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Middlebrooks-Gore Foundation Inc at a glance

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Middlebrooks-Gore 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.

$27k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$60kHuman Services$49kArts & Culture$18kHealth$15kCivil Rights$6kReligion$4kAnimals$4kEnvironment$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$231k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WELLSTAR WEST GA MEDICAL CTR FDN$9,100
HARMONY HOUSE$5,400
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION$3,000
FRIENDS OF THE THREAD$3,000
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION$2,000
WESLEYAN COLLEGE$2,000
JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE$1,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CHILDCARE$1,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NEWNAN CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $1k → 8%EAST LAKE FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%JACOB G SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $2k → 16%WELLSTAR WEST GA MEDICAL CTR FDN: $9k → 18%BREWTON PARKER COLLEGE: $1k → 20%WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $2k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $5k → 27%TIDEWATER MUSIC TEACHERS FOUNDATION: $1k → 12%COWETA COUNTY SCHOOLS: $1k → 8%HARMONY HOUSE: $5k → 18%WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $2k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $4k → 27%COWETA COUNTY SCHOOLS: $1k → 8%HARMONY HOUSE: $5k → 18%WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $2k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $3k → 27%HARMONY HOUSE: $4k → 18%WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $1k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $2k → 27%CERTIFIED LITERATE COMMUNITY PROGRA: $3k → 18%WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $1k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $2k → 27%HARMONY HOUSE: $3k → 18%WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $1k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $1k → 27%CERTIFIED LITERATE COMMUNITY PROGRA: $3k → 18%WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $1k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $1k → 27%CERTIFIED LITERATE COMMUNITY PROGRA: $2k → 18%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $1k → 27%CERTIFIED LITERATE COMMUNITY PROGRA: $2k → 18%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $1k → 27%FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CHILDCARE: $2k → 18%UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $1k → 27%FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $2k → 18%JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE: $2k → 18%WEST GEORGIA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2k → 18%FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CHILDCARE: $2k → 18%FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $1k → 18%WELLSTAR WEST GA MEDICAL CTR FDN: $1k → 18%JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE: $1k → 18%LAGRANGE ART MUSEUM: $1k → 18%HARMONY HOUSE: $10k → 18%HARMONY HOUSE: $10k → 18%HARMONY HOUSE: $7k → 18%HARMONY HOUSE: $5k → 18%FRIENDS OF THE THREAD: $3k → 18%JUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE: $2k → 18%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$152k · 18 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
14

Total granted

$152k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+21%

Still filing today

33%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthEmploymentEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $21k · revenue +112%
  • WC
    WESLEYAN COLLEGE
    7× · 2018–2024 · $10k · revenue +34%
  • LA
    LAGRANGE ART MUSEUM INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $5k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • JG
    JACOB G SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
  • EL
    EAST LAKE FOUNDATIONINC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -47%
  • WG
    WEST GEORGIA HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +21%
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
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
2
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
3
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
4
Wofford College

The purpose of wofford college is to function as a liberal arts institution of superior quality. its chief concern is the development of an intellectual, spiritual, and aesthetic atmosphere in which serious and inquiring minds of students…

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5
Coker University

Coker university is a student-centered, comprehensive university. it is dedicated to providing every student an academic curriculum based upon a uniformly excellent liberal arts core that enhances the structured development of key personal…

Education
6
Virginia Wesleyan University

Virginia wesleyan university is a fully accredited liberal arts, united-methodist related institution founded in 1961.

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7
Lafayette College

Chartered in 1826, lafayette college is dedicated to excellence in undergraduate education. students are engaged in a transformative educational experience that bridges the liberal arts, engineering, and interdisciplinary study. the…

Education
8
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
9
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
10
Colgate University

Colgate university's mission is to provide a demanding, expansive educational experience to a select group of diverse, talented, intellectually sophisticated students who are capable of challenging themselves, their peers and their…

Education
11
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
12
Southern Wesleyan University

Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West Georgia Health Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Lagrange Art Museum 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

10 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. 10 of the 32 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HARMONY HOUSE: $48,400 · OtherHARMONY HOUSEWELLSTAR WEST GA MEDICAL CTR FDN: $11,100 · OtherWELLSTAR WEST GA MEDICAL CTR FDNJUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUE: $10,900 · OtherJUNIOR SERVICE LEAGUECERTIFIED LITERATE COMMUNITY PROGRA: $9,700 · OtherCERTIFIED LITERATE COMMUNITY PROGRAFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CHILDCARE: $6,500 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CHILDCAREFRIENDS OF THE THREAD: $5,000 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $4,400 · Other+17 more: $20,550 · Other+17 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $20,500 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA…WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationWESLEYAN COLLEGELaGrange College: $7,000 · EducationLaGrange CollegeLAGRANGE ART MUSEUM INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC: $3,250 · EnvironmentEAST LAKE FOUNDATIONINC: $1,500 · PhilanthropyWEST GEORGIA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,500 · HealthNEW VENTURES INC: $1,000 · Employment
Other$116,550Education$37,500Arts & Culture$5,000Environment$3,250Philanthropy$1,500Health$1,500Employment$1,000

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 budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $20,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWESLEYAN COLLEGE: $10,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLaGrange College: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLAGRANGE ART MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC: $3,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEAST LAKE FOUNDATIONINC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTROUP COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWEST GEORGIA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBREWTON-PARKER COLLEGE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW VENTURES INC: $1,000 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 THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WESLEYAN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LaGrange College ↗
  • Who funds LAGRANGE ART MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST LAKE FOUNDATIONINC ↗
  • Who funds TROUP COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST GEORGIA HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BREWTON-PARKER COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURES INC ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Emory UniversityGeorgia Power Foundat…Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley IncGA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc · Emory University · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Middlebrooks-Gore Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Middlebrooks-Gore Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.

    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 32 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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