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Fountain Family Foundation at a glance

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Fountain Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$431k
Granted FY2022
29
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0180% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$125kHuman Services$80kReligion$45kHealth$37kCommunity Improvement$20kArts & Culture$16kAnimals$10kYouth Development$10kOther$0
02FY2022 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 29 grants below total $356,800, the rows itemized in this filing. The $430,800 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $74,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k18 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $174k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $115k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$6.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN SERVICES$60,000
HINDS COMM COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT FND$55,000
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY$32,500
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MS$32,500
WILLOWOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER$20,000
UNIVERSITY OF MS MEDICAL CENTER$18,500
PINELAKE CHURCH$15,000
MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$15,000
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - RAYMOND$15,000
GRACE CITY CHURCH$15,000
BOYS SCOUTS OF AMERICA$10,000
MISSISSIPPI ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE$5,000
THE LITTLE LIGHTHOUSE$5,000
COPIAH ANIMAL SHELTER$5,000
STEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES$5,000
02Its 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
Methodist Children's Home

Methodist children's home equips children, youth, and families to flourish by offering hope through christian-centered relationships, services, and support.

Human Services
2
Sherwood & Myrtie Foster's Home for Children

To provide child care and foster care child placement

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3
Micah House Corporation

Providing shelter, food, clothing & support for homeless families

Housing & Shelter
4
Skeels Christian School

The school is committed to making disciples who love god completely and who radically impact the lives of others in the world.

—
5
Family Care Center of Catawba Valley Inc

The organization serves homeless families with dependent children through an emergency and transitional residential program. the center offers physical, emotional, social and educational services to assist families in the transition to…

Human Services
6
Shelby County Children's Advocacy Center

Shelby County Children's Advocacy Center, Inc. is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to ending child abuse through education, advocacy, counseling, family support, and the pursuit of justice.

Crime & Legal
7
Louisiana Baptist Childrens Home and Family Ministries

To provide love, care, and a positive christian witness for children and families in need.

—
8
South Carolina Network of Children's Advocacy Centers

Empowering south carolina communities and children's advocacy centers to deliver a best practice response to child abuse

Youth Development
9
Shelterwell Inc

Shelterwell fosters a spirit of connected community, centered on the belief that housing is a human right.

Housing & Shelter
10
Suffolk Christian Academy

Suffolk christian academy prepares its diverse student body through rigorous, biblically-based academics to excel and to impact the world for the glory of god.

Unclassified
11
Morning Star Christian School

Private school providing students with christ centered education.

Education
12
Lutheran Properties Inc

Our mission is to break the cycle of child abuse by empowering children, families and communities.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southern Christian Services for Children and Youth Inc; the most unlike its peers is Starkville Area Arts Council. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 29 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
7/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HINDS COMM COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT FND: $55,000 · OtherHINDS COMM COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT FNDMISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY: $32,500 · OtherMISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI: $32,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPIWILLOWOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $20,000 · OtherWILLOWOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTERUNIVERSITY OF MS MEDICAL CENTER: $18,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MS MEDICAL CENTERFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - RAYMOND: $15,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - RAYMONDGRACE CITY CHURCH: $15,000 · OtherGRACE CITY CHURCHPINELAKE CHURCH INC: $15,000 · OtherPINELAKE CHURCH INCBOYS SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $10,000 · Other+9 more: $30,000 · Other+9 moreSOUTHERN CHRISTIAN SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHERN CHRISTIAN SER…OPERATION SHOESTRING INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION SHOESTRING I…PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 · Human ServicesPALMER HOME FOR CHILDR…MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSTARKVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL: $800 · Arts & CultureFRENCH CAMP ACADEMY: $5,000 · EducationHARBOR DAY SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationMAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOL: $5,000 · HealthTHE LILY PAD FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthMISSISSIPPI ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $5,000 · AnimalsBURIED TREASURES HOME INC: $5,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$243,500Human Services$70,000Arts & Culture$15,800Education$10,000Health$7,500Animals$5,000Crime & Legal$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSOUTHERN CHRISTIAN SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH INC: $60,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRENCH CAMP ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SHOESTRING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMISSISSIPPI ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARBOR DAY SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE LILY PAD FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTARKVILLE AREA ARTS COUNCIL: $800 over 1y, 1.1% 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.

Ergon Foundation IncVan Devender Family F…Regions FoundationCommunity Foundation …Wesley a Caldwell Fou…His Way IncSelby and Richard McR…Walker FoundationThe Gertrude C Ford F…Mike and Janie Jarvis…Sam E & Burnice C Wit…Leo W Seal Jr Family …
Ergon Foundation IncMS24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ergon Foundation Inc · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Regions Foundation · Community Foundation for Mississippi · Wesley a Caldwell Foundation Inc · His Way Inc · Selby and Richard McRae Foundation · Walker Foundation · The Gertrude C Ford Foundation Inc · Mike and Janie Jarvis Family Foundation · Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation · Leo W Seal Jr Family 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.

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 29 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $454k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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