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Aaron's Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$380k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$275k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Youth Development$9.1MEducation$1.7MCommunity Improvement$400kHuman Services$270kPublic Safety & Disaster$265kHealth$219kPhilanthropy$159kReligion$130kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $96k
  • $250k+1 grant · $275k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$237k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA - SOUTHEAST REGION$275,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA - SOUTHEAST REGION$46,427
CRISTO REY ATLANTA JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL$35,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA - SOUTHEAST REGION$15,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER AUGUSTA$5,000
UNIVISION FOUNDATION$2,000
OPERATION TURKEY$1,000
THE CORONA SELF HELP CENTER INC$500
WORLD VISION INC$330
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 (FY17–24, $234k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 70% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DIVERSIFIED COMMUNITY SERVICE: $5k → 22%SAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $3k → 11%OPERATION TURKEY: $1k → 12%YOUTH REVIVE INC: $2k → 14%HELP 4 KIDS: $2k → 13%HAVEN OF LAKE AND SUMTER COUNTIES INC: $1k → 10%ONE HEART FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INC: $3k → 13%UNBOUND: $912 → 16%ABC HOUSE: $1k → 13%BAGS OF LOVE: $1k → 15%HALCYON HOME FOR BATTERED WOMEN INC: $1k → 20%MOULTRIE YMCA: $1k → 23%DAMAR FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 16%CENTER FOR STUDENT MISSIONS: $4k → 12%NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $25k → 8%TURNING POINTS NETWORK: $1k → 10%BOYS & GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INC: $10k → 16%UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION: $5k → 10%SNOWCAP COMMUNITY CHARITIES: $1k → 12%SAFE ALLIANCE: $2k → 10%SILVER KEY SENIOR SERVICES INC: $1k → 9%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $1k → 17%BOYS & GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INC: $10k → 16%NEW MEXICO VETERANS INTEGRATION CENTERS: $2k → 14%THE BRADLEY CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $1k → 8%BOYS & GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INC: $1k → 16%SAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $3k → 11%MUST MINISTRIES: $2k → 8%NORTH GEORGIA ANGEL HOUSE: $15k → 6%MUST MINISTRIES: $1k → 8%NORTH GA ANGEL HOUSE INC: $10k → 6%YOUTH CENTRIC INC: $2k → 8%THE COMMITTEE FOR HISPANIC CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $5k → 17%PROJECT 658 INC: $2k → 10%CANINE ASSISTANTS INC: $3k → 13%MAGGIE'S PLACE: $1k → 11%CANINE ASSISTANTS INC: $1k → 13%LATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $15k → 13%LATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $10k → 13%LOST-N-FOUND YOUTH: $10k → 13%LATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $5k → 13%LOST-N-FOUND YOUTH: $1k → 13%LOST-N-FOUND YOUTH: $1k → 13%WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND: $20k → 13%ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $1k → 13%WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND: $20k → 13%SISTERS BY CHOICE: $6k → 13%WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $10k → 13%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

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NJ
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CO
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DE
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NM
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AR
TN
NC
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DC
OK
LA
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AL
GA
TX
FL
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.
$11M · 89 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

89 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 88 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

89
650

Total granted

$11M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+16%

Still filing today

66%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionAnimalsOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA
    5× · 2017–2021 · $7.4M · revenue +62%
  • MC
    MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
    6× · 2018–2023 · $1.2M · revenue +49%
  • BA
    BREAKTHROUGH ATLANTA
    3× · 2017–2021 · $196k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • BO
    BANK OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2018 · $63k
  • EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
    one grant, 2020 · $35k · revenue -66%
  • CR
    CRISTO REY SCHOOL OF ATLANTA
    one grant, 2022 · $35k
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
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…

Community Improvement
2
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
3
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
4
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
5
Behavior Analyst Certification Board Inc

We protect consumers of behavior analysis services by systematically establishing, promoting, and disseminating professional standards.

Employment
6
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
7
Families First Inc

Families first strengthens family resiliency so children and families can thrive. through a prevention-based, two-generation approach, the organization provides behavioral health services, intensive navigation and case management, and…

Human Services
8
Acfb Support Organization Inc

Acfb support organization, inc., is operated exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes and/or activities of atlanta community food bank, inc., a georgia nonprofit corporation.

