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Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$732k
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$360k
Largest
01What you fund
0189% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Food & Nutrition$685kReligion$627kEnvironment$507kHealth$437kArts & Culture$295kHousing & Shelter$175kRecreation & Sports$175kEducation$170kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $270k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $360k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$9.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GA$360,000
LAKE JUNALUSKA ASSEMBLY$50,000
HAYWOOD CHRISTIAN MINISTRY$35,000
HOSPICE SAVANNAH$30,000
WESLEY MONUMENTAL CHURCH$30,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
SAVANNAH BOOK FESTIVAL$20,000
UNION MISSION INC$20,000
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION$20,000
CONGREGATION MICKVE ISRAEL$15,000
UNIVERSITY OF VA ATHLETICS FDN$10,000
YMCA$10,000
BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION$10,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$10,000
PACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSN$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $390k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOSPICE SAVANNAH: $60k → 16%HOSPICE SAVANNAH: $60k → 16%HOSPICE SAVANNAH: $60k → 16%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $40k → 16%HOSPICE SAVANNAH: $30k → 16%HOSPICE SAVANNAH: $30k → 16%HOSPICE SAVANNAH: $30k → 16%HAYWOOD CHRISTIAN MINISTRY: $35k → 12%HAYWOOD CHRISTIAN MINISTRY: $5k → 12%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $20k → 16%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $20k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

CA
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VA
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DC
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.4M · 55 repeat orgs$249k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +52% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

55 repeat relationships — 24 still active in FY2024, 31 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
14

Total granted

$3.4M
$194k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+22%

Still filing today

58%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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
Human ServicesEducationEnvironmentRecreation & SportsArts & CultureHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • Lake Junaluska Assembly Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $430k · revenue +38%
  • HS
    HOSPICE SAVANNAH INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $270k · revenue +52%
  • SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER
    7× · 2017–2023 · $130k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $40k
  • CG
    COASTAL GEORGIA COUNCIL INC
    one grant, 2017 · $33k · revenue -46%
  • WR
    WARNER ROBINS FIRST UMC
    one grant, 2018 · $15k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — 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
Georgia Forestwatch Inc

Our mission is to enhance the health of over 867,000 acres of georgias national forest by protecting our forests and streams, advocating for natural processes, and identifying opportunities to improve forest management.

Environment
3
Triangle Land Conservancy Inc

Triangle land conservancy (tlc) strives to create a healthier and more vibrant triangle region by safeguarding clean water, protecting natural habitats, supporting local farms, and connecting people with nature through land protection and…

Environment
4
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
5
Atlantic Coast Conservancy Inc

The mission of the atlantic coast conservancy is to provide 21st century solutions and sound scientific applications for conservation of critical natural resources in the face of a changing climate, focusing on the southeasthern united…

Environment
6
Friends of Ga State Parks & Histori

The mission of friends is to partner with, promote and preserve georgia state parks & historic sites. statewide, friends works to raise awareness of the economic and intrinsic values of georgia's greatest treasures. we work with state and…

Human Services
7
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc

In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…

Environment
8
Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Inc

The georgia trust works for the preservation and revitalization of georgia's diverse historic resources and advocates for their appreciation, protection, and use.

Arts & Culture
9
Alachua Conservation Trust Inc

The mission of alachua conservation trust (act) is to protect the natural, historic, scenic and recreational resources in and around alachua county, florida. act protects land through purchase, donation, and conservation easements.

Environment
10
Healthy Savannah Inc

Healthy savannah is dedicated to making savannah a healthier place to live. our aim is to increase opportunities for citizens to engage in physical activity and consume a nutritious, balanced diet.

Health
11
Sandy Springs Conservancy

Build partnerships that create, conserve and connect parks and greenspace in sandy springs, georgia. our actions to further our mission connect people to nature and each other for enhanced physical and mental health. our board of directors…

Environment
12
Upstate Forever

Upstate forever is a conservation organization with a mission to protect critical lands, waters, and the unique character of the upstate of south carolina.

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Senior Citizens Inc and the most unlike its peers is Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyEnvironmental Conservation …Affordable Housing Developm…Christian Youth CampsUnited Way AffiliatesYouth Development CentersFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Community College Foundatio…Community FoundationsFood Banks and PantriesOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Youth Sports ProgramsHealth Access Advocacy and …Senior Support Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number28%0%<5yr17%6%5–10yr20%17%10–20yr14%6%20–35yr9%29%35–55yr13%43%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value28%0%<5yr17%15%5–10yr20%16%10–20yr14%4%20–35yr9%20%35–55yr13%45%55yr+

The field is 28% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 2% lost their exemption, against 19% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/44
the rest of the field
19%
10,947/58,257

