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Briarwood Foundation at a glance

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Briarwood Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$7k
Granted FY2018
11
Grants FY2018
4
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2018.

Education$4kReligion$3kHealth$3kPhilanthropy$1kHuman Services$1kEnvironment$850Youth Development$400Food & Nutrition$250
02FY2018 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
4
States reached
$79k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SCHOOL$1,750
ST GEORGE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$1,050
MILLSAPS COLLEGE$1,000
AUTISM CENTER OF NORTH MS$1,000
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION$600
PARKGATE PREGNANCY CLINIC$500
GARDEN CLUB OF JACKSON$500
REFORMED UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP$250
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$250
FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES$200
ST MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$100
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 (FY17–18, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 19% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%IN HIS STEPS MINISTRIES: $875 → 11%FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $200 → 14%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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8k · 5 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +172% since the first grant, against +78% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
10

Total granted

$8k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+172%
+78%

Still filing today

40%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
EducationHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentPhilanthropyCivil RightsOther
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

  • FP
    FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SCHOOL
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k
  • SG
    ST GEORGE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k
  • AC
    AUTISM CENTER OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • IH
    IN HIS STEPS MINISTRIES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $875 · revenue +85%
  • TG
    THE GIVING CIRCLE
    one grant, 2017 · $640
  • TW
    THE WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $600 · revenue +78%
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
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
2
Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation

Johns hopkins health system corporation provides centralized management of a multi-hospital healthcare system. it is a key component of johns hopkins medicine, a collaboration with the johns hopkins university school of medicine.

Health
3
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
4
Florida Southern College

Florida southern college (florida southern or the college) is committed to educational excellence and is a selective comprehensive, private, united methodist affiliated college with a strong liberal arts core and signature programs. (see…

Education
5
Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals

Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family-centered care. services will be…

Health
6
The Graduate School of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research

The graduate school of the stowers institute for medical research ("gssimr") exempt purpose is to provide graduate education that will prepare scholars for scientific research in the biological sciences.

Education
7
National Autism Center Inc

Amid the proliferation of advice about treatment options for autism, the ability to access accurate information about research-validated approaches is critically important to those seeking effective treatment.

Health
8
William Jessup University

In partnership with the church, the purpose of william jessup university is to educate transformational leaders for the glory of god.

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9
Greenwood Genetic Center Inc

The greenwood genetic center is a nonprofit institute centered on clinical genetic services, diagnostic laboratory testing, educational programs and resources, and research. with a focus on compassionate patient care and innovative…

Health
10
Health Services of Central Georgia Inc

The organization provides faculty physicians for the residency training programs of the medical center, navicent health (mcnh) and physicians who are in short supply in the community that are central to the mission of mcnh.

Health
11
Ut Le Bonheur Pediatric Specialists Inc

Ulps exists to support the missions of university of tennessee health science center and le bonheur children's hospital to provide high quality patient care, education, research and advocacy. ulps will collaborate with patients and their…

Health
12
Walnut Grove Christian School

We are a k-12 christian school founded under the following (4) pillars: academics: we provide an amazing accredited academic program utilizing 100% certified teachers. schedule: we provide our students and their families an opportunity on…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Educational Opportunities Inc; the most unlike its peers is In His Steps 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

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 21 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

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SCHOOL: $2,625 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SCHOOLST GEORGE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $1,950 · OtherST GEORGE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $1,000 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHTHE GIVING CIRCLE: $640 · OtherTHE GIVING CIRCLEST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $500 · OtherST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOLBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $400 · Other+5 more: $750 · Other+5 moreAUTISM CENTER OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI INC: $1,500 · HealthAUTISM CENTER…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $250 · HealthST JUDE CHILD…Millsaps College: $1,000 · EducationMillsaps Coll…THE WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $600 · EducationTHE WILSON RE…EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES INC: $60 · EducationIN HIS STEPS MINISTRIES INC: $875 · Human ServicesFAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $200 · Human ServicesTHE GARDEN CLUB OF JACKSON INC: $750 · EnvironmentNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $600 · PhilanthropyPARKGATE HEALTH SERVICES INC: $500 · Civil Rights
Other$7,865Health$1,750Education$1,660Human Services$1,075Environment$750Philanthropy$600Civil Rights$500

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 budgetAUTISM CENTER OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMillsaps College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIN HIS STEPS MINISTRIES INC: $875 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARKGATE HEALTH SERVICES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES INC: $60 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.

Hf McCarty Jr Family …Raymond James Charita…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Hf McCarty Jr Family FoundationMS13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hf McCarty Jr Family Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Briarwood Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Briarwood Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report 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, 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 21 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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