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Fairhope Single Tax Corporation at a glance

· Public charity

Fairhope Single Tax Corporation

See schedule o response for form 990, part I, line 1.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$800k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Public Benefit$1.1MCommunity Improvement$800kPublic Safety & Disaster$745kEducation$727kMembership Benefit$655kHealth$650kHuman Services$639kRecreation & Sports$432kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $33k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $182k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.1M
$181,849
Median grant
1
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAWGRASS CONSULTING LLC$800,000
CITY OF FAIRHOPE-FOUNDATION PARK$250,000
CITY OF FAIRHOPE-TOLSTOY PARK FUND$181,849
FAIRHOPE SUNSET ROTARY CLUB$20,000
CITY OF FAIRHOPE$13,020
THE BALDWIN POPS INC$2,500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THEATER 98: $5k → 12%SAWGRASS CONSULTING LLC: $800k → 12%FAIRHOPE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $745k → 12%CITY OF FAIRHOPE: $511k → 12%ECUMENICAL MINISTRIES: $500k → 12%FAIRHOPE COLONY CEMETERY: $465k → 12%CITY OF FAIRHOPE: $263k → 12%CITY OF FAIRHOPE-FOUNDATION PARK: $250k → 12%FAIRHOPE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $250k → 12%FEEF: $200k → 12%CITY OF FAIRHOPE-TOLSTOY PARK FUND: $182k → 12%USA MITCHELL CANCER INSTITUTE: $150k → 12%FAIRHOPE COLONY CEMETERY: $118k → 12%CITY OF FAIRHOPE: $112k → 12%ECUMENICAL MINISTRIES: $109k → 12%EASTERN SHORE ART CENTER: $100k → 12%CITY OF FAIRHOPE: $83k → 12%FAIRHOPE COLONY CEMETERY: $72k → 12%BALDWIN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: $50k → 12%BALDWIN FAMILY VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $50k → 12%FAIRHOPE PUBLIC LIBRARY: $50k → 12%CITY OF FAIRHOPE: $42k → 12%CITY OF FAIRHOPE: $40k → 12%FAIRHOPE POLICE DEPARTMENT: $40k → 12%CITY OF FAIRHOPE: $35k → 12%BALDWIN CO PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $28k → 12%BALDWIN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $25k → 12%AMERICAN LEGION POST #199: $16k → 12%ROTARY YOUTH CLUB: $16k → 12%CITY OF FAIRHOPE: $15k → 12%CITY OF FAIRHOPE: $13k → 12%BALDWIN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $10k → 12%CITY OF FAIRHOPE MUSEUM: $9k → 12%BALDWIN CO PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $6k → 12%ECUMENICAL MINISTRIES: $5k → 12%ECUMENICAL MINISTRIES: $5k → 12%WEEKS BAY FOUNDATION: $3k → 12%WEEKS BAY FOUNDATION: $3k → 12%WEEKS BAY FOUNDATION: $3k → 12%THE BALDWIN POPS INC: $3k → 12%COASTAL ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $80k → 12%THE BALDWIN POPS INC: $2k → 12%COASTAL ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGEIRHOPE: $28k → 12%THE BALDWIN POPS INC: $2k → 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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 7 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
10

Total granted

$3.1M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+24%

Still filing today

43%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $820k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CulturePublic BenefitEnvironmentHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CO
    CITY OF FAIRHOPE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.6M
  • FC
    FAIRHOPE COLONY CEMETERY FUND
    4× · 2017–2020 · $654k · revenue -18% · 96% of their budget
  • EM
    Ecumenical Ministries Inc
    4× · 2017–2024 · $619k · revenue +170%

Funded once

  • SC
    SABLE COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION
    one grant, 2024 · $745k
  • TH
    THOMAS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $500k · revenue 0%
  • FE
    FAIRHOPE EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $200k · revenue +31% · 64% of their budget
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
Fairhope Rotary Club Foundation
Philanthropy
2
Alabama Bicentennial Commission Foundation Inc

The foundation's missionis to provide assistance to the alabama bicentennial commission, which supports, created and executes events and activities that commemorate the stories of alabama's people, places and path to statehood.

