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Triad Foundation Inc at a glance

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Triad Foundation Inc

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.

$16M
Granted FY2022
479
Grants FY2022
32
States reached
$600k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$9.9MArts & Culture$2.4MHealth$2.2MHuman Services$2.0MAnimals$1.6MScience & Tech$1.5MYouth Development$1.5MPublic Benefit$1.2MOther$0
02FY2022 · 479 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 479 grants below total $12,813,223, the rows itemized in this filing. The $16,123,223 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,310,000 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 · FY2022

  • Under $10k155 grants · $632k
  • $10k–50k259 grants · $4.7M
  • $50k–250k57 grants · $4.7M
  • $250k+8 grants · $2.7M
$10,000
Median grant
32
States reached
$375M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/Hussman School of Journalism and Media$600,000
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc.$400,000
CharMeck Family Justice Center, Inc$350,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/Hussman School of Journalism and Media$300,000
Frameworks of Tampa Bay, Inc.$277,500
Cornell University/Johnson Graduate School of Management$272,500
Cornell University/Johnson Graduate School of Management$272,500
Cornell University/Johnson Graduate School of Management$272,500
Humane Society of Charlotte, Inc.$200,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/College of Arts and Sciences$200,000
Charlotte Country Day School$150,000
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay, Inc.$150,000
Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA, Inc.$150,000
American Enterprise Institute$150,000
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department$144,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$25M · 270 repeat orgs$3.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

270 repeat relationships: 263 still active in FY2022, 7 since wound down; 88 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

270
118

Total granted

$25M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+25%

Still filing today

84%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’21’22
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesAnimalsPublic BenefitOther
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
    BOYCE THOMPSON INSTITUTE FOR PLANT RESEARCH INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $1.4M · revenue +18%
  • FO
    FRAMEWORKS OF TAMPA BAY INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $1.1M · revenue +2% · 38% of their budget
  • TM
    TAMPA METROPOLITAN AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $513k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • TE
    THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $203k · revenue +56%
  • Queens University of Charlotte
    one grant, 2019 · $175k · revenue -5%
  • IP
    IDEA Public Schoolsgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $125k · revenue +44%
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.

03Its 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
United States Naval Institute

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.

—
2
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
3
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
4
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
5
Center for American Progress

The center for american progress (cap) is an independent nonpartisan policy institute that is dedicated to improving the lives of all americans through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action. our aim is…

Civil Rights
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
America's Newspapers

Providing research, education and practical information all aimed at optimizing newspapers' business operations, deepening their community engagement and enhancing the quality of their journalism.

Employment
9
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
11
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
12
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Accountability Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Hubbard Rodeo Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

385 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. 385 of the 483 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.

