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Harold W Ripps Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Harold W Ripps 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.

$387k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$105k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Philanthropy$2.0MHealth$349kReligion$317kSocial Science$125kEducation$111kInternational$75kRecreation & Sports$74kHuman Services$33kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $260k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIRMINGHAM JEWISH FEDERATION$105,000
UNITED WAY$100,000
Individual grant recipient$55,000
US ISRAEL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION$25,000
HUDSON INSTITUTE$25,000
TEMPLE EMANU-EL$20,000
NE MILES JEWISH DAY SCHOOL$10,000
CHABAD OF ALABAMA$10,000
BIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES$10,000
TEMPLE BETH-EL$5,637
THE MIKE SLIVE FOUNDATION$5,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$3,000
MOUNTAIN BROOK FIRST RESPONDERS FOUNDATION$3,000
JOE LEE GRIFFIN HOPE LODGE$2,500
MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK CLUB$2,500
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 (FY22–24, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%LORD WEDGWOOD CHARITY: $3k → 16%LORD WEDGWOOD CHARITY: $3k → 16%COLLAT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 16%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

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CT
CA
UT
VA
AZ
TN
DC
LA
AL
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 100% of Harold W Ripps Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 84% of the giving stays in AL; by stated purpose, 0%.

Harold W Ripps Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 28 repeat orgs$142k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
25

Total granted

$2.6M
$128k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+8%

Still filing today

64%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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

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PhilanthropyHealthEducationInternationalHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $900k · revenue +74%
  • EM
    Eisenhower Medical Center
    3× · 2021–2024 · $235k · revenue +48%
  • HI
    Hudson Institute Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $125k · revenue +189%

Funded once

  • DC
    DESERT CLASSIC CHARITY
    one grant, 2017 · $21k
  • PC
    PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +57%
  • PC
    PARK CITY JEWISH CENTER INC
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
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
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
2
Alabama Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics

Obtain optimal health & well-being for all children in alabama, and to provide educational and practice support for its membership so the highest quality of medical care can be achieved.

Health
3
The Children's Hospital of Alabama

The mission of Children's of Alabama is to provide the finest pediatric health services to all children in an environment that fosters excellence in research and medical education. Children's will be an advocate for all children and work…

Health
4
All Children's Research Institute Inc

The corporation is organized and is operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes. all children's research institute supports, encourages, and engages in and conducts medical research and other research in…

Health
5
Association of American Medical Colleges

Aamc leads & serves the academic medicine community to improve the health of people everywhere.

Education
6
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
7
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
8
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
9
Alabama Sports Foundation Inc

Alabama sports foundation exists to optimize the athlete experience through performance, education, innovation, and implementation. alabama sports foundation does this with each individual by partnering with teams, clubs, and…

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10
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc

Benefit, perform, and carry out the charitable, educational, and other exempt purposes of indiana university health ball memorial hospital, inc. ("iu health ball memorial hospital") and related organizations, and to support activities…

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11
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
12
Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Leadership Birmingham Inc; the most unlike its peers is Christopher Kids. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

32 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. 32 of the 60 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)
32/32
Grantees still filing
24/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BIRMINGHAM JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $1,027,500 · PhilanthropyBIRMINGHAM JEWISH FEDERATION INCUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $900,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INCBIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES INC: $81,334 · Philanthropy+4 more: $47,500 · PhilanthropyIndividual grant recipient: $615,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTEMPLE EMANU-EL: $150,000 · OtherTEMPLE EMANU-ELHudson Institute Inc: $125,000 · OtherHudson Institute Inc+37 more: $247,985 · Other+37 moreEisenhower Medical Center: $235,000 · HealthCHRISTOPHER KIDS: $12,000 · Health+3 more: $5,500 · HealthN E MILES JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $90,500 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $10,000 · EducationVanderbilt University: $7,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationALABAMA HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTER: $87,500 · ReligionUS ISRAEL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC: $65,000 · InternationalTHE JERUSALEM FUND FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $10,000 · InternationalThe Mike Slive Foundation for Prostate Cancer Research: $36,000 · Science & Tech
Philanthropy$2,056,334Other$1,137,985Health$252,500Education$108,500Religion$87,500International$75,000Science & Tech$36,000

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 budgetBIRMINGHAM JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $1,027,500 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $900,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $235,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHudson Institute Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetN E MILES JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $90,500 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetALABAMA HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTER: $87,500 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetBIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES INC: $81,334 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetUS ISRAEL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC: $65,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetThe Mike Slive Foundation for Prostate Cancer Research: $36,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetTHE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION: $17,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Monday Morning Quarterback Club: $15,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCHRISTOPHER KIDS: $12,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTHE JERUSALEM FUND FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLORD WEDGWOOD CHARITY: $6,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetTHE GREATER BIRMINGHAM HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM OF THE DESERT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetALABAMA GOLF CHARITIES INC: $5,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetBARTOW FAMILY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCOLLAT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF BIRMINGHAM: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetQuarterbacking Children's Health Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOACHSAFELY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEADERSHIP BIRMINGHAM INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE-A-MILE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCRIME STOPPERS OF METRO ALABAMAINC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA: $500 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.

  • Who funds BIRMINGHAM JEWISH FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC ↗
  • Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds Hudson Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds N E MILES JEWISH DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ALABAMA HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds US ISRAEL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Mike Slive Foundation for Prostate Cancer Research ↗
  • Who funds THE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Monday Morning Quarterback Club ↗
  • Who funds PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTOPHER KIDS ↗
  • Who funds THE JERUSALEM FUND FOR EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
  • Who funds LORD WEDGWOOD CHARITY ↗
  • Who funds THE GREATER BIRMINGHAM HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM OF THE DESERT ↗
  • Who funds ALABAMA GOLF CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds BARTOW FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLLAT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF BIRMINGHAM ↗

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.

Lisa and Alan Engel F…Altecstyslinger Found…The Community Foundat…Alabama Power Foundat…The Hackney FoundationDebardeleben Foundati…Protective Life Found…The Daniel Foundation…The Ronne & Donald He…The Thomas E Jernigan…Pete M Hanna Charitab…The Maynard Nexsen Fo…
Lisa and Alan Engel FoundationAL26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lisa and Alan Engel Foundation · Altecstyslinger Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Hackney Foundation · Debardeleben Foundation Inc · Protective Life Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · The Ronne & Donald Hess Foundation · The Thomas E Jernigan Foundation · Pete M Hanna Charitable Foundation · The Maynard Nexsen 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 Harold W Ripps Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harold W Ripps Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
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    How do I get to Harold W Ripps Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Harold W Ripps Charitable Foundation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 60 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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