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Matthews Family 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.

$517k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
20
Grants FY2024
23
Organizations funded FY2023
13%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$49,143
Organizations funded a year
22 to 34
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$9.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Matthews Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
ReligionHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHuman 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving20$517k30%
FY202323$545k13%
FY202230$545k37%
FY202122$480k14%
FY202034$470k47%
FY201923$450kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

International$997kReligion$515kHealth$421kEducation$298kHuman Services$287kYouth Development$260kArts & Culture$140kHousing & Shelter$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MA
OR
NV
IN
PA
CO
MO
KY
VA
AR
TN
NC
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Untold Inc$230,00042%
Compassion International Incorporated$189,31450%
Samaritan's Purse$180,00060%
Mercy Ships International$160,00060%
North Cobb Christian School Inc$150,00060%
The Navigators$140,0006n/a
Live2540 Inc$128,78843%
Vsi$111,50061%
Military Community Youth Ministries$95,00061%
The Salvation Army$90,0006n/a
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All grantees of Matthews Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Untold Inc$230,00042%
Compassion International Incorporated$189,31450%
Samaritan's Purse$180,00060%
Mercy Ships International$160,00060%
North Cobb Christian School Inc$150,00060%
The Navigators$140,0006n/a
Live2540 Inc$128,78843%
Vsi$111,50061%
Military Community Youth Ministries$95,00061%
The Salvation Army$90,0006n/a
Story International Inc$70,500310%
Midway Presbyterian Church$50,0001n/a
Mt Paran Christian School Inc$50,00010%
The Jimmy Simpson Foundation$49,14311%
S W a T Ministries Inc$45,000210%
Frontline Response International Inc$45,00030%
Dwell Global$44,84826%
Hospitals for Humanity Foundation$44,229115%
Covenant Care Services Inc$42,00033%
Stonebridge Church Incorporated$40,0003n/a
Ligonier Ministries Inc$40,00040%
Christ Covenant Church Inc$35,0002n/a
Camp Ozark Foundation Inc$35,00022%
We Raise Foundation$31,36413%
Cobb Pregnancy Services Inc$30,00014%
The Gospel Coalition Inc$26,5002n/a
Marietta Mentoring for Leadership Program$25,0002n/a
Gilgal Inc$25,00015%
Ekisa Ministries International Inc$20,00011%
In the Midst Honduras$20,00022%
Black Mountain Home for Children Youth and Families Inc$20,00010%
Legacy Ministries$20,0001n/a
Calvary Children's Home$15,00020%
Chosen Vessels Inc$14,00033%
Dominion Christian Schools Inc$13,00011%
Open Doors With Brother Andrew Inc$10,0001n/a
Marietta Schools Foundation Inc$10,00011%
West End Community Church$10,0001n/a
Reformed Theological Seminary$10,00010%
Nehemiah Teams$10,00024%
Christ Community Church$10,0001n/a
Safe Harbor Center Inc$10,00010%
The Holt Rowland Foundation Corporation$10,00013%
Youth in Mission$6,0002n/a
Acts Mission International Inc$5,0001n/a
Young Life$5,00010%
Good Samaritan Health Center of Cobb Inc$5,00010%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$3,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$2,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($576k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Matthews Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUntold Inc: $230,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $189,314 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $180,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $160,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Cobb Christian School Inc: $150,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLive2540 Inc: $128,788 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetVsi: $111,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMilitary Community Youth Ministries: $95,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetStory International Inc: $70,500 over 3y, 9.6% of budgetMt Paran Christian School Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Jimmy Simpson Foundation: $49,143 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetS W a T Ministries Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetFrontline Response International Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDwell Global: $44,848 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetHospitals for Humanity Foundation: $44,229 over 1y, 15% of budgetCovenant Care Services Inc: $42,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetLigonier Ministries Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Ozark Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetWe Raise Foundation: $31,364 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCobb Pregnancy Services Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetGilgal Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetEkisa Ministries International Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetIn the Midst Honduras: $20,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetBlack Mountain Home for Children Youth and Families Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCalvary Children's Home: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChosen Vessels Inc: $14,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetDominion Christian Schools Inc: $13,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMarietta Schools Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetReformed Theological Seminary: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNehemiah Teams: $10,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetSafe Harbor Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Holt Rowland Foundation Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetYoung Life: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGood Samaritan Health Center of Cobb Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 36.

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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.

Cobb Community Foundation IncGA17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cobb Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · The US Charitable Gift Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Ayco Charitable 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.

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How do I get to Matthews Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Matthews Family 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.

About Matthews Family Foundation

How much does Matthews Family Foundation give?
Matthews Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $517,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 34 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Matthews Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (33%), Religion (17%), Health (14%).
Who are Matthews Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Untold Inc ($230k), Compassion International Incorporated ($189k), Samaritan's Purse ($180k).
Does Matthews Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Matthews Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Matthews Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cobb Community Foundation Inc, Servant Foundation, The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc.
Where is Matthews Family Foundation based?
Matthews Family Foundation is based in GA.

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 62 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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