10
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
87
Early backer (in before they grew)
377/385
Grantees still filing
270/385
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/Hussman School of Journalism and Media: $3,816,000 · OtherUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/Hussman School of Journal…Cornell University/Johnson Graduate School of Management: $1,937,426 · OtherCornell University/Johnson Graduate School of ManagementUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $960,813 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLFRAMEWORKS OF TAMPA BAY INC: $1,070,409 · OtherFRAMEWORKS OF TAMPA BAY INC+104 more: $8,744,054 · Other+104 moreCHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $490,000 · EducationCHARLOTTE COUN…ACADEMY PREP CENTER OF TAMPA INC: $352,487 · EducationACADEMY PREP C…FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC: $250,000 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR…Emergent Order Foundation Inc: $200,000 · EducationEmergent Order…Queens University of Charlotte: $175,000 · EducationPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $161,000 · EducationTHE KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $125,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL H ARTS & SCIENCES FOUNDATION: $125,000 · EducationIDEA Public Schools: $125,000 · Education+23 more: $1,372,660 · Education+23 moreSOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS INC: $313,707 · Arts & CultureFREE TO CHOOSE NETWORK INC: $200,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION: $150,000 · Arts & CultureMainspring Narrative Films Inc: $125,000 · Arts & CultureROOF ABOVE INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: $96,000 · Arts & CultureSCIENCENTER DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $80,500 · Arts & CultureOPUS ITHACA SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureFOUNDATION FOR CULTURAL REVIEW: $60,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern Art: $53,400 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $323,216 · Arts & CultureTAMPA METROPOLITAN AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $513,400 · Human ServicesFAMILY FIRST INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesTHE RELATIVES INC: $108,000 · Human ServicesCLOTHES TO KIDS INC: $64,520 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $51,467 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN- TAMPA BAY INC: $51,000 · Human ServicesPAWS4PEOPLE INC: $51,000 · Human ServicesFreedom Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $50,000 · Human Services+5 more: $157,000 · Human ServicesBOYCE THOMPSON INSTITUTE FOR PLANT RESEARCH INC: $1,441,150 · Science & TechPHOENIX MULTISPORT INC: $420,000 · HealthCAYUGA MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $250,600 · HealthARISE ALLIANCE INSTITUTE INC: $150,000 · HealthCancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes: $110,000 · HealthCHORDOMA FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthTAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $61,000 · HealthH LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER & RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION INC: $53,500 · HealthANGELMAN SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Health+7 more: $217,500 · HealthHumane Society of Charlotte Inc: $462,904 · AnimalsLowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc: $235,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC: $145,000 · AnimalsHumane Society of Tampa Bay Inc: $140,500 · AnimalsWing Haven Foundation Inc DBA Wing Haven Garden & Bird Sanctuary: $85,000 · AnimalsTHE NORTH CAROLINA AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $60,000 · AnimalsMercy Full Project Inc: $45,726 · Animals+3 more: $100,000 · Animals
Other$16,528,702Education$3,376,147Arts & Culture$1,576,823Human Services$1,451,387Science & Tech$1,441,150Health$1,412,600Animals$1,274,130

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetBOYCE THOMPSON INSTITUTE FOR PLANT RESEARCH INC: $1,441,150 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetFRAMEWORKS OF TAMPA BAY INC: $1,070,409 over 2y, 38% of budgetTAMPA METROPOLITAN AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $513,400 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $502,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC: $494,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $490,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHumane Society of Charlotte Inc: $462,904 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetPHOENIX MULTISPORT INC: $420,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSTARTING RIGHT NOW: $357,890 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetACADEMY PREP CENTER OF TAMPA INC: $352,487 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetCharmeck Family Justice Center Inc co Safe Alliance: $350,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetSOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS INC: $313,707 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $255,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCAYUGA MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $250,600 over 3y, 30% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC: $250,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetLowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc: $235,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF TOMPKINS COUNTY INC: $206,200 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetTHE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $203,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY FIRST INC: $200,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetFREE TO CHOOSE NETWORK INC: $200,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetEmergent Order Foundation Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetTOMPKINS CORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $178,825 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetQueens University of Charlotte: $175,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPOSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE: $161,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetAmericans for Prosperity Foundation: $160,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetARISE ALLIANCE INSTITUTE INC: $150,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ROSAMOND GIFFORD ZOO AT BURNET PARK INC: $145,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetHumane Society of Tampa Bay Inc: $140,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPROJECT VERITAS: $140,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $125,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC: $125,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMainspring Narrative Films Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 71% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL H ARTS & SCIENCES FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetIDEA Public Schools: $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConservative Partnership Institute: $112,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHETERODOX ACADEMY: $110,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes: $110,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetTHE RELATIVES INC: $108,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetEMPIRE CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY INC: $103,400 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ITHACA AND TOMPKINS COUNTY: $100,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE BLEXIT FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetROOF ABOVE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHORDOMA FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetBill of Rights Institute: $100,000 over 3y, 0.7% 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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

Community Foundation …Legacy Foundation of …Donors Trust IncSarah Scaife Foundati…Park Foundation IncTompkins Charitable G…Vinik Family Foundati…Bradley Impact Fund I…JM McDonald Foundatio…Debartolo Family Foun…The Lynde and Harry B…The Dunn Foundation
Community Foundation of Tompkins County IncNY81.2× affinity41 shared granteesties to 5 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Tompkins County Inc · Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County · Donors Trust Inc · Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated · Park Foundation Inc · Tompkins Charitable Gift Fund Inc · Vinik Family Foundation · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · The Dunn 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.

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 483 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $15M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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