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Bonnie Lee Bolding Charitable Foundation

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.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$375k
Largest
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 53% of BONNIE LEE BOLDING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+1 grant · $375k
$50,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$37M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIG OAK RANCH$375,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH$200,000
SAMFORD UNIVERSITY$160,000
RUSSELL HILL CANCER FOUNDATION$150,000
CULTIVATING HOPE FOUNDATION$130,000
ALABAMA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$115,000
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$100,000
FREEDOM MOBILITY FOUNDATION$100,000
BIG OAK RANCH(ASCEND)$100,000
AMK FOUNDATION$85,000
CAMP SEALE HARRIS$80,000
SOCIETY OF AMER MILITARY ENGINEERS$55,000
RISE SCHOOL HARPER$50,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF HUNTSV$50,000
TRAVIS MANION FOUNDATION$25,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FREEDOM MOBILITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 11%BIG OAK RANCH: $375k → 13%CULTIVATING HOPE FOUNDATION: $130k → 14%FREEDOM MOBILITY FOUNDATION: $70k → 11%BIG OAK RANCH: $225k → 13%CULTIVATING HOPE FOUNDATION: $80k → 14%CULTIVATING HOPE FOUNDATION: $80k → 14%CULTIVATING HOPE FOUNDATION: $38k → 14%BIG OAK RANCH: $125k → 13%BIG OAK RANCH: $40k → 13%BIG OAK RANCH: $15k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.9M · 25 repeat orgs$242k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships — 20 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
12

Total granted

$5.9M
$162k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+82%

Still filing today

48%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k 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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BO
    BIG OAK RANCH INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $780k · revenue +57%
  • Samford University
    6× · 2017–2024 · $645k · revenue +60%
  • CH
    Cultivating Hope Foundation Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $328k · revenue +60% · 96% of their budget

Funded once

  • LS
    LEUKEMIA SOCIETY
    one grant, 2021 · $40k
  • TI
    TEE IT UP FOR THE TROOPS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +18%
  • SK
    SLOAN KETTERING CANCER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $20k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
2
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
3
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
4
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc

To create and lead alliances and public-private partnerships that advance breakthrough biomedical discoveries and improve the quality of people's lives

Health
5
Critical Path Institute

The critical path institute is a catalyst in the development of new approaches that advance medical innovation and regulatory science. this is achieved by leading teams that share data, knowledge and expertise resulting in sound, consensus…

Health
6
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration

Promote and fund research into developing better diagnostic processes, therapies, and cures for frontotemporal degeneration (ftd); provide information, education, support and advocacy to persons diagnosed with ftd, their families and…

Health
7
San Diego Biomedical Research Institute

The SDBRI mission is to find new ways to predict and prevent cancer, diabetes, autoimmune disease, neurological disorders and HIV infection, and to accelerate medical advances that maintain health and improve quality of life.

Health
8
Doheny Eye Institute

To further the conservation, improvement and restoration of human eyesight" (mrs. doheny - 1947).

9
Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc

To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.

10
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

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Health
11
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
12
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arthritis Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Metropolitan Arts Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%0%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%20%10–20yr15%20%20–35yr12%35%35–55yr17%15%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%0%<5yr14%17%5–10yr19%9%10–20yr15%15%20–35yr12%33%35–55yr17%25%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/21
the rest of the field
14%
3,157/22,758

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 43 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
16/19
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH — $769,000 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCHSHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN — $515,000 · OtherSHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDRENBIG OAK RANCH(ASCEND) — $425,000 · OtherBIG OAK RANCH(ASCEND)RUSSELL HILL CANCER FOUNDATION — $370,000 · OtherRUSSELL HILL CANCER FOUNDATIONAMK FOUNDATION — $230,000 · OtherAMK FOUNDATIONSOCIETY OF AMER MILITARY ENGINEERS — $195,000 · OtherSOCIETY OF AMER MILITARY ENGINEERSALABAMA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — $185,000 · OtherALABAMA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL+17 more — $533,600 · Other+17 moreBIG OAK RANCH INC — $780,000 · Human ServicesBIG OAK RANCH INCCultivating Hope Foundation Inc — $327,500 · Human ServicesCultivating Hope Founda…FREEDOM MOBILITY FOUNDATION — $170,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM MOBILITY FOUNDA…Samford University — $645,000 · EducationSamford Univ…TEE IT UP FOR THE TROOPS INC — $25,000 · Education+2 more — $20,000 · EducationAmerican Diabetes Association — $179,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $130,000 · HealthARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC — $34,000 · Health+2 more — $15,000 · HealthSOUTHEASTERN DIABETES EDUCATION SERVICES INC — $240,000 · Recreation & SportsTravis Manion Foundation — $142,500 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATION — $10,000 · PhilanthropyMetropolitan Arts Center — $90,000 · Arts & CultureTHE STATE OF ALABAMA BALLET INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureFEEDING ALABAMA — $75,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY — $3,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$3,222,600Human Services$1,277,500Education$690,000Health$358,000Recreation & Sports$240,000Philanthropy$152,500Arts & Culture$100,000Food & Nutrition$78,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBIG OAK RANCH INC — $780,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetSamford University — $645,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCultivating Hope Foundation Inc — $327,500 over 4y, 96% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN DIABETES EDUCATION SERVICES INC — $240,000 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association — $179,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM MOBILITY FOUNDATION — $170,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation — $142,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $130,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Arts Center — $90,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetFEEDING ALABAMA — $75,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC — $34,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTEE IT UP FOR THE TROOPS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Carroll University — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STATE OF ALABAMA BALLET INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCUREPSP INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds BIG OAK RANCH INC
  • Who funds Samford University
  • Who funds Cultivating Hope Foundation Inc
  • Who funds SOUTHEASTERN DIABETES EDUCATION SERVICES INC
  • Who funds American Diabetes Association
  • Who funds FREEDOM MOBILITY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Travis Manion Foundation
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
  • Who funds Metropolitan Arts Center
  • Who funds FEEDING ALABAMA
  • Who funds ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds TEE IT UP FOR THE TROOPS INC
  • Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION
  • Who funds John Carroll University
  • Who funds THE STATE OF ALABAMA BALLET INC
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
  • Who funds CUREPSP INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a set of overlaps that mostly run through you, not between each other.

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Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Bonnie Lee Bolding Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Bonnie Lee Bolding Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Bonnie Lee Bolding Charitable 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 43 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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