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Dan and Merrie Boone Foundation Inc

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.

$894k
Granted FY2024still arriving
97
Grants FY2024still arriving
16
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20182024.

Education$1.6MArts & Culture$1.2MEnvironment$357kHealth$250kHuman Services$236kPhilanthropy$101kHousing & Shelter$60kInternational$60kOther$0
02FY2024 · 97 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k74 grants · $156k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $251k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $488k
$2,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HELP OF BEAUFORT$100,000
EMORY UNIVERSITY$90,000
DAVIDSON COLLEGE$85,000
DAVIDSON COLLEGE$62,500
MISSISSIPPI FOLK ART FOUNDATION$50,000
ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC$50,000
ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC$50,000
MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSONS RESEARCH$25,500
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA$25,000
PARADISE GARDEN FOUNDATION INC$25,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$20,000
GUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATION$20,000
NORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$20,000
DAVIDSON COLLEGE$20,000
WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS INC$13,000
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 (FY18–24, $107k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 19% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COMMUNITY ACTION NORTH BAY: $500 → 10%LOCAL MEDIA FOUNDATION: $1k → 13%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISES NURSERY: $3k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $3k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISES NURSERY: $2k → 11%KATE'S CLUB: $500 → 14%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISES NURSERY: $2k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $2k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISES NURSERY: $1k → 11%URBAN INITIATIVES INC: $1k → 14%CHILDREN'S HOME AND AID: $1k → 14%HIGHLAND COMMUNITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $2k → 12%CHILDREN'S HOME AND AID: $500 → 14%CHILDREN'S HOME AND AID: $500 → 14%ATLANTA UNION MISSION: $3k → 13%HELP OF BEAUFORT: $50k → 10%HELP OF BEAUFORT: $25k → 10%HELP OF BEAUFORT: $6k → 10%HELP OF BEAUFORT: $5k → 10%HELP OF BEAUFORT: $1k → 10%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

VT
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.6M · 111 repeat orgs$368k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +23% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

111 repeat relationships — 49 still active in FY2024, 62 since wound down; 35 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

111
70

Total granted

$3.6M
$144k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+15%

Still filing today

59%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $224k 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
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthInternationalOther

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

  • EU
    Emory University
    7× · 2018–2024 · $777k · revenue +61%
  • Davidson College
    7× · 2018–2024 · $445k · revenue +52%
  • HO
    HELP OF BEAUFORT
    6× · 2018–2024 · $187k · revenue +412%

Funded once

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY
    one grant, 2023 · $11k
  • MC
    MISSIONHURST - CONGO
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • WF
    WILKINS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -57%

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
Boston Architectural College

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

2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

3
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
4
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
5
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
6
African Parks Foundation of America

To engage the united states and its citizens in the work of african parks and to promote access to american experience and expertise in the african parks actiities by 1) raising funds for specific projects, activities, training, equipment…

Recreation & Sports
7
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
8
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
9
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc

To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.

Environment
10
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
11
Fernbank Inc

Fernbank museum of natural history inspires a lifelong learning of natural history through immersive programming and unmatched experiences to encourage a greater appreciation of our planet and its inhabitants. fernbank is dedicated to…

Arts & Culture
12
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation and the most unlike its peers is The Susan Morrow Legacy 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 backsteadyCommunity FoundationsCommunity Arts CentersIndependent K-12 SchoolsChristian Missionary Organi…Policy Research and AdvocacyFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Community FoundationsCommunity College Foundatio…Health Access Advocacy and …Pregnancy Support ServicesYouth Development CentersChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Local Food System Organizat…Cancer Support ServicesLocal History MuseumsOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Animal Rescue and ShelterMilitary Veterans SupportAffordable Housing Developm…Volunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Elementary Literacy TutoringFood Banks and PantriesDomestic Violence ServicesAffordable Housing Construc…Environmental Conservation …
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 38 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%17%10–20yr16%23%20–35yr13%31%35–55yr16%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%43%10–20yr16%7%20–35yr13%29%35–55yr16%21%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.7% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.7%1/140
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,425

