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James and Nancy Casty Charitable Foundation at a glance

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James and Nancy Casty Charitable Foundation

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.

$4k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
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States reached
$2k
Largest
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02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$25kHealth$17kEducation$9kHuman Services$8kCrime & Legal$2kArts & Culture$1kReligion$180
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
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States reached
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Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CREATING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES$2,000
SOLIDARITY SANDY SPRINGS INC$2,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Making Headway Foundation: $2k → 9%Forbes Family Trust co Beth's Furry Friends: $2k → 17%A CURE IN OUR LIFETIME: $250 → 8%The Galloway School: $2k → 13%CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%TULANE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 23%BREWSTER ACADEMY ANNUAL FUND: $100 → 9%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $10k → 17%THE GALLOWAY SCHOOL: $2k → 13%THE GALLOWAY SCHOOL: $2k → 13%THE GALLOWAY SCHOOL: $2k → 13%SOLIDARITY SANDY SPRINGS INC: $2k → 13%CHABAD OF NORTH FULTON: $180 → 13%Georgia Innocence Project: $2k → 13%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 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.

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Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
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Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
5
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
6
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
7
George Fox University

George fox university, a christ centered community, prepares students spiritually, academically, and professionally to think with clarity, act with integrity, and serve with passion.

Education
8
Good Samaritan Foundation

Partnering for healing and a healthy future through philanthropy.

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Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
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Windward School

Windward school is a dynamic college-preparatory school that challenges each student to achieve excellence in a nurturing, inclusive community. windward teachers, parents, and administrators work together to inspire our students to be…

Education
11
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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12
Great Mn Schools

We believe that great schools are the cornerstone of a just and thriving community. ensuring that every child is able to attend a school that works is our moral and social imperative - our children deserve no less.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund; the most unlike its peers is Creating Connected Communities 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

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 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)
8/8
Grantees still filing
7/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $25,000 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $10,000 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITALTHE GALLOWAY SCHOOLS INC: $7,400 · OtherTHE GALLOWAY SCHOOLS INCCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA FOUNDATION: $2,500 · OtherCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA FOUNDATIO…Forbes Family Trust co Beth's Furry Friends: $2,000 · OtherForbes Family Trust co Beth's Furry Friend…LANTA GRAS CO: $1,000 · Other+3 more: $530 · OtherCREATING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $2,000 · HealthMAKING HEADWAY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · HealthSOLIDARITY SANDY SPRINGS INC: $2,000 · Food & NutritionGEORGIA INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $2,000 · Crime & LegalTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $1,500 · Education
Community Improvement$25,000Other$23,430Human Services$4,000Health$4,000Food & Nutrition$2,000Crime & Legal$2,000Education$1,500

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 budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GALLOWAY SCHOOLS INC: $7,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCREATING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSOLIDARITY SANDY SPRINGS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKING HEADWAY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGEORGIA INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $1,500 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.

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.

Jewish Federation of …The Community Foundat…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta IncGA15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 James and Nancy Casty Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James and Nancy Casty Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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-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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