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The Ramsay Family Foundation at a glance

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The Ramsay Family Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$81k
Granted FY2022
11
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Science & Tech$51kHealth$32kReligion$28kEducation$21kPhilanthropy$21kHuman Services$16kAnimals$10kArts & Culture$10kOther$0
02FY2022 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k9 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$4,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO INC$50,000
CORE SOUND WATERFOWL MUSEUM$10,000
SHE ROCKS INC$5,000
UNITED WAY OF RANDOLPH CO$5,000
HIRSCH WELLNESS NETWORK$4,000
RANDOLPH ASHEBORO YMCA$4,000
885 WFDD$865
MUDDY SNEAKERS INC$500
BACKPACK BEGINNINGS$500
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$400
THE INTERACTIVE RESOURCE CENTER INC$250
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 (FY17–22, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SPORTABLE: $100 → 22%BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $500 → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $1k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $500 → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $300 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CA
WV
VA
TN
NC
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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$127k · 25 repeat orgs$74k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2022, 19 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
23

Total granted

$127k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+19%

Still filing today

52%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureAnimalsScience & TechOther
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

  • HW
    HIRSCH WELLNESS NETWORK INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $12k · revenue +277%
  • AR
    ANIMAL RESCUE AND FOSTER PROGRAM INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $10k · revenue +4%
  • CS
    CHRIST SCHOOL INC
    3× · 2017–2021 · $10k · revenue +147%

Funded once

  • Feeding America
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +23%
  • WV
    WEST VIRGINIA MINISTRY OF ADVOCACY AND WORKCAMPS INC
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +12%
  • AC
    ANTIOCH CHRISTIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
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
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
2
Gaston Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc

To engage and inspire our community to support caromont health in providing compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

Health
3
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
4
Gaston Memorial Hospital Inc

To provide compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

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
Hospice of Gaston County Inc

To provide compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

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7
Wrmc Hospital Operating Corporation

To improve health, elevate hope, and advance healing for all.

Health
8
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
9
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
10
Rochester General College of Health Careers

The rochester general college of health careers is dedicated to preparing adult learners with the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary to pursue health careers, advanced education, and lifelong learning.

Education
11
Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center

Cvph medical center's mission is to provide quality health care for the north country region in upstate new york.

Health
12
North Carolina Medical Society

To organize members of the medical profession to advance medical science.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Enchanted Peach Children's Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

29 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. 29 of the 53 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/29
Grantees still filing
20/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $24,000 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHRANDOLPH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 · OtherRANDOLPH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION IN…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC RANDOLPH-ASHEBORO: $7,800 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC RA…PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $4,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODTHE SALVATION ARMY: $3,000 · Other+31 more: $23,325 · Other+31 moreTHE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO INC DBA GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER OF GRE…CORE SOUND WATERFOWL MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCORE SOUND WATERFOWL MUSEUMSHE ROCKS INC: $12,500 · HealthSHE ROCKS INCHIRSCH WELLNESS NETWORK INC: $12,000 · HealthHIRSCH WELLNE…+1 more: $150 · HealthUNITED WAY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY …CHRIST SCHOOL INC: $9,500 · EducationGROTON SCHOOL: $1,250 · EducationThe Trustees of Princeton University: $850 · EducationA MORE BALANCED WORLD INC: $750 · EducationNC STATE ENGINEERING FOUNDATION INC: $500 · EducationANIMAL RESCUE AND FOSTER PROGRAM INC: $9,500 · AnimalsNORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $500 · AnimalsGREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $1,800 · Human ServicesBACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $500 · Human ServicesTHE INTERACTIVE RESOURCE CENTER INC: $250 · Human ServicesSPORTABLE RICHMOND ADAPTIVE SPORTS AND RECREATION INC: $100 · Human Services
Other$71,125Arts & Culture$60,000Health$24,650Philanthropy$20,000Education$12,850Animals$10,000Human Services$2,650

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 budgetTHE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO INC DBA GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY INC: $20,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetSHE ROCKS INC: $12,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetHIRSCH WELLNESS NETWORK INC: $12,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetCORE SOUND WATERFOWL MUSEUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE AND FOSTER PROGRAM INC: $9,500 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetCHRIST SCHOOL INC: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC RANDOLPH-ASHEBORO: $7,800 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding America: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $1,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGROTON SCHOOL: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEECH MOUNTAIN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $950 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA MORE BALANCED WORLD INC: $750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOSPICE OF RANDOLPH COUNTY INC: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMuddy Sneakers Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENCHANTED PEACH CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNC STATE ENGINEERING FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRANDOLPH HOSPITAL INC: $420 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INTERACTIVE RESOURCE CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPORTABLE RICHMOND ADAPTIVE SPORTS AND RECREATION INC: $100 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.

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.

Duke Energy FoundationCommunity Foundation …Lincoln Financial Fou…Reynolds American Fou…Acme-McCrary & Sapona…Weaver Foundation IncThe Cannon Foundation…Triangle Community Fo…North Carolina Commun…The Winston-Salem Fou…Foundation for the Ca…The Stout Family Foun…
Duke Energy FoundationNC22.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Reynolds American Foundation · Acme-McCrary & Sapona Foundation Inc · Weaver Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Stout Family 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 Ramsay Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ramsay 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 53 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home