· Private foundation
The Sara Smith Self Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k20 grants · $68k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $130k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF NC AT GREENSBORO SCHOOL OF EDUCATION | $25,000 |
| WAKE FOREST BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER | $25,000 |
| THE SUMMIT SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| NOBLE ACADEMY | $20,000 |
| SECU FAMILY HOUSE | $15,000 |
| NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY | $10,000 |
| BREAKTHROUGH T1D | $10,000 |
| SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC | $6,500 |
| CHRIST SCHOOL | $6,000 |
| THE RANDOLPH COUNTY ARTS GUILD | $5,000 |
| THIRD STREET EDUCATION CENTER | $5,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY CENTER OF HOPE | $5,000 |
| STOKES COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL FOR ART IN EDUCATION | $4,000 |
| SAMARITAN MINISTRIES | $3,000 |
| CROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TSThe Summit School Incorporated5× · 2020–2024 · $190k · revenue +32%
- NANOBLE ACADEMY3× · 2022–2024 · $55k · revenue +0%
SENIOR SERVICES INC4× · 2021–2024 · $38k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- SASALEM ACADEMY AND COLLEGEone grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue +13%
- OSOLD SALEM INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +59%
- HCHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity2× · 2022–2023 · $3k · revenue -2%
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.
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.
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.
To cultivate curious, collaborative, and creative thinkers in a christ-centered community.
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.
Provide food, shelter, rehabilitation and christian ministry to the poor and homeless
We foster meaningful connections and link resources to purposeful action, creating a brighter future for all who call Forsyth County home.
To operate a private school for pre-kindergarten through grade 12 in Wilmington, NC
Northeastern seminary strives to be a vibrant source for christian theological formation whose students are formed in a biblical vision of gracious christianity and impact wholeness to the world in an expansive array of vocations and…
NourishNC, Inc.'s goal is to provide healthy food to hungry children, empowering them to succeed in the classroom and in their community
Charlotte christian school is a christ-centered, college preparatory school, equipping and developing students to effectively integrate biblical truth and learning nto their daily lives and to impact the culture for christ.
Through excellence in education, charlotte country day school develops the potential of each student by fostering intellectual curiosity, principled character, ethical leadership and a responsibility to serve. the key values and…
Carolina prep is a school for preschool through primary formed to build a diverse, positive, stimulating learning environment which values excellence in academics, leadership, and service.
Operation of a north carolina public charter school
How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 40 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 The Summit School Incorporated ↗
- Who funds NOBLE ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds SENIOR SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Third Street Education Center Inc ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC ↗
- Who funds CRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY INC ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds BOOKMARKS INC ↗
- Who funds CROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds CRITICAL ROLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SALEM ACADEMY AND COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE WINSTON-SALEM RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds CHRIST SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds EXCHANGE CLUB CENTER FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE OF NORTH CAROLINA INC ↗
- Who funds THE LITTLE THEATRE OF WINSTON-SALEM INC ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL ADOPTION & RESCUE FOUNDATION OF WINSTON-SALEM INC ↗
- Who funds OLD SALEM INC ↗
- Who funds Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity ↗
- Who funds ORANGE COUNTY JUSTICE UNITED ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Reynolds American Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Strickland Family Foundation Cynthia a S Graham · J & J Neely Foundation · Richard Wood Averill Charitable Trust aka Richard Wood Averill Foundation · Shallow Ford Foundation Inc · Ta John W and Anna H Hanes Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · Pfefferkorn Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Sara Smith Self Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sara Smith Self Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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