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D Gaines Lanier Family Foundation at a glance

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D Gaines Lanier Family 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.

$753k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$208k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Human Services$1.6MRecreation & Sports$797kEducation$360kReligion$347kHealth$347kHousing & Shelter$177kScience & Tech$125kInternational$90kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $633k
$12,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CIRCLE OF CARE$208,000
MERCY MEDICAL MINISTRY$125,000
EMAC FOUNDATION$100,000
MARANNOOK INC$90,000
CAMPUS OUTREACH CO SERVE$60,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
THE PRESIDENT'S THEATRE$20,000
CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER$15,000
SPRINGWOOD SCHOOL$13,085
EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION EAST ALABAMA$12,000
GLOBAL IMPACT INTERNATIONAL$10,000
ESPERANZA HOUSE$10,000
FRIENDS OF THE CHAMBERS CO DRUG COURT$10,000
WILLIAM DAVIES SHELTER INC$10,000
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH$5,000
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, $192k) 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%CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER: $15k → 13%THE BOYS & GIRLS RANCHES OF ALABAMA: $30k → 18%OPEN DOOR HOME: $20k → 15%THE GLOBAL IMPACT INTERNATIONAL: $50k → 15%GLOBAL IMPACT INTERNATIONAL: $30k → 15%YMCA OF ROME AND FLOYD COUNTY: $5k → 15%EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION EAST ALABAMA: $12k → 15%ESPERANZA HOUSE: $10k → 15%CHATTAHOOCHEE HOSPICE: $5k → 21%CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER: $10k → 21%CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER: $5k → 21%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.
$3.4M · 19 repeat orgs$959k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
22

Total granted

$3.4M
$707k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+36%

Still filing today

58%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $252k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterReligionHealthOther
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

  • MI
    MARANNOOK INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $782k · revenue +333% · 31% of their budget
  • PU
    POINT UNIVERSITY INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $200k · revenue +14%
  • GI
    GLOBAL IMPACT INTERNATIONAL INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $80k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • EF
    EAMC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $125k
  • LC
    LANETT CHURCH OF CHRIST
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • EA
    EAST ALABAMA ARTS
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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
Christian Mission Centers Inc

The christian mission centers seeks to meet the mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of all people to whom we minister.

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2
Christian College of Georgia

Education services and classroom intruction in theology to include all branches of higher education.

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3
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
4
Cumming Home Ministries Inc

Support and sponsor those experiencing hopelessness and homelessness, through residential rehabilitation, recovery and treatment programs, Christian-based spiritual mentopring and counseling, life skills training and resources infused with…

Housing & Shelter
5
Christian Campus House

Provide housing and classes for student in an atmospher that fosters religious and spiritual growth.

Education
6
Chattahoochee Christian School Inc

Chattahoochee christian school is committed to be a school that partners with families to create a foundation of christian faith and character upon which to build academic excellence.

Education
7
Greater Chattanooga Christian Services Inc

Provide Group and Foster care for Homeless Children and Counseling

Human Services
8
Lighthouse Christian Home and Services Inc

For god's love to be expressed for and by individuals with developmental disabilities through faith based programs and services.

Human Services
9
Christian Services for Children in Alabama

The mission of christian services for children in alabama is to show the love of christ by providing counseling and other related services to children and their families.

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10
East Tennessee Christian Home Inc

The Home was organized to provide for the health, welfare and benefit of children whose parents or guardians are unable to care for them. The Home offers residential care and onsite academic

Human Services
11
Grace House Ministries Inc

To provide a stable christian home for girls from crisis backgrounds.

Human Services
12
Still Waters Christian Boarding School

Ministry provides a spiritual healing ministry for troubled and delinquent children, and quality academic education.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Christian Service Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Feeding the Valley 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

29 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. 29 of the 53 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/29
Grantees still filing
20/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CIRCLE OF CARE: $1,531,000 · OtherCIRCLE OF CAREPOINT UNIVERSITY INC: $200,100 · OtherPOINT UNIVERSITY INCIndividual grant recipient: $150,000 · OtherEMAC FOUNDATION: $150,000 · OtherEAMC FOUNDATION: $125,000 · OtherLANETT CHURCH OF CHRIST: $100,000 · Other+28 more: $561,437 · Other+28 moreMARANNOOK INC: $782,000 · Recreation & SportsMARANNOOK INC+1 more: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsGLOBAL IMPACT INTERNATIONAL INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesOPEN DOOR HOME: $35,000 · Human ServicesALABAMA SHERIFFS' YOUTH RANCHES INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION OF EAST ALABAMA INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesESPERANZA HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Human Services+2 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesCAMPUS OUTREACH SERVE INC: $135,000 · ReligionREDEEMING GRACE MINISTRIES: $40,000 · ReligionMERCY MEDICAL MINISTRY: $125,000 · HealthLIVINGPROOF RECOVERY INC: $25,000 · HealthTHE EAGLES FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationDarlington School Inc: $50,000 · EducationFAULKNER UNIVERSITY: $12,000 · EducationVALLEY UNITED FUND INC: $90,000 · Philanthropy
Other$2,817,537Recreation & Sports$792,000Human Services$207,000Religion$175,000Health$150,000Education$112,000Philanthropy$90,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMARANNOOK INC: $782,000 over 6y, 31% of budgetPOINT UNIVERSITY INC: $200,100 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMERCY MEDICAL MINISTRY: $125,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetVALLEY UNITED FUND INC: $90,000 over 3y, 72% of budgetGLOBAL IMPACT INTERNATIONAL INC: $80,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetTHE WELLHOUSE INC: $52,300 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTHE EAGLES FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetDarlington School Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREDEEMING GRACE MINISTRIES: $40,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetOPEN DOOR HOME: $35,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetALABAMA SHERIFFS' YOUTH RANCHES INC: $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs Northwest Georgia Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE PRESIDENT THEATRE INC: $25,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetLIVINGPROOF RECOVERY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetHADDIES HOME INC: $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $23,085 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBaby Steps: $15,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetTHE PATH FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetCHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER INC: $15,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION OF EAST ALABAMA INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFAULKNER UNIVERSITY: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALABAMA POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSTORYBOOK FARM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetESPERANZA HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetFeeding the Valley Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE HOSPICE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Rome and Floyd County Georgia Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Alabama Power Foundat…The Lanier Family Fou…Community Foundation …Scott Foundation IncFloyd Healthcare Mana…Davison Bruce Foundat…The Charter Foundatio…The Community Foundat…Georgia Power Foundat…Wehadkee Foundation I…Community Foundation …United Way of Rome & …
Alabama Power Foundation IncAL22.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Lanier Family Foundation · Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc · Scott Foundation Inc · Floyd Healthcare Management Inc · Davison Bruce Foundation · The Charter Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Wehadkee Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Rome Inc · United Way of Rome & Floyd County Inc Dba United Way of Floyd Polk & Chattoog

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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

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    How do I get to D Gaines Lanier Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to D Gaines Lanier Family 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 53 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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