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W Trent Ragland Jr Foundation

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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
69
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$254k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Education$1.7MArts & Culture$680kHuman Services$616kHealth$428kYouth Development$268kRecreation & Sports$115kHousing & Shelter$96kFood & Nutrition$96kOther$0
02FY2024 · 69 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k39 grants · $104k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $405k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $300k
  • $250k+1 grant · $254k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ELIZABETH VANN MOORE FOUNDATION$254,120
YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE$200,000
TRIANGLE SPORTS COMMISSION INC$50,000
RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INCORPORATED$50,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY$25,100
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$25,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE ALBEMABLE$25,000
MARBLES KIDS MUSEUM$25,000
TRANSITIONS LIFECARE$25,000
WAKE MED FOUNDATION$25,000
CAROLINA BALLET INC$22,500
SAINT MARYS SCHOOL$20,000
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION - LIABRARIES$20,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE HURRICANE HELENE RELIEF$15,000
TLC$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–24, $563k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 21% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SOCIETY INC: $100k → 14%CANINES FOR SERVICES INC: $5k → 12%CANINES FOR SERVICES INC: $5k → 12%CANINES FOR SERVICE INC: $5k → 12%CANINES FOR SERVICES INC: $5k → 12%SAINT SAVIOURS CENTER: $10k → 8%DIAPER TRAIN: $10k → 8%DIAPER TRAIN: $10k → 8%NOTE IN THE POCKET INC: $3k → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INCORPORATED: $50k → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INCORPORATED: $50k → 8%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INCORPORATED: $10k → 8%WOMENS CENTER OF WAKE COUNTY INC': $1k → 8%NOTE IN THE POCKET INC: $7k → 8%NOTE IN THE POCKET INC: $3k → 8%SETUP MINISTRY: $5k → 8%TAMMY LYNN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 8%WHEELS4HOPE: $10k → 8%WHEELS4HOPE: $10k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE: $200k → 8%GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $10k → 8%GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $10k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT INC: $10k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE: $5k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE: $5k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.5M · 58 repeat orgs$853k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +29% since the first grant, against -2% for the ones you funded once.

58 repeat relationships — 47 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

58
39

Total granted

$3.5M
$498k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
-2%

Still filing today

83%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $355k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SM
    SAINT MARYS SCHOOL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +16%
  • EV
    ELIZABETH VANN MOORE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $454k · revenue ×16 · 54% of their budget
  • WF
    WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL
    2× · 2021–2022 · $125k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • TR
    THE REX HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $150k · revenue -17%
  • TS
    The Society Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -75%
  • NA
    NC AQUARIUM SOCIETY
    one grant, 2023 · $50k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Research Triangle Regional Partnership

The research triangle regional partnership is an association of area economic development agencies dedicated to keeping the research triangle region economically strong by collectively marketing the region's competitive advantages and…

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2
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc

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.

Human Services
3
Wake County Smart Start Inc

Wake county smart start invests in young children, their families, and a connected early childhood system that supports and prepares them for school and life ahead.

Education
4
North Carolina Chamber

The organization is a proactive, nonpartisan business advocacy organization. the organization works in the legislative, regulatory and political arenas to proactively drive positive change to ensure that north carolina is a leading place…

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5
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
6
North Carolina Bar Association

The north carolina bar association is organized for the purposes of promoting and improving the administration of justice in north carolina; fostering and encouraging law reform when in the public interest; advancing the science of…

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7
Family Promise of Wake County Inc

Moving families at risk of or experiencing homelessness into sustainable, permanent housing in our community through a continuum of support services.

Housing & Shelter
8
Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina Inc

Our mission is to improve the economic well-being and quality of life for all north carolinians. we do this by collaborating with state, regional, local, and private-sector partners in new business recruitment, existing employer support,…

Community Improvement
9
NourishNC Inc

NourishNC, Inc.'s goal is to provide healthy food to hungry children, empowering them to succeed in the classroom and in their community

Food & Nutrition
10
The Resiliency Collaborative Inc

Trc partners with bipoc youth and their ecosystems to strengthen their sense of identity, belonging, and purpose so they can create a healthier, more equitable wake county.

