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Goodwyn Mills & Cawood Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Goodwyn Mills & Cawood Charitable 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.

$258k
Granted FY2025still arriving
81
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$56k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$93kHealth$84kCommunity Improvement$47kHuman Services$37kYouth Development$34kEducation$29kEnvironment$17kArts & Culture$14kOther$0
02FY2025 · 81 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k79 grants · $191k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $56k
$2,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$203k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL$55,975
CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA$11,000
ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ESTUARY PRO$7,500
THE SERVICE GUILD OF BIRMINGHAM$7,500
THE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION$5,500
ALABAMA BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOMES$5,000
FATHER PURCELL MEMORIAL EXCEPTIONAL$5,000
HIGHLANDS COLLEGE INC$5,000
SMILE-A-MILE$5,000
AMERICAN VILLAGE CITIZENSHIP TRUST$5,000
ALABAMA CASA NETWORK INC$5,000
THE DOLPHIN FOUNDATION FOR ED&ART$5,000
LEADERSHIP MONTGOMERY$5,000
THE PENNY FOUNDATION$5,000
GARRETT'S PLACE$5,000
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 (FY17–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%NEIGHBORHOOD BRIDGES: $3k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD BRIDGES: $1k → 15%FRIENDSHIP MISSION: $1k → 19%MONTGOMERY AREA COUNCIL ON AGING: $750 → 18%UNLESS U: $500 → 16%BRANTWOOD CHILDREN'S HOME: $4k → 18%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
MI
OH
KY
VA
TN
NC
SC
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$208k · 24 repeat orgs$210k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 68 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
38

Total granted

$208k
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+28%

Still filing today

54%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $162k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TC
    The Children's Hospital of Alabama
    3× · 2022–2025 · $13k · revenue +9%
  • TP
    THE PENNY FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $13k · revenue +407%
  • TA
    TUKABATCHEE AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    3× · 2023–2025 · $10k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SERVICE GUILD
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • UA
    UNITED ABILITY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +12%
  • AH
    AFRICATOWN HERITAGE PRESERVATION FO
    one grant, 2021 · $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
Alabama Partnership for Children

To work in partnership with families and organizations to ensure that all alabama children (birth to five) get everything they need to develop to their fullest potential.

Education
2
Alabama a&M University Foundation

The Alabama A&M University Foundation was established to receive, hold, invest, manage, use, and administer property of all kinds, whether given absolutely or in trust, for the benefit of Alabama A&M University and its educational,…

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3
Uab Educational Foundation

To support the university of alabama at birmingham in its scientific and educational mission, including managing and disbursing funds, acquiring real property, and providing operational flexibility.

Education
4
Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame
Arts & Culture
5
Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils

Coordinate rc&d activity in alabama

Environment
6
Alabama Alliance Network

The alabama alliance netowrk works to strengthen and enhance alabama's civic society through research, education, and grantmaking

Public Benefit
7
The University Foundation

The university foundation is organized to assist and aid the board of trustees of the university of alabama in fulfilling its educational, research, and public service programs and activities.

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8
The Alabama Center for Law and Civic Education

The mission of ACLCE is to prepare youth to become active, engaged, and informed participants in a democratic society.

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9
Alabama Rivers Alliance Inc

Alabama Rivers Alliance is a statewide network of groups working to protect and restore all of Alabama's water resources through building partnerships, empowering citizens, and advocating for sound water policy and its enforcement.

Environment
10
The Medical Foundation of Alabama

To further the image of medicine through financial support for health education programs and projects

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11
Greater Birmingham Ministries

To serve people, build community, pursue justice.

