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Tom Russell Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$440k
Granted FY2025still arriving
43
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$102k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$1.4MHealth$526kHuman Services$499kYouth Development$243kHousing & Shelter$239kCommunity Improvement$178kFood & Nutrition$152kArts & Culture$73kOther$0
02FY2025 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k28 grants · $91k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $198k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $152k
$5,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$30M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RISE SOUTHEAST RALEIGH CHARTER SCHOOL INC$102,000
DONKA INCORPORATED$50,000
HENDERSON COLLEGIATE$22,500
PS 70 MAX SCHOENFELD$20,000
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION$20,000
PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICANS$20,000
CHESS-IN-THE-SCHOOLS INC$17,500
THE COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INSTITUTE$15,000
LATINO EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT PARTNERSHIP$15,000
PREP FOR PREP$13,500
COLORADO WOMENS EDUCATION FOUNDATION$12,000
A BETTER CHANCE INC$12,000
CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$10,000
KIPP OKC PUBLIC SCHOOLS$10,000
POSITIVE TOMORROWS INC$10,000
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 (FY20–25, $814k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 51% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICANS: $100k → 14%CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $10k → 13%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $50k → 16%JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $5k → 14%PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICANS: $22k → 14%CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $10k → 13%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $20k → 16%JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $5k → 14%PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICANS: $20k → 14%CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $10k → 13%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $10k → 16%JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $5k → 14%PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICANS: $20k → 14%HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC: $10k → 8%JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $5k → 14%PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICANS: $20k → 14%BRIDGES OF NORMAN INC: $10k → 13%JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $5k → 14%PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICANS: $15k → 14%HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC: $5k → 8%JUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $5k → 14%PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICANS: $8k → 14%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $100k → 8%HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC: $5k → 8%BRIDGES OF NORMAN INC: $10k → 13%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $10k → 8%BRIDGES OF NORMAN INC: $10k → 13%HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC: $5k → 8%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $10k → 8%BRIDGES OF NORMAN INC: $5k → 13%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $8k → 8%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $7k → 8%GADS HILL CENTER: $5k → 14%INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $5k → 8%GADS HILL CENTER: $5k → 14%GADS HILL CENTER: $5k → 14%GADS HILL CENTER: $5k → 14%GADS HILL CENTER: $5k → 14%SE RALEIGH PROMISE INC: $40k → 8%SE RALEIGH PROMISE INC: $38k → 8%SE RALEIGH PROMISE INC: $35k → 8%SE RALEIGH PROMISE INC: $25k → 8%SE RALEIGH PROMISE INC: $8k → 8%THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE TRIANG: $34k → 8%GROWING TOGETHER PRESCHOOL: $10k → 8%GROWING TOGETHER PRESCHOOL: $10k → 8%GROWING TOGETHER PRESCHOOL: $8k → 8%GROWING TOGETHER PRESCHOOL: $7k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
SD
NJ
CA
UT
CO
NC
OK
TX
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 48 repeat orgs$155k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

48 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
23

Total granted

$3.2M
$85k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+8%

Still filing today

90%
87%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • RS
    RISE SOUTHEAST RALEIGH CHARTER SCHOOL INC
    3× · 2020–2025 · $352k · revenue +30%
  • DI
    DONKA INCORPORATED
    6× · 2020–2025 · $302k · revenue +17%
  • ML
    MARCY LAB INC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $203k · revenue ×13

Funded once

  • Urban Ministries of Durham Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -9%
  • FRIENDS OF THE MOUNTAINS-TO-SEA TRAILgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +49%
  • LO
    LEADERSHIP OKLAHOMA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $8k · revenue +22%
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
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
2
North Carolina Business Leaders for Educ

The mission of north carolina business leaders for education (dba best nc) is to unite an engaged and informed business perspective to dramatically transform and improve north carolina's education system. our goal is for every student to…

Education
3
Communities in Schools of North Carolina Inc

Cisnc's mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. cisnc serves as the backbone for its statewide network of 20 independent nonprofit organizations that serve local…

Human Services
4
The North Carolina Leadership Charter Academy Inc

The north carolina leadership academy provides its k-12 students with a solid foundation of skills, knowledge, and information as part of their college preparatory program. additionally, ncla seeks the acceptance of all high school…

Education
5
Institute for the Development of Young Leaders

Operation of a public charter school.

Membership Benefit
6
Kipp Chicago Schools

The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…

Education
7
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
8
Kipp North Carolina

Support of member charter schools in north carolina

Education
9
College Summit Inc

College summit, inc. d/b/a peerforward (peerforward)'s mission is to unleash the power of positive peer influence to transform the lives of youth living in low-income communities by connecting them to college and careers. in low-income…

Education
10
Carolina Charter Academy

Operation of a public charter school.

