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Gb & Ca Saunders Foundation Inc at a glance

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Gb & Ca Saunders 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.

$56k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$84kArts & Culture$82kReligion$70kEducation$64kYouth Development$31kHuman Services$18kAnimals$14kHousing & Shelter$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k24 grants · $44k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
$2,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SPRINGER OPERA HOUSE$12,000
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS$4,000
WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$2,800
EMORY UNIVERSITY$2,800
COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY$2,800
NATIONAL CIVIL WAR NAVAL MUSEUM$2,800
MERCER UNIVERSITY$2,800
WYNN HOUSE$2,500
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$2,000
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH$2,000
1909 PRESERVATION SOCIETY (CCC)$2,000
SALVATION ARMY$2,000
METROPOLITAN INTER-FAITH ASSOCIATION$2,000
ST ANDREW'S - SEWANEE SCHOOL$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,500
02The need
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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 (FY23–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%METROPOLITAN INTER-FAITH ASSOCIATION: $2k → 17%METROPOLITAN INTER-FAITH ASSOCIATION: $2k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
IL
IA
NJ
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
MS
AL
GA
TX
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$351k · 44 repeat orgs$49k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

44 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
17

Total granted

$351k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+6%

Still filing today

59%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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
HealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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

  • TW
    THE WYNN HOUSE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $19k · revenue +40%
  • BS
    BROOKSTONE SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $15k · revenue +27%
  • SO
    SPRINGER OPERA HOUSE ARTS ASSOCIATIONINC
    2× · 2017–2024 · $14k · revenue +132%

Funded once

  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $11k · revenue +32%
  • LL
    LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY
    one grant, 2017 · $4k
  • SJ
    ST JULIAN OF NORWICH EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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
The Medical Center Inc

To provide healthcare marked by compassion and sustainable excellence in a progressive environment, guided by physicians, delivered by professionals, and inspired by the communities we serve.

Health
2
Columbus Ambulatory Healthcare Services Inc

To provide healthcare marked by compassion and sustainable excellence in a progressive environment, guided by physicians, delivered by professionals, and inspired by the communities we serve.

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3
Conway Hospital Community Services

Conway hospital community services provides outpatient health care services to horry county and the surrounding community in conjunction with conway hospital, inc., a non-profit acute care hospital system.

Health
4
Thomas University

Thomas university is an independent, not for profit, institution of higher education with undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare students for successful careers and responsible citizenship in a rapidly changing and complex world.

Education
5
World Molecular Imaging Society

The world molecular imaging society (wmis) is an international scientific educational organization dedicated to the understanding of biology and medicine through multimodal in vivo imaging of cellular and molecular events involved in…

Health
6
Columbus Housing Initiative Inc

Stabilize neighborhoods through establishing financing, education, rehabilitation of existing housing and development of new housing

Housing & Shelter
7
Chattahoochee Hospice Inc

The organization pledges to provide quality programs, service, and technology to meet the unique physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the terminally ill and their families, and to educate the community about end of life issues.

Human Services
8
Uncompahgre Combined Clinics

To provide quality, cost-effective, accessible, and affordable healthcare to the community.

Health
9
Columbus Regional Healthcare System Inc

To provide healthcare marked by compassion and sustainable excellence in a progressive environment, guided by physicians, delivered by professionals, and inspired by the communities we serve.

Health
10
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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11
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
12
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is The Wynn House 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

37 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. 37 of the 68 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
27/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $34,000 · OtherGRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $30,500 · OtherALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATIONTHE WYNN HOUSE INC: $19,000 · OtherTHE WYNN HOUSE INCCHATTAHOOCHEE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS: $15,000 · OtherCHATTAHOOCHEE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTSNATIONAL MPS SOCIETY INC: $12,500 · OtherTRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherCOLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY: $9,800 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $9,500 · OtherHISTORIC COLUMBUS FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 · Other+37 more: $118,600 · Other+37 moreSPRINGER OPERA HOUSE ARTS ASSOCIATIONINC: $13,500 · Arts & CultureSPRINGER O…YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREATER COLUMBUS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureYOUTH ORCH…RIVERCENTER INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureRIVERCENTE…THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE COLUMB…1909 PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $2,000 · Arts & Culture1909 PRESE…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $11,000 · HealthMERCYMED OF COLUMBUS INC ATTN TONY NGUYEN: $9,000 · HealthHouse of TIME Inc: $4,500 · HealthThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $3,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthBROOKSTONE SCHOOL INC: $15,000 · EducationTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $10,800 · EducationPiney Woods School: $6,000 · EducationInternational Friendship Ministries Inc: $13,000 · PhilanthropyWHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,800 · PhilanthropySHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyYOUNG LIFE: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentRIGHT FROM THE START: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentVALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $6,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$267,900Arts & Culture$36,500Health$32,000Education$31,800Philanthropy$21,300Youth Development$7,500Housing & Shelter$6,000

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 budgetTHE WYNN HOUSE INC: $19,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetBROOKSTONE SCHOOL INC: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSPRINGER OPERA HOUSE ARTS ASSOCIATIONINC: $13,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetInternational Friendship Ministries Inc: $13,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetNATIONAL MPS SOCIETY INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $10,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREATER COLUMBUS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetHISTORIC COLUMBUS FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMERCYMED OF COLUMBUS INC ATTN TONY NGUYEN: $9,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetST ANDREW'S-SEWANEE SCHOOL: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPiney Woods School: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTamassee DAR School Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRIVERCENTER INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $6,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPASTORAL INSTITUTE INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHouse of TIME Inc: $4,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Inter-Faith Association: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAST ALABAMA HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF HARRIS COUNTY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIGHT FROM THE START: $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS HOSPICE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget1909 PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOOD MILL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEASTER SEALS WEST GEORGIA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDTOWN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds THE WYNN HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKSTONE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds SPRINGER OPERA HOUSE ARTS ASSOCIATIONINC ↗
  • Who funds International Friendship Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MPS SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREATER COLUMBUS INC ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC COLUMBUS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MERCYMED OF COLUMBUS INC ATTN TONY NGUYEN ↗
  • Who funds ST ANDREW'S-SEWANEE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Piney Woods School ↗
  • Who funds Tamassee DAR School Inc ↗
  • Who funds RIVERCENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds PASTORAL INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds House of TIME Inc ↗
  • Who funds Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association ↗
  • Who funds EAST ALABAMA HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation 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.

Community Foundation …Lockwood Partners Fou…Bradley-Turner Founda…Mildred Miller Fort F…The Daniel P Amos Fam…The Jordan Foundation…The Cms Foundation IncGeorgia Power Foundat…The Cliboca Foundatio…Beloco Foundation IncJw & Ethel I Woodruff…George and Ann Swift …
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley IncGA54.3× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc · Lockwood Partners Foundation Inc · Bradley-Turner Foundation Inc · Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Inc · The Daniel P Amos Family Foundation · The Jordan Foundation Inc · The Cms Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Cliboca Foundation Inc · Beloco Foundation Inc · Jw & Ethel I Woodruff Foundation Inc · George and Ann Swift Family Foundation 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 Gb & Ca Saunders Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gb & Ca Saunders Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    6report 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.

    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 68 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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