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

137 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. 137 of the 221 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
134/137
Grantees still filing
88/137
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Emory University — $776,500 · EducationEmory UniversityDavidson College — $444,500 · EducationDavidson College+20 more — $217,000 · Education+20 moreATLANTA HIGH MUSEUM OF ART — $669,400 · OtherATLANTA HIGH MUSEUM OF ARTNORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — $104,000 · OtherNORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLCOASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE — $61,000 · Other+114 more — $770,134 · Other+114 moreROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC — $103,000 · Arts & CultureROBERT W W…Mississipp Folk Art Foundation — $65,000 · Arts & CultureMississipp…The Bascom Corporation — $47,000 · Arts & CultureThe Bascom…Children's Theatre Company and School — $41,500 · Arts & CultureChildren's…GUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATION — $32,500 · Arts & CultureGUTHRIE TH…PARADISE GARDEN FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · Arts & CulturePARADISE G…ATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC — $17,500 · Arts & Culture+13 more — $52,000 · Arts & Culture+13 moreTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH — $157,450 · HealthBEAUFORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $20,000 · HealthHighlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc — $12,000 · HealthEAGLE RANCH INC — $12,000 · Health+7 more — $22,500 · HealthHELP OF BEAUFORT — $186,500 · Human ServicesGREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY — $11,000 · Human Services+6 more — $15,500 · Human ServicesAMERICAN RIVERS INC — $55,000 · EnvironmentPORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION — $20,000 · EnvironmentOPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC — $10,000 · EnvironmentBEAUFORT COUNTY OPEN LAND TRUST — $10,000 · EnvironmentSouth Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc — $10,000 · EnvironmentTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $7,200 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $6,500 · EnvironmentGEORGIA CONSERVANCY INC — $6,000 · EnvironmentSPRING ISLAND TRUST — $5,000 · Environment+3 more — $5,000 · EnvironmentWORLD RESOURCES GROUP INC — $17,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $12,000 · InternationalKids Alive International Inc — $12,000 · InternationalBRITISH SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION INC — $11,500 · InternationalPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND — $10,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $4,500 · InternationalMISSIONS DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL — $2,500 · International+3 more — $3,500 · International
Education$1,438,000Other$1,604,534Arts & Culture$383,500Health$223,950Human Services$213,000Environment$134,700International$73,000

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetEmory University — $776,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDavidson College — $444,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHELP OF BEAUFORT — $186,500 over 6y, 13% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH — $157,450 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — $104,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC — $103,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMississipp Folk Art Foundation — $65,000 over 3y, 71% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC — $55,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Bascom Corporation — $47,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BLAKE SCHOOL — $46,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Center for Opportunity Inc — $45,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc — $44,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY IN ATLANTA INC — $42,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Theatre Company and School — $41,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATION — $32,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST MARGARET'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetPARADISE GARDEN FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $21,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBEAUFORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetRabun Gap-Nacoochee School — $20,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC — $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD RESOURCES GROUP INC — $17,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $15,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHighlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc — $12,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKids Alive International Inc — $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAGLE RANCH INC — $12,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBRITISH SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES FOUNDATION INC — $11,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC — $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY — $11,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWINNETKA COMMUNITY HOUSE INC — $10,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPerforming Arts Center Inc — $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOPEN SPACE INSTITUTE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEAUFORT COUNTY OPEN LAND TRUST — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPhilanthropy Southeast Inc — $8,900 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC — $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHOPEFUL HORIZONS — $7,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE — $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $7,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH VILLAGES INC — $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPARK PRIDE INC — $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC — $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCUREPSP INC — $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHIGHLANDS EMERGENCY COUNCIL INC — $7,000 over 3y, 2.2% 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 Emory University
  • Who funds Davidson College
  • Who funds HELP OF BEAUFORT
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
  • Who funds NORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
  • Who funds ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC
  • Who funds Mississipp Folk Art Foundation
  • Who funds AMERICAN RIVERS INC
  • Who funds The Bascom Corporation
  • Who funds THE BLAKE SCHOOL
  • Who funds Georgia Center for Opportunity Inc
  • Who funds The Westminster Schools Inc
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IN ATLANTA INC
  • Who funds Children's Theatre Company and School
  • Who funds SPRING ISLAND TRUST FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC
  • Who funds GUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATION
  • Who funds ST MARGARET'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION
  • Who funds PARADISE GARDEN FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
  • Who funds PORT ROYAL SOUND FOUNDATION
  • Who funds BEAUFORT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School
  • Who funds ATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds WORLD RESOURCES GROUP INC
  • Who funds LOWCOUNTRY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
  • Who funds Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc
  • Who funds Kids Alive International 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.

Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina IncSC40.5× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The H Foundation · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Klamon Family Foundation Inc · Ashcourt Family Foundation Inc · The Inman Foundation · Laurel Charitable Trust · The Bargain Box · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc

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 Dan and Merrie Boone Foundation Inc 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 · 60%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc30% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
33report 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.

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 221 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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