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The Rudisill Family Foundation at a glance

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The Rudisill 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.

$374k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$167k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$480kReligion$405kEducation$254kRecreation & Sports$213kCommunity Improvement$106kHousing & Shelter$94kPhilanthropy$88kArts & Culture$77kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $101k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $217k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$7.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST ANDREWS-COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN$167,000
NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL FOUNDA$50,000
HARRELSON CENTER$33,333
UNCW SEAHAWK CLUB$25,000
THE CAROUSEL CENTER$12,500
OPERA HOUSE THEATRE COMPANY$10,000
LITTLE CHAPEL ON BOARDWALK$10,000
BOYS AND GIRLS OF SE NORTH CAROLINA$10,000
SALVATION ARMY$7,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS CAPE FEAR$6,000
JDRF$5,000
AIRLIE GARDENS$5,000
NCCFRG$5,000
FIRST TEE OF GREATER WILMINGTON$5,000
NC MAINE AND ESTUARY FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%ACCESS OF WILMINGTON: $5k → 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS CAPE FEAR: $7k → 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS CAPE FEAR: $7k → 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS CAPE FEAR: $6k → 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS CAPE FEAR: $6k → 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS CAPE FEAR: $6k → 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS CAPE FEAR: $5k → 12%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS CAPE FEAR: $3k → 12%LOWER CAPE FEAR HOSPICE: $150 → 12%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
NV
OH
CA
WV
NC
SC
GA
FL
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 43 repeat orgs$198k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
36

Total granted

$1.8M
$180k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+44%

Still filing today

37%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • JA
    Jo Ann Carter Harrelson Center Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $100k · revenue +140%
  • MU
    METHODIST UNIVERSITY INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $95k · revenue +4%
  • TC
    The Carousel Center Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $90k · revenue +162%

Funded once

  • CF
    CAPE FEAR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +95%
  • EV
    Eden Village of Wilmington
    one grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue -21%
  • DO
    DREAMS OF WILMINGTON INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +81%
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
Historic Wilmington Foundation Inc

The mission of Historic Wilmington Foundation is to protect and preserve the irreplaceable historic resources of Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear Region.

Arts & Culture
2
Cape Fear Academy

To operate a private school for pre-kindergarten through grade 12 in Wilmington, NC

Education
3
Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Found ation
Health
4
Carteret County General Hospital Foundation

To assist carteret general hospital in providing the best possible healthcare to the people of carteret county through fund raising programs that support community based programs, purchase of vital equipment, capital expansion, renovations…

Philanthropy
5
Wilmington School of the Arts

Wilmington School of the Arts is a tuition-free, public charter school located in New Hanover County, North Carolina. Its mission is to inspire students to pursue excellence in academics and the arts by awakening and nuturing the creative…

Education
6
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
7
North Carolina Azalea Festival at Wilmin

The North Carolina Azalea Festival celebrates our community's art, gardens, history, and culture through educational, recreational, and family-friendly events that promote volunteerism, civic pride, and regional economic growth.

Arts & Culture
8
Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation

To provide financial resources to better enable Beaufort Memorial Hospital to serve the current and future health needs of the people of Beaufort County and the surrounding areas, as well as to foster health and wellness throughout the…

Health
9
Coastal Carolinas Health Alliance

Facilitate networking among hospitals

Health
10
Wilmington Education Organization

Public K-8 charter school located in New Hanover County, providing tuition-free education to the public and open to all residents of North Carolina.

Education
11
The Winston-Salem Foundation

We foster meaningful connections and link resources to purposeful action, creating a brighter future for all who call Forsyth County home.

Philanthropy
12
Hope Harbor Home Inc

Hope Harbor Home strives to break the cycle of domestic and sexual violence in Brunswick County, North Carolina.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Educational Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Opera House Theatre Company 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

38 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. 38 of the 85 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
28/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL FOUNDA: $376,000 · OtherNEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL FOUNDAST ANDREWS-COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN: $356,500 · OtherST ANDREWS-COVENANT PRESBYTERIANUNCW SEAHAWK CLUB: $162,800 · OtherUNCW SEAHAWK CLUBFIDELITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $85,000 · OtherFIDELITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONTOWN OF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH: $50,000 · Other+54 more: $393,862 · Other+54 moreMETHODIST UNIVERSITY INC: $95,000 · EducationMETHODIST…PFEIFFER UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationPFEIFFER …CAPE FEAR LITERACY COUNCIL: $10,600 · EducationCAPE FEAR…+3 more: $8,750 · EducationCAPE FEAR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterEden Village of Wilmington: $40,000 · Housing & ShelterGood Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc: $23,500 · Housing & ShelterThe Carousel Center Inc: $89,500 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $6,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $4,000 · Health+3 more: $2,725 · HealthJo Ann Carter Harrelson Center Inc: $100,250 · Community ImprovementOPERA HOUSE THEATRE COMPANY INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureDREAMS OF WILMINGTON INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureWrightsville Beach Museum Inc: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $2,250 · Arts & CultureCommunities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc: $39,500 · Human ServicesACCESSIBLE COASTAL CAROLINA EVENTS: $5,000 · Human ServicesGOOD FRIENDS OF WILMINGTON: $1,850 · Human Services+1 more: $150 · Human Services
Other$1,424,162Education$164,350Housing & Shelter$113,500Health$102,725Community Improvement$100,250Arts & Culture$62,250Human Services$46,500

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 budgetJo Ann Carter Harrelson Center Inc: $100,250 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetMETHODIST UNIVERSITY INC: $95,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Carousel Center Inc: $89,500 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetPFEIFFER UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCAPE FEAR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetOPERA HOUSE THEATRE COMPANY INC: $45,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetEden Village of Wilmington: $40,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc: $39,500 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetBRIGADE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $36,250 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetGood Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc: $23,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCAPE FEAR LITERACY COUNCIL: $10,600 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetDREAMS OF WILMINGTON INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCAMP SCHREIBER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetBPS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFC CHARLESTON: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetNourishNC Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACCESSIBLE COASTAL CAROLINA EVENTS: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetWrightsville Beach Museum Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hill School of Wilmington Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD FRIENDS OF WILMINGTON: $1,850 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetSpirit of South Carolina Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWILMINGTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNCGA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEES-MCRAE COLLEGE INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWELCOME HOME ANGEL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetECHO HAITI INC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF FORT FISHER INCORPORATED: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLower Cape Fear Hospice Incorporated dba Lower Cape Fear LifeCare: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALAMANCE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 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.

  • Who funds Jo Ann Carter Harrelson Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds METHODIST UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds The Carousel Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds PFEIFFER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CAPE FEAR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERA HOUSE THEATRE COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds Eden Village of Wilmington ↗
  • Who funds Communities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRIGADE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc ↗
  • Who funds CAPE FEAR LITERACY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds DREAMS OF WILMINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP SCHREIBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BPS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FC CHARLESTON ↗

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.

New Hanover Community…North Carolina Commun…The Landfall Foundati…The True North Founda…United Way of the Cap…Corning Incorporated …The Cynthia & George …Cape Fear Memorial Fo…Dan Cameron Family Fo…The Eshelman Foundati…The Cannon Foundation…Duke Energy Foundation
New Hanover Community Endowment IncNC36.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Hanover Community Endowment Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · The Landfall Foundation Inc · The True North Foundation Co Amy Brown North · United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc · Corning Incorporated Foundation · The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation · Cape Fear Memorial Foundation · Dan Cameron Family Foundation Inc · The Eshelman Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Duke Energy 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 Rudisill Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rudisill 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 85 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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