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James E and Betty J Huffer 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.

$235k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 62% of JAMES E AND BETTY J HUFFER FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$5.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAYO CLINIC$50,000
NEIGHBORHOOD CREATIVE ARTS CENTER$30,000
PROJECT HEAL HELP TO EAT ACCEPT & LIVE$25,000
IMMOKALEE FAIR HOUSING ALLIANCE$20,000
BRADLEY CLEVELAND PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION$10,000
OKEFENOKEE SWAMP PARK INC$10,000
CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF INDIANAPOLIS$10,000
DEEPLY INGRAINED INC$10,000
THE CANCER FOUNDATION INC$10,000
HOPE INC$10,000
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REPERTORY THEATRE$5,000
PROJECT LIFT$5,000
CENTER FOR CHILDREN$5,000
MOUNTAIN CIRCUIT CASA INC$5,000
ANN NORTON SCULPTURE GARDENS$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–22, $94k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RYANS CASE FOR SMILES: $5k → 6%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $5k → 10%RYANS CASE FOR SMILES: $5k → 6%CHILD CARE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $33k → 11%CHILD CARE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $25k → 11%VALERIES HOUSE INC: $20k → 11%ATHENS COMMUNITY COUNCIL ON AGING: $1k → 27%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ID
NY
NV
IN
PA
CA
KY
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
OK
GA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.7M · 27 repeat orgs$308k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +40% since the first grant, against +30% for the ones you funded once.

27 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
24

Total granted

$1.7M
$166k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+30%

Still filing today

67%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $143k 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
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentEducationPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TN
    THE NUCI PHILLIPS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $145k · revenue +19%
  • CC
    CHILD CARE OF SW FLORIDA INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $58k · revenue +48%
  • PH
    PROJECT HEAL HELP TO EAT ACCEPT & LIVE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $54k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • GG
    GLOBAL GIFT FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
  • VH
    VALERIE'S HOUSE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -24%
  • A
    ATHICA
    one grant, 2017 · $16k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
3
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…

Community Improvement
4
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
5
Atlanta Celebrates Photography Inc

Atlanta celebrates photography (dba atlanta center for photography) (acp) advances new perspectives in lens-based media from the american south. through artwork commissions, community collaborations, and dynamic programs, acp supports…

Arts & Culture
6
People Inc

People inc. provides health and human services that enrich lives and communities through innovation and supportive services. with a goal to help people achieve greater independence and quality of life, people inc. provides day,…

Human Services
7
Oncology and Kids Inc

To help kids and families heal the emotional scars of childhood cancer and learn to thrive.

Human Services
8
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
9
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
10
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
11
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
12
Naples Zoo Inc

Naples zoo is accredited by the american zoo & aquarium association (aza) and has numerous animal exhibits placed on its 45-acre site. (continued on schedule o)each exhibit is unique and designed to simulate typical conditions for the…

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Athens Area Community Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is North Naples Education Center Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyLand Conservation Organizat…Public University Foundatio…Cancer Support OrganizationsDevelopmental Disabilities …Affordable Housing Developm…Child Abuse Advocacy Servic…Community Health CentersSenior Support ServicesFood Pantries & AssistanceAnimal Rescue and AdoptionCommunity FoundationsEnvironmental Advocacy Orga…Professional Ballet Compani…Community Arts OrganizationsClassical Music Ensembles
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 28 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%29%10–20yr16%29%20–35yr13%24%35–55yr16%12%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%20%10–20yr16%39%20–35yr13%24%35–55yr16%14%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/53
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,512

