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Giving Tuesday Inc

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$248k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

60% of Giving Tuesday Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to East Tennessee Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’24
5
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Philanthropy$221kCommunity Improvement$112kEducation$40k
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $188,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $248,213 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $60,213 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.
$12,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION$20,000
FOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN KENTUCKY$20,000
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY$20,000
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY$20,000
TUSKEGEE-MACON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$12,000
BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$12,000
WALKER AREA COMM FOUNDATION$12,000
BLACK BELT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$12,000
UW OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA$12,000
CENTRAL LOUISIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$12,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NW MISSISSIPPI$12,000
PINEBELT FOUNDATION$12,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF E MISSISSIPPI$12,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY24–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 86% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%National Center for Family Philanthropy: $60k → 14%TUSKEGEE-MACON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $12k → 32%BLACK BELT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $12k → 33%EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION: $20k → 12%UW OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $12k → 12%BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $20k → 8%DEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $20k → 14%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NW MISSISSIPPI: $12k → 10%PINEBELT FOUNDATION: $12k → 22%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF E MISSISSIPPI: $12k → 24%BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $12k → 15%FOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN KENTUCKY: $20k → 27%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

IL
NY
UT
KY
TN
DC
LA
MS
AL

Grants abroad, by region: $31k on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 2 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

South Asia$23k · 74% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: DATA OUTREACH AND RESEARCH GRANT

North America (Canada and Mexico)$8k · 26% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: STARLING GRANT

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its 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
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc

The community foundation is a philanthropic organization that manages charitable funds with a broad base of donors to benefit the areas of western tennessee, eastern arkansas, and northern mississippi. since 1969, the community foundation…

Philanthropy
2
Community Foundation of Acadiana

The mission of the Community Foundation of Acadiana is to build legacies and improve communities by connecting generous people to the causes they care about.

Philanthropy
3
Community Foundation of East Central Illinois

To promote philanthropy in an impartial, unbiased, ethical way, with a commitment to inclusiveness, and to bring together people and resources to identify and address present and emerging community needs.

Philanthropy
4
Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties

To grow community giving by fostering a community of grantmakers, promoting strategic local leadership, and investing in partnerships for the benefit of the community of loudoun and northern fauquier.

Philanthropy
5
Community Foundation of Abilene

To empower people to make a lasting charitable impact on our community. we connect donors to causes they care about, manage strategic investments to preserve our endowments, make grants that align with donor intent, respond to community…

Philanthropy
6
Central Carolina Community Foundation

Central carolina community foundation is a nonprofit community foundation that connects and mobilizes people and resources to strengthen the midlands of south carolina. the foundation partners with donors, nonprofit organizations,…

Philanthropy
7
The Community Foundation of South Alabama

The community foundation of south alabama seeks to build permanent endowments for the long range future of the region it serves and to draw from the strengths of the region's diverse population in designing and funding innovative programs…

Philanthropy
8
Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation

The greater cedar rapids community foundation (the community foundation) partners with donors, funders, and other community collaborators to achieve high-impact philanthropy, supports nonprofit organizations that address our community's…

Philanthropy
9
North Carolina Community Foundation

The nccf is the single statewide community foundation serving north carolina and was created in 1988 to build capacity through philanthropy. the nccf administers over 1,300 component funds established to provide long-term support of a…

Philanthropy
10
The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc

To mobilize people, networks, and capital to spark meaningful change in and beyond louisville.

Philanthropy
11
North Georgia Community Foundation Inc

The north georgia community foundation helps people and non-profits invest generously in the lives of those who call our community home.

Philanthropy
12
The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc

We serve the citizens of northeast florida through a range of charitable and civic activities while helping individuals achieve their philanthropic goals.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Depaul University. 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

13 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. 13 of the 15 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
5/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CANDID: $125,000 · PhilanthropyCANDIDNATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILY PHILANTHROPY INC: $60,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILY PHILANTHROPY INCFOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN KENTUCKY INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN KENTUCKY INCEAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyEAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATIONTHE BLACK BELT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · PhilanthropyBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · PhilanthropyCENTRAL LOUISIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $12,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI: $12,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF EAST MISSISSIPPI: $12,000 · PhilanthropyPINEBELT FOUNDATION: $12,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $12,000 · PhilanthropyWALKER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · PhilanthropyBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · OtherBRIGHAM Y…TUSKEGEE-MACON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · OtherTUSKEGEE-…DEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · Education
Philanthropy$321,000Other$32,000Education$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCANDID: $125,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILY PHILANTHROPY INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL LOUISIANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPINEBELT FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWALKER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Giving Tuesday Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Giving Tuesday 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 15 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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