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Luke 638 Foundation

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.

$480k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$3.8MHealth$2.7MArts & Culture$2.1MPhilanthropy$2.0MHuman Services$1.1MReligion$1.0MRecreation & Sports$618kSocial Science$600kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $460k
$160,351
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RED MOUNTAIN THEATRE COMPANY INC$200,000
ALABAMA SYMPHONIC ASSOCIATION INC$160,351
WOODLAWN UNITED INC$100,000
EXPLOREFAITH ORG$20,000
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 (FY18–20, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM: $50k → 16%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM: $50k → 16%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

MT
IL
NY
CO
VA
DE
TN
DC
AL
GA
TX
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$13M · 28 repeat orgs$925k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
13

Total granted

$13M
$925k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+0%
+39%

Still filing today

82%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesSocial ScienceOther
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

  • SB
    SWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE
    6× · 2017–2023 · $2.6M · revenue +2%
  • AE
    AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH
    5× · 2017–2022 · $600k · revenue +0%
  • CS
    CORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $426k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • AO
    ALZHEIMERS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $250k · revenue +52% · 42% of their budget
  • BK
    BIRMINGHAM KIWANIS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $250k · revenue -93%
  • GI
    GLENWOOD INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +97%
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
Alabama Bankers Association Inc

To promote the preservation and continued development of commercial banking in alabama.

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2
Alabama Alliance Network

The alabama alliance netowrk works to strengthen and enhance alabama's civic society through research, education, and grantmaking

Public Benefit
3
Uab Educational Foundation

To support the university of alabama at birmingham in its scientific and educational mission, including managing and disbursing funds, acquiring real property, and providing operational flexibility.

Education
4
Alabama Partnership for Children

To work in partnership with families and organizations to ensure that all alabama children (birth to five) get everything they need to develop to their fullest potential.

Education
5
The University Foundation

The university foundation is organized to assist and aid the board of trustees of the university of alabama in fulfilling its educational, research, and public service programs and activities.

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6
Alabama Civil Justice Foundation

Provide grants and assistance to 501(c)(3) organizations assisting disadvantaged, disabled, and at-risk families and children.

Crime & Legal
7
Southern Bancorp Capital Partners

Creating economic opportunities in distressed rural communities.

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8
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc

To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.

Environment
9
Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Ala

To help find a cure for breast cancer by funding promising breast cancer research in alabama and to raise community awareness and funding for that research.

Health
10
Alabama a&M University Foundation

The Alabama A&M University Foundation was established to receive, hold, invest, manage, use, and administer property of all kinds, whether given absolutely or in trust, for the benefit of Alabama A&M University and its educational,…

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11
Arts and Business Council of Greater Nashville Inc

Arts & business council of greater nashville supports and promotes the arts by driving collaboration between arts and business that contribute to the creativity, vitality, and prosperity of greater nashville/the regions/the city.

Crime & Legal
12
Birmingham Corps

Birmingham corps' mission is to drive fair workforce opportunities and accelerate social change by recruiting, training, and retaining people in birmingham.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Red Mountain Theatre Company Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rucker Collier Foundation. 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

42 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. 42 of the 47 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
26/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM: $2,725,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAMTHE SALVATION ARMY: $1,000,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYSAINT LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $915,000 · OtherSAINT LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHCORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA INC: $426,000 · OtherCORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA INCALZHEIMERS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $250,000 · OtherJONES VALLEY URBAN FARM: $280,000 · Other+18 more: $1,506,885 · Other+18 moreSWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE: $2,602,000 · EducationSWEET BRIAR INSTITUT…Impact America: $100,000 · Education+1 more: $50,000 · EducationALABAMA SYMPHONIC ASSOCIATION INC: $1,460,351 · Arts & CultureALABAMA SYMPHON…RED MOUNTAIN THEATRE COMPANY INC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureRED MOUNTAIN TH…+3 more: $106,983 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS INC: $1,371,885 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FO…UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $250,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY O…+4 more: $31,200 · PhilanthropyWOODLAWN UNITED INC: $400,000 · Community ImprovementBIRMINGHAM KIWANIS FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $10,000 · Community ImprovementAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $600,000 · Social ScienceTHE BELL CENTER FOR EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS: $200,000 · HealthSIGHT SAVERS OF AMERICA INC: $100,000 · HealthTUM TUM TREE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Health+2 more: $20,000 · Health
Other$7,102,885Education$2,752,000Arts & Culture$2,067,334Philanthropy$1,653,085Community Improvement$660,000Social Science$600,000Health$350,000

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 budgetSWEET BRIAR INSTITUTE: $2,602,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetALABAMA SYMPHONIC ASSOCIATION INC: $1,460,351 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS INC: $1,371,885 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $600,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetRED MOUNTAIN THEATRE COMPANY INC: $500,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetCORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA INC: $426,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetWOODLAWN UNITED INC: $400,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetJONES VALLEY URBAN FARM: $280,000 over 5y, 9.3% of budgetALZHEIMERS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $250,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetBIRMINGHAM KIWANIS FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $250,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBRIDGES USA INC: $200,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetTHE BELL CENTER FOR EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS: $200,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetBIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRED MOUNTAIN PARK FOUNDATION: $108,334 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetGlobal Network Foundation Inc: $105,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM: $100,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGLENWOOD INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnlikely Heroes Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetSIGHT SAVERS OF AMERICA INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetImpact America: $100,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $95,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLSPRING INC: $60,000 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetBIRMINGHAM MUSEUM OF ART ENDOWMENT TRUST: $55,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRucker Collier Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE A EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE WELLHOUSE INC: $32,800 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTUM TUM TREE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetLIBERTY JUSTICE CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHAND IN PAW INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetTHE EXCEPTIONAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe New Horizons Foundation Inc: $17,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYELLOWSTONE CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIG SKY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPANISH PEAKS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetJAIPUR FOOT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBIRMINGHAM JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIRMINGHAM LANDMARKS INC: $1,983 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $1,100 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.

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 Daniel Foundation…The Community Foundat…Protective Life Found…Hill Crest Foundation…Robert R Meyer Founda…Susan Mott Webb Chari…Orlean & Ralph W Bees…The Maynard Nexsen Fo…Altecstyslinger Found…The Joseph S Bruno Ch…Alabama Power Foundat…The Hackney Foundation
The Daniel Foundation of AlabamaAL43.2× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Protective Life Foundation · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Robert R Meyer Foundation · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund · The Maynard Nexsen Foundation · Altecstyslinger Foundation · The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Hackney 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 Luke 638 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Luke 638 Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 Luke 638 Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Luke 638 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 47 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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