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April 30th Foundation at a glance

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April 30th Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$439k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$1.5MArts & Culture$475kAnimals$155kHealth$121kReligion$45kEnvironment$40kRecreation & Sports$35kHuman Services$31kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $332k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EMORY UNIVERSITY$200,000
GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY$81,666
SOUTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE PARTNERSHIP$50,000
PHOEBE FOUNDATION INC$25,000
HIRELIVING$20,000
ANTIOCH EDUCATIONAL CENTER$15,000
THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION$10,000
HILTON HEAD ISLAND DEEP WELL PROJECT$10,000
SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC$10,000
SAVANNAH WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTER INC$5,000
BLUE HERON NATURE PRESERVE INC$5,000
THE WOMEN'S BOARD OF BETHESDA INC$5,000
LOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 16% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HIRELIVING: $20k → 9%HIRELIVING INC: $6k → 9%JASPER COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE AGING: $5k → 17%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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 10 repeat orgs$432k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +121% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
14

Total granted

$2.0M
$327k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+121%
+37%

Still filing today

80%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationAnimalsHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • EU
    Emory University
    4× · 2022–2025 · $900k · revenue +15%
  • GH
    Georgia Historical Society
    6× · 2019–2025 · $475k · revenue +121%
  • SC
    SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $270k · revenue ×397

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • BU
    BRENAU UNIVERSITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +48%
  • BC
    BARK CAMP CHURCH ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $45k
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
Savannah College of Art and DesignInc

Scad prepares talented students for creative professions through engaged teaching and learning in a positively oriented university environment.

Education
2
Ichauway Inc
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3
Georgia Conservancy Inc

To protect georgia through ecological and economic solutions for stewardship, conservation, and sustainable use of the land and its resources.

Environment
4
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
5
Anderson University

The university is a comprehensive university affiliated with the south carolina baptist convention offering bachelors, masters, and doctorate degrees. located on approximately 398 acres in the upstate region of south carolina near the…

Education
6
Archbold Expeditions Inc

Archbold expeditions, inc.'s mission is to build and share the scientific knowledge needed to protect the life, lands, and waters of the heart of florida and beyond.

Unclassified
7
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida

We are a grassroots organization focused on the critical environmental issues of sw florida. we accomplish this through a myriad of efforts by the teams in our programmatic departments: science, policy, education and wildlife…

—
8
Brookgreen Gardens

Brookgreen gardens was formed in 1931 to collect, preserve and exhibit american sculpture, and the flora and fauna native to south carolina.

Environment
9
South Carolina Public Interest Foundation
Crime & Legal
10
Atlanta Historical Society Inc

Atlanta history center seeks to connect people, history, and culture to build a stronger community. through exhibitions, collections, historic houses, gardens, archives, educational school tours, public programs, and digital and virtual…

Arts & Culture
11
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
12
Tennessee Aquarium

The mission of the Tennessee Aquarium is to connect people with nature and empower them to make informed decisions about water and wildlife.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lowcountry Land Trust Inc; the most unlike its peers is Interlaken Wildlife Foundation. 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

20 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. 20 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Emory University: $900,000 · EducationEmory UniversitySAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $270,000 · EducationSAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INCBRENAU UNIVERSITY INC: $50,000 · Education+2 more: $30,000 · EducationGeorgia Historical Society: $475,000 · OtherGeorgia Historical SocietyANTIOCH EDUCATIONAL CENTER: $185,000 · OtherANTIOCH EDUCATIONAL CENTERSOUTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE PARTNERSHIP: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherBARK CAMP CHURCH ASSOCIATION INC: $45,000 · Other+12 more: $151,500 · Other+12 moreSOUTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE PARTNERSHIP: $90,000 · AnimalsSAVANNAH WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTER INC: $10,000 · AnimalsINTERLAKEN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · AnimalsInvincikids: $30,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $15,000 · HealthCongaree Foundation: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentHIRELIVING INC: $26,000 · Human ServicesJASPER COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesThe Extension Inc: $15,000 · Housing & Shelter
Education$1,250,000Other$956,500Animals$105,000Health$45,000Youth Development$35,000Human Services$31,000Housing & Shelter$15,000

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 budgetEmory University: $900,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Historical Society: $475,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetSAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $270,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE PARTNERSHIP: $90,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetBRENAU UNIVERSITY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCongaree Foundation: $35,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetInvincikids: $30,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetHIRELIVING INC: $26,000 over 2y, 34% of budgetST ANDREWS ON THE MARSH INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAVANNAH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Extension Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSAVANNAH WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Foundation of the Lowcountry: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERLAKEN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE HABERSHAM SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJASPER COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $5,000 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.

Colonial Foundation I…The Savannah Communit…Georgia Power Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …Natl Christian Charit…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Colonial Foundation IncGA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colonial Foundation Inc · The Savannah Community Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 April 30th Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from April 30th 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 April 30th Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to April 30th 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-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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