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Frost Foundation Inc

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.

$250k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$175k
Largest
01What you fund
0189% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202025.

Religion$794kArts & Culture$175kPhilanthropy$131kHealth$83kEducation$15kInternational$10kHuman Services$2kCrime & Legal$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $225k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH GAINESVILLE$175,000
NORTH GA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$50,000
SMOKE RISE BAPTIST CHURCH$15,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$10,000
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 (FY23–23, $850) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%FRIENDS OF FLOWERY BRANCH CAR SHOW: $500 → 12%RANDY AND FRIENDS INC: $350 → 12%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.

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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.2M · 5 repeat orgs$56k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +35% since the first grant, against +23% for the ones you funded once.

5 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
21

Total granted

$1.2M
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+23%

Still filing today

20%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalEducationReligionOther

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

  • FB
    FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH GAINESVILLE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $827k
  • NG
    NORTH GA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $129k
  • NG
    NORTHEAST GEORGIA HISTORY CENTER
    2× · 2021–2022 · $125k

Funded once

  • SC
    SEVIER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH GEORGIA
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • ET
    EDMONDSON TELFORD CENTER FOR CHILDREN I
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue -2%

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
Carolina Medicorp Enterprises Inc

Mission novant health exists to improve the health of our communities, one person at a time. vision we, the novant health team, will deliver the most remarkable patient experience, in every dimension, every time. values -compassion: we…

2
Northeast Georgia Physicians Group Inc

Northeast georgia physicians group is an affiliate of northeast georgia health system (nghs) and is on a mission of improving the health of the community in all we do. nghs is a not-for-profit organization and is the parent company for the…

Health
3
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
4
The Good Samaritan Health Center Inc

Spreading Christs love through quality healthcare to those in need. We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that is a health care home providing comprehensive primary care to low-income, uninsured individuals in greater metropolitan…

Health
5
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Inc

Northeast georgia medical center is an affiliate of northeast georgia health system (nghs) and is on a mission of improving the health of the community in all we do. nghs is a not-for-profit organization and is the parent company for the…

Health
6
East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc

East tennessee children's hospital is a free-standing, independent, not-for-profit pediatric health care system which serves the east tennessee region. children's hospital is certified by the state of tennessee as a comprehensive regional…

Health
7
Gwinnett Medical Group Inc

Gwinnett medical group, inc., (gmgi),was formed for the purpose of establishing and operating certain hospital based and clinical outreach physician services with our service community. gmgi employs specialty physicians that serve patients…

8
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
9
Northeast Georgia Health System Inc

Northeast georgia health system (nghs) is on a mission of improving the health of the community in all we do. nghs is a not-for-profit organization and is the parent company for the following affiliates: a. northeast georgia medical…

Health
10
Emory University

Emory University's mission is to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity. (See Schedule O for continuation)

Education
11
The Medical Center Foundation Inc Dba the Northeast Georgia Health System Foun

The medical center foundation, inc., also known as the nghs foundation, is an affiliate of northeast georgia health system (nghs) and is on a mission of improving the health of the community in all we do. nghs is a not-for-profit…

Health
12
Presbyterian Medical Care Corp

Mission novant health exists to improve the health of our communities, one person at a time. vision we, the novant health team, will deliver the most remarkable patient experience, in every dimension, every time. values -compassion: we…

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Good News Clinics Inc and the most unlike its peers is Friends of Flowery Branch Car Show 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

8 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. 8 of the 28 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
7/8
Grantees still filing
5/8
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH GAINESVILLE — $826,800 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH GAINESVILLENORTH GA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $129,095 · OtherNORTH GA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONNORTHEAST GEORGIA HISTORY CENTER — $125,000 · OtherNORTHEAST GEORGIA HISTORY CENTERNORTHEAST GEORGIA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION — $75,000 · OtherNORTHEAST GEORGIA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION+17 more — $42,055 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $10,000 · ReligionGOOD NEWS CLINICS INC — $6,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $850 · HealthEDMONDSON TELFORD CENTER FOR CHILDREN I — $1,750 · Crime & LegalFRIENDS OF FLOWERY BRANCH CAR SHOW INC — $500 · Human ServicesBLOOM ENTERPRISES OF GA INC — $350 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA FOUNDATION INC — $100 · Education
Other$1,197,950Religion$10,000Health$7,350Crime & Legal$1,750Human Services$850Education$100

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetGOOD NEWS CLINICS INC — $6,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEDMONDSON TELFORD CENTER FOR CHILDREN I — $1,750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOM ENTERPRISES OF GA INC — $350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHEAST GEORGIA CARE INC CHOICES PREGNANCY CARE CENTER — $225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA FOUNDATION INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 SAMARITAN'S PURSE
  • Who funds GOOD NEWS CLINICS INC
  • Who funds EDMONDSON TELFORD CENTER FOR CHILDREN I
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF FLOWERY BRANCH CAR SHOW INC
  • Who funds BLOOM ENTERPRISES OF GA INC
  • Who funds NORTHEAST GEORGIA CARE INC CHOICES PREGNANCY CARE CENTER
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA FOUNDATION 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.

North Georgia Community Foundation IncGA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: North Georgia Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Frost 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 · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Frost Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Frost 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 28 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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