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Kathryn T & William R Bridges Jr at a glance

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Kathryn T & William R Bridges Jr

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.4M
Granted FY2018
14
Grants FY2018
3
States reached
$268k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Philanthropy$1.3MEducation$26kReligion$21kHealth$14kPublic Benefit$6kArts & Culture$5kFood & Nutrition$5kInternational$1kOther$0
02FY2018 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k8 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
  • $250k+5 grants · $1.3M
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$34k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WILLIAM & LISA BRIDGES FAMILY FUND$268,000
JENNIFER & WALTER BRIDGES FAMILY FU$268,000
LINDA AND ELWYN BRIDGES FAMILY FUND$268,000
KATHRYN B & K WARD MILLER FUND$268,000
THE HEWES FAMILY FUND$268,000
ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL$11,250
HOMESTEAD HOPE FOUNDATION$5,000
GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER$3,750
Individual grant recipient$2,002
UGA FOUNDATION$2,000
ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER$1,450
THE GEORGIA WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUN$1,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$1,000
YOUNGLIFE$500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NC: $500 → 12%HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL FND: $1k → 12%SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1k → 21%JENNIFER & WALTER BRIDGES FAMILY FU: $268k → 13%UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF GA: $1k → 14%UGA FOUNDATION: $2k → 27%KATHRYN B & K WARD MILLER FUND: $268k → 13%FERNBANK MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $250 → 14%LINDA AND ELWYN BRIDGES FAMILY FUND: $268k → 13%AG RHODES HEALTH & REHAB: $1k → 14%THE HEWES FAMILY FUND: $268k → 13%THE GEORGIA WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUN: $1k → 14%NORTHSIDE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $20k → 13%ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER: $1k → 13%BUCKHEAD CHRISTIAN MINISTRY: $1k → 13%ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER: $1k → 13%HOMESTEAD HOPE FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%PATH FOUNDATION: $500 → 13%PIEDMONT FOUNDATION: $1k → 13%GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $1k → 13%HIGH MUSEUM OF ART: $378 → 13%GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER: $6k → 13%GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER: $4k → 13%GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION: $2k → 13%HISTORIC OAKLAND FOUNDATION: $1k → 13%WILLIAM & LISA BRIDGES FAMILY FUND: $268k → 13%ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL: $11k → 13%ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL: $10k → 13%THE WESTMINSTER FUND: $6k → 13%ATLANTA BOTANICAL: $3k → 13%ATLANTA BOTANICAL: $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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

3%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$38k · 4 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
16

Total granted

$38k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+74%

Still filing today

75%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
EducationHealthArts & CultureReligionYouth DevelopmentRecreation & 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

  • AS
    Atlanta Speech School Inc
    2× · 2017–2018 · $21k · revenue -22%
  • TG
    THE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +61%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2017–2018 · $5k

Funded once

  • NU
    NORTHSIDE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • TW
    THE WESTMINSTER FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
  • TH
    THE HARTMAN FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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
The Grady Health Foundation Inc

The mission of the grady health foundation is to grow both philanthropic support and broad-based understanding of the critical role that grady health system plays in the metro atlanta region. our focus is to ensure grady health system has…

Philanthropy
2
Morehouse School of Medicine

Leading the creation and advancement of health equity we exist to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities, increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce, and address primary health care…

Education
3
Unc Health Foundation Inc

At unc health foundation, we inspire philanthropic support for unc health and unc school of medicine that transforms healthcare and provides hope to the people of north carolina and communities around the world.

Education
4
Uga Real Estate Foundation Inc

The UGA Real Estate Foundation manages and improves various real estate assets for the benefit of the University of Georgia, governed by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The UGA Real Estate Foundation may also…

Philanthropy
5
Medical Center of Central Georgia Inc

To enhance the health status of those we serve in partnership with medical staff and other community organizations by providing wellness services, health education, training, and access to safe high quality health care services.

Health
6
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
7
Georgia Tech Foundation Real Estate Holding Corporation

The georgia tech foundation real estate holding corporation was formed to hold title to real estate and similar property on behalf of the georgia tech foundation, inc., and for other purposes permitted under section 501(c)(2) of the…

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8
Georgia Gwinnett College Foundation Inc

The mission of the georgia gwinnett college foundation is to serve as an advocate for georgia gwinnett college, a unit of the university system of georgia. the foundation's primary objective is to receive, invest, account for, and allocate…

Education
9
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
10
Emory University

Emory University's mission is to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity. (See Schedule O for continuation)

Education
11
Georgia Hospital Association

The georgia hospital association (gha) serves approximately 150 hospitals throughout georgia. its purpose is to promote the health and welfare of the public through the development of better health care for all of georgia's citizens. gha…

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Georgia Tech Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Anc Highlands-Cashiers Hospital 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

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 31 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)
17/18
Grantees still filing
16/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KATHRYN B & K WARD MILLER FUND: $268,000 · OtherKATHRYN B & K WARD MILLER FUNDTHE HEWES FAMILY FUND: $268,000 · OtherTHE HEWES FAMILY FUNDJENNIFER & WALTER BRIDGES FAMILY FU: $268,000 · OtherJENNIFER & WALTER BRIDGES FAMILY FULINDA AND ELWYN BRIDGES FAMILY FUND: $268,000 · OtherLINDA AND ELWYN BRIDGES FAMILY FUNDWILLIAM & LISA BRIDGES FAMILY FUND: $268,000 · OtherWILLIAM & LISA BRIDGES FAMILY FUND+10 more: $42,502 · OtherAtlanta Speech School Inc: $20,750 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · EducationGeorgia State University Foundation Inc: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC: $10,030 · HealthANC HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 · HealthGEORGE WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,450 · Arts & CultureROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $378 · Arts & CultureFernbank Inc: $250 · Arts & CultureBUCKHEAD CHRISTIAN MINISTRY INC: $1,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,000 · ReligionYOUNG LIFE: $500 · Youth DevelopmentPATH FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Recreation & SportsTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $500 · Philanthropy
Other$1,382,502Education$26,250Health$12,030Arts & Culture$3,078Religion$2,000Youth Development$500Recreation & Sports$500Philanthropy$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAtlanta Speech School Inc: $20,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC: $10,030 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANC HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia State University Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF GEORGIA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATH FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $378 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFernbank Inc: $250 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Kathryn T & William R Bridges Jr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kathryn T & William R Bridges Jr. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    0get no government money at all
    6report 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.

    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 31 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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