Education
11
North Carolina Victim Assistance Network

North carolina victim assistance network promotes the rights and needs of crime victims by educating north carolina's citizens and public policy leaders about the devastating impact that crime has on our society. serving our members as a…

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12
North Carolina Council On Economic Education Inc

The nccee provides economic and financial education for educators and students throughout north carolina. this mission is accomplished through standards based workshops and a variety of resources for educators, academic competitions for…

Social Science

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Women's Center Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Society Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyWake County Community Servi…Youth & Adult Sports Progra…University Support Foundati…Community Theatre & Perform…Faith-Based Ministry Organi…Residential Support and Rec…Charter and Independent Sch…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 43 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number28%0%<5yr18%6%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr14%16%20–35yr12%40%35–55yr9%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value28%0%<5yr18%1%5–10yr20%20%10–20yr14%9%20–35yr12%14%35–55yr9%56%55yr+

The field is 28% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/82
the rest of the field
15%
1,073/7,361

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

77 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 77 of the 119 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
76/77
Grantees still filing
50/77
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SAINT MARYS SCHOOL — $1,362,436 · EducationSAINT MARYS SCHOOLWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL — $125,000 · EducationWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL+11 more — $198,500 · Education+11 moreTHE REX HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC — $150,000 · OtherTHE REX HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIO…HOSPICE OF WAKE COUNTY INC — $85,000 · OtherHOSPICE OF WAKE COUNTY INCWAKE MED FOUNDATION — $75,000 · OtherWAKE MED FOUNDATIONNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC — $55,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WAKE COUNTY INC — $55,000 · OtherNC AQUARIUM SOCIETY — $50,000 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY — $40,100 · OtherARISE COLLECTIVE INC — $37,500 · Other+59 more — $554,500 · Other+59 moreELIZABETH VANN MOORE FOUNDATION — $454,220 · Arts & CultureELIZABETH VANN …CAROLINA BALLET INC — $87,500 · Arts & CultureCAROLINA BALLET…+13 more — $53,400 · Arts & Culture+13 moreThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598) — $200,000 · Human ServicesThe Young Men'…THE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC — $110,000 · Human ServicesTHE RALEIGH RE…The Society Inc — $100,000 · Human ServicesThe Society In…THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT — $30,000 · Human ServicesDIAPER TRAIN — $30,000 · Human ServicesTAMMY LYNN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesCanines for Service Inc — $20,000 · Human ServicesWHEELS4HOPE — $20,000 · Human Services+5 more — $33,000 · Human Services+5 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE ALBEMARLE INC — $85,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY INC — $45,200 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS' CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY FOUNDATION — $45,000 · Youth Development+1 more — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentTRIANGLE SPORTS COMMISSION — $115,000 · Recreation & SportsALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC — $50,000 · HealthHEALING TRANSITIONS INC — $25,000 · HealthHAVEN HOUSE INC — $15,000 · HealthSOUTHLIGHT HEALTHCARE INC — $5,000 · HealthTHE CARING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $4,500 · Health+1 more — $1,000 · Health
Education$1,685,936Other$1,102,100Arts & Culture$595,120Human Services$568,000Youth Development$180,200Recreation & Sports$115,000Health$100,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSAINT MARYS SCHOOL — $1,362,436 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetELIZABETH VANN MOORE FOUNDATION — $454,220 over 3y, 54% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598) — $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE REX HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC — $150,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL — $125,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRIANGLE SPORTS COMMISSION — $115,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetTHE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC — $110,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCAROLINA BALLET INC — $87,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetHOSPICE OF WAKE COUNTY INC — $85,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE ALBEMARLE INC — $85,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC — $55,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WAKE COUNTY INC — $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC — $50,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY INC — $45,200 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetBOYS' CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY FOUNDATION — $45,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetARISE COLLECTIVE INC — $37,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetMARBLES KIDS MUSEUM — $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWith Love From Jesus Ministries — $35,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSAFECHILD — $32,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $31,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT — $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDIAPER TRAIN — $30,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA — $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRIANGLE FAMILY SERVICES INC — $28,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CORRAL RIDING ACADEMY — $27,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetA PLACE AT THE TABLE — $25,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTAMMY LYNN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHEALING TRANSITIONS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCanines for Service Inc — $20,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetWHEELS4HOPE — $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCASA — $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWAKE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP — $16,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CITY OF RALEIGH MUSEUM — $15,500 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetHAVEN HOUSE INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNOTE IN THE POCKET INC — $12,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF RALEIGH INC — $10,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGABIS GROUNDS COFFEE SHOP — $10,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetTHE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMISSION TRIANGLE INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHIGHER ED WORKS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER — $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRANDOLPH COLLEGE INC — $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY ASSOCIATES INC — $6,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Triangle Community Fo…Bell Koonce Burnette …North Carolina Commun…John William Pope Fou…Aj Fletcher FoundationUnited Way of the Gre…Duke Energy FoundationHillsdale FundDuke University Healt…Bell Schaefer Family …Bell Cook Family Foun…The Cannon Foundation…
Triangle Community Foundation IncNC83.7× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Bell Koonce Burnette Foundation · North Carolina Community Foundation · John William Pope Foundation · Aj Fletcher Foundation · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Hillsdale Fund · Duke University Health System Inc · Bell Schaefer Family Foundation · Bell Cook Family Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization W Trent Ragland Jr Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    30report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to W Trent Ragland Jr Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to W Trent Ragland Jr Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 119 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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