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Patterson Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$561k
Granted FY2024still arriving
45
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$1.1MReligion$309kHousing & Shelter$213kYouth Development$175kRecreation & Sports$159kHuman Services$159kHealth$153kPhilanthropy$122kOther$0
02FY2024 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k28 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $285k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $240k
$2,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRISTO REY ATLANTA JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL INC$75,000
TRINITY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC$65,000
RON CLARK ACADEMY INC$50,000
CITY OF REFUGE INC$50,000
CHASTAIN PARK CONSERVANCY$40,000
ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC$30,000
CREATE YOUR DREAMS INC$30,000
IGNATIUS HOUSE$25,000
RESPITE CARE ATLANTA INC$25,000
KIPP METRO ATLANTA COLLABORATIVE INC$25,000
WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS INC$25,000
THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND - GEORGIA OFFICE$15,000
ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION HCSR$15,000
HORIZONS ATLANTA INC$15,000
CAMP KUDZU INC$15,000
02The need
03

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 (FY17–24, $109k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COMMUNITY HOSPICE OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC: $50 → 14%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL GEORGIA INC: $5k → 14%PRESBYTERIAN HOMES OF GEORGIA INC: $150 → 26%COMMUNIO FOUNDATION: $20k → 6%HELPING MAMAS INC: $13k → 9%PRESBYTERIAN HOMES OF GEORGIA INC: $150 → 26%PRESBYTERIAN HOMES OF GEORGIA INC: $150 → 26%PRESBYTERIAN HOMES OF GEORGIA INC: $100 → 26%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA: $3k → 8%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA: $250 → 8%RESPITE CARE ATLANTA INC: $25k → 13%MOVING IN THE SPIRIT INC: $1k → 14%RESPITE CARE ATLANTA INC: $100 → 13%ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION HCSR: $25k → 13%ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION HCSR: $15k → 13%ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION HCSR: $500 → 13%ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION HCSR: $100 → 13%ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION HCSR: $100 → 13%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN A: $500 → 13%BELOVED ATLANTA INC: $500 → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
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 linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CO
MO
WV
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

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 — 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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.1M · 77 repeat orgs$550k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +28% since the first grant, against +28% for the ones you funded once.

77 repeat relationships — 32 still active in FY2024, 45 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

77
80

Total granted

$2.1M
$431k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+28%

Still filing today

75%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $119k 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
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyReligionOther

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

  • RI
    READSOURCE INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $135k · revenue +95%
  • DF
    Dukes Foundation Coproration
    6× · 2017–2023 · $123k · revenue +123%
  • BC
    BUCKHEAD CHRISTIAN MINISTRY INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $114k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • AF
    ATLANTA FULTON COUNTY ZOO INC
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue -16%
  • RV
    RAINBOW VILLAGE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $45k · revenue +237%
  • PG
    PTA GEORGIA CONGRESS
    one grant, 2017 · $40k

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
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
2
Morehouse School of Medicine

Leading the creation and advancement of health equity we exist to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities, increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce, and address primary health care…

Education
3
Spelman College

Spelman college, a historically black college and global leader in the education of women of african descent, is dedicated to the academic excellence of its students.

Education
4
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
7
Piedmont Hospital Inc

To provide healthcare marked by compassion and sustainable excellence in a progressive environment, guided by physicians, delivered by exceptional professionals, and inspired by the communities we serve.

Health
8
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
9
Augusta Health Care Inc

The mission of augusta health is to strengthen the health and well-being of all people in our communities.

Health
10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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11
Marietta College

Marietta college (mc) provides a strong foundation for a lifetime of leadership, critical thinking, and problem solving. we achieve this mission by offering undergraduates a contemporary liberal arts education and graduate students an…

Education
12
Medical Center of Central Georgia Inc

To enhance the health status of those we serve in partnership with medical staff and other community organizations by providing wellness services, health education, training, and access to safe high quality health care services.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation and the most unlike its peers is Southern Center for International Studies Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCancer Support ServicesLgbtq+ Community SupportCommunity FoundationsCommunity Arts CentersDevelopmental Disabilities …Addiction Recovery ServicesChristian Missionary Organi…Dance Arts OrganizationsDomestic Violence ServicesPregnancy Support ServicesVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Senior Support ServicesAffordable Housing Construc…Military Veterans SupportPolicy Research and AdvocacyLocal History MuseumsIndependent K-12 SchoolsEnvironmental Conservation …Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Health Access Advocacy and …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 38 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number28%0%<5yr17%4%5–10yr20%15%10–20yr14%26%20–35yr9%25%35–55yr13%31%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value28%0%<5yr17%10%5–10yr20%17%10–20yr14%29%20–35yr9%22%35–55yr13%21%55yr+

The field is 28% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 19% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/142
the rest of the field
19%
10,947/58,159

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

118 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 118 of the 169 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
116/118
Grantees still filing
81/118
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

