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William C Ethridge Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

William C Ethridge Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$501k
Granted FY2025still arriving
49
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$108k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$535kHealth$507kYouth Development$467kHousing & Shelter$440kHuman Services$385kAnimals$150kArts & Culture$141kReligion$108kOther$0
02FY2025 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k36 grants · $131k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $263k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $108k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Raleigh Rescue Mission$107,500
Lucy Daniels Preschool$35,000
Healing Transitions$35,000
Marbles Kid Museum$30,000
Foundation of Hope$30,000
SAFEchild$27,500
YMCA$25,000
SPCA of Wake County$25,000
Boys Club of Wake County$15,000
Food Bank of NC$10,000
Transition Life Care$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Habitat for Humanity$10,000
Salvation Army$7,500
Corral Riding Academy$7,500
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 (FY17–25, $663k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, 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%Raleigh Rescue Mission: $215k → 8%Raleigh Rescue Mission: $108k → 8%Raleigh Rescue Mission: $108k → 8%Raleigh Rescue Mission: $15k → 8%Raleigh Rescue Mission: $8k → 8%Raleigh Rescue Mission: $8k → 8%Raleigh Rescue Mission: $8k → 8%Note in the Pocket: $5k → 8%Note in the Pocket: $3k → 8%Note in the Pocket: $3k → 8%Note in the Pocket: $3k → 8%Note in the Pocket: $3k → 8%Note in the Pocket: $3k → 8%Note in the Pocket: $3k → 8%The Green Chair Project: $3k → 8%The Green Chair Project: $3k → 8%The Green Chair Project: $3k → 8%The Green Chair Project: $3k → 8%The Green Chair Project: $3k → 8%The Green Chair Project: $3k → 8%The Green Chair Project: $3k → 8%Interfaith Food Shuttle: $33k → 8%Interfaith Food Shuttle: $30k → 8%Interfaith Food Shuttle: $10k → 8%Interfaith Food Shuttle: $8k → 8%Saint Saviour's Center: $5k → 8%Interfaith Food Shuttle: $5k → 8%Saint Saviour's Center: $5k → 8%Interfaith Food Shuttle: $5k → 8%Saint Saviour's Center: $5k → 8%Saint Saviour's Center: $5k → 8%Saint Saviour's Center: $5k → 8%Interfaith Food Shuttle: $5k → 8%Saint Saviour's Center: $5k → 8%Saint Saviour's Center: $5k → 8%Interfaith Food Shuttle: $5k → 8%Saint Saviour's Center: $5k → 8%The Hope Center at Pullen: $3k → 8%The Hope Center at Pullen: $3k → 8%The Hope Center at Pullen: $3k → 8%The Hope Center at Pullen: $3k → 8%The Hope Center at Pullen: $3k → 8%The Hope Center at Pullen: $3k → 8%The Hope Center at Pullen: $3k → 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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.2M · 58 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

58 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

58
4

Total granted

$4.2M
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
0%

Still filing today

45%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionEducationOther
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

  • THE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $468k · revenue +67%
  • FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $360k · revenue +86%
  • BOYS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $140k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
  • KC
    Kids Club
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • ND
    NC Disaster Relief Fund
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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
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
2
Crossnore Communities for Children

Crossnore communities for children champions the well being of children and families by fostering innovative change that weaves a fabric of resilience in homes, schools, and communities.

Health
3
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
4
Raleigh County Community Action Association Inc

Raleigh county community action association, inc. empowers individuals and families to reach their highest levels of social and economical self-sufficiency, while identifying and eliminating causes of poverty. rccaa provides direct…

Human Services
5
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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6
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
7
Hospice of Gaston County Inc

To provide compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

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8
Wake County Continuum of Care Dba Raleigh-Wake Partnership to End and Prev

Our mission is to leverage the power of community to address systemic causes of homelessness through coordinated response, education, data, and advocacy.

Housing & Shelter
9
Passage Home Inc

To break the cycle of poverty and create multi-generational self-sufficiency for the individuals and families of wake county by helping them achieve housing and income security.