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

43 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 43 of the 74 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/43
Grantees still filing
31/43
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GA — $600,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GASOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER — $130,000 · OtherSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTERIndividual grant recipient — $110,000 · Other+48 more — $1,272,483 · Other+48 moreLake Junaluska Assembly Inc — $430,000 · ReligionLake Junaluska…Chatham Transitional Ministries Inc — $25,000 · ReligionChatham Transi…HOSPICE SAVANNAH INC — $270,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE SAVAN…SENIOR CITIZENS INC — $80,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR CITIZE…Haywood Christian Ministry Inc — $40,000 · Human ServicesHaywood Chris…SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE PECHE HEN INC dba OVER THE MOON DIAPER BANK — $15,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION — $60,500 · EnvironmentBLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION — $50,000 · EnvironmentGEORGIA CONSERVANCY INC — $50,000 · EnvironmentMEXICO BEACH ARTIFICIAL REEF ASSOCIATION INC — $45,000 · EnvironmentLEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $9,000 · EnvironmentTHE SAVANNAH BOOK FESTIVAL INC — $80,000 · EducationWESLEYAN COLLEGE — $50,000 · EducationBAYLOR UNIVERSITY — $30,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION — $25,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF OATLAND ISLAND — $15,000 · EducationPERFORMANCE INITIATIVES INC — $110,000 · Recreation & SportsAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY — $20,000 · Recreation & SportsFRESH AIR HOME INC — $17,500 · Recreation & SportsSAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVALINC — $90,000 · Arts & CultureTHE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP CENTER OF HIGHLANDS — $22,500 · Arts & CultureDEEP CENTER INCORPORATED — $15,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,112,483Religion$455,000Human Services$425,000Environment$214,500Education$200,000Recreation & Sports$147,500Arts & Culture$127,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetLake Junaluska Assembly Inc — $430,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetHOSPICE SAVANNAH INC — $270,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER — $130,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPERFORMANCE INITIATIVES INC — $110,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetSAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVALINC — $90,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTHE SAVANNAH BOOK FESTIVAL INC — $80,000 over 7y, 5.4% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS INC — $80,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetUNION MISSION INC — $62,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION — $60,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetWESLEYAN COLLEGE — $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetREED HOUSE INC — $50,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetGEORGIA CONSERVANCY INC — $50,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetURBAN HOPE INC — $47,900 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetMEXICO BEACH ARTIFICIAL REEF ASSOCIATION INC — $45,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetSTEP UP SAVANNAH INC — $45,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetHaywood Christian Ministry Inc — $40,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOUSING SERVICES AGENCY INC — $40,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSAVANNAH TREE FOUNDATION INC — $35,000 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetCOASTAL GEORGIA COUNCIL INC — $33,333 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSOCIATION — $27,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetChatham Transitional Ministries Inc — $25,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP CENTER OF HIGHLANDS — $22,500 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY — $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC — $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFRESH AIR HOME INC — $17,500 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION — $17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPARK PLACE OUTREACHINC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF OATLAND ISLAND — $15,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetDEEP CENTER INCORPORATED — $15,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE PECHE HEN INC dba OVER THE MOON DIAPER BANK — $15,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetMEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF HAYWOOD COUNTY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE OSSABAW ISLAND FOUNDATIONINC — $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetLEWIS GINTER BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF BRYAN COUNTY INC — $7,500 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetFRANK CALLEN BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Historical Society — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Lake Junaluska Assembly Inc
  • Who funds HOSPICE SAVANNAH INC
  • Who funds SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER
  • Who funds PERFORMANCE INITIATIVES INC
  • Who funds SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVALINC
  • Who funds THE SAVANNAH BOOK FESTIVAL INC
  • Who funds SENIOR CITIZENS INC
  • Who funds UNION MISSION INC
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds WESLEYAN COLLEGE
  • Who funds REED HOUSE INC
  • Who funds GEORGIA CONSERVANCY INC
  • Who funds URBAN HOPE INC
  • Who funds MEXICO BEACH ARTIFICIAL REEF ASSOCIATION INC
  • Who funds STEP UP SAVANNAH INC
  • Who funds Haywood Christian Ministry Inc
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HOUSING SERVICES AGENCY INC
  • Who funds SAVANNAH TREE FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds COASTAL GEORGIA COUNCIL INC
  • Who funds BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds PACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds Chatham Transitional Ministries Inc

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Savannah Community Foundation IncGA44.8× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Savannah Community Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Colonial Foundation Inc · United Way of the Coastal Empire · The Savannah Benevolent Association · The Hodge Foundation Inc · Savannah Jewish Council Inc Dba Savannah Jewish Federation · John G Kennedy Foundation Inc · International Paper Company Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Courtney Knight Gaines 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 74 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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