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Ludacris Foundation Inc

"Helping youth help themselves" the Ludacris Foundation inspires youth through education and memorable experiences to live their dreams.

$167k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$315kCrime & Legal$130kEducation$106kYouth Development$78kRecreation & Sports$70kHuman Services$60kArts & Culture$60kHousing & Shelter$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $77,200, the rows itemized in this filing. The $167,403 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $90,203 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $70k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$494k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Trinity United Church of Christ$20,000
Earth Angel Worldwide$10,000
Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Advancement Foundation Inc$10,000
New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church$10,000
Greater St Stephen Baptist Church$10,000
Thank Me Later Foundation$10,000
True Colors Inc$7,200
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–22, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CARRIE STEELE PITTS HOME: $20k → 9%JUST HEART FOUNDATION INC: $40k → 14%CARRIE STEELE-PITTS HOME: $25k → 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.

24%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$240k · 5 repeat orgs$757k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
21

Total granted

$240k
$689k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
0%

Still filing today

80%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • UA
    Unspoken Angels Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $130k · revenue +26% · 71% of their budget
  • CS
    CARRIE STEELE-PITTS HOME INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $45k · revenue -28%
  • TM
    Thank Me Later Foundation Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $30k

Funded once

  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA GROUP RETURN
    one grant, 2023 · $165k · revenue +9%
  • CITY OF HOPE
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +12%
  • LS
    Lemon Street Classic
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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
Cook Children's Health Care System

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
2
South Miami Childrens Clinic Inc

South miami children's clinic provides high-quality, accessible pediatric health care to uninsured, underinsured, medicaid, and other underserved children from birth through age 18, regardless of a family's ability to pay. the clinic…

Health
3
Texas Children's Hospital

Texas children's hospital, headquartered in houston, texas, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and…

Health
4
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
5
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Inc

Mission: johns hopkins all children's hospital (all children's), a member of johns hopkins medicine, strives to provide the highest quality care to improve the health of our entire community through innovation, collaboration, service…

Health
6
Walnut Grove Christian School

We are a k-12 christian school founded under the following (4) pillars: academics: we provide an amazing accredited academic program utilizing 100% certified teachers. schedule: we provide our students and their families an opportunity on…

Education
7
Texas Children's Urgent Care

To create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and research.

Health
8
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
9
Miami Children's Health System Inc

Nicklaus Children's Health System is the region's only healthcare system exclusively for children. Our mission is to inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child. TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS OF, OR TO…

Health
10
Wellstar Mcg Health Inc

Vision: deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time. mission: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. values: we serve with compassion. we pursue excellence. we honor every voice.

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11
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
12
Carolina Medicorp Enterprises Inc

Mission novant health exists to improve the health of our communities, one person at a time. vision we, the novant health team, will deliver the most remarkable patient experience, in every dimension, every time. values -compassion: we…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Warrick Dunn Charities Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hawaii Food Technology Center. 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

23 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. 23 of the 32 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
11/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA GROUP RETURN: $165,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA…CITY OF HOPE: $100,000 · HealthCITY OF HOPECHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $15,001 · HealthPROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthLemon Street Classic: $50,000 · OtherLemon Street ClassicFRIENDS OF THE CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH: $25,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE CENTRE FOR ADDIC…ELITE SCHOLARS ALUMNI NETWORK FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherELITE SCHOLARS ALUMNI NETWORK F…TRINITY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST: $20,000 · OtherTRINITY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRISTEARTH ANGEL WORLDWIDE INC: $10,000 · OtherPHOTO PATCH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherNEW COVENANT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherThe Children's Theatre of Cincinnati: $50,000 · OtherThe Children's Theatre of Cinci…Project St Anne Inc: $20,000 · OtherProject St Anne IncUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $15,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA I…DIRECT RELIEF: $10,000 · OtherGreater St Stephens Full Gospel Baptist Church: $10,000 · Other+5 more: $31,041 · Other+5 moreUnspoken Angels Inc: $130,000 · Crime & LegalUnspoken Angel…CARRIE STEELE-PITTS HOME INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesCARRIE ST…JUST HEART FOUNDATION INC: $40,020 · Human ServicesJUST HEAR…Thank Me Later Foundation Inc: $30,000 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $20,000 · EducationUTOPIAN ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS THE MILLER FOUNDATION INC: $15,534 · EducationALPHA KAPPA ALPHA EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationSOLOMON'S TEMPLE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterWARRICK DUNN CHARITIES INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterBOSS Inc: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentDEKALB AQUATICS SWIM INC: $15,000 · Youth Development
Health$290,001Other$281,041Crime & Legal$130,000Human Services$85,020Education$75,534Housing & Shelter$70,000Youth Development$65,000

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 budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA GROUP RETURN: $165,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnspoken Angels Inc: $130,000 over 5y, 71% of budgetCITY OF HOPE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Theatre of Cincinnati: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOSS Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetSOLOMON'S TEMPLE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetCARRIE STEELE-PITTS HOME INC: $45,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetJUST HEART FOUNDATION INC: $40,020 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetThank Me Later Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetProject St Anne Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWARRICK DUNN CHARITIES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetUTOPIAN ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS THE MILLER FOUNDATION INC: $15,534 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $15,001 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEKALB AQUATICS SWIM INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC: $7,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHawaii Food Technology Center: $6,240 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetKIDSGYM USA INC: $5,001 over 1y, 1.3% 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.

Georgia Power Foundat…The Community Foundat…Charities Aid Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Georgia Power Foundation IncGA12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Ludacris Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ludacris Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%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
    3get no government money at all
    5report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Ludacris Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Ludacris Foundation Inc 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 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 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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