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Chambers Medical Foundation at a glance

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Chambers Medical Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$169k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
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 2024.

Education$589kHealth$245kScience & Tech$150kHuman Services$40kEnvironment$21kPhilanthropy$5kArts & Culture$3k
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $85k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUE$50,000
TRINITY SCHOOL OF ATLANTA$40,000
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$25,000
WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS$20,000
ODYSSEY (ATLANTA) INC$5,500
CRISTO REY ATLANTA HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
THE BOYCE L ANSLEY SCHOOL$5,000
ATLANTA MISSION$5,000
CHILDREN HEALTH CARE OF ATLANTA$4,500
ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDENS$3,622
POINT PARK UNIVERSITY$2,500
FERNBANK MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY$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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE: $75k → 16%POINT PARK UNIVERSITY: $3k → 11%SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES: $50k → 11%THE CATHEDRAL PRESCHOOL: $10k → 13%WYLDE CENTER: $2k → 14%LEV ECHAD FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $18k → 17%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE: $50k → 16%SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES: $50k → 11%ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDENS: $15k → 13%FERNBANK MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $3k → 14%MCNEESE FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUE: $50k → 16%SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDI: $50k → 11%SHEPHARD CENTER FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA: $5k → 14%MCNEESE FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE: $50k → 16%ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDENS: $4k → 13%CHILDREN HEALTH CARE OF ATLANTA: $5k → 14%WOODWARD ACADEMY: $3k → 13%CRISTO REY ATLANTA HIGH SCHOOL: $5k → 13%CRISTO REY ATLANTA HIGH SCHOOL: $5k → 13%THE BOYCE L ANSLEY SCHOOL: $5k → 13%CRISTO REY ATLANTA HIGH SCHOOL: $5k → 13%CRISTO REY ATLANTA HIGH SCHOOL: $5k → 13%CRISTO REY ATLANTA HIGH SCHOOL: $5k → 13%CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: $5k → 13%TRINITY SCHOOL OF ATLANTA: $50k → 13%TRINITY SCHOOL OF ATLANTA: $50k → 13%TRINITY SCHOOL OF ATLANTA: $50k → 13%TRINITY SCHOOL OF ATLANTA: $50k → 13%WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS: $40k → 13%TRINITY SCHOOL OF ATLANTA: $40k → 13%TRINITY SCHOOL OF ATLANTA: $30k → 13%WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS: $20k → 13%TRINITY SCHOOL OF ATLANTA: $20k → 13%WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS: $20k → 13%WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS: $20k → 13%ODYSSEY (ATLANTA) INC: $6k → 13%ODYSSEY (ATLANTA) INC: $3k → 13%TRINITY SCHOOL OF ATLANTA: $3k → 13%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 11 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
6

Total granted

$1.0M
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+223%

Still filing today

82%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesScience & TechEnvironmentOther
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

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    4× · 2018–2024 · $225k · revenue +123%
  • TS
    The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    3× · 2018–2022 · $150k · revenue +27%
  • Vanderbilt University
    5× · 2020–2024 · $110k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • TC
    The Cathedral Preschool Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +3%
  • SC
    SHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue ×121
  • CR
    CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL
    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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
3
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
4
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
7
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
8
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
9
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
11
Rollins College

Education and Public Service Mission: Rollins College educates students for global citizenship and responsible leadership, empowering graduates to pursue meaningful lives and productive careers. We are committed to liberal arts ethos and…

Education
12
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Wpi transforms lives, turns knowledge into action to confront global challenges, and revolutionizes stem through distinctive and inclusive education, projects and research. (http://www.wpi.edu/about/mission.html)

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Odyssey Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 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

16 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. 16 of the 20 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRINITY SCHOOL OF ATLANTA: $292,500 · OtherTRINITY SCHOOL OF ATLANTACRISTO REY ATLANTA HIGH SCHOOL: $25,000 · OtherCRISTO REY ATLANTA HIGH SCHOOL+3 more: $12,500 · OtherVanderbilt University: $110,000 · EducationVanderbilt UniversityThe Westminster Schools Inc: $100,000 · EducationThe Westminster Schools IncMCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $28,000 · EducationMCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY FOU…The Cathedral Preschool Inc: $10,000 · Education+3 more: $15,500 · Education+3 moreDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $225,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Instit…CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $9,500 · HealthThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $150,000 · Science & TechThe Salk Institu…ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $40,000 · Human ServicesTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $18,622 · EnvironmentSHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyFernbank Inc: $2,500 · Arts & CultureWYLDE CENTER INC: $2,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$330,000Education$263,500Health$234,500Science & Tech$150,000Human Services$40,000Environment$18,622Philanthropy$10,000Arts & Culture$4,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $225,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $150,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $110,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $28,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $18,622 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $9,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetODYSSEY INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BOYCE L ANSLEY SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPOINT PARK UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFernbank Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOODWARD ACADEMY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWYLDE CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Chambers Medical Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chambers Medical Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 Chambers Medical Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Chambers Medical 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 20 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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