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Artisan Foundation Inc at a glance

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Artisan Foundation Inc

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$19k
Granted FY2019
10
Grants FY2019
5
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Youth Development$13kEducation$10kPhilanthropy$7kHealth$6kCommunity Improvement$5kAnimals$1kHuman Services$1kReligion$1kOther$0
02FY2019 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUNG LIFE$5,800
MOUNTAIN AIR COMMUNITY FUND$3,300
FOLDS OF HONOR$3,000
Individual grant recipient$1,100
NATIONAL MS SOCIETY$1,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA$1,000
APPALACHIAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER$1,000
CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK$1,000
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF WOODSTOCK$1,000
MITCHELL YANCEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$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 (FY18–18, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%BLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 12%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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$42k · 7 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +186% since the first grant, against +60% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2019, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
5

Total granted

$42k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+186%
+60%

Still filing today

57%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Youth DevelopmentEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesArts & 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

  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $8k · revenue +59%
  • FO
    FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $8k · revenue +204%
  • BS
    Boy Scouts of America 92 Atlanta Area Council
    2× · 2017–2018 · $4k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • MI
    MIDTOWN INC
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -33%
  • PF
    PEO Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +60%
  • ES
    EASTER SEALS WEST GA
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
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
Montgomery County Community Foundation

The mission of the Montgomery County Community Foundation (MCCF) is to provide leadership in Montgomery County by directing sustainable financial resources that strengthen our community and improve the quality of life for current and…

Philanthropy
2
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
3
Carolina Meadows Foundation Inc

To solicit and receive gifts, grants, bequests and contributions for the support of carolina meadows, inc. in order to enhance or extend its mission, programs, services, and facilities.

Human Services
4
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
5
Habitat for Humanity Cabarrus County

Guided by God, Habitat Cabarrus transforms lives and our community by uniting all of Cabarrus County around the cause of decent, affordable housing for everyone.

Housing & Shelter
6
Junior Achievement of Central Carolinas Inc

Junior achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to educating private and public school students in grades k-12 about entrepreneurship, workforce readiness, and financial literacy, through experiential, hands-on programs.

International
7
Charleston Habitat for Humanity Inc

Charleston Habitat for Humanitys (CHFH) vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Seeking to put God's love into action, Charleston Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope. By…

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8
The Vermont Community Foundation

The vermont community foundation helps to build philanthropic resources to sustain healthy and vital vermont communities. the foundation connects and mobilizes people through giving to multiply the impact of philanthropy.

Philanthropy
9
Covenant HomeCare

Covenant HomeCare provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
10
Toccoa Falls College Inc

The mission of Toccoa Falls College is to glorify God through seeking and developing Christian servant leaders who will impact their world with the love and message of Jesus Christ.

Education
11
The Minnesota Camp Fire Foundation

Ensure camp fire minnesota's strong future. with nature as the catalyst, camp fire minnesota energizes youth to discover their spark so their futures glow brighter.

Youth Development
12
Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc

Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mountain Air Community Fund 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

11 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. 11 of the 17 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
10/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $13,282 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $3,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNATIONAL MS SOCIETY: $3,100 · OtherNATIONAL MS SOCIETYAppalachian Therapeutic Riding Cent: $2,000 · OtherAppalachian Therapeutic Riding CentEASTER SEALS WEST GA: $1,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $1,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF WOODSTOCK: $1,000 · Other+2 more: $800 · OtherYOUNG LIFE: $8,498 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFEBoy Scouts of America 92 Atlanta Area Council: $4,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoy Scouts of America 9…FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $8,110 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOU…PEO Foundation: $2,000 · EducationPEO FoundationMIDTOWN INC: $5,000 · Community ImprovementMIDTOWN I…THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $4,000 · PhilanthropyMountain Air Community Fund Inc: $3,300 · Arts & CultureBLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$25,282Youth Development$12,498Education$10,110Community Improvement$5,000Philanthropy$4,000Arts & Culture$3,300Human Services$1,000

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 budgetYOUNG LIFE: $8,498 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $8,110 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMIDTOWN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBoy Scouts of America 92 Atlanta Area Council: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMountain Air Community Fund Inc: $3,300 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAppalachian Therapeutic Riding Cent: $2,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK MOUNTAIN HOME FOR CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC: $1,000 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Artisan Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Artisan 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–5%
    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 17 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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