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Matthews Family Foundation Graham W Matthews

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$128k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$259kHuman Services$170kReligion$73kFood & Nutrition$71kAnimals$63kHousing & Shelter$49kEducation$49kYouth Development$39kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $52k
$3,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WOMEN'S LAW PROJECT$10,500
THE ATTIC YOUTH CENTER$10,500
HARRY TOMPSON CENTER$10,500
NATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER$10,500
FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC$10,000
Individual grant recipient$9,800
FAMILY SERVICES SAN ANTONIO$7,000
CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA FOUNDATION$4,667
CHILDREN'S HARBOR$4,667
HAND IN PAW$4,666
THE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA$3,500
TRANSFORMATION MINISTRIES$3,500
UNITED ABILITY$3,500
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHILDREN'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IRELAND CENTER$3,500
ENDO EXCISION FOR ALL CO NICOLE NOTAR$3,500
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 (FY17–25, $104k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 9%FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $16k → 16%BIG OAK RANCH: $4k → 18%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $3k → 9%FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $10k → 16%HARRY TOMPSON CENTER: $11k → 23%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $3k → 9%LOVELADY CENTER: $4k → 16%LOVELADY CENTER: $3k → 16%LOVELADY CENTER: $3k → 16%LOVELADY CENTER: $3k → 16%LOVELADY CENTER: $3k → 16%NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER: $2k → 22%NATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER: $2k → 22%COLLAT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $3k → 16%COMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK: $6k → 16%COMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK: $6k → 16%COMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK: $4k → 16%COMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK: $4k → 16%COMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK: $3k → 16%COMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK: $2k → 16%COMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK: $2k → 16%FIRST LIGHT: $3k → 16%FIRST LIGHT: $2k → 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

IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MD
TN
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$761k · 51 repeat orgs$138k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

51 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 32 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

51
40

Total granted

$761k
$106k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+14%

Still filing today

65%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterReligionFood & NutritionOther
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

  • THE ATTIC YOUTH CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $33k · revenue +48%
  • PP
    Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc
    8× · 2017–2025 · $32k · revenue +3%
  • WL
    WOMEN'S LAW PROJECT
    7× · 2019–2025 · $32k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +121%
  • AB
    ARISE BIRMINGHAM VISION LIGHTHOUSE
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • TB
    THE BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · 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
Homeward Bound Inc

Providing innovative and life-enriching services for children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities.

Human Services
2
Behavior Analyst Certification Board Inc

We protect consumers of behavior analysis services by systematically establishing, promoting, and disseminating professional standards.

Employment
3
Abilitypath Housing

Abilitypath housing advances affordable, accessible housing projects that promote independence and inclusive communities for adults with developmental disabilities. through partnerships and innovative program designs, abilitypath housing…

Human Services
4
The Baptist Home of Philadelphia

The mission of the baptist home of philadelphia is dedicated to providing quality continuing care living facilities and support services in a christian environment respecting the dignity and sanctity of all individuals regardless of their…

Human Services
5
Abilitypath

Empower people with special needs to achieve their full potential through innovative, inclusive programs and community partnerships.

Employment
6
Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Michigan Inc

Goodwill provides exceptional opportunities for people facing employment barriers.

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7
Foundation for the Homeless Inc

Empowering families and individuals experiencing homelessness to build a future filled with dignity, opportunity, and lasting solutions.

—
8
The Beacon of Downtown Houston

To provide essential and next-step services to restore hope and help end homelessness in houston.

Health
9
The Arc Baltimore Inc

The arc baltimore supports people with developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives with a sense of belonging, purpose, and meaningful relationships.

Human Services
10
Healing Hands Ministries Inc

Hmm health provides quality healthcare to all its neighbors with love, compassion, and respect.

Health
11
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa Inc

Goodwill empowers people to reach their full potential through work opportunities, training, and support services.

Employment
12
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Ability Inc; the most unlike its peers is Honeyword Foundation 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

