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Heritage Plantation Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$12k
Granted FY2021
11
Grants FY2021
2
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Religion$48kHealth$4kRecreation & Sports$3kArts & Culture$750Education$670Public Safety & Disaster$562Environment$50Other$0
02FY2021 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k10 grants · $1k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
$100
Median grant
2
States reached
$367k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH$11,000
WTHJA$250
LE BONHEUR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$100
NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY & MUSEUM$100
RIVERS OF LIFE$100
DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS$100
Individual grant recipient$100
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$100
WKNO$100
HICKORY VALLEY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPAR$100
FOXCROFT SCHOOL FOR GIRLS$100
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 (FY17–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WTHJA: $250 → 10%EMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $13k → 17%HICKORY VALLEY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPAR: $262 → 22%NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY: $100 → 4%COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOU: $100 → 7%LEBONHEUR: $2k → 17%HICKORY VALLEY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPAR: $100 → 22%NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY & MUSEUM: $100 → 4%COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOU: $100 → 7%EMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $13k → 17%HICKORY VALLEY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPAR: $100 → 22%FOXCROFT SCHOOLS FOR GIRL: $100 → 4%COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG: $100 → 7%LEBONHEUR: $250 → 17%HICKORY VALLEY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPAR: $100 → 22%FOXCROFT SCHOOLS FOR GIRL: $100 → 4%COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOU: $100 → 7%EMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $11k → 17%ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $40 → 22%FOXCROFT SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $100 → 4%LE BONHEUR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $100 → 17%FOXCROFT SCHOOLS FOR GIRL: $70 → 4%EMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $11k → 17%NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY: $50 → 4%RIVERS OF LIFE: $100 → 17%NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY: $50 → 4%WOLF RIVER CONSERVANCY: $50 → 17%WEST TENNESSEE JUMPER ASSOCIATION: $2k → 17%WEST TENNESSEE JUMPER ASSOCIATION: $750 → 17%WEST TENNESSEE JUMPER ASSOCIATION: $250 → 17%WKNO: $100 → 17%WKNO: $100 → 17%WKNO: $100 → 17%WKNO: $100 → 17%DIXON GALLERY: $200 → 17%DIXON GALLERY: $100 → 17%DIXON GALLERY & GARDENS: $100 → 17%DIXON GALLERY: $100 → 17%ST JUDE HOSPITAL: $1k → 17%ST JUDE HOSPITAL: $350 → 17%ST JUDE HOSPITAL: $250 → 17%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $100 → 17%ST PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $100 → 17%ST PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $100 → 17%ST PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $100 → 17%HUTCHISON SCHOOL: $100 → 17%HUTCHISON SCHOOL: $100 → 17%HUTCHISON SCHOOL: $100 → 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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$58k · 12 repeat orgs$940 to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +134% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2021, 8 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
2

Total granted

$58k
$90

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+134%
+19%

Still filing today

33%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $850 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21
HealthArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • LB
    Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k · revenue +64%
  • MP
    MID-SOUTH PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2021 · $400 · revenue +134%
  • TN
    THE NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
    4× · 2017–2021 · $300 · revenue +223%

Funded once

  • WR
    WOLF RIVER CONSERVANCY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $50 · revenue +19%
  • SJ
    ST JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $40
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
Houston Museum of Natural Science

The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…

Arts & Culture
2
Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens

Hillwood estate, museum & garden's (hillwood) mission is to share the renowned art collections, exceptional gardens and related public and educational programs with a wide and diverse audience. since its opening, hillwood has served…

Arts & Culture
3
West Michigan Horticultural Society Inc Dba Frederik Meijer Gardens

To promote the enjoyment, understanding and appreciation of gardens, sculpture, the natural environment and the arts. the most significant activity is to allow guests to experience horticulture and the arts.

Environment
4
Washington and Lee University

Mission statement of washington and lee university: washington and lee university provides a liberal arts education that develops students' capacity to think freely, critically, and humanely and to conduct themselves with honor, integrity,…

Education
5
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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6
Thomas Jefferson School of Law

The mission of the school is to provide outstanding legal education in a collegial and supportive environment with attention to newly emerging areas of law, particularly those related to technological development, globalization and the…

Education
7
Washington & Jefferson College

To graduate people of uncommon integrity, competence, and maturity, who are effective lifelong learners and responsible citizens, and who are prepared to contribute substantially to the world in which they live.

Education
8
Witte Museum

The witte museum inspires people to shape the future of texas through transformative and relevant experiences in nature, science and culture.

Arts & Culture
9
Hudson Yards Development Corporation

See schedule oto coordinate and facilitate the economic development of the hudson yards area of manhattan. this includes construction of an extension to the no. subway line, the coordination of the design and construction of certain public…

Community Improvement
10
Thibodaux Regional Health System Inc

The mission of the hospital is to provide the highest quality, most cost-effective healthcare services possible to the people of thibodaux and surrounding areas. the hospital, in recognition of its mission, strives to achieve its vision to…

Health
11
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art

The amon carter museum of western art was established through the generosity of amon g. carter sr. (1879-1955) to house his collection of more than 400 paintings and sculptures by fredric remingtion and charles m. russell, to collect,…

Arts & Culture
12
The Holton Arms School

The mission of the holton-arms school is to cultivate the unique potential of young women through the "education not only of the mind, but of the soul and spirit".

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Wthja. 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 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. 8 of the 21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
7/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $47,727 · OtherEMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCHWEST TENNESSEE JUMPER ASSOCIATION: $2,850 · Other+11 more: $3,872 · Other+11 moreLe Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation: $2,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 · HealthTHE NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY AND MUSEUM: $300 · EducationTHE HUTCHISON SCHOOL: $300 · EducationMID-SOUTH PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION: $400 · Arts & CultureDixon Gallery and Gardens: $100 · Arts & CultureWTHJA: $250 · Recreation & SportsWOLF RIVER CONSERVANCY INC: $50 · Environment
Other$54,449Health$2,600Education$600Arts & Culture$500Recreation & Sports$250Environment$50

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 budgetLe Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMID-SOUTH PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY AND MUSEUM: $300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUTCHISON SCHOOL: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWTHJA: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDixon Gallery and Gardens: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOLF RIVER CONSERVANCY INC: $50 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 Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MID-SOUTH PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY AND MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE HUTCHISON SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WTHJA ↗
  • Who funds Dixon Gallery and Gardens ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds WOLF RIVER CONSERVANCY 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.

Deborah D Tipton Char…Christian Community F…Plough FoundationBelz FoundationThe Kemmons Wilson Fa…Community Foundation …The Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Deborah D Tipton Charitable FoundationTN15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Deborah D Tipton Charitable Foundation · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Plough Foundation · Belz Foundation · The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Heritage Plantation Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Heritage Plantation Foundation. 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%15%30%45%60%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 · 0–60%
    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 21 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2022) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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