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· Private foundation
Marietta Daily Journal Community
This foundation does not accept unsolicited requests — it funds preselected organizations.
$41k
Granted FY2024
7
Grants
3
Communities
$15k
Largest
01What you fund
0171% classified
What you funded, over time
Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2024.
Arts & Culture$152kHuman Services$53kPhilanthropy$52kHealth$10kHousing & Shelter$10kCommunity Improvement$3kOther$116k
02beneath the categories
Past the labels — and the year it shifted
Beneath the NTEE codes, this is what the grant descriptions actually say.
…and in their own words, year by year
2018
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2019
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2020
cobb
2021
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2022
churchcobb
2023
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2024
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Words distinctive to each year’s grant purposes (TF-IDF) · event-driven terms in cyan.
03FY2024 · 7 grants
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$665k
Total assets
Largest grants
- Cobb Community Foundation$15,000
- Georgia Press Educational Foundation$10,000
- Must Ministries$6,600
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation$5,000
- Marietta High Athletics$2,500
- Friends of the Strand Theatre$1,000
- Cherokee Homeless Veteran's Program$500
02The need
04
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
show:
Your human-services grants (FY17–18, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10% — the area typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars reach neighborhoods with above-average need. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
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; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA, United Way ALICE — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
03Your edge
repeat funding
Who you back again
Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.
60%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$238k · 8 repeat orgs$157k to everyone else
And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +81% since the first grant, against -24% for the ones you funded once.
8 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Re-uppedFunded once
Organizations
8
20
Total granted
$238k
$143k
Median revenue growth · since first grant
+81%
-24%
Still filing today
88%
15%
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementOther
First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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
- FOFRIENDS OF THE STRAND3× · 2018–2021 · $59k · revenue +72%
- WFWELLSTAR FOUNDATION5× · 2017–2023 · $52k · revenue +81%
- MMMust Ministries7× · 2018–2024 · $43k · revenue +154%
Funded once
- FOFRIENDS OF STRANDone grant, 2019 · $57k
- MMMARIETTA MUSEUM OF HISTORYone grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue -40%
- FUFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHone grant, 2022 · $5k
Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
04Your field
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
1
Cobb County Chamber of Commerce Foundation
to support the cobb county chamber of commerce, inc. in accomplishing community development in the cobb county, georgia area.
Community Improvement
2
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce
The mission of the greater columbus chamber of commerce is to lead the columbus region as a catalyst for growth, economic opportunity, business strength and community engagement. the chamber is the first in georgia to receive 5-star…
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3
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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4
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Augusta
The augusta metro chamber of commerce's mission is to lead the business community by serving as its advocate, promoting the region, enhancing the business climate, and providing quality membership programs and services.
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5
The Greater Chattanooga Public
Wtci enriches lives through quality programs and services that educate, engage, and inspire a lifetime of learning and exploration.
Arts & Culture
6
The Grady Health Foundation Inc
The mission of the grady health foundation (also referred to as the foundation or the organization) is to grow both philanthropic support and broad-based understanding of the critical role that grady health system plays in the metro…
Philanthropy
7
Waynesboro Hospital
Committed to the improved health and well-being of the people in southcentral pennsylvania.
Health
8
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Inc
Upgrade & advance the atlanta metro area in population, commerce & finance; effect civic & social improvements; better quality of life in the community; & promote integrity in business.
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9
Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center 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. form 990, part iii,…
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10
Morgan Medical Center Foundation
To receive and maintain funds for the support of morgan medical center (morgan county georgia hospital authority).
Health
11
Atlanta Press Club Inc
Continuing education, scholarships, briefings, and press conferences for journalists
Arts & Culture
12
Wellstar Health System 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.
Health
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cobb Community Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Georgia Press Educational Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network
12 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue.
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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since you first funded
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Arts & Culture$152,000Other$115,805Human Services$53,100Philanthropy$51,500Health$10,360Housing & Shelter$10,000Community Improvement$2,500
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE STRAND ↗
- Who funds WELLSTAR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MARIETTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY ↗
- Who funds Must Ministries ↗
- Who funds Cobb Community Foundation ↗
- Who funds Heart of the Community Foundation ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA ↗
- Who funds The Extension ↗
- Who funds Georgia Press Educational Foundation ↗
- Who funds SELECT COBB ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATED PRESS SPORTS EDITORS ↗
- Who funds Friends of the Strand Theatre ↗
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Steve Virginia Tumlin FoundatioGA13.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Steve Virginia Tumlin Foundatio · Cobb Community Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organisation Marietta Daily Journal Community funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY20–24
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. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.
05Through Plinth
Through Plinth
Your grantmaking, live and operational
This dossier was generated cold from public filings. In Plinth it’s a working system — every applicant assessed and every grant monitored. Here’s a taste, run on one of your grantees: MARIETTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY.
Agentic due diligence · confidence × risk
Financial management
low risk
~16 months of operating runway; revenue contracted over 8 filed years.
Track record & reputation
low risk
8 years of Form 990 filings, still active.
Legal standing
low risk
US 501(c)(3); EIN 582182508 on file with current IRS Form 990 filings.
Governance
Live in Plinth
Board composition & governance documents — verified live in Plinth from the applicant.
Compliance & sanctions
Live in Plinth
OFAC / UN sanctions screening — run live in Plinth at assessment.
Program capacity
Live in Plinth
Staffing, M&E and activity alignment — assessed live in Plinth from submitted proposals.
Live · Plinth’s real DD engine
Run the actual assessment on MARIETTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY, cold from public data.
Generated live from public IRS filings + open web sources by Plinth’s agentic engine. Shown as an illustration of the product, not a formal assessment.
Post-award monitoring · continuous checks
- On trackFinancial stability— Roughly 16 months of cash on hand.
- WatchSustained operations— Filing through 2024; revenue contracted over the period.
- On trackReliance on your funding— Your grants peaked at 14% of their budget — diversified.
- Awaiting reportEvidence of delivery— Plinth collects the grantee's own monitoring reports post-award.
What you see here is static and public. In Plinth it’s operational — the full six-pillar framework on every applicant (with their own documents + live registry and sanctions checks), monitoring dashboards on every award, custom board reports, and eligibility routing for intake.
Agentic due diligenceMonitoring dashboardsCustom board reportsEligibility routing
Preview generated from this grantee’s public IRS filings and independent reporting. Pillars marked “live in Plinth” require the applicant’s submitted documents. Shown as illustration, not a formal assessment.
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPro
How do I get to Marietta Daily Journal Community?
Find your warmest path to Marietta Daily Journal Community through people who sit on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the introduction across shared trustees and officers.
Every link is a documented governance overlap in public IRS 990 filings — not a personal network — and each hop carries its own confidence tier. Low-confidence or distant paths are held back rather than guessed.
More from the funding graph
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
Strange bedfellows
the named clusters of US funding
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines