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Wilkes Medical Center Foundation

To support and carry out the functions and purposes of wrmc hospital operating corporation (dba atrium health wake forest baptist wilkes medical center) to enhance the delivery of quality health care within the organization's region.

$822k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$467k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$1.4MRecreation & Sports$201kPublic Safety & Disaster$120kPublic Benefit$116kEducation$89kFood & Nutrition$50kHousing & Shelter$49kHuman Services$40kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $141k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
  • $250k+1 grant · $467k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WRMC HOSPITAL OPERATING CORPORATION$466,726
WILKES DENTAL CONSORTIUM INC$150,000
SAMARITAN KITCHEN OF WILKES INC$50,000
WILKES COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT$30,000
SAFE SPOT CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF WILKES$25,302
WILKES RESCUE SQUAD INC$25,000
CARENET COUNSELING OF WILKES INC$24,645
ADULT ENRICHMENT SERVICES OF WILKES$15,675
THE CATHERINE H BARBER MEMORIAL SHELTER$10,000
THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION TEAM OF WILKES COUNTY$10,000
WILKES DEVELOPMENTAL DAY SCHOOL$7,000
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 (FY22–24, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%YMCA OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA: $10k → 15%ADULT ENRICHMENT SERVICES OF WILKES: $16k → 19%BRUSHY MOUNTAIN GROUP HOMES INC: $11k → 19%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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 9 repeat orgs$526k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
15

Total granted

$1.6M
$243k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+31%

Still filing today

56%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $283k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthReligionHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • WH
    WRMC HOSPITAL OPERATING CORPORATION
    2× · 2021–2024 · $510k · revenue +157%
  • WR
    WILKES RECOVERY REVOLUTION INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $352k · revenue ×16
  • WR
    WILKES RESCUE SQUAD INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $56k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • BF
    BOOMER FERGUSON ELEMENTARY PTO
    one grant, 2023 · $40k
  • TC
    THANKFUL COMMUNITY CLUB INC
    one grant, 2023 · $33k
  • SC
    SHEPHERD'S CROSSROADS VFD INC
    one grant, 2022 · $27k · revenue -33%
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
United Way of Wilkes County Inc

United way of wilkes county is dedicated to improving the lives of our citizens by underwriting identified programs that enhance their well-being through our 21 partner agencies. the united way of wilkes county annually impacts over 32,000…

Philanthropy
2
Wilkes Vocational Services Inc

To provide jobs and training to individuals who, due to physical or mental handicaps, have been unable to obtain a regular position in the workforce of the community. basic skills such as mathematics and personal grooming are taught by the…

Employment
3
Wilkes Adult Developmental Activities Program Inc

The organization provides training and work programs for physically and/or mentally handicapped adults of wilkes county, nc. average enrollment = 40

Employment
4
Wilkes Economic Development Corporation

Economic development of wilkes county

Community Improvement
5
Wilkes Senior Resources Inc

To provide services, education, and information that promote quality of life and active aging for senior citizens.

Human Services
6
Wilkes Community Partnership for Children

Ensure children enter school healthy and ready to succeed.

Education
7
Winston County Rescue Squad Inc

Established for the purposes of providing emergency medical services to the residents of winston county.

Health
8
West Yancey Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Provide an all volunteer fire protection & emergency services for a section of yancey county, north carolina.

Public Safety & Disaster
9
West Carter County Volunteer Fire Department

West Carter County Fire Department serves West Carter County, Tennessee as a volunteer fire department.

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10
Waynesboro Community & Human Services in

Provide emergency human services

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11
Hawtree Volunteer Fire Department Inc

To provide fire department services for the community of wise, nc and surrounding areas

Public Safety & Disaster
12
Winchester Volunteer Fire Department

to prevent the loss of life and to control or reduce the loss of property by applying all of our knowledge and resources.

