. We strive to find suitable permanent homes for our…

Animals
5
Turtle Pants Farm

We are a recognized 501c3 all species animal rescue and sanctuary offering sanctuary and potential adoption to species ranging from cats dogs and chickens to donkeys and cows. The sanctuary animals all live in Pittsboro NC. Dogs and cats…

Animals
6
Mountain Pet Rescue Asheville

To prevent cruelty to animals

Animals
7
Hope Animal Rescue

Hope animal rescue is a nonprofit organization committed to improving the lives of stray and abandoned pets in north carolina. we promote compassionate and humane treatment of all animals, regardless of breed or species. we rescue those…

Animals
8
Carolina Pet Adoption and Welfare Inc

To rescue, rehabilitate and re-home abandoned and abused dogs and cats. All animals are kept in foster homes and we hold weekly adoption events.

Animals
9
Tryon Garden Club Inc

To foster an awareness and appreciation of the natural world and to conserve, protect and maintain the area surrounding pearson's falls on colt creek in polk & henderson counties, north carolina

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10
Companion Animal Clinic of the Sandhills Foundation

The mission is to provide affordable spay/neuter in North Carolina to address pet overpopulation.

Animals
11
Pawsitive Impact North Carolina Dog Rescue

We are a 501c3 all breed all foster-based all-volunteer dog rescue. We rescue unwanted abandoned and or abused dogs have them fully vetted and then adopt them to a loving forever home. Educate on the importance of spay neuter and heartworm…

Animals
12
Palmetto Paws Animal Rescue

The organization is dedicated to saving pets from certain death in shelters, prevent animal neglect and cruelty, and reduce the overpopulation of unwanted pets.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tryon Fine Arts Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Service Dogs for Veterans. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

11 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. 11 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
8/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $16,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION O…TRYON FINE ARTS CENTER INC: $11,750 · Arts & CultureTRYON FINE ARTS CENTER I…POLK COUNTY FILM INITIATIVE INC: $500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $250 · Arts & CultureFoothills Humane Society Inc: $10,950 · AnimalsFoothills Humane Society…PAWS PRAYERS & PROMISES: $1,000 · AnimalsPAWS PRAYERS & PROMISESP3 ANIMAL ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION: $450 · AnimalsTHE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION: $5,000 · EducationTHE TAFT SCHOOL…LANIER LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $2,750 · EducationLANIER LIBRARY …CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS: $3,100 · OtherCHURCH OF T…HOSPICE OF THE CAROLINA FOOTHILLS: $1,500 · OtherHOSPICE OF …TRYON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: $500 · OtherTRYON INTER…LENNIE'S FUND INC: $500 · OtherLENNIE'S FU…SERVICE DOGS FOR VETERANS: $2,500 · Public BenefitCarolina Foothills Foundation: $750 · Human Services
Health$16,000Arts & Culture$12,500Animals$12,400Education$7,750Other$5,600Public Benefit$2,500Human Services$750

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 budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRYON FINE ARTS CENTER INC: $11,750 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFoothills Humane Society Inc: $10,950 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTHE TAFT SCHOOL CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLANIER LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC: $2,750 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSERVICE DOGS FOR VETERANS: $2,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPAWS PRAYERS & PROMISES: $1,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCarolina Foothills Foundation: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOLK COUNTY FILM INITIATIVE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetP3 ANIMAL ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION: $450 over 2y, 0.2% 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.

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.

Polk County Community…Charles Stewart Mott …Duke Energy FoundationThe Community Foundat…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Polk County Community Foundation IncNC15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Polk County Community Foundation Inc · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Plume Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Plume Family 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%1%3%4%5%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 · 0–5%
    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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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