· Private foundation
Thomas S Carter Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2019
- $10k–50k5 grants · $90k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $466k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Morgan Arts Council | $125,334 |
| Hope Lutheran Church | $125,313 |
| First United Methodist | $82,657 |
| Calvary Baptist Church | $82,657 |
| Thomas Jefferson High School Alum Assn | $50,000 |
| Coachella Valley Alumnae Panhellenic | $30,000 |
| University of Texas at Tyler | $30,000 |
| All Saints Episcopal School | $10,000 |
| Southern Methodist University | $10,000 |
| Eastern Panhandle United Way | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–18, $422) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 75% 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
Which US states its grants reach
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 +34% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2019, 14 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (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 FY2019, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $546k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MCMercy Corps2× · 2017–2018 · $245 · revenue +19%
- CHCOVENANT HOUSE2× · 2017–2018 · $212 · revenue +34%
Mercy Ships International2× · 2017–2018 · $140 · revenue +251%
Funded once
- LSLONE STAR CHAPTER PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICAgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $105 · revenue +27%
- NPNational Pro Life Allone grant, 2018 · $85
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $70
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.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
The american arbitration association ("aaa") is dedicated to effective, efficient and economical methods of dispute resolution through education, technology and solutions-oriented service.
At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…
The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.
Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.
Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.
To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.
Provide the public access to the live gavel-to-gavel proceedings of both houses of the us congress, and other forums where public policy is discussed, debated, and decided - all without editing, commentary or analysis and with a balanced…
The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…
To identify and foster human intelligence for the benefit of humanity; to encourage research in the nature, characteristics, and uses of intelligence; and to provide a stimulating intellectual and social environment for its members.
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 57 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 MORGAN ARTS COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds Southern Methodist University ↗
- Who funds Mercy Corps ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
- Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds LONE STAR CHAPTER PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BLINDED VETERANS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Dallas Theological Seminary ↗
- Who funds Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation ↗
- Who funds CALVARY COMMISSION INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING ↗
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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Thomas S Carter Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas S Carter Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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