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Wilson Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$61k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$84kHuman Services$41kEducation$21kYouth Development$21kHealth$20kArts & Culture$16kPhilanthropy$15kFood & Nutrition$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BROAD STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURC$15,000
FIFTH STREET MINISTRIES$10,000
IREDELL COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT$5,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$5,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE PIEDMONT$5,000
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFT$5,000
MITCHELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE$2,500
YMCA OF NORTHWEST NC$2,500
FEED NC$2,500
ICARE-INC$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
IREDELL COUNTY CROSBY SCHOLARS COMM$1,000
EQUIPPING WITH TRUTH MINISTRIES INC$1,000
ROTARY CLUB STATESVILLE4TH CREEK$900
G4G MINISTRIES INC$750
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, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 25% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%JUNIOR CHARITY LEAGUE OF CONCORD: $300 → 8%BOYS & GIRLS HOME OF NC: $5k → 21%YMCA OF NORTHWEST NC: $3k → 15%HOSPICE OF IREDELL COUNTY: $4k → 9%ADA JENKINS CENTER: $2k → 10%FIFTH STREET MINISTRIES: $10k → 9%FIFTH STREET MINISTRIES: $5k → 9%FIFTH STREET MINISTRIES: $3k → 9%G4G MINISTRIES INC: $750 → 9%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.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$106k · 6 repeat orgs$134k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
56

Total granted

$106k
$112k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+24%

Still filing today

67%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthPhilanthropyFood & NutritionArts & 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

  • BS
    BROAD STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $60k
  • DI
    DIAKONOS INC
    3× · 2020–2025 · $18k · revenue +30%
  • PS
    Penland School Of Craft
    2× · 2024–2025 · $10k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $18k
  • UW
    United Way of Iredell County Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $12k · revenue -22%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
    one grant, 2020 · $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
Greensboro College

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Education
2
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
3
Unc Health Foundation Inc

At unc health foundation, we inspire philanthropic support for unc health and unc school of medicine that transforms healthcare and provides hope to the people of north carolina and communities around the world.

Education
4
Wingate University

The mission of wingate university is to develop educated, ethical, and productive global citizens. following its judeo-christian heritage, the university seeks to cultivate the following in its students: knowledge, faith, and service.

Education
5
Brevard College Corporation

Brevard college is committed to an experiential liberal arts education that encourages personal growth and inspires artistic, intellectual, and social action.

Education
6
North Carolina Biotechnology Center

The north carolina biotechnology center aids the biotechnology-related efforts of researchers, businesses, state and federal governments, and other agencies primarily through awards of grants and loans related to specific programs and…

Science & Tech
7
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
8
Rex Hospital Inc

To improve the health and well-being of north carolinians and others whom we serve. we accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Health
9
University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Inc

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
10
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
11
East Carolina Health

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
12
The University of North Carolina At Greensboro Investment Fund Inc

To accept the transfer of assets from the uncg endowment fund and the affiliated foundations, which benefit the university, and to manage the investment of those assets.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hospice of Iredell County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Brisbane Academy Inc. 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

34 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. 34 of the 76 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
17/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BROAD STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURC: $60,000 · OtherBROAD STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCIndividual grant recipient: $17,950 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $10,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBSALVATION ARMY OF IREDELL CO: $9,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY OF IREDELL COFEEDNC: $8,000 · Other+45 more: $50,900 · Other+45 moreDIAKONOS INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesDIAKONOS INCBOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS HO…HOSPICE OF IREDELL COUNTY INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF IRED…Young Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina (4626): $2,500 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Chr…Ada Jenkins Families and Careers Development Center Inc: $2,000 · Human ServicesAda Jenkins Fam…+4 more: $2,050 · Human Services+4 moreUnited Way of Iredell County Inc: $12,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CART FUND INC: $500 · PhilanthropyPenland School Of Craft: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBoys & Girls Club of the Piedmont Inc: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 · HealthHebron Colony Ministries Inc: $3,000 · HealthCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 · HealthNATIONAL ROSACEA SOCIETY: $500 · Health+1 more: $300 · HealthStatesville Christian School Inc: $2,500 · EducationHIGH POINT UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · EducationCANNON SCHOOL INC: $1,500 · EducationBRISBANE ACADEMY INC: $1,000 · EducationDavidson College: $1,000 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $1,000 · EducationMEREDITH COLLEGE: $500 · Education
Other$155,850Human Services$33,050Philanthropy$13,500Arts & Culture$10,000Youth Development$10,000Health$9,800Education$9,500

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 budgetDIAKONOS INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Iredell County Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPenland School Of Craft: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of the Piedmont Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFEEDNC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIREDELL COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOSPICE OF IREDELL COUNTY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHebron Colony Ministries Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina (4626): $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStatesville Christian School Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIGH POINT UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetICARE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAda Jenkins Families and Careers Development Center Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANNON SCHOOL INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBRISBANE ACADEMY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetDavidson College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUIPPING WITH TRUTH MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROTARY CLUB-STATESVILLE4TH CREEK: $900 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetG4G MINISTRIES INC: $750 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRESCUE RANCH INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ROSACEA SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CART FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIREDELL CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUMAR SERVICES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEREDITH COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR CHARITY LEAGUE OF CONCORDINC: $300 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $300 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.

Foundation for the Ca…The Cannon Foundation…Duke Energy FoundationUnited Way of Iredell…United Way of Greater…Cashion Family Founda…The Dale Jr FoundationThe James W Davis Fou…Robinson-West Family …Cecile G Ebert Charit…Anverse IncReynolds Foundation 1…
Foundation for the CarolinasNC33.7× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · United Way of Iredell County Inc · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Cashion Family Foundation Inc · The Dale Jr Foundation · The James W Davis Foundation Inc · Robinson-West Family Foundation Tr · Cecile G Ebert Charitable Foundation · Anverse Inc · Reynolds Foundation 186-8803582

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Wilson Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Wilson 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 76 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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