Housing & Shelter
10
One Wake

One wake's purpose is to build relationships across the wake county north carolina area, to identify community concerns and or needs, and to work together as a united power for human dignity, social justice, and the greater good. one wake…

Community Improvement
11
Wnc Lighthouse Inc

The mission of WNC Lighthouse Inc is Changing lives, by being a light for Christ our Lord. Our vision is To be fully devoted to Jesus Christ, by opening our arms and providing Christian services to the underseved children, adults and…

Human Services
12
Triangle Global Health Consortium Inc

The mission of the north carolina global health alliance is to advance north carolina as an international center for research, training, education, advocacy and business dedicated to improving the health of the world's communities. we…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Triangle Family Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

29 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. 29 of the 62 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/29
Grantees still filing
23/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $480,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientOcconeechee Council Boy Scouts: $190,000 · OtherOcconeechee Council Boy ScoutsLucy Daniels Preschool: $130,000 · OtherHOSPICE OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $110,000 · OtherTHE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER INC: $107,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $103,000 · OtherHealing Place: $100,000 · OtherFOUNDATION OF HOPE FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS: $90,000 · OtherHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $90,000 · OtherMARBLES KIDS MUSEUM: $90,000 · Other+39 more: $1,172,500 · Other+39 moreTHE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC: $467,500 · Human ServicesTHE RALEIGH RESCU…INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $100,000 · Human ServicesINTER-FAITH FOOD …DIAPER TRAIN: $40,000 · Human ServicesDIAPER TRAIN+3 more: $55,000 · Human Services+3 moreFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $360,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK…BOYS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $140,000 · Youth DevelopmentNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MINISTRIES: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $13,000 · Youth DevelopmentHEALING TRANSITIONS INC: $145,000 · HealthSAFECHILD: $92,500 · Crime & LegalTHE CORRAL RIDING ACADEMY: $82,500 · Education
Other$2,663,000Human Services$662,500Food & Nutrition$360,000Youth Development$198,000Health$145,000Crime & Legal$92,500Education$82,500

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 budgetTHE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC: $467,500 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $360,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHEALING TRANSITIONS INC: $145,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $140,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetHOSPICE OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $110,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER INC: $107,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetINTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE: $100,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSAFECHILD: $92,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetFOUNDATION OF HOPE FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS: $90,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $90,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetMARBLES KIDS MUSEUM: $90,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CORRAL RIDING ACADEMY: $82,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetTHE REX HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $50,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MINISTRIES: $45,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetDIAPER TRAIN: $40,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $22,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTRIANGLE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNOTE IN THE POCKET INC: $20,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HOPE CENTER AT PULLEN INC: $17,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTHE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $17,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDOROTHEA DIX PARK CONSERVANCY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRALEIGH FINE ARTS SOCIETY INC: $9,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetTRIANGLE GOLF FOUNDATION INC DBA THE FIRST TEE OF THE TRIANGLE: $8,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJuntos y Unidos por Puerto Rico Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.5% 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.

  • Who funds THE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALING TRANSITIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE ↗
  • Who funds SAFECHILD ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION OF HOPE FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS ↗
  • Who funds Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity ↗
  • Who funds MARBLES KIDS MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE CORRAL RIDING ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE REX HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds DIAPER TRAIN ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC ↗

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.

North Carolina Commun…Triangle Community Fo…Duke Energy FoundationBell Koonce Burnette …W Trent Ragland Jr Fo…Carolina Hurricanes F…Aj Fletcher FoundationJohn William Pope Fou…Bell Schaefer Family …Bell Cook Family Foun…United Way of the Gre…Maynard Family Founda…
North Carolina Community FoundationNC40.4× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: North Carolina Community Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Bell Koonce Burnette Foundation · W Trent Ragland Jr Foundation · Carolina Hurricanes Foundation · Aj Fletcher Foundation · John William Pope Foundation · Bell Schaefer Family Foundation · Bell Cook Family Foundation · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Maynard Family 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 William C Ethridge Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William C Ethridge Foundation Inc. 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.

    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 62 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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