63 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. 63 of the 100 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/63
Grantees still filing
44/63
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHILDREN'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IRELAND CENTER: $29,735 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHILDREN'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IR…Individual grant recipient: $23,486 · OtherIndividual grant recipientINDEPENDENT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $20,991 · OtherNATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER: $20,500 · OtherOASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $19,400 · OtherST MARKS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $17,215 · OtherGEORGETOWN PRISONS AND JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $15,500 · OtherTHE WOMEN'S FUND: $15,431 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,100 · OtherWOMEN'S LAW PROJECT: $32,000 · OtherWOMEN'S LAW PROJECTHAND IN PAW INC: $25,462 · OtherHAND IN PAW INC+50 more: $179,279 · Other+50 moreALABAMA INSTITUTE FOR DEAF & BLIND FOUND: $48,267 · HealthALABAMA INSTITUTE FOR DEAF &…Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc: $32,333 · HealthPlanned Parenthood Gulf Coas…Planned Parenthood South Texas: $27,250 · HealthPlanned Parenthood South Tex…PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEAST INC: $26,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEAST…UNITED ABILITY INC: $25,127 · HealthUNITED ABILITY INCTRANSFORMATION MINISTRIES: $17,000 · HealthTRANSFORMATION MINISTRIESCHILDREN'S HARBOR INC: $13,612 · HealthCHILDREN'S HARBOR INCCHILDREN'S ASSOC FOR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL (: $9,840 · HealthNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $9,820 · Health+5 more: $17,031 · Health+5 moreFAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $26,333 · Human ServicesFAMILY VIOLEN…COMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK INC: $25,991 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY FUR…FREEDOM RAIN INC: $16,072 · Human ServicesFREEDOM RAIN …THE HARRY TOMPSON CENTER INC: $10,500 · Human ServicesTHE HARRY TOM…GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $10,225 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES …MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesFIRST LIGHT INC: $4,444 · Human ServicesBIG OAK RANCH INC: $3,815 · Human Services+2 more: $6,406 · Human Services+2 moreHEIGHTS PHILADELPHIA: $15,400 · EducationALAMO HEIGHTS SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $14,365 · EducationMIGHTY WRITERS: $13,375 · EducationMagic City Acceptance Academy Charter Sc: $3,125 · EducationTHE LADY LEGACY SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationHOUSE OF TULIP: $16,700 · Housing & ShelterACHIEVEABILITY: $8,000 · Housing & ShelterTHREE HOTS & A COT: $7,280 · Housing & ShelterDOWNTOWN JIMMIE HALE MISSION: $4,760 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF DELAWARE COUNTY INC: $2,500 · Housing & ShelterGREATER PHILADELPHIA COALITION AGAINST HUNGER: $12,500 · Food & NutritionSHARE FOOD PROGRAM: $12,300 · Food & NutritionPhilabundance: $9,500 · Food & NutritionTHE ATTIC YOUTH CENTER: $32,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON THE RUN INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,500 · Youth Development
Other$414,099Health$226,780Human Services$108,786Education$48,265Housing & Shelter$39,240Food & Nutrition$34,300Youth Development$34,000

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 budgetALABAMA INSTITUTE FOR DEAF & BLIND FOUND: $48,267 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ATTIC YOUTH CENTER: $32,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc: $32,333 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S LAW PROJECT: $32,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetPlanned Parenthood South Texas: $27,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEAST INC: $26,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $26,333 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK INC: $25,991 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetHAND IN PAW INC: $25,462 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED ABILITY INC: $25,127 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTRANSFORMATION MINISTRIES: $17,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetHOUSE OF TULIP: $16,700 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFREEDOM RAIN INC: $16,072 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHEIGHTS PHILADELPHIA: $15,400 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetALAMO HEIGHTS SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $14,365 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HARBOR INC: $13,612 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMIGHTY WRITERS: $13,375 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER PHILADELPHIA COALITION AGAINST HUNGER: $12,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSHARE FOOD PROGRAM: $12,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HARRY TOMPSON CENTER INC: $10,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $10,225 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S ASSOC FOR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL (: $9,840 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $9,820 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA: $9,694 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPhilabundance: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetACHIEVEABILITY: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMASON MUSIC FOUNDATION: $7,400 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetTHE BELL CENTER FOR EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS: $6,531 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFEEDING TEXAS: $5,822 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROY MAAS' YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC: $4,822 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $4,822 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDOWNTOWN JIMMIE HALE MISSION: $4,760 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST LIGHT INC: $4,444 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG OAK RANCH INC: $3,815 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chest Foundation: $3,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeacon People: $3,500 over 2y, 14% of budgetBIRMINGHAM JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $3,415 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLAT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF BIRMINGHAM: $3,406 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMagic City Acceptance Academy Charter Sc: $3,125 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS SAN ANTONIO: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONALITIES SERVICE CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP WINNATASKA: $3,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMISSION ROAD MINISTRIES: $2,750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION: $2,700 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.

  • Who funds ALABAMA INSTITUTE FOR DEAF & BLIND FOUND ↗
  • Who funds THE ATTIC YOUTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S LAW PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Planned Parenthood South Texas ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEAST INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FURNITURE BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds HAND IN PAW INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED ABILITY INC ↗
  • Who funds TRANSFORMATION MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF TULIP ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM RAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds HEIGHTS PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds ALAMO HEIGHTS SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HARBOR INC ↗
  • Who funds MIGHTY WRITERS ↗
  • Who funds GREATER PHILADELPHIA COALITION AGAINST HUNGER ↗
  • Who funds SHARE FOOD PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds THE HARRY TOMPSON CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S ASSOC FOR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL ( ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA ↗
  • Who funds Philabundance ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEVEABILITY ↗
  • Who funds MASON MUSIC FOUNDATION ↗

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 Daniel Foundation…Alabama Power Foundat…C Eugene Ireland Foun…Susan Mott Webb Chari…Protective Life Found…Robert R Meyer Founda…United Way of Central…Hill Crest Foundation…Orlean & Ralph W Bees…Mike and Gillian Good…Altecstyslinger Found…
The Community Foundation of Greater BirminghamAL41.6× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · C Eugene Ireland Foundation Inc · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Protective Life Foundation · Robert R Meyer Foundation · United Way of Central Alabama Inc · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · Altecstyslinger 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 Matthews Family Foundation Graham W Matthews funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Matthews Family Foundation Graham W Matthews. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Matthews Family Foundation Graham W Matthews 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 100 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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