Food & Nutrition
9
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
10
Advocates for Children Inc

Our new mission is: advocates for children is an organization of dedicated, skilled professionals and compassionate volunteers committed to the well-being of children, youth and families. through comprehensive advocacy and unwavering…

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11
United Children's Services of Bennington County Inc

Children's services

Human Services
12
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Charlotte Saint Patricks Day Parade. 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

262 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. 262 of the 746 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)
45
Early backer (in before they grew)
255/262
Grantees still filing
185/262
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $7,420,671 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA+9 more: $211,464 · Youth DevelopmentBGCA: $855,537 · OtherBGCABOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA - SOUTHEAST REGION: $662,973 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AME…GREENLIGHT FUND: $125,000 · Other+138 more: $1,094,675 · Other+138 moreMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $1,168,500 · EducationMOREHOUSE COL…BREAKTHROUGH ATLANTA: $196,250 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH …+15 more: $94,300 · Education+15 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $57,140 · Human ServicesWESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $50,050 · Human ServicesLATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $30,000 · Human ServicesNORTH GEORGIA ANGEL HOUSE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $25,000 · Human ServicesBOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INC: $21,000 · Human ServicesLost-N-Found Youth Inc: $12,000 · Human Services+16 more: $55,238 · Human ServicesTREVOR PROJECT INC: $75,000 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $35,258 · Civil RightsATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · Crime & LegalVision Atlanta Inc: $43,400 · Crime & LegalJASON WITTEN S C O R E FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more: $2,500 · Crime & LegalDesire Street Ministries: $75,000 · ReligionHOSEA FEED THE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS INC: $10,000 · ReligionHIS BRIDGEBUILDERS INC: $5,000 · Religion
Youth Development$7,632,135Other$2,738,185Education$1,459,050Human Services$275,428Civil Rights$110,258Crime & Legal$100,900Religion$90,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $7,420,671 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $1,168,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH ATLANTA: $196,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBoy Scouts of America 92 Atlanta Area Council: $77,375 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $75,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDesire Street Ministries: $75,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc: $68,319 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $57,140 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $50,050 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVision Atlanta Inc: $43,400 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $35,258 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWARRICK DUNN CHARITIES INC: $29,500 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetBLACK GIRLS CODE INC: $25,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH GEORGIA ANGEL HOUSE INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELDERHEART INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY OF HOUSTON INC: $21,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $20,611 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEAST LAKE FOUNDATIONINC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGirls Inc of Greater Atlanta Inc: $16,250 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetGood Golfers Better People of Metro Atlanta Inc: $16,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $15,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANY MANSIONS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLULAC INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBoots for Troops: $12,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetVETERANS EMPOWERMENT ORGANIZATION OF GEORGIA: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLost-N-Found Youth Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAgape Community Center: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLaAmistad Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGIRLS INC OF THE VALLEY: $11,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOSEA FEED THE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMANY MANSIONS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetAPRO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetJASON WITTEN S C O R E FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJunior Achievement of Georgia: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDr Shalon Maternal Action Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetAtlanta Speech School Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NORTH LOUISIANA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPowerMyLearning Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Martin Luther King Jr Center For Nonviolent Social Change Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $7,520 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $7,180 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAtlanta Neighborhood Charter School: $7,000 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.

Georgia Power Foundat…The Community Foundat…Atl Fdn-W Peters MainThe Imlay Foundation …THDF II Inc DBA The H…The Arthur M Blank Fa…Assurant FoundationUnited Way of Greater…The Sartain Lanier Fa…Tw Marian W Ottley At…Southern Company Gas …The Zeist Foundation …
Georgia Power Foundation IncGA37× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · The Imlay Foundation Inc · THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Assurant Foundation · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · Southern Company Gas Charitable Foundation Inc · The Zeist 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 Aaron's Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aaron's Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • Girls Inc of the Valley: 30% of income from government
  • White Bird Clinic: 29% of income from government
  • Abc House Inc: 25% of income from government
  • The Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford: 20% of income from government
  • Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Central City Concern: 10% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
58report 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.
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How do I get to Aaron's Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Aaron's Foundation Inc 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 746 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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