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Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Inc 26-28164

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$225k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
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$238kArts & Culture$225kPhilanthropy$185kRecreation & Sports$172kEducation$150kHuman Services$127kHealth$110kReligion$86kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $160k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$5.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BEARINGS BIKE WORKS INC$50,000
JUMPSTART AUTOMOTIVE TRAINING CENTER$25,000
GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER$20,000
CONCRETE JUNGLE INC$20,000
ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER$15,000
UNITED WAY OF METRO ATLANTA$10,000
ATLANTA MISSION$10,000
PURPOSE BUILT SCHOOLS$10,000
GEORGIA WORKS$10,000
PATH FOUNDATION$10,000
FERNBANK MUSEUM$10,000
ATLANTA AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$10,000
AGAPE$10,000
ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER$5,000
GEORGIA CONSERVANCY$5,000
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 (FY17–24, $212k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%JUMPSTART AUTOMOTIVE TRAINING CENTER: $25k → 13%BEARINGS BIKE WORKS INC: $50k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $10k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $10k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $10k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $5k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $5k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $52k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $5k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $5k → 13%GEORGIA WORKS: $10k → 13%GEORGIA WORKS: $10k → 13%GEORGIA WORKS: $10k → 13%GEORGIA WORKS: $5k → 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.
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.
$1.2M · 17 repeat orgs$400k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
10

Total granted

$1.2M
$285k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+1%

Still filing today

88%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $115k 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 ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionEducationRecreation & SportsReligionOther
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
    Boy Scouts of America 92 Atlanta Area Council
    8× · 2017–2024 · $188k · revenue +32%
  • PF
    PATH FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $150k · revenue +7%
  • RW
    ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $120k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • FE
    FULTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $40k · revenue +656%
  • AR
    AG Rhodes Health & Rehab Atlanta
    one grant, 2023 · $40k · revenue +23%
  • TS
    TRINITY SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2022 · $40k · revenue +1%
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
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc

The mission of the atlanta community food bank is to engage, educate and empower our community to fight hunger. our bold goal is to see that all people in our service area have access to the nutritious meals they need when they need them.

Food & Nutrition
2
Habitat for Humanity in Atlanta Inc

Atlanta habitat for humanity transforms communities by acting as a catalyst for neighborhood revitalization through education, innovative development, partnerships, and long term relationships with families.

Housing & Shelter
3
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc

ACP is a group committed to identifying and providing leadership on selected issues important to driving the economic development of the city of Atlanta and for which the ACP's active involvement will make a major difference. The ACP has a…

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4
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
5
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
6
Acfb Charitable Investments Inc

Acfb charitable investments, 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
7
Breakthrough Atlanta

Breakthrough atlanta pursues a dual mission: to increase academic opportunity for highly motivated, underserved students and get them into college ready to succeed; and inspire and develop the next generation of teachers and educational…

Education
8
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Inc

The corporation is a voluntary association of individuals and organizations the purposes of which are to upgrade and advance the atlanta metropolitan area in population, commerce and finance; to effect civic and social improvements; to…

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9
Cathedral Towers Inc

Provide housing for low income elderly persons age 62 and over without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or disability.

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10
The Atlanta Chapter the American Institute of Architects Inc

To provide education, networking opportunities, advocacy and professional industry information to the american institute of architects' atlanta chapter members.

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11
Annandale At Suwanee Inc

To perpetuate a village community to provide progressive life assistance to adults with developmental disabilities so that they can maximize their abilities and maintain their independence in the least restrictive environment.

Health
12
The Grady Health Foundation Inc

The mission of the grady health foundation is to grow both philanthropic support and broad-based understanding of the critical role that grady health system plays in the metro atlanta region. our focus is to ensure grady health system has…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Student Aid Foundation 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

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
16/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF METRO ATLANTA: $185,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF METRO ATLANTAAGAPE: $45,000 · OtherAGAPEAG Rhodes Health & Rehab Atlanta: $40,000 · OtherAG Rhodes Health & Rehab AtlantaANGEL FLIGHT SOARS INC: $25,000 · OtherStudent Aid Foundation Inc: $25,000 · OtherJACK AND JILL OF AMERICA ATLANTA CHAPTER: $25,000 · OtherGROVE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $56,000 · OtherGROVE PARK FOUNDATION INCGEORGE WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · OtherGood Samaritan Health Centers Inc: $20,000 · OtherCITY OF REFUGE: $31,000 · OtherCITY OF REFUGEGEORGIA CONSERVANCY INC: $40,000 · OtherGEORGIA CONSERVANCY INCATLANTA NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP INC: $30,000 · Other+3 more: $30,000 · OtherROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $120,000 · Arts & CultureROBERT W WOODRUF…Fernbank Inc: $55,000 · Arts & CultureFernbank IncATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTA HISTORIC…ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $102,000 · Human ServicesATLANTA UNION M…BEARINGS BIKE SHOP INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesBEARINGS BIKE S…Georgia Works Inc: $35,000 · Human ServicesGeorgia Works I…AUTOMOTIVE TRAINING CENTER CORPORATION: $25,000 · Human ServicesAUTOMOTIVE TRAI…Boy Scouts of America 92 Atlanta Area Council: $188,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoy Scouts of…PATH FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · Recreation & SportsPATH FOUNDAT…ATLANTA MEMORIAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $22,000 · Recreation & SportsATLANTA MEMO…FULTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · EducationTRINITY SCHOOL INC: $40,000 · EducationPURPOSE BUILT SCHOOLS ATLANTA INC: $30,000 · EducationOPEN HAND ATLANTA INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionLIFECYCLE BUILDING CENTER INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionCONCRETE JUNGLE INC: $20,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$577,000Arts & Culture$225,000Human Services$212,000Youth Development$188,000Recreation & Sports$172,000Education$110,000Food & Nutrition$75,000

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 budgetBoy Scouts of America 92 Atlanta Area Council: $188,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetPATH FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $120,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $102,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetGROVE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $56,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetFernbank Inc: $55,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBEARINGS BIKE SHOP INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $50,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIA CONSERVANCY INC: $40,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFULTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetAG Rhodes Health & Rehab Atlanta: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTRINITY SCHOOL INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGeorgia Works Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCITY OF REFUGE: $31,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN HAND ATLANTA INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPURPOSE BUILT SCHOOLS ATLANTA INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGEORGE WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANGEL FLIGHT SOARS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLIFECYCLE BUILDING CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetStudent Aid Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetAUTOMOTIVE TRAINING CENTER CORPORATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetATLANTA MEMORIAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $22,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetGood Samaritan Health Centers Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCONCRETE JUNGLE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE SHELTERING ARMS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 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.

The Community Foundat…The Sartain Lanier Fa…Tull Charitable Found…The Imlay Foundation …Georgia Power Foundat…Fraser-Parker Foundat…J Bulow Campbell Foun…Tw Marian W Ottley At…Atl Fdn-W Peters MainAEC TrustKaiser Foundation Hea…Tr Uw Charles I Branan
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA31.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Inc · Tull Charitable Foundation Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Fraser-Parker Foundation · J Bulow Campbell Foundation · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · AEC Trust · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgiainc · Tr Uw Charles I Branan

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 Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Inc 26-28164 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Inc 26-28164. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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

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    Find your warmest path to Blanche Lipscomb Foundation Inc 26-28164 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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