Arts & Culture
3
Friends of the Alabama Governors Mansion Inc

To Preserve the Governors Mansion

Arts & Culture
4
Friends of the Gadsden County Public Library Inc
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5
Bayshore Christian School Foundation Inc

Bayshore christian school foundation, inc. will raise funds from the general public and manage endowed funds for the direct support and development of bayshore christian school.

Education
6
Friends of the Baldwin Public Library

Financial program support to Baldwin Public Library, Birmingham, MI

Education
7
Alabama Coastal Heritage Trust

Acquire, preserve, protect, restore, manage & improve alabama lands & water of ecological, scientific, scenic, wildlife or recreational significance. conduct, sponsor, and encourage, engage in ecological study & research. support…

Environment
8
East Blue Hill Library Association

Operate and maintain a public library for the village of East Blue Hill. Sponsor events to promote literacy, reading, and enjoyment of literature. Provide a center for community events that encourage social interaction and fellowship.

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9
Eufaula Heritage Association Inc

Preservation of historic

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10
Fairhope Film Festival Inc

Fairhope film festival, inc. was created to bring the best in world cinematic culture to our region, and to introduce the local area as a viable location for the film industry and encourage alabama film makers.

Arts & Culture
11
South Baldwin Education Foundation

The south baldwin education foundation, inc, facilitates the award of education scholarships to graduates of foley high school, robertsdale high school, snook christian academy, gulf shores high school, elberta high school and orange beach…

Education
12
The Bayside Foundation

The bayside foundation was created for the organized solicitation of funds, all of which are to be used for the betterment and advancement of bayside academy, inc. bayside academy is an independent college preparatory school that serves…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fairhope Educational Enrichment Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Fairhope Colony Cemetery Fund. 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

11 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. 11 of the 20 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF FAIRHOPE: $1,594,846 · OtherCITY OF FAIRHOPESAWGRASS CONSULTING LLC: $800,000 · OtherSAWGRASS CONSULTING LLCSABLE COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $745,000 · OtherSABLE COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORPORATIONFAIRHOPE COLONY CEMETERY FUND: $654,166 · OtherFAIRHOPE COLONY CEMETERY FUNDEcumenical Ministries Inc: $619,000 · OtherEcumenical Ministries IncFRIENDS OF THE FAIRHOPE LIBRARY: $304,800 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE FAIRHOPE LIBRARY+6 more: $406,810 · Other+6 moreTHOMAS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · HealthTHOMAS HO…FAIRHOPE EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $200,000 · Arts & CultureEASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION INC: $100,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBALDWIN FAMILY VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN LEGION EASTERN SHORE POST 199: $16,300 · Public BenefitFAIRHOPE-POINT CLEAR ROTARY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $16,000 · Youth DevelopmentSouth Alabama Land Trust Inc: $9,000 · Environment
Other$5,124,622Health$500,000Arts & Culture$305,000Philanthropy$50,000Public Benefit$16,300Youth Development$16,000Environment$9,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFAIRHOPE COLONY CEMETERY FUND: $654,166 over 4y, 96% of budgetEcumenical Ministries Inc: $619,000 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetTHOMAS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE FAIRHOPE LIBRARY: $304,800 over 4y, 49% of budgetFAIRHOPE EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 64% of budgetEASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetBALDWIN FAMILY VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetAMERICAN LEGION EASTERN SHORE POST 199: $16,300 over 1y, 31% of budgetFAIRHOPE-POINT CLEAR ROTARY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $16,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetSouth Alabama Land Trust Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHEATRE 98 OF BALDWIN COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.0% 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.

  • Who funds FAIRHOPE COLONY CEMETERY FUND ↗
  • Who funds Ecumenical Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE FAIRHOPE LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds FAIRHOPE EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BALDWIN FAMILY VILLAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LEGION EASTERN SHORE POST 199 ↗
  • Who funds FAIRHOPE-POINT CLEAR ROTARY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds South Alabama Land Trust Inc ↗
  • Who funds THEATRE 98 OF BALDWIN COUNTY INC ↗

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.

Mapp Family FoundationRc Craft Family Found…Gulf Coast Resource C…Impact 100 Baldwin Co…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Mapp Family FoundationAL19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mapp Family Foundation · Rc Craft Family Foundation · Gulf Coast Resource Conservation and Development Area · Impact 100 Baldwin County · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Fairhope Single Tax Corporation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fairhope Single Tax Corporation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 20 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 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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