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Cullum Foundation

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.

$61k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$101kHuman Services$86kCrime & Legal$50kFood & Nutrition$41kReligion$39kYouth Development$13kPhilanthropy$13kHealth$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH$10,000
AUGUSTA HERITAGE ACADEMY INC$5,000
YMCA OF THE CSRA$5,000
FOUNDATION OF WESLEY WOODS INC$5,000
BOYS GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER AUGUSTA INC$5,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF GEORGIA INC$5,000
AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$5,000
MAKEAWISH FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA INC$5,000
CHILD ENRICHMENT INC$5,000
APPARO ACADEMY INC$3,500
GOLDEN HARVEST FOOD BANK INC$3,500
THE JESSYE NORMAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS$2,500
MINISTRIES INC$1,000
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 (FY19–24, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HOPE HOUSE INC: $10k → 15%HOPE HOUSE INC: $3k → 15%HOPE HOUSE INC: $2k → 15%PROJECT REFRESH INC: $3k → 18%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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$286k · 15 repeat orgs$80k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
10

Total granted

$286k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+2%

Still filing today

73%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPhilanthropyFood & NutritionEducationReligionHuman ServicesOther
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

  • CE
    CHILD ENRICHMENT INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $50k · revenue +99%
  • GH
    GOLDEN HARVEST FOOD BANK INC
    4× · 2019–2025 · $21k · revenue +37%
  • GM
    GAP Ministries of Augusta Inc
    4× · 2019–2024 · $18k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • JA
    Junior Achievement of Georgia
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +19%
  • SP
    SAINT PAUL'S CHURCH
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • FY
    Family Y Young Mens Christian Assoc-
    one grant, 2022 · $8k
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
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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2
Augusta Christian Schools

Our mission is to provide academic and spiritual training and extracurricula activities for students in the csra. it is also to prepare students to serve jesus christ as lord, partnering with family and church, instilling high standards…

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3
Augusta Counseling Ministry

The purpose of Augusta Counseling Ministry is to provide professional counseling to hurting individuals helping them learn how to cope with past and current traumatic issues anxiety and depression faced in their personal lives.

Health
4
Hope Atlanta Inc

Hope atlanta seeks to help georgians avoid homelessness and hunger through a comprehensive approach that equips them with the tools for lifelong stability.our vision is to end hunger and homelessness for every georgian.

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5
Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc

Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc. (the Organization) is a nonprofit organization which strengthens and supports court-sanctioned, affiliate CASA programs that empower community volunteers who advocate for abused or neglected…

Civil Rights
6
Family Promise of Augusta Inc

The mission of Family Promise of Augusta is to mobilize communities to help low-income families achieve and sustain independence.

Human Services
7
Augusta Rescue Mission

Rebuilding lives in christ - we are a faith-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that shelters homeless men and provides them with food, clothing and life-skills training. the mission provides the assistance to them at no cost and we…

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8
The Augusta Preparatory Day School Inc

The augusta preparatory day school, inc. provides educational services to students in grades pre-k through 12.

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9
Augusta Food Bank

The augusta food bank provides a supplemental source of food to individuals and families in need.

Food & Nutrition
10
Covenant Care Services Inc

Covenant Care Services, Inc. is a non-profit faith-based adoption agency serving birthmothers and adoptive families in the state of Georgia. The Organization counsels women experiencing unplanned pregancy and educates them about the option…

Human Services
11
The Atlanta Academy Inc

Our mission is to give every student the individual attention they need to succeed. this is at the core of everything we do. atlanta academy teaches children from pre-k through eighth grade.

Education
12
Agape of Central Alabama Inc

As a ministry of jesus christ, agape's mission is that vulnerable and orphaned children find permanency in safe, nurturing families.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Georgia Inc; the most unlike its peers is Jessye Norman School of the Arts 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

20 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. 20 of the 30 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $22,500 · OtherAUGUSTA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCAUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · OtherAUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCAPPARO ACADEMY INC: $18,500 · OtherAPPARO ACADEMY INCTHE SALVATION ARMY: $13,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYTHE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH: $10,000 · OtherTHE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SAVANNAHYMCA: $10,000 · OtherYMCASAINT PAUL'S CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherSAINT PAUL'S CHURCHFamily Y Young Mens Christian Assoc-: $7,500 · OtherHOPE HOUSE INC: $14,000 · OtherHOPE HOUSE INCRISE Augusta Inc: $10,000 · OtherRISE Augusta IncJunior Achievement of Georgia: $10,000 · OtherJunior Achievement of Georgia+6 more: $23,500 · Other+6 moreCHILD ENRICHMENT INC: $50,000 · Crime & LegalCHILD ENRICHMEN…FOUNDATION OF WESLEY WOODS INC: $38,500 · HealthFOUNDATION OF …CHRIST COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES AUGUSTA INC: $5,000 · HealthCHRIST COMMUNI…EAGLE RANCH INC: $2,500 · HealthEAGLE RANCH IN…GOLDEN HARVEST FOOD BANK INC: $21,000 · Food & NutritionGOLDEN HARV…GAP Ministries of Augusta Inc: $17,500 · Food & NutritionGAP Ministr…AUGUSTA HERITAGE ACADEMY INC: $20,000 · EducationCommunities in Schools of Georgia: $5,000 · EducationJessye Norman School of the Arts Inc: $12,500 · PhilanthropyMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCONNECTED HEARTS MINISTRY: $2,500 · PhilanthropyMIRACLE MAKING MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 · ReligionDOWNTOWN COOPERATIVE CHURCH MINISTRIES INC: $2,500 · Religion
Other$169,000Crime & Legal$50,000Health$46,000Food & Nutrition$38,500Education$25,000Philanthropy$20,000Religion$17,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHILD ENRICHMENT INC: $50,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetFOUNDATION OF WESLEY WOODS INC: $38,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAUGUSTA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN HARVEST FOOD BANK INC: $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAUGUSTA HERITAGE ACADEMY INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAPPARO ACADEMY INC: $18,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGAP Ministries of Augusta Inc: $17,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetMIRACLE MAKING MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHOPE HOUSE INC: $14,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJessye Norman School of the Arts Inc: $12,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetRISE Augusta Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetJunior Achievement of Georgia: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Georgia: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRIST COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES AUGUSTA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUGUSTA CHORAL SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetDOWNTOWN COOPERATIVE CHURCH MINISTRIES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetPROJECT REFRESH INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetEAGLE RANCH INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTED HEARTS MINISTRY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% 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 Community Foundat…Creel-Harison Foundat…University Health Ser…The Knox FoundationGeorgia Power Foundat…United Way of the Csr…Tr Uw Charles I BrananChildren's Hospital A…Cleon W Mauldin Fnd T…Erramuzpe Foundation …Widows HomeTr Dorothy M Buttolph…
The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area IncGA30.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc · Creel-Harison Foundation Inc · University Health Services Inc · The Knox Foundation · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · United Way of the Csra Inc · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · Children's Hospital Association · Cleon W Mauldin Fnd Trust · Erramuzpe Foundation Inc · Widows Home · Tr Dorothy M Buttolph Fdn

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report 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.

    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 30 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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