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Bradley Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$992k
Granted FY2023
14
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$430kEducation$320kReligion$203kHuman Services$55kHealth$35kArts & Culture$32kFood & Nutrition$25kHousing & Shelter$25kOther$0
02FY2023 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $154k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $538k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
W WALDO AND JENNY LYNN M BRADLEY FOUNDATION$300,000
WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS INC$150,000
SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOUNDATION$100,000
SAVANNAH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC$100,000
ALL SAINTS' EPISCOPAL CHURCH$72,500
SPELMAN COLLEGE$65,000
HAGAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$50,000
WESLEY MONUMENTAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$41,901
THE SALVATION ARMY$35,000
UNION MISSION INC$25,000
AMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GEORGIA INC$15,000
WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SAVANNAH INC$15,000
FORWARD ARTS FOUNDATION INC$12,500
SENIOR CITIZENS INC$10,000
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 (FY23–23, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $10k → 16%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SAVANNAH INC: $15k → 16%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.

24%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$242k · 8 repeat orgs$781k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
9

Total granted

$242k
$47k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+47%

Still filing today

63%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $734k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $30k · revenue +10%
  • TM
    THE MIGHTY EIGHTH FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +45%
  • GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +116%

Funded once

  • MH
    MEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATI
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • SC
    SENIOR CITIZENS SAVANNAH-CHATHAM INC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • HS
    HOSPICE SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -8%
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
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
3
The Charleston Museum

To educate Charleston area residents and visitors about the natural and cultural history of the South Carolina Lowcountry through collections, exhibitions, preservation, conservation, research and related programming.

Arts & Culture
4
South Carolina Humanities Council Inc

The mission of south carolina humanities council, inc. is to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of south carolinians. the organization seeks to increase public understanding of and support for the humanities by telling the human…

Arts & Culture
5
Hampden-Sydney College

Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.

Education
6
Spartanburg Day School

The mission of the spartanburg day school is to provide a superior educational experience, in a community of trust, that prepares students for a life well lived. spartanburg day school is dually accredited by southern association of…

—
7
University of the South

The College of Arts and Sciences is committed to the development of the whole person through a liberal arts education of the highest quality. The School of Theology educates women and men to serve the broad whole of the Episcopal Church in…

Education
8
Wofford College

The purpose of wofford college is to function as a liberal arts institution of superior quality. its chief concern is the development of an intellectual, spiritual, and aesthetic atmosphere in which serious and inquiring minds of students…

—
9
Columbia College

Columbia college provides educational opportunities that develop students' capacity for critical thought and expression, life-long learning, acceptance of personal responsibilty, and commitment to service and social justice.

Education
10
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission On Colleges Inc

The southern association of colleges and schools commission on colleges is the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the southern states. the commission's mission is the enhancement of…

Education
11
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of the Coastal Empire; the most unlike its peers is Chatham Transitional Ministries 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

19 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. 19 of the 29 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

W WALDO AND JENNY LYNN M BRADLEY FOUNDATION: $300,000 · OtherW WALDO AND JENNY LYNN M BRADLEY FOUNDATIONHAGAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $79,942 · OtherHAGAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCHALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $77,500 · OtherALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCHWESLEY MONUMENTAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $41,901 · OtherWESLEY MONUMENTAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCHTHE SALVATION ARMY: $39,500 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYMEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATI: $20,000 · Other+9 more: $34,000 · Other+9 moreThe Westminster Schools Inc: $150,000 · EducationThe Westminster Schools IncSAVANNAH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $100,000 · EducationSAVANNAH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INCSpelman College: $65,000 · EducationSpelman College+1 more: $2,000 · EducationSpartanburg County Foundation: $100,000 · PhilanthropySpartanburg C…UNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE: $30,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF…UNION MISSION INC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterWESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR CITIZENS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesFORWARD ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureSAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVALINC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureTELFAIR MUSEUM OF ART INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureTHE MIGHTY EIGHTH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GEORGIA INC: $15,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$592,843Education$317,000Philanthropy$130,000Housing & Shelter$25,000Human Services$25,000Arts & Culture$19,500Food & Nutrition$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 budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSpartanburg County Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAVANNAH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSpelman College: $65,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNION MISSION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GEORGIA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORWARD ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHISTORIC SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHOSPICE SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVALINC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTELFAIR MUSEUM OF ART INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIGHTY EIGHTH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Historical Society: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 2y, 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 Savannah Communit…Amg Charitable Gift F…Truist Foundation IncByck-Rothschild Found…The Hodge Foundation …The Dunn FoundationJohn G Kennedy Founda…Colonial Foundation I…Georgia Power Foundat…The Blackbaud Giving …The Adler Family Foun…Mary Lane Morrison Fo…
The Savannah Community Foundation IncGA28.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Savannah Community Foundation Inc · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · Byck-Rothschild Foundation Inc · The Hodge Foundation Inc · The Dunn Foundation · John G Kennedy Foundation Inc · Colonial Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Adler Family Foundation Inc · Mary Lane Morrison 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 Bradley Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bradley Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 Bradley Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Bradley 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 29 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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