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

52 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 52 of the 68 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/52
Grantees still filing
34/52
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MAYO CLINIC — $270,000 · OtherMAYO CLINICATHENS HOMELESS SHELTER — $215,000 · OtherATHENS HOMELESS SHELTERATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART — $150,985 · OtherATHENS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTLEE COUNTY ALLIANCE FOR THE ARTS INC — $110,000 · OtherLEE COUNTY ALLIANCE FOR THE ARTS INCIndividual grant recipient — $87,940 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPROJECT SAFE ATHENS — $82,000 · OtherPROJECT SAFE ATHENSBEACON OF HOPE — $60,300 · OtherART WITH A HEART INC — $55,000 · Other+32 more — $363,000 · Other+32 moreTHE NUCI PHILLIPS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC — $145,000 · HealthTHE NUCI PH…PROJECT HEAL HELP TO EAT ACCEPT & LIVE — $53,500 · HealthPROJECT HEA…THE CANCER FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · Health+2 more — $2,000 · HealthAthens Film Arts Institute Inc DBA Cine — $44,300 · Arts & CultureKIDS DANCE OUTREACH INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureWild Rumpus Events Inc — $29,500 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc — $10,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REPERTORY THEATRE — $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $3,647 · Arts & CultureCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC — $55,000 · EnvironmentATHENS LAND TRUST INC — $30,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $30,000 · EnvironmentGEORGIA FORESTWATCH INC — $15,000 · Environment+1 more — $1,500 · EnvironmentCHILD CARE OF SW FLORIDA INC — $58,000 · Human ServicesVALERIE'S HOUSE INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesRYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES — $10,000 · Human ServicesSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc — $5,000 · Human Services+1 more — $1,040 · Human ServicesAthens Area Community Foundation Inc — $60,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropyCANDID — $8,530 · Philanthropy+2 more — $2,000 · PhilanthropyPARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE INC — $50,000 · Community Improvement
Other$1,394,225Health$210,500Arts & Culture$132,447Environment$131,500Human Services$94,040Philanthropy$80,530Community Improvement$50,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE NUCI PHILLIPS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC — $145,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetLEE COUNTY ALLIANCE FOR THE ARTS INC — $110,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetAthens Area Community Foundation Inc — $60,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCHILD CARE OF SW FLORIDA INC — $58,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetART WITH A HEART INC — $55,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC — $55,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetPROJECT HEAL HELP TO EAT ACCEPT & LIVE — $53,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetPARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE INC — $50,000 over 3y, 9.6% of budgetAthens Film Arts Institute Inc DBA Cine — $44,300 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetKIDS DANCE OUTREACH INC — $30,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetATHENS LAND TRUST INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWild Rumpus Events Inc — $29,500 over 4y, 10% of budgetVALERIE'S HOUSE INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA — $20,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetFLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $19,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetREEF BALL FOUNDATION INC — $17,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetGEORGIA FORESTWATCH INC — $15,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BIGGER VISION OF ATHENS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetDEEPLY INGRAINED INC — $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetExtra Special People Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHILBROOK MUSEUM OF ART INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE Inc Helping Other People be Empowered — $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetRYAN'S CASE FOR SMILES — $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCANDID — $8,530 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH NAPLES EDUCATION CENTER INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REPERTORY THEATRE — $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNTAIN CIRCUIT CASA INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPROJECT LIFT INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANN NORTON SCULPTURE GARDENS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetARTS IN HEALTH OCALA METRO INC — $3,647 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCHESS & COMMUNITY INC — $2,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetGEORGIA RIVER NETWORK INC dba GEORGIA RIVERS — $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetATHENS COMMUNITY COUNCIL ON AGING INC — $1,040 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHARACTER LAB INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPARK MICROGRANTS INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSIC HEALTH ALLIANCE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Future Project Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSend Me on Vacation Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Athens Area Community Foundation IncGA19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Athens Area Community Foundation Inc · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Jackson Emc Foundation Inc Attn Amy Rouse · The Winthrop Foundation of Athens G · The Newland Family Foundation Inc · Glickman Family Foundation · The League Club Inc · The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation · Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Inc · Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization James E and Betty J Huffer Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc4% of income from government
  • Lee County Alliance for the Arts Inc1% of income from government
  • Arts in Health Ocala Metro Inc0% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc0% of income from government
  • North Naples Education Center Inc0% of income from government
  • Valerie's House Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
15report 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, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

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How do I get to James E and Betty J Huffer Foundation?

Find your warmest path to James E and Betty J Huffer 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 68 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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