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Joyce & Randy Seckman Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$30k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$79kEducation$58kHealth$43kEnvironment$6kAnimals$6kPublic Benefit$5kRecreation & Sports$3kArts & Culture$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$250
Median grant
7
States reached
$433k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REDEEMER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$15,000
TURNING POINT USA$5,000
CHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER$2,500
NMDP$2,000
CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$1,650
EMORY EYE CENTER FUND FOR EXCELLENCE$1,000
CITY SPRINGS THEATRE COMPANY$1,000
GOOD MEWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION$250
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA ALUMNI FUND$250
GEORGIA CENTER FOR NONPROFITS$250
CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL PARK CONSERVANCY$250
GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION$200
OSBORNE HIGH SCHOOL PTA$200
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$150
THE LOVETT SCHOOL$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 14%WOUNDER WARRIOR PROJECT: $360 → 14%MUST MINISTRIES: $3k → 8%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $150 → 14%MUST MINISTRIES: $1k → 8%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

MN
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CO
MO
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$170k · 22 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
26

Total granted

$170k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
0%

Still filing today

36%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyRecreation & 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

  • HA
    HISTIOCYTOSIS ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $18k · revenue +54%
  • CN
    CHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $6k · revenue +170%
  • NF
    NMDP FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $4k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • CC
    CROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +12%
  • DT
    DELTA TAU DELTA ED FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • FH
    Forsyth Humane Society
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -8%
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
National Comprehensive Cancer Network

To define and advance quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care and prevention so all people can live better lives.

Health
2
Georgia Advanced Technology Ventures Inc

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively as a supporting organization to and for the benefit of the georgia institute of technology to foster and support education and scientific research and economic development…

Education
3
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.

Animals
4
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc

ACP is a group committed to identifying and providing leadership on selected issues important to driving the economic development of the city of Atlanta and for which the ACP's active involvement will make a major difference. The ACP has a…

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5
Georgia Soc for Prevention of Cta

Dedicated to alleviating the pet over-population problems in georgia. house and place homeless dogs and cats into loving homes, offer access to low-cost vaccines, spay & neuter procedures, promote humane education and responsible pet…

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6
National Cable Satellite Corporation

Provide the public access to the live gavel-to-gavel proceedings of both houses of the us congress, and other forums where public policy is discussed, debated, and decided - all without editing, commentary or analysis and with a balanced…

Arts & Culture
7
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Conquer cancer funds research for every type of cancer to benefit every patient, everywhere. working in collaboration with a global network of top scientists and clinicians, and leading advocacy and research organizations, conquer cancer…

Health
8
Georgia Tech Research Corporation

The georgia tech research corporation (gtrc) is organized and operated to support the research activities of the georgia institute of technology in the areas of innovative research, technical assistance, and economic development.

Health
9
Allosource

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

Health
10
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation

The mission of the akc canine health foundation, inc. is to fund, advance, and communicate canine health research and science through knowledge and discovery.

Animals
11
FixGeorgiaPets Inc

To end senseless euthanasia and stop pet over-population in Georgia through targed spay/neuter programming.

Animals
12
Cancer Research and Biostatistics

To help conquer cancer and other diseases through the application of biostatistical principles and innovative data management methods.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Georgia Tech Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sheila Fest Foundation Corp. 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

22 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. 22 of the 59 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
12/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REDEEMER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INC: $45,500 · OtherREDEEMER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INCIndividual grant recipient: $28,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDELTA TAU DELTA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherDELTA TAU DELTA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONHISTIOCYTOSIS ASSOCIATION INC: $18,000 · OtherHISTIOCYTOSIS ASSOCIATION INCRJ REYNLDS HIGH SCHOOL: $14,000 · OtherRJ REYNLDS HIGH SCHOOLWALTON FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Other+38 more: $35,877 · Other+38 moreBETA UPSILON CHI FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 · EducationGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $2,200 · EducationWalton Lacrosse Booster Club Inc: $1,500 · Education+1 more: $200 · EducationCHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER INC: $6,200 · EnvironmentForsyth Humane Society: $5,000 · AnimalsCHINA RESCUE DOGS INC: $517 · AnimalsGOOD MEWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION INC: $250 · AnimalsCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 · Health+2 more: $200 · HealthMust Ministries Inc: $3,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,010 · Human ServicesNMDP FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $100 · Philanthropy
Other$167,377Education$12,900Environment$6,200Animals$5,767Health$5,200Human Services$4,510Philanthropy$4,100

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 budgetHISTIOCYTOSIS ASSOCIATION INC: $18,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetBETA UPSILON CHI FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER INC: $6,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetForsyth Humane Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNMDP FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMust Ministries Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $2,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWalton Lacrosse Booster Club Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,010 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCity Springs Theatre: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHINA RESCUE DOGS INC: $517 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOVETT SCHOOL INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAPPY TAILS PET THERAPY INC: $150 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCARRY THE LOAD: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $30 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 HISTIOCYTOSIS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BETA UPSILON CHI FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
  • Who funds CROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds Forsyth Humane Society ↗
  • Who funds NMDP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Must Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Walton Lacrosse Booster Club Inc ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds City Springs Theatre ↗
  • Who funds CHINA RESCUE DOGS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GEORGIA CENTER FOR NONPROFITS ↗
  • Who funds GOOD MEWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL PARK 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.

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA14.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Charities Aid Foundation America · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Joyce & Randy Seckman Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joyce & Randy Seckman Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–10%
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 59 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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