Education
11
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
12
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Thrive Scholars; the most unlike its peers is Porch-Hillsborough. 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

75 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. 75 of the 84 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
73/75
Grantees still filing
42/75
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RISE SOUTHEAST RALEIGH CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $352,000 · EducationRISE SOUTHEAST RALEIGH CHARTER SCHOOL …MARCY LAB INC: $203,000 · EducationMARCY LAB INCTHRIVE SCHOLARS: $117,000 · EducationTHRIVE SCHOLARSLatino Educational Achievement Partnership: $115,000 · EducationLatino Educational Achievement Partner…DUKE UNIVERSITY: $107,500 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYKIPP OKC PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $62,500 · EducationKIPP OKC PUBLIC SCHOOLS INCHENDERSON COLLEGIATE INC: $57,500 · EducationCOLORADO UPLIFT INC: $56,000 · Education+15 more: $82,500 · Education+15 morePartnership With Native Americans: $205,200 · Human ServicesPartnership With Native Ame…SE RALEIGH PROMISE INC: $145,500 · Human ServicesSE RALEIGH PROMISE INCINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $142,000 · Human ServicesINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLEYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY: $80,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOC…The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $46,500 · Human ServicesThe Young Men's Christian A…GROWING TOGETHER PRESCHOOL: $39,500 · Human ServicesBRIDGES OF NORMAN INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesGADS HILL CENTER: $30,000 · Human ServicesJUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $30,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES INC: $30,000 · Human Services+2 more: $30,000 · Human ServicesDONKA INCORPORATED: $301,800 · OtherDONKA INCORPORATEDSOUTHEAST RALEIGH CHARTER FOUNDATION INC: $112,000 · OtherSOUTHEAST RALEIGH CHARTER …COLORADO WOMEN'S EDUCATION FOUNDATI: $54,000 · OtherCOLORADO WOMEN'S EDUCATION…CLEVELAND COUNTY FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $45,000 · OtherCLEVELAND COUNTY FAMILY YO…CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $67,500 · OtherCRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUND…THE COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INSTITUTE: $27,500 · Other+31 more: $201,000 · Other+31 moreErie Family Health Foundation Inc: $165,000 · HealthErie Family Health Center Inc: $38,000 · HealthCENTRAL OKLAHOMA AMERICAN INDIAN HEALTH COUNCIL INC: $20,000 · HealthCHESS-IN-THE-SCHOOLS INC: $160,000 · Recreation & SportsDOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY: $15,500 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsPOSITIVE TOMORROWS INC: $117,500 · Youth DevelopmentDURHAM CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE: $12,500 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE LOTUS CAMPAIGN: $53,000 · Housing & ShelterThe Resurrection Project: $40,000 · Housing & Shelter
Education$1,153,000Human Services$813,700Other$808,800Health$223,000Recreation & Sports$177,500Youth Development$131,000Housing & Shelter$93,000

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 budgetRISE SOUTHEAST RALEIGH CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $352,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetDONKA INCORPORATED: $301,800 over 6y, 14% of budgetPartnership With Native Americans: $205,200 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMARCY LAB INC: $203,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetErie Family Health Foundation Inc: $165,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetCHESS-IN-THE-SCHOOLS INC: $160,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetSE RALEIGH PROMISE INC: $145,500 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $142,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetPOSITIVE TOMORROWS INC: $117,500 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetTHRIVE SCHOLARS: $117,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetLatino Educational Achievement Partnership: $115,000 over 6y, 25% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $107,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY: $80,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $67,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetKIPP OKC PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $62,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHENDERSON COLLEGIATE INC: $57,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOLORADO UPLIFT INC: $56,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCOLORADO WOMEN'S EDUCATION FOUNDATI: $54,000 over 4y, 37% of budgetTHE LOTUS CAMPAIGN: $53,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $46,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND COUNTY FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Resurrection Project: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGROWING TOGETHER PRESCHOOL: $39,500 over 5y, 30% of budgetErie Family Health Center Inc: $38,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGES OF NORMAN INC: $35,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetGADS HILL CENTER: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJUVENILE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION: $30,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COUNCIL OF URBAN PROFESSIONALS INSTITUTE: $27,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCENTRAL OKLAHOMA AMERICAN INDIAN HEALTH COUNCIL INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY: $15,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPLM FAMILIES TOGETHER INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCovenant Christian School: $15,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetJUSTICE LOVE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $13,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDURHAM CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE: $12,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUrban Ministries of Durham Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTUDENT U: $10,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MOUNTAINS-TO-SEA TRAIL: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLEELANAU CONSERVANCY: $8,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLEADERSHIP OKLAHOMA INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPARENT POSSIBLE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetROOM TO READ: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDavidson College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPorch-Hillsborough: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTRIANGLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 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.

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.

Triangle Community Fo…Aj Fletcher FoundationUnited Way of the Gre…John Rex EndowmentDuke University Healt…Duke UniversityFidelity FoundationDuke Energy FoundationGipson Family Foundat…The Leon Levine Found…North Carolina Commun…The Mary Duke Biddle …
Triangle Community Foundation IncNC37.2× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Aj Fletcher Foundation · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · John Rex Endowment · Duke University Health System Inc · Duke University · Fidelity Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Gipson Family Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · North Carolina Community Foundation · The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Missionpost Pmb #101

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 Tom Russell Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tom Russell Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Newark Alliance Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Central Oklahoma American Indian Health Council Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
31report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
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How do I get to Tom Russell Charitable Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Tom Russell Charitable Foundation Inc 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 84 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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