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12
Legal Aid Society of Birmingham

The Organization is a nonprofit community defender providing legal assistance through court appointment to children and other indigent persons.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Leadership Montgomery Inc; the most unlike its peers is Peninsula of Mobile. 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

68 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. 68 of the 130 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/68
Grantees still filing
32/68
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JH OUTBACK OF BIRMINGHAM: $12,500 · OtherJH OUTBACK OF BIRMINGHAMTUKABATCHEE AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $10,375 · OtherLEADERSHIP ALABAMA INC: $8,000 · Other+90 more: $197,050 · Other+90 moreINTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL: $90,822 · ReligionINTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL+1 more: $1,000 · ReligionThe Children's Hospital of Alabama: $13,250 · HealthThe Childre…MONTGOMERY AREA NON-TRADITIONAL EQUESTRI: $5,000 · HealthMONTGOMERY …SMILE-A-MILE: $5,000 · HealthSMILE-A-MIL…UNITED ABILITY INC: $5,000 · HealthUNITED ABIL…Home of Grace For Women Inc: $4,000 · HealthHome of Gra…Alabama Kidney Foundation Inc: $2,500 · HealthAlabama Kid…SACRED HEART FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · HealthSACRED HEAR…MAGIC MOMENTS: $2,000 · Health+3 more: $2,500 · Health+3 moreTHE PENNY FOUNDATION: $12,500 · PhilanthropyWELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyPrisma Health-Upstate Foundation: $1,800 · PhilanthropyHOMEWOOD CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · EducationTHE RESTORATION ACADEMY: $3,250 · EducationWHY NOT WIN INSTITUTE INC: $2,500 · EducationGadsden State Cardinal Foundation: $1,500 · EducationAthens City School Foundation: $1,500 · EducationGEORGIA UNITED CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · EducationTHE LIBERTY LEARNING FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Education+2 more: $1,000 · EducationCHILDREN'S PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION INC: $4,200 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD BRIDGES: $3,750 · Human ServicesFRIENDSHIP MISSION INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER OF ALABAMA INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesSpirithorse Therapeutic Riding Center: $800 · Human ServicesMONTGOMERY AREA COUNCIL ON AGING: $750 · Human ServicesIVY FOUNDATION OF MONTGOMERY AL INC: $500 · Human ServicesUNLESS U INC: $500 · Human ServicesGarretts Place Inc: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentFLIGHT CLUB 502: $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE RIVER REGION INC: $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentTHE MARLON AND MARCUS FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Youth Development
Other$227,925Religion$91,822Health$41,750Philanthropy$17,300Education$15,750Human Services$12,500Youth Development$11,000

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 budgetINTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL: $90,822 over 4y, 11% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Alabama: $13,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PENNY FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTUKABATCHEE AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $10,375 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLEADERSHIP ALABAMA INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSERVICE GUILD OF BIRMINGHAM INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetALABAMA CASA NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAthens State University Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED ABILITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSERVICE DOGS ALABAMA INC: $4,800 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION INC: $4,200 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOMEWOOD CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHome of Grace For Women Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD BRIDGES: $3,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RESTORATION ACADEMY: $3,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ALABAMA 4-H CLUB FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOAPSTONE PRESERVATION ENDOWMENT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWELLSTAR FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSACRED HEART FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTENNGREEN LAND CONSERVANCY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPrisma Health-Upstate Foundation: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUMAS WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $1,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGadsden State Cardinal Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE RIVER REGION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALABAMA ENVIRNOMENTAL COUNCIL INC: $1,250 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetALDRIDGE GARDENS: $1,200 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetREV BIRMINGHAM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPIKE MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBAPTIST HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFESHAPE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GROVE MGM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDruids Charity Club Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDSHIP MISSION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LIBERTY LEARNING FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE INSPIRED MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRAILROAD PARK FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER OF ALABAMA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRMINGHAM BOYS CHOIR FOUNDATION INC: $900 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSpirithorse Therapeutic Riding Center: $800 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNational Society of Black Engineers: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY AREA COUNCIL ON AGING: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNLESS U INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALABAMA COASTAL FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCalhoun College Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLibbys Friends: $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.

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.

Alabama Power Foundat…The Daniel Foundation…The Community Foundat…Hill Crest Foundation…Protective Life Found…Alfa FoundationMike and Gillian Good…The Maynard Nexsen Fo…Susan Mott Webb Chari…Central Alabama Commu…The Long Lewis Founda…Altecstyslinger Found…
Alabama Power Foundation IncAL65.1× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Protective Life Foundation · Alfa Foundation · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · The Maynard Nexsen Foundation · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Central Alabama Community Foundation Inc · The Long Lewis Foundation · Altecstyslinger 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 Goodwyn Mills & Cawood Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Goodwyn Mills & Cawood Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
18report 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 130 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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