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C L Snell 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.

$160k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$171kYouth Development$133kHealth$100kEducation$46kReligion$43kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kRecreation & Sports$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ZOWEH$20,000
PATH UNITED$20,000
OLIGO NATION$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
MAXIMUS JANTON FOUNDATION$15,000
HELPING MAMAS INC$15,000
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION$10,000
SHEPHERD CENTER$10,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WALTON CO$10,000
UNITING HOPE FOR CHILDREN$10,000
ESP INC - ATHENS$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 (FY19–25, $286k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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%MAXIMUS JANTON FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%PATH UNITED: $20k → 11%MAXIMUS JANTON FOUNDATION: $15k → 12%MAXIMUS JANTON FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%MAXIMUS JANTON FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%UNITING HOPE FOR CHILDREN: $15k → 11%PATH UNITED: $68k → 9%UNITING HOPE FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 11%PATH UNITED: $20k → 9%UNITING HOPE FOR CHILDREN: $10k → 11%PATH UNITED: $10k → 9%UNITING HOPE FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 11%UNITING HOPE FOR CHILDREN: $3k → 11%HELPING MAMAS INC: $15k → 9%HELPING MAMAS INC: $15k → 9%HELPING MAMAS INC: $10k → 9%HELPING MAMAS INC: $10k → 9%HELPING MAMAS INC: $10k → 9%HELPING MAMAS INC: $10k → 9%HELPING MAMAS INC: $5k → 9%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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$530k · 9 repeat orgs$122k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
10

Total granted

$530k
$72k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+33%

Still filing today

78%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationReligionOther
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

  • HM
    HELPING MAMAS INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $75k · revenue +451%
  • MJ
    MAXIMUS JANTON FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $50k · revenue +163% · 45% of their budget
  • SC
    SHEPHERD CENTER INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $35k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • SU
    SNELLVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • H1
    HOPE 139
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • U
    UMCOR
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Florida United Methodist Children's Home Inc

Empowering children and families to experience the transforming love of christ through evidence-based care and holistic services

Human Services
2
Zeelo Inc

The mission of zeelo is to serve, encourage, connect, shepherd and resource global leaders around the world, focusing on those who live and minister among remote people groups.

International
3
The Jordan Spieth Family Foundation

The jordan spieth family foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation established to offer a platform to lend time, help grow awareness and offer financial support for four philanthropic areas: individuals with special needs, junior golf,…

Philanthropy
4
Jonathan Logan Family Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Jessica Humphrey Private Family Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
6
Covenant Counseling Ministries Inc

Christian based counseling services.

Health
7
Unravel

To raise awareness about the lack of funding for pediatric cancer research. we empower individuals to take action in their own communities so they can fight for change by raising funds and volunteering.

Health
8
The Thielen Foundation Inc

The thielen foundation has been formed to help serve, educate and inspire those in need. with an overarching theme on youth development, the thielen foundation aims to create programs that will equip and empower kids to reach their full…

Philanthropy
9
Ulman Foundation Inc

A leading voice in the young adult cancer movement, ulman foundation creates a community of support for young adults and their loved ones impacted by cancer. this is carried out through our four pillars of action: giving and getting…

Health
10
United Families Nonprofit Corporation

United families is dedicated to keeping families connected and helping parents and their children build safe and healthy relationships through the use of supervised visitations and exchanges.

Human Services
11
Georgia Agape Inc

The organization offers social services as a compassionate outreach to abused, neglected and dependent children and families in need. the organization strives to positively impact the lives of children, families and all those who receive…

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12
Joanna Mcafee Childhood Cancer Foundation Inc

The mission of the joanna mcafee childhood cancer foundation is to raise awareness, provide support and fund research for childhood cancer.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shepherd Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Scarletts Closet 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 23 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PATH UNITED INC: $118,000 · Human ServicesPATH UNITED INCHELPING MAMAS INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesHELPING MAMAS INCMAXIMUS JANTON FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesMAXIMUS JANTON FOUNDATION INCUNITING HOPE 4 CHILDREN INC: $43,000 · Human ServicesUNITING HOPE 4 CHILDREN INC+1 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesIndividual grant recipient: $146,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSNELLVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $20,000 · OtherSNELLVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHHOPE 139: $20,000 · OtherHOPE 139BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WALTON CO: $10,000 · OtherOBRIA MEDICAL CLINICS: $10,000 · OtherESP INC - ATHENS: $10,000 · Other+6 more: $24,000 · Other+6 moreSHEPHERD CENTER INC: $35,000 · HealthSHEPHERD CEN…OLIGO NATION: $30,000 · HealthOLIGO NATIONTHE AIMEE COPELAND FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthTHE AIMEE CO…LOGANVILLE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $23,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationZOWEH INC: $20,000 · Religion
Human Services$289,000Other$240,000Health$70,000Education$33,000Religion$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPATH UNITED INC: $118,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetHELPING MAMAS INC: $75,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetMAXIMUS JANTON FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 4y, 45% of budgetUNITING HOPE 4 CHILDREN INC: $43,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER INC: $35,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOLIGO NATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetLOGANVILLE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $23,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetZOWEH INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AIMEE COPELAND FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetSCARLETTS CLOSET INC: $3,000 over 1y, 6.8% 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.

  • Who funds PATH UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds HELPING MAMAS INC ↗
  • Who funds MAXIMUS JANTON FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITING HOPE 4 CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds SHEPHERD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds OLIGO NATION ↗
  • Who funds LOGANVILLE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds ZOWEH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE AIMEE COPELAND FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SCARLETTS CLOSET INC ↗

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.

Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA9.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 C L Snell Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from C L Snell Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%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 · 0–25%
    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 23 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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