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Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation Inc at a glance

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Mark and Evelyn Trammell 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.

$425k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
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.

Arts & Culture$644kEducation$452kHealth$330kRecreation & Sports$310kAnimals$200kPhilanthropy$115kCrime & Legal$100kEnvironment$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $125k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $300k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STATUSHOME$50,000
ATLANTA BALLET$50,000
THE WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER$50,000
CHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER$50,000
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA$50,000
SYNCHRONICITY THEATRE$50,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$25,000
PARK PRIDE$25,000
PIEDMONT PARK CONSERVANCY$25,000
GEORGIA AQUARIUM$25,000
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$15,000
ATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION$10,000
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 (FY17–20, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FRIENDS OF DISABLED ADULTS AND CHILDREN: $10k → 14%FRIENDS OF DISABLED ADULTS AND CHILDREN: $10k → 14%MOVING IN THE SPIRIT: $25k → 14%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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 18 repeat orgs$578k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
16

Total granted

$1.8M
$428k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+26%

Still filing today

78%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureRecreation & SportsEducationHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • GS
    Georgia State University Foundation Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $254k · revenue +42%
  • GA
    GEORGIA AQUARIUM INC & SUBSIDIARY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +77%
  • CN
    CHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER INC
    2× · 2018–2024 · $100k · revenue +119%

Funded once

  • CP
    Chastain Park Conservancy Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -1%
  • MF
    MCARTHUR FAMILY YMCA
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • AB
    ATLANTA BELTLINE PARTNERSHIP INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue ×14
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
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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2
Atlanta Association of Legal Administrators Foundation Inc
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3
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
4
The Atlanta Chapter the American Institute of Architects Inc

To provide education, networking opportunities, advocacy and professional industry information to the american institute of architects' atlanta chapter members.

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5
Leadership Atlanta Inc

It is the mission of leadership atlanta to build a better community for everyone in the atlanta region through education about the key issues facing the region and inspiring members and others to take on and exercise real leadership…

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6
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Inc

The corporation is a voluntary association of individuals and organizations the purposes of which are to upgrade and advance the atlanta metropolitan area in population, commerce and finance; to effect civic and social improvements; to…

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7
South Fulton Institute Inc

South Fulton Arts is a regional catalyst for the advancement of the arts, education, and environment that enriches lives and communities.

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8
Atlanta Celebrates Photography Inc

Atlanta celebrates photography (dba atlanta center for photography) (acp) advances new perspectives in lens-based media from the american south. through artwork commissions, community collaborations, and dynamic programs, acp supports…

Arts & Culture
9
Justice Center of Atlanta Inc

Provides mediation services and mediation training for all manner of disputes, private and public, without the need for formal audication through the court system.

Crime & Legal
10
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…

Community Improvement
11
Atlanta Legal Aid Society Inc

Atlanta legal aid provides legal services to the elderly and indigent citizens of the metropolitan atlanta area.

Crime & Legal
12
Georgia Aquarium Foundation Inc

To be the fundraising arm for the georgia aquarium, inc., to hold financial and other investments for the benefit of the georgia aquarium, inc., and to make distributions/grants/loans to and for the benefit of the georgia aquarium, inc.…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc; the most unlike its peers is Horizon Theatre Company 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

30 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. 30 of the 39 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
19/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MEDICAL UNIV OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $225,000 · OtherMEDICAL UNIV OF SOUTH CAROLINASYNCHRONICITY THEATRE: $90,000 · OtherSYNCHRONICITY THEATREATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $75,000 · OtherATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRALITERACY ACTION INC: $65,000 · OtherLITERACY ACTION INCALLIANCE THEATRE: $60,000 · OtherALLIANCE THEATREMCARTHUR FAMILY YMCA: $50,000 · OtherATLANTA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION INC: $62,000 · OtherATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION INCSTATUS HOME INC F/K/A JERUSALEM HOUSE INC: $50,000 · Other+11 more: $248,000 · Other+11 moreATLANTA BALLET INC: $164,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTA BALLET INCTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF GEORGIA INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMP…HORIZON THEATRE COMPANY INC: $55,000 · Arts & CultureHORIZON THEATRE COMPA…ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureROBERT W WOODRUFF ART…ATLANTA BELTLINE PARTNERSHIP INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTA BELTLINE PART…Georgia Lawyers for the Arts Inc: $25,000 · Arts & CultureAtlanta Shakespeare Company Inc: $25,000 · Arts & CulturePARK PRIDE INC: $150,000 · Recreation & SportsPARK PRIDE IN…PATH FOUNDATION INC: $55,000 · Recreation & SportsPATH FOUNDATI…Chastain Park Conservancy Inc: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsChastain Park…Agape Community Center: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsAgape Communi…Georgia State University Foundation Inc: $254,000 · EducationGeorgia State…GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationGEORGIA TECH …+1 more: $5,000 · EducationGEORGIA AQUARIUM INC & SUBSIDIARY: $200,000 · AnimalsGEORGIA A…THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $105,000 · PhilanthropyEAST LAKE FOUNDATIONINC: $32,500 · PhilanthropyBUCKHEAD ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER INC: $100,000 · Environment
Other$965,000Arts & Culture$469,000Recreation & Sports$285,000Education$284,000Animals$200,000Philanthropy$147,500Environment$100,000

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 budgetGeorgia State University Foundation Inc: $254,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIA AQUARIUM INC & SUBSIDIARY: $200,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA BALLET INC: $164,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetPARK PRIDE INC: $150,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $105,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER INC: $100,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF GEORGIA INC: $100,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetLITERACY ACTION INC: $65,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION INC: $62,000 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetHORIZON THEATRE COMPANY INC: $55,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetPATH FOUNDATION INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetChastain Park Conservancy Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA BELTLINE PARTNERSHIP INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSTATUS HOME INC F/K/A JERUSALEM HOUSE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEAST LAKE FOUNDATIONINC: $32,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAgape Community Center: $30,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetGEORGIA ASYLUM & IMMIGRATION NETWORK INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMOVING IN THE SPIRIT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAtlanta Shakespeare Company Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMERCY CARE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPiedmont Park Conservancy Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF DISABLED ADULTS & CHILDREN TOO INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBUCKHEAD ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetATLANTA BAR ASSOCIATION INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FRIENDSHIP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 Community Foundat…The Imlay Foundation …Georgia Power Foundat…Tull Charitable Found…The Waterfall Foundat…THDF II Inc DBA The H…Fraser-Parker Foundat…AEC TrustThe Arthur M Blank Fa…The Sartain Lanier Fa…Jewish Federation of …The Vasser Woolley Fo…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA34.4× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Tull Charitable Foundation Inc · The Waterfall Foundation Inc · THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund · Fraser-Parker Foundation · AEC Trust · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Vasser Woolley 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 Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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

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    How do I get to Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Mark and Evelyn Trammell 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 39 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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