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Lipham Foundation Inc at a glance

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Lipham Foundation Inc

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.

$8k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$22kHealth$21kHuman Services$10kArts & Culture$7kEducation$5kRecreation & Sports$5kYouth Development$1kHousing & Shelter$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$501k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION$2,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$1,000
MUSCOGEE COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION$1,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,000
PASTORAL INSTITUTE$1,000
ST JUDE HOSPITAL$1,000
STEWART COMMUNITY HOME$500
MICAH'S PROMISE$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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Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 14%OPEN DOOR COMMUNITY HOUSE: $300 → 18%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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$65k · 14 repeat orgs$12k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
9

Total granted

$65k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+62%

Still filing today

43%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
HealthYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionEmploymentOther
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

  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $5k · revenue +87%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $1k · revenue +50%
  • VR
    VALLEY RESCUE MISSION
    3× · 2017–2021 · $700 · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • ES
    EASTER SEALS WEST GEORGIA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +62%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +78%
  • FT
    Feeding the Valley Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +251%
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
Chattahoochee Hospice Inc

The organization pledges to provide quality programs, service, and technology to meet the unique physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the terminally ill and their families, and to educate the community about end of life issues.

Human Services
2
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
3
Christians Reaching Out to Society Inc

CROS serves the hungry by distributing food at local pantries, recovering and distributing fresh produce that would otherwise go to waste, serving lunch at local meal sites, delivering prepared meals to the homebound.

Religion
4
Chattahoochee Valley Jail Ministry Inc Dba Safehouse Ministries

The organization exists to provide spiritual enrichment, education, training, resources and basic necessities to persons seeking gainfull employment, life skills, and permenant housing.

Religion
5
United Church of Christ Homes Inc

In the spirit of christ's love, the ministry of united church of christ homes is to provide care and service to elders through acts of love and compassion.

Human Services
6
The Arc of Southwest Georgia Inc

Our mission is to create life-changing solutions for people with disabilities.

Human Services
7
Feed the Hunger Inc

Feeding the spiritual and physical hunger, especially in at-risk children.

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8
Compassionate Ministries Center of Hope

The Center's mission is to reach out in Christ's love by assisting individuals/families who are facing difficult situations.

Human Services
9
Mission Quest

Mission quest exists to glorify god by assisting christian missionaries and to reach the nations with the message of faith, grace, and victory through jesus christ. this is accomplished through mobilizing and support of missionaries and…

Youth Development
10
Miracle Hill Ministries Inc

Miracle hill ministries is committed to life transformation for children and adults experiencing homelessness. more information and program outcomes may be found at www.miraclehill.org.

Human Services
11
Southern Tier Community Health Center Network Inc

Excellent community health care to all who need services without regard to ability to pay.

Health
12
International Commission Inc

Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pastoral Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Feeding the Valley 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

15 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. 15 of the 26 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)
14/15
Grantees still filing
9/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY: $22,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEYALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $7,000 · OtherALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATIONMUSCOGEE COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · OtherMUSCOGEE COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INCPASTORAL INSTITUTE INC: $4,800 · OtherPASTORAL INSTITUTE INCRIVERCENTER OF PERFORMINGS ARTS: $4,600 · OtherRIVERCENTER OF PERFORMINGS ARTSTHE SALVATION ARMY: $4,100 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYST JUDE HOSPITAL: $3,000 · OtherST JUDE HOSPITAL+9 more: $5,400 · Other+9 moreAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $3,600 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 · HealthGLOBAL TEEN CHALLENGE INC: $1,000 · HealthFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY INC: $320 · Youth DevelopmentEASTER SEALS WEST GEORGIA INC: $5,250 · EmploymentCOALITION TO SALUTE AMERICA'S HEROES FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Arts & CultureWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesOPEN DOOR COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $300 · Human ServicesFeeding the Valley Inc: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$55,900Health$5,600Youth Development$5,320Employment$5,250Arts & Culture$2,000Human Services$1,300Food & Nutrition$1,000

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 budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPASTORAL INSTITUTE INC: $4,800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $3,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION TO SALUTE AMERICA'S HEROES FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding the Valley Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL TEEN CHALLENGE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STEWART COMMUNITY HOME INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMICAH'S PROMISE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN DOOR COMMUNITY HOUSE INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChattahoochee River Conservancy Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Community Foundation …Lockwood Partners Fou…Georgia Power Foundat…Bradley-Turner Founda…Mildred Miller Fort F…The Jordan Foundation…Jw & Ethel I Woodruff…The Daniel P Amos Fam…United Way of the Cha…McClure Family Founda…Elizabeth Fry and Dup…Thornton Jordan Famil…
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley IncGA28.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc · Lockwood Partners Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Bradley-Turner Foundation Inc · Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Inc · The Jordan Foundation Inc · Jw & Ethel I Woodruff Foundation Inc · The Daniel P Amos Family Foundation · United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc · McClure Family Foundation Inc Co Truist Foundations & Endowments Spec · Elizabeth Fry and Dupont Kirven Foundation Inc · Thornton Jordan Family Foundation 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 Lipham Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lipham Foundation Inc. 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%5%10%15%20%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
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 · 0–20%
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 26 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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