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Wren Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$86k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its 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, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$646kHealth$340kEducation$326kArts & Culture$80kRecreation & Sports$61kYouth Development$60kHuman Services$53kPublic Benefit$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $39k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $48k
$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$558k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY$35,000
CHRIST SCHOOL$12,500
INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FUND OF NC$9,500
CHATHAM COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP$5,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL CAROLINA$5,000
CHATHAM COUNTY DSS FOSTER CHILDREN'S FUND$3,000
JORDAN MATTHEWS ARTS FOUNDATION$2,750
SALEM ACADEMY$2,500
UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION$2,500
CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF NC$2,400
CHATHAM COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL$2,000
HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY$1,500
CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$1,000
WREN MEMORIAL LIBRARY$1,000
NATIONAL FIRE SAFETY COUNCIL$300
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 (FY20–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%American Red Cross: $1k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ND
MI
OR
IA
VA
NC
DC
GA
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$905k · 30 repeat orgs$96k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
24

Total granted

$905k
$96k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+13%

Still filing today

60%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $290k · revenue +145%
  • MARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $170k · revenue +8%
  • BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL CAROLINA
    6× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +119%

Funded once

  • TO
    TOWN OF SILER CITY
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • UL
    UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Ctr
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • JM
    Jordan Matthews High School
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
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
Carolina College of Biblical Studies

Carolina college of biblical studies exists to disciple christ-followers, through biblical higher education, for a lifetime of effective servant leadership.

Education
2
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
3
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
4
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
5
Charlotte Christian School

Charlotte christian school is a christ-centered, college preparatory school, equipping and developing students to effectively integrate biblical truth and learning nto their daily lives and to impact the culture for christ.

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6
Sc Chamber of Commerce

Enhancing the quality of life for all south carolinians, achieving global competiteveness and ultimately increasing prosperity for sc citizens.

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7
Mid-Atlantic Christian University

Mid-atlantic christian university is an undergraduate institution of christian higher learning whose mission is to impact the world by transforming ordinary people into extraordinary christian leaders. students are taught to think…

Education
8
The Christ College of Nursing & Health Sciences

The christ college of nursing and health sciences, guided by its core values and enriched by a foundation in the arts and sciences, prepares individuals both for delivery of healthcare that promotes the well-being of a dynamic society and…

Education
9
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
10
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
11
Community Health Center of Richmond Inc

The organization's mission is to sustain a vibrant, healthy and strong community through affordable, culturally competent, quality primary health care.

Health
12
Southern Wesleyan University

Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Salem Academy and College; 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

24 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. 24 of the 54 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $290,000 · EducationUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INCMARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY: $170,000 · EducationMARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITYCHRIST SCHOOL INC: $28,500 · EducationCHRIST SCHOOL INC+5 more: $27,000 · EducationNC Arts Incubator: $60,000 · OtherNC Arts IncubatorTown of Siler City Aquatic Center: $60,000 · OtherTown of Siler City Aquatic CenterIndependent College Fund of NC: $42,140 · OtherIndependent College Fund of NCTOWN OF SILER CITY: $30,000 · OtherTOWN OF SILER CITYCHATHAM COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $16,500 · OtherUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Ctr: $15,000 · OtherCHATHAM COUNTY DSS FOSTER CHILDREN'S FUND: $15,000 · OtherJordan Matthews High School: $15,000 · OtherJordan Matthews Arts Foundation: $12,650 · Other+29 more: $65,350 · Other+29 moreBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL CAROLINA: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentChildren's Home Society of North Carolina Inc: $47,400 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,000 · Human ServicesCHATHAM COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $25,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $100 · Community ImprovementCHATHAM CARES COMMUNITY PHARMACY: $12,500 · HealthUNITED WAY OF CHATHAM COUNTY: $4,000 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Philanthropy
Education$515,500Other$331,640Youth Development$60,000Human Services$50,400Community Improvement$25,100Health$12,500Philanthropy$5,500

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 budgetUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $290,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY: $170,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL CAROLINA: $60,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetChildren's Home Society of North Carolina Inc: $47,400 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHRIST SCHOOL INC: $28,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHATHAM COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $25,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCHATHAM COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $16,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetCHATHAM CARES COMMUNITY PHARMACY: $12,500 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetHIGH POINT UNIVERSITY: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSALEM ACADEMY: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUND: $6,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CHATHAM COUNTY: $4,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR HEMIPLEGIA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSILER CITY ROTARY CLUB INC: $2,500 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSALEM ACADEMY AND COLLEGE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FIRE SAFETY COUNCIL INC: $1,800 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRIAD HEALTH PROJECT: $1,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHATHAM TRADES INC: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWEBB Squared: $100 over 1y, 0.1% 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 UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHRIST SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM CARES COMMUNITY PHARMACY ↗
  • Who funds HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SALEM ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUND ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CHATHAM COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FOR HEMIPLEGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds SILER CITY ROTARY CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds SALEM ACADEMY AND COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FIRE SAFETY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE 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.

Triangle Community Fo…Duke Energy FoundationGalloway Ridge IncThe Cannon Foundation…United Way of Chatham…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…
Triangle Community Foundation IncNC23× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Galloway Ridge Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · United Way of Chatham County · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%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
    1get 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
    ⤢ 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 54 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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