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Byck-Rothschild Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Byck-Rothschild Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$127k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$30k
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 2025.

Philanthropy$418kEducation$339kFood & Nutrition$264kArts & Culture$61kEnvironment$40kPublic Benefit$30kHealth$28kInternational$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAVANNAH JEWISH FEDERATION$30,000
SR CITIZENS INC$30,000
MERCER UNIVERSITY$20,000
AMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GA$10,000
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT$7,500
HOSPICE SAVANNAH FOUNDATION$7,000
FLANNERY O'CONNOR CHILDHOOD HOME$5,000
CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC$5,000
UNITED WAY OF LEE HENDRY & GLADE COUNTIES$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $196k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE AREA INC: $5k → 8%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $51k → 16%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $50k → 16%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $50k → 16%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $20k → 16%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $10k → 16%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $10k → 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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$904k · 17 repeat orgs$95k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
16

Total granted

$904k
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+40%

Still filing today

59%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyHuman ServicesInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • SC
    SENIOR CITIZENS INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $191k · revenue +36%
  • TC
    THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $105k · revenue +9%
  • HS
    HOSPICE SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $27k · revenue +172%

Funded once

  • PK
    PI KAPPA PHI FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
  • TH
    The High Country Charitable Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -2%
  • TY
    The Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598)graduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +44%
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
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
2
The Creative Coast Inc

To nurture the members of the savannah community engaged in creative or innovative endeavors and to cultivate an environment in which they can thrive.

Community Improvement
3
Coker University

Coker university is a student-centered, comprehensive university. it is dedicated to providing every student an academic curriculum based upon a uniformly excellent liberal arts core that enhances the structured development of key personal…

Education
4
Southeastern Universities Research Association Inc

Sura's mission is to advance collaborative research and education and to strengthen the scientific capabilities of its members and our nation.

Science & Tech
5
Sc Chamber of Commerce

Enhancing the quality of life for all south carolinians, achieving global competiteveness and ultimately increasing prosperity for sc citizens.

—
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
Sc Launch Inc

Fuel south carolina's innovation economy by accelerating technology-enabled growth in research, academia, entrepreneurship and industry.

Community Improvement
8
Southern Wesleyan University

Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.

Education
9
Spelman College

Spelman college, a historically black college and global leader in the education of women of african descent, is dedicated to the academic excellence of its students.

Education
10
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc

Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…

Education
11
South Carolina Business & Industry Political Education Committee

Promoting and protecting the free private and competitive enterprise system through research and education.

—
12
South Carolina National Heritage Corridor

The organization's primary mission is a grassroots initiative that advances sustainable development of natural, cultural and historic resources for enhanced quality of life and economic revitalization of communities in south carolina.

Arts & Culture
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 The High Country Charitable Foundation. 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

24 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. 24 of the 38 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
19/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAVANNAH JEWISH FEDERATION: $172,000 · OtherSAVANNAH JEWISH FEDERATIONJEWISH EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SAVANNAH: $155,000 · OtherJEWISH EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SAVANNAHSR CITIZENS INC: $30,000 · OtherSR CITIZENS INCJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT: $20,000 · OtherAMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL: $17,500 · OtherHOSPICE SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC: $27,000 · OtherJunior Achievement of Georgia: $20,500 · OtherCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $20,000 · Other+13 more: $45,100 · Other+13 moreSENIOR CITIZENS INC: $190,750 · Human ServicesSENIOR CITIZENS IN…+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $105,000 · EducationTHE CORPORATIO…PI KAPPA PHI FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationPI KAPPA PHI F…SAVANNAH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $20,000 · EducationSAVANNAH COUNT…+2 more: $3,500 · EducationSAVANNAH JEWISH COUNCIL INC DBA SAVANNAH JEWISH FEDERATION: $125,000 · ReligionSAVANNAH JE…SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropySOUTHWEST …The High Country Charitable Foundation: $10,000 · PhilanthropyThe High C…UNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE: $7,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GEORGIA INC: $65,000 · Food & NutritionSAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVALINC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureTELFAIR MUSEUM OF ART INC: $17,700 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$507,100Human Services$195,750Education$153,500Religion$125,000Philanthropy$118,500Food & Nutrition$65,000Arts & Culture$59,200

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 budgetSENIOR CITIZENS INC: $190,750 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetSAVANNAH JEWISH COUNCIL INC DBA SAVANNAH JEWISH FEDERATION: $125,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $105,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GEORGIA INC: $65,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVALINC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHOSPICE SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC: $27,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPI KAPPA PHI FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of Georgia: $20,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSAVANNAH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTELFAIR MUSEUM OF ART INC: $17,700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe High Country Charitable Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of the Triangle Area Inc (4598): $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE CORPORATION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATE CHATHAM FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSANIBEL SEA SCHOOL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSavannah College of Art and DesignInc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COASTAL HERITAGE SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTAL JAZZ ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSAVANNAH SCIENCE MUSEUM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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…Bradley Foundation IncColonial Foundation I…The Hodge Foundation …Truist Foundation IncThe Byck Foundation I…The Kole Foundation I…Mary Lane Morrison Fo…The Dunn FoundationSavannah Jewish Counc…John G Kennedy Founda…
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 · Bradley Foundation Inc · Colonial Foundation Inc · The Hodge Foundation Inc · Truist Foundation Inc · The Byck Foundation Inc · The Kole Foundation Inc · Mary Lane Morrison Foundation Inc · The Dunn Foundation · Savannah Jewish Council Inc Dba Savannah Jewish Federation · John G Kennedy 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 Byck-Rothschild Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Byck-Rothschild Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 69%
  • Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 38 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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