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Pit and Joy Gills Foundation Inc at a glance

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Pit and Joy Gills Foundation Inc

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.

$91k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$63k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0173% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$323kHealth$176kPhilanthropy$87kArts & Culture$29kHuman Services$22kReligion$12kAnimals$7kPublic Safety & Disaster$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $63k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$145k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SKYCREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$63,000
APOLOGETICS INC$10,000
ACHIEVA FOUNDATION$5,000
NYU FACES$5,000
NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC$5,000
ACTS FOUNDATION$1,750
Individual grant recipient$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FLATWATER FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%YMCA OF THE SUNCOAST: $10k → 12%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

WA
NY
OH
RI
CA
VA
NC
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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$500k · 11 repeat orgs$331k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
28

Total granted

$500k
$313k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+4%

Still filing today

18%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
ReligionHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • SC
    SKYCREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $301k
  • WF
    WAKE FOREST FUND
    3× · 2018–2021 · $85k
  • EF
    EPILEPSY FOUNDATION - TAMPA CHAPTER
    2× · 2020–2022 · $52k

Funded once

  • EF
    EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
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
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
The Timothy Foundation
Philanthropy
3
The Challenge Foundation
Philanthropy
4
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation

To aid the alliance for clinical trials in oncology national clinical trials cooperative group and support the clinical trials and laboratory research of the alliance, as well as efforts to educate the medical community on methods of…

Health
5
Commonwealth Cancer Consortium Inc

Break through cancer is a foundation dedicated to supporting translational research in the most difficult to treat cancers. our partner organizations are among the top cancer research centers and together, represent some of the most…

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6
Servant Foundation

The Signatry advances the Christian faith by carrying out its mission, "to inspire and facilitate revolutionary biblical generosity across generations to solve the world's greatest problems," through financial and other support of I.R.C.…

Religion
7
The Teleios Approach
Education
8
Afe Foundation

We are committed to identifying the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of amniotic fluid embolism and bring our information and resources to healthcare providers and impacted families through our education and support programs.We…

Health
9
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
10
National Foundation for Cancer Research

To support cancer research and public education relating to prevention, earlier diagnosis, better treatments and ultimately, a cure for cancer.

Health
11
Thrivewell Cancer Foundation

Thrivewell cancer foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for cancer by funding cancer research, providing patient support, and offering programs to improve the quality of life for patients and their families.

Health
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Timothy Initiative Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Act Foundation. 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

12 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. 12 of the 43 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SKYCREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $301,000 · OtherSKYCREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INCEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $100,000 · OtherEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIAWAKE FOREST FUND: $85,000 · OtherWAKE FOREST FUNDEPILEPSY FOUNDATION - TAMPA CHAPTER: $52,000 · OtherEPILEPSY FOUNDATION - TAMPA CHAPTER+28 more: $223,666 · Other+28 moreNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureApologetics Inc: $10,000 · ReligionSomebody Cares Tampa Bay Inc: $6,500 · ReligionTHE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE INC: $1,000 · ReligionYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE SUNCOAST INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE ACHIEVA FOUNDATION CORPORATION: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 · HealthFlorida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Inc: $2,500 · EnvironmentDUKE UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · EducationTHE ACT FOUNDATION: $1,750 · Philanthropy
Other$761,666Arts & Culture$25,000Religion$17,500Human Services$15,500Health$5,000Environment$2,500Education$2,000Philanthropy$1,750

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 budgetEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE SUNCOAST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetApologetics Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSomebody Cares Tampa Bay Inc: $6,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FLATWATER FOUNDATON: $500 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 EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE SUNCOAST INC ↗
  • Who funds Apologetics Inc ↗
  • Who funds Somebody Cares Tampa Bay Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ACHIEVA FOUNDATION CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE ACT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE TIMOTHY INITIATIVE 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 …Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay IncFL13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Pit and Joy Gills Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pit and Joy Gills Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get 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 · 0–30%
    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 43 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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