REACH FOR EXCELLENCE INC — $106,000 · EducationREACH FOR EXCELLENCE INCRON CLARK ACADEMY INC — $100,000 · EducationRON CLARK ACADEMY INCKipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc — $75,000 · EducationKipp Metro Atlanta Collab…The Westminster Schools Inc — $62,500 · EducationThe Westminster Schools I…Fordham University — $53,843 · EducationFordham UniversityODYSSEY INC — $53,300 · EducationODYSSEY INCAtlanta Speech School Inc — $53,000 · EducationAtlanta Speech School IncEmory University — $33,450 · EducationEmory University+14 more — $52,075 · Education+14 moreCRISTO REY ATLANTA JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL INC — $192,100 · OtherCRISTO REY ATLANTA JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL INCTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND - GEORGIA OFFICE — $80,000 · OtherTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND - GEORGIA OFFICEPTA GEORGIA CONGRESS — $39,900 · OtherDukes Foundation Coproration — $122,500 · OtherDukes Foundation CoprorationCreate Your Dreams Inc — $50,554 · OtherFernbank Inc — $40,150 · OtherCAMP KUDZU INC — $45,000 · OtherATLANTA FULTON COUNTY ZOO INC — $50,000 · Other+100 more — $530,848 · Other+100 moreTRINITY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC — $148,008 · Housing & ShelterTRINITY C…RAINBOW VILLAGE INC — $45,000 · Housing & ShelterRAINBOW V…MERCY HOUSING SOUTHEAST — $20,000 · Housing & ShelterMERCY HOU…+1 more — $50 · Housing & ShelterREADSOURCE INC — $135,000 · HealthPiedmont Healthcare Foundation Inc — $50,250 · HealthGEORGE WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · Health+11 more — $14,700 · HealthBUCKHEAD CHRISTIAN MINISTRY INC — $114,000 · ReligionCITY OF REFUGE — $50,000 · ReligionKIDZ2LEADERS INC — $40,000 · Religion+3 more — $2,275 · ReligionChastain Park Conservancy Inc — $77,500 · Recreation & SportsAgape Community Center — $65,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more — $1,000 · Recreation & SportsATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION — $40,800 · Human ServicesBACK ON MY FEET — $28,000 · Human ServicesRESPITE CARE ATLANTA INC — $25,100 · Human ServicesCOMMUNIO FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesHELPING MAMAS INC — $12,500 · Human ServicesSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL GEORGIA INC — $5,000 · Human Services+6 more — $5,385 · Human Services
Education$589,168Other$1,151,052Housing & Shelter$213,058Health$209,950Religion$206,275Recreation & Sports$143,500Human Services$136,785

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTRINITY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC — $148,008 over 6y, 12% of budgetREADSOURCE INC — $135,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetDukes Foundation Coproration — $122,500 over 6y, 16% of budgetBUCKHEAD CHRISTIAN MINISTRY INC — $114,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetREACH FOR EXCELLENCE INC — $106,000 over 6y, 6.5% of budgetRON CLARK ACADEMY INC — $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetChastain Park Conservancy Inc — $77,500 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetKipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc — $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAgape Community Center — $65,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc — $62,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University — $53,843 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetODYSSEY INC — $53,300 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetAtlanta Speech School Inc — $53,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCreate Your Dreams Inc — $50,554 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetPiedmont Healthcare Foundation Inc — $50,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCITY OF REFUGE — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetATLANTA FULTON COUNTY ZOO INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP KUDZU INC — $45,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetRAINBOW VILLAGE INC — $45,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION — $40,800 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFernbank Inc — $40,150 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKIDZ2LEADERS INC — $40,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetBOBBY DODD INSTITUTE INC — $35,050 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEmory University — $33,450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHORIZONS ATLANTA INC — $30,300 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC — $29,753 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBACK ON MY FEET — $28,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRESPITE CARE ATLANTA INC — $25,100 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetJunior Achievement of Georgia — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNIO FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAtlanta Workshop Players Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetMERCY HOUSING SOUTHEAST — $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAcorns to Oaks Foundation Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTHE GIVING KITCHEN INITIATIVE INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — $13,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetA MILLION MATTERS INC — $12,600 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetHELPING MAMAS INC — $12,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetWOODWARD ACADEMY INC — $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE INC — $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE IN — $10,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetGEORGE WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASFIP Foundation Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetPhilanthropy Southeast Inc — $9,580 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL INC — $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC — $7,482 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHI PHI EDUCATIONAL TRUST — $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budget
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.

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.

The Community Foundat…Georgia Power Foundat…United Way of Greater…Atl Fdn-W Peters MainThe Imlay Foundation …Tw Marian W Ottley At…The Goizueta Foundati…The Sartain Lanier Fa…The Catholic Foundati…The Waterfall Foundat…Tr Uw Charles I BrananThe Zeist Foundation …
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA62× affinity42 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 · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · The Goizueta Foundation Inc · The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Inc · The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia · The Waterfall Foundation Inc · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · The Zeist Foundation Inc

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 organization Patterson Family Foundation Inc 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Naval Aviation Museum Foundation Inc — 13% of income from government
  • Int'l Orthodox Christian Charities Inc — 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
27report 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

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 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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Patterson Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Patterson Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 169 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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