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Fay S and W Barrett Howell Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Fay S and W Barrett Howell Family 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.

$900k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$1.1MArts & Culture$975kHealth$695kPhilanthropy$345kReligion$330kHuman Services$265kCrime & Legal$185kFood & Nutrition$110kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $235k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $660k
$40,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WOODRUFF ARTS CENETR$100,000
CATHEDRAL OF ST PHILIP$100,000
THE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER$75,000
CDC FOUNDATION$65,000
HIGH MUSEUM OF ART$60,000
THE STUDY HALL$60,000
UNITED WAY OF GREAT ATLANTA$50,000
FERNBANK MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY$50,000
AG RHODES HOME$50,000
ATLANTA MISSION$50,000
EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL$40,000
BREAKTHROUGH ATLANTA$35,000
ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$35,000
THE LOVETT SCHOOL$30,000
HISTORIC OAKLAND FOUNDATION$20,000
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 (FY20–24, $190k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ATLANTA MISSION: $50k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $45k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $45k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $25k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $25k → 13%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.8M · 24 repeat orgs$310k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
6

Total granted

$3.8M
$150k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+141%

Still filing today

83%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TS
    THE STUDY HALL INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $570k · revenue +48%
  • FI
    Fernbank Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $325k · revenue +87%
  • RW
    ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $320k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • NF
    NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS OF
    one grant, 2023 · $75k
  • AH
    ATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +141%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +43%
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 Hospital Association

The georgia hospital association (gha) serves approximately 150 hospitals throughout georgia. its purpose is to promote the health and welfare of the public through the development of better health care for all of georgia's citizens. gha…

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2
The Grady Health Foundation Inc

The mission of the grady health foundation is to grow both philanthropic support and broad-based understanding of the critical role that grady health system plays in the metro atlanta region. our focus is to ensure grady health system has…

Philanthropy
3
The Atlanta Chapter the American Institute of Architects Inc

To provide education, networking opportunities, advocacy and professional industry information to the american institute of architects' atlanta chapter members.

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4
Uga Real Estate Foundation Inc

The UGA Real Estate Foundation manages and improves various real estate assets for the benefit of the University of Georgia, governed by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The UGA Real Estate Foundation may also…

Philanthropy
5
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc

ACP is a group committed to identifying and providing leadership on selected issues important to driving the economic development of the city of Atlanta and for which the ACP's active involvement will make a major difference. The ACP has a…

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6
Georgia Hospital Association Research and Education Foundation

To advance the health of individuals and communities by serving as the leading advocate for all georgia hospitals and health care systems.

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7
Georgia Advanced Technology Ventures Inc

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively as a supporting organization to and for the benefit of the georgia institute of technology to foster and support education and scientific research and economic development…

Education
8
Morehouse School of Medicine

Leading the creation and advancement of health equity we exist to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities, increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce, and address primary health care…

Education
9
Ag Rhodes Health & Rehab Cobb

The mission of A.G. Rhodes Health & Rehab - Cobb is to provide the highest possible standard of quality care to our elderly residents while preserving their dignity, independence, and quality of life. We commit ourselves to care for all…

Health
10
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
11
Horizons Atlanta Inc

Horizons Atlanta is a tuition-free, intensive, six-week summer academic and enrichment program that supports students from under-served communities over the course of their academic careers.

Youth Development
12
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 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

26 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. 26 of the 34 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
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

THE STUDY HALL INC: $570,000 · OtherTHE STUDY HALL INCCATHEDRAL OF ST PHILIP: $330,000 · OtherCATHEDRAL OF ST PHILIPIndividual grant recipient: $150,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWOODRUFF ARTS CENETR: $100,000 · OtherWOODRUFF ARTS CENETRHistoric Oakland Foundation Inc: $100,000 · OtherHistoric Oakland Foundation IncNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS OF: $75,000 · OtherAG Rhodes Health & Rehab Atlanta: $50,000 · Other+8 more: $125,000 · Other+8 moreFernbank Inc: $325,000 · Arts & CultureFernbank IncROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $320,000 · Arts & CultureROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS C…NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $155,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR …ATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIE…THE DECORATIVE ARTS TRUST: $35,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $210,000 · EducationTHE PROTESTANT EPI…COMMON GOOD ATLANTA: $185,000 · EducationCOMMON GOOD ATLANT…THE LOVETT SCHOOL INC: $155,000 · EducationTHE LOVETT SCHOOL …BREAKTHROUGH ATLANTA: $140,000 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH ATLAN…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $245,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY O…THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNIT…SHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 · PhilanthropySHEPHERD CEN…HEALTHY FUTURES OF TEXAS: $30,000 · PhilanthropyHEALTHY FUTU…THE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC: $230,000 · HealthThe Foundation for Rhodes Homes Inc: $100,000 · HealthATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $190,000 · Human ServicesATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $110,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,500,000Arts & Culture$905,000Education$700,000Philanthropy$455,000Health$330,000Human Services$190,000Food & Nutrition$110,000

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 budgetTHE STUDY HALL INC: $570,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetFernbank Inc: $325,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $320,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $245,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC: $230,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $210,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $190,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMON GOOD ATLANTA: $185,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetTHE LOVETT SCHOOL INC: $155,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $155,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH ATLANTA: $140,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $110,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for Rhodes Homes Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetHistoric Oakland Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetAG Rhodes Health & Rehab Atlanta: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWilderness Works: $40,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetTHE DECORATIVE ARTS TRUST: $35,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHSIDE ALCOHOLICS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetHEALTHY FUTURES OF TEXAS: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHighlands Biological Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ATTINGHAM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% 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…The Imlay Foundation …Ryan Ida Alice Tuw Ma…Georgia Power Foundat…Tw Marian W Ottley At…Atl Fdn-W Peters MainTr Uw Charles I BrananNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Natl Christian Charit…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA22.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Ryan Ida Alice Tuw Main · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

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 Fay S and W Barrett Howell Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fay S and W Barrett Howell Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report 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, 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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    Find your warmest path to Fay S and W Barrett Howell Family Foundation Inc 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 34 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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