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Tobacco Road Marathon

To foster, coordinate, and develop amateur athletic activity in the sport of running and distribute excess in support of other charities.

$142k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
4
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Health$314kPublic Safety & Disaster$228kRecreation & Sports$69kPhilanthropy$69kHuman Services$58kEnvironment$11kFood & Nutrition$2k
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $120,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $141,700 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $21,700 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $112k
$12,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$92k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN RED CROSS$35,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$30,000
JDRF$15,000
YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE$12,000
HOPE FOR WARRIORS$10,000
REX HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$10,000
WAKE COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION$8,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $262k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $38k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $36k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $35k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $41k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $38k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $35k → 8%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $7k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $12k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $12k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $10k → 8%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$694k · 7 repeat orgs$57k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +45% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2023, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
6

Total granted

$694k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+45%

Still filing today

57%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1D
    8× · 2017–2025 · $229k · revenue +49%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    9× · 2017–2025 · $228k · revenue +46%
  • TY
    The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598)
    7× · 2017–2025 · $58k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY
    2× · 2018–2025 · $8k · revenue +4%
  • TR
    TRIANGLE RAILS-TO-TRAILS CONSERVANCY
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
  • TV
    THE V FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +54%
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
Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
2
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
3
American Institute for Cancer Research

Aicr champions the latest and most authoritative scientific research from around the world on cancer prevention and survival through diet, weight and physical activity, so that we can help people make informed lifestyle choices to reduce…

Health
4
Researchamerica

2025 was a turbulent year for the medical and health research community, but our commitment to advocating for science never wavered. from pushing back against funding threats to elevating researchers' voices and equipping advocates, we…

—
5
Baylor Research Institute

To improve the care and well being of our community, nationally and internationally, through innovative clinically relevant research that is consistent with the mission, vision and values of Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH).

Health
6
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
7
Critical Path Institute

The critical path institute is a catalyst in the development of new approaches that advance medical innovation and regulatory science. this is achieved by leading teams that share data, knowledge and expertise resulting in sound, consensus…

Health
8
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

—
9
Lehigh Valley Hospital

Our mission is to heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value, supported by education and research.

Health
10
National Tuberous Sclerosis Association

To improve quality of life for everyone affected by tuberous sclerosis complex by catalyzing new treatments, driving research toward a cure and expanding access to lifelong support.

Health
11
Rex Hospital Inc

To improve the health and well-being of north carolinians and others whom we serve. we accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Health
12
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches; the most unlike its peers is Rails to Trails Conservancy. 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

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 14 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $228,149 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constitue…The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $58,000 · Human ServicesThe Young Men's Christian Association of th…BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $228,532 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1DAmerican Heart Association Inc: $30,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc+1 more: $5,000 · HealthTHE REX HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $50,500 · OtherTHE REX HEALTHCARE…CITY OF RALEIGH: $38,245 · OtherCITY OF RALEIGHWAKE COUNTY PARKS AND RECS: $22,000 · OtherWAKE COUNTY PARKS …TRIANGLE RAILS-TO-TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $7,500 · OtherTRIANGLE RAILS-TO-…+1 more: $1,000 · OtherHope For The Warriors: $68,722 · PhilanthropyHope For T…RAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $8,000 · EnvironmentWE CAN SO YOU CAN INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $2,000 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$286,149Health$263,532Other$119,245Philanthropy$68,722Environment$11,000Food & Nutrition$2,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $228,532 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $228,149 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHope For The Warriors: $68,722 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $58,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE REX HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $50,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWE CAN SO YOU CAN INC: $3,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN ALPINE CLUB: $1,000 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Tobacco Road Marathon funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tobacco Road Marathon. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Tobacco Road Marathon?

    Find your warmest path to Tobacco Road Marathon through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 14 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $164k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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