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Adult Enrichment Services of Wilkes; the most unlike its peers is Echo Ministry. 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

21 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. 21 of the 31 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
13/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WRMC HOSPITAL OPERATING CORPORATION: $509,848 · HealthWRMC HOSPITAL OPERATING CORPORATIONWILKES RECOVERY REVOLUTION INC: $352,153 · HealthWILKES RECOVERY REVOLUTION INCWILKES DENTAL CONSORTIUM INCORPORATED: $150,000 · HealthWILKES DENTAL CONSORTIUM INCORPORATED+1 more: $24,645 · HealthTOWN OF NORTH WILKESBORO: $295,600 · OtherTOWN OF NORTH WILKESBOROWILKES RESCUE SQUAD INC: $56,000 · OtherWILKES RESCUE SQUAD INCBOOMER FERGUSON ELEMENTARY PTO: $40,000 · OtherBOOMER FERGUSON ELEMENTARY PTOFOOTHILLS FREE MEDICAL CLINIC: $38,944 · OtherFOOTHILLS FREE MEDICAL CLINICWILKES COUNTY SCHOOLS: $38,500 · OtherWILKES COUNTY SCHOOLSTHANKFUL COMMUNITY CLUB INC: $32,962 · OtherCATHERINE H BARBER MEMORIAL SHELTER INC: $30,000 · Other+9 more: $99,499 · Other+9 moreFAITHHEALTHINNOVATIONS INC: $214,000 · ReligionFAITHHEALTHINN…SAMARITAN KITCHEN OF WILKES: $50,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN KITC…+1 more: $8,000 · ReligionWILKES YOUTH LIFE DEVELOPMENT INC: $25,708 · Youth DevelopmentSAFE SPOT CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF WILKES: $25,302 · Youth DevelopmentSHEPHERD'S CROSSROADS VFD INC: $26,714 · Public Safety & DisasterTRAPHILL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $14,000 · Public Safety & DisasterRONDA COMMUNITY VOL FIRE DEPT INC: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterADULT ENRICHMENT SERVICES OF WILKES: $15,675 · Human ServicesBRUSHY MOUNTAIN GROUP HOMES INC: $11,300 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina (4626): $10,000 · Human Services
Health$1,036,646Other$631,505Religion$272,000Youth Development$51,010Public Safety & Disaster$50,714Human Services$36,975

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWRMC HOSPITAL OPERATING CORPORATION: $509,848 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWILKES RECOVERY REVOLUTION INC: $352,153 over 3y, 15% of budgetFAITHHEALTHINNOVATIONS INC: $214,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetWILKES DENTAL CONSORTIUM INCORPORATED: $150,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetWILKES RESCUE SQUAD INC: $56,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetSAMARITAN KITCHEN OF WILKES: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCATHERINE H BARBER MEMORIAL SHELTER INC: $30,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetSHEPHERD'S CROSSROADS VFD INC: $26,714 over 1y, 15% of budgetWILKES YOUTH LIFE DEVELOPMENT INC: $25,708 over 1y, 19% of budgetSAFE SPOT CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF WILKES: $25,302 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetCARENET COUNSELING OF WILKES INC: $24,645 over 1y, 15% of budgetADULT ENRICHMENT SERVICES OF WILKES: $15,675 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTRAPHILL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $14,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetMILLERS CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $12,900 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBRUSHY MOUNTAIN GROUP HOMES INC: $11,300 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCHILD ABUSE PREVENTION TEAM: $10,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina (4626): $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetECHO MINISTRY: $8,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWILKES LITERACY INC: $7,005 over 1y, 11% of budgetWILKES DEVELOPMENTAL DAY SCHOOL INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

The Health Foundation…The Leonard G Herring…United Way of Wilkes …The Stone FoundationThe Winston-Salem Fou…Speedway Children's C…The Cannon Foundation…North Carolina Commun…The Carson FoundationAmazonsmile Foundation
The Health Foundation IncNC32.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Health Foundation Inc · The Leonard G Herring Family Foundation · United Way of Wilkes County Inc · The Stone Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Speedway Children's Charities · The Cannon Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · The Carson Foundation · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Wilkes Medical Center Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wilkes Medical Center Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's 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
    8report 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
    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 Wilkes Medical Center Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Wilkes Medical Center 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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