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Ernest G Debakey Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Ernest G Debakey Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$669k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$402k
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.

Health$2.6MEducation$2.4MHuman Services$512kCommunity Improvement$45kRecreation & Sports$30kArts & Culture$20kYouth Development$13kReligion$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $185k
  • $250k+1 grant · $402k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INFIRMARY FOUNDATION$401,951
TULANE UNIVERSITY$128,509
CHRISTIAN MEDICAL MINISTRY$56,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
SALVATION ARMY$10,000
COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR VISION REHABILITATION$10,000
DANCE WITHOUT LIMITS FOUNDATION$10,000
DRUG EDUCATION COUNCIL$10,000
VICTORY HEALTH PARTNERS$10,000
CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA$6,000
ALABAMA KIDNEY FOUNDATION$5,000
CASA MOBILE$5,000
MOBILE AREA COUNCIL - BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$1,500
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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Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%ARC- BALDWIN COUNTY INC: $10k → 12%ARC- BALDWIN COUNTY INC: $8k → 12%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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.6M · 28 repeat orgs$51k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against -19% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
7

Total granted

$5.6M
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
-19%

Still filing today

79%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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
HealthEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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

  • IF
    INFIRMARY FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +34%
  • TA
    THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +72%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MOBILE
    4× · 2018–2021 · $240k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • ST
    SPR TEXAS MINISTRIES CORPORATION
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +13%
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
Alabama Regional Medical Services

To provide quality healthcare and related services to all communities, including the underserved and homeless persons, regardless of language, culture, or financial barriers

Health
2
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
3
Urology Health Foundation

The Urology Health Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2003 by Birmingham urologist Dr. Thomas E. Moody. Its purposes are to educate physicians and other medical professionals in new techniques and procedures being…

Education
4
The Medical Foundation of Alabama

To further the image of medicine through financial support for health education programs and projects

—
5
Alabama Dermatology Society

Education, practice and patient care

—
6
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
7
Diabetic Clinic of Mobile Inc
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8
Nami Alabama Inc

Encourage and enhance advocacy and family support services on behalf of individuals suffering from mental illness.

Health
9
University of Alabama Ophthalmology Services Foundation

The university of alabama ophthalmology services foundation (osf) is a non-profit corporation organized to serve the eye health needs of the people of alabama and beyond through excellence in patient care, medical education, and research.

Human Services
10
Aids Alabama Inc

Aids alabama devotes its energy and resources statewide to helping people with hiv/aids live healthy, independent lives and works to prevent the spread of hiv.

Health
11
Alabama Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics

Obtain optimal health & well-being for all children in alabama, and to provide educational and practice support for its membership so the highest quality of medical care can be achieved.

Health
12
North Florida Medical Centers Inc

To increase access to quality healthcare and improve the overall health of the community.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Infirmary Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame. 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

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 37 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
18/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INFIRMARY FOUNDATION INC: $1,895,189 · HealthINFIRMARY FOUNDATION INCST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $90,000 · Health+10 more: $178,500 · Health+10 moreUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA: $1,122,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMACHRISTIAN MEDICAL MINISTRY: $388,000 · OtherCHRISTIAN MEDICAL MINISTRYMOBILE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT- STUDENTS WORKING AGAINST TOBACCO(SWAT): $120,000 · OtherMOBILE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT- STUDE…Drug Education Council Inc: $82,000 · Other+14 more: $201,450 · Other+14 moreTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $1,032,072 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE…UNIVERSITY OF MOBILE: $240,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MOBILEPARKINSON ASSOCIATION OF ALABAMA INC: $160,000 · PhilanthropyAssistance League of Mobile Inc: $45,000 · Community ImprovementDance Without Limits Foundation Inc: $20,000 · Arts & CultureALABAMA HEALTHCARE HALL OF FAME: $15,000 · Arts & CultureTHE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Recreation & Sports
Health$2,163,689Other$1,913,950Education$1,272,072Philanthropy$160,000Community Improvement$45,000Arts & Culture$35,000Recreation & Sports$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINFIRMARY FOUNDATION INC: $1,895,189 over 8y, 20% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $1,032,072 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MOBILE: $240,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPARKINSON ASSOCIATION OF ALABAMA INC: $160,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $90,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDrug Education Council Inc: $82,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetVictory Health Partners Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetAssistance League of Mobile Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetRapahope Childrens Retreat Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetOzanam Charitable Pharmacy Inc: $28,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDance Without Limits Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICES VISION REHAB: $20,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetARC-BALDWIN COUNTY INC: $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Alabama: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF MOBILE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALABAMA HEALTHCARE HALL OF FAME: $15,000 over 3y, 45% of budgetTHE TANNER FOUNDATION FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCASA MOBILE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOBILE AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $7,950 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlabama Kidney Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALABAMA FREE CLINIC INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTEAM FOCUS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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 Daniel Foundation…Crampton Trust #12550…J L Bedsole Foundatio…Hearin - Chandler Fou…Mapp Family FoundationAlabama Power Foundat…Julien E Marx Foundat…Cd Helen and Jeff Gla…Ws Foundation Inc Bla…Mayer & Arlene Mitche…United Bank Charitabl…The Florence Foundati…
The Daniel Foundation of AlabamaAL35.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Crampton Trust #1255000731 Regions Bank Trustee · J L Bedsole Foundation Regions Bank Co-Trustee · Hearin - Chandler Foundation · Mapp Family Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Julien E Marx Foundation Trust · Cd Helen and Jeff Glaze Foundation · Ws Foundation Inc Blacksher White-Spunner · Mayer & Arlene Mitchell Charitable Foundation · United Bank Charitable Foundation · The Florence 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 Ernest G Debakey Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ernest G Debakey Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 Ernest G Debakey Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Ernest G Debakey Charitable 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 37 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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