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R a Griffin Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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R a Griffin Family 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.

$254k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0180% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$1.1MPhilanthropy$232kRecreation & Sports$113kInternational$68kYouth Development$66kEmployment$20kHuman Services$16kEducation$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $144k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE MAILBOX CLUB$100,000
MITE$45,000
Individual grant recipient$35,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SGA$26,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$15,000
THE SIGNATRY$13,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$10,000
WELLSPRING LIVING$7,000
CHURCH OF DENVER$2,500
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 (FY21–24, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MITE: $45k → 12%COURAGE FOR LIFE: $10k → 8%MITE: $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

IN
CO
KY
VA
KS
NC
DC
AL
GA
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 12 repeat orgs$185k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against -21% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
21

Total granted

$1.5M
$166k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
-21%

Still filing today

42%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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
ReligionEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • TM
    THE MAILBOX CLUB INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $830k · revenue +213%
  • EI
    EMITE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $55k · revenue +49%
  • NC
    NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $21k · revenue ×103

Funded once

  • AT
    ASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +52%
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue -44%
  • VF
    VSU FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $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
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
2
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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3
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
4
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
5
Explore God Network
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6
North America Bible Institute

North America Bible Institute (NABI) is an evangelical graduate school, made up of students who are diverse in both ethnicity and ministry aims -- but united in great love for Jesus and his gospel. As a graduate school, NABI offers them…

Education
7
Sacra Script Ministries

Sacra Script Ministries is a Christian ministry whose principal activity is teaching and explaining the Bible. This includes presenting various courses and seminars and producing and distributing Bible study materials, including audio,…

Religion
8
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
9
Leadership Resources International

International missions: this organization is an international mission agency focusing on leadership development through teaching of the scriptures

Religion
10
Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry Inc

To glorify god by equipping the church with proper christian doctrine and to help non-believers come to a saving knowledge of jesus christ.

—
11
Tyndale Bible Translators

Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services

Religion
12
Probe Ministries International

To present the gospel by providing life-long opportunities to integrate faith and learning through balanced, biblically based scholarship, training people to love god by renewing their minds and equipping the church to engage the world for…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Global Teen Challenge Inc; the most unlike its peers is Emite 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

17 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. 17 of the 37 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/17
Grantees still filing
7/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE MAILBOX CLUB INC: $830,000 · OtherTHE MAILBOX CLUB INCIndividual grant recipient: $190,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $112,500 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETESFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $61,000 · Other+19 more: $191,200 · Other+19 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH GEORGIA INC: $210,800 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOU…NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $21,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL CHRI…The Signatry Corporation Inc: $85,500 · ReligionThe Signa…PROVERBS 31 MINISTRY INC: $55,000 · ReligionPROVERBS …SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN…Wellspring Living Inc: $7,000 · Religion+1 more: $1,000 · ReligionEMITE INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesCOURAGE FOR LIFE INCORPORATED: $10,000 · Human ServicesMIRACLE LEAGUE OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA: $3,000 · Human ServicesASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $25,000 · EducationSamford University: $10,000 · EducationTommy Spaulding Leadership Institute: $5,000 · EducationGLOBAL TEEN CHALLENGE INC: $20,000 · Health
Other$1,384,700Philanthropy$231,800Religion$158,500Human Services$68,000Education$40,000Health$20,000

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 MAILBOX CLUB INC: $830,000 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH GEORGIA INC: $210,800 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPROVERBS 31 MINISTRY INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetEMITE INC: $55,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL TEEN CHALLENGE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKARAMA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamford University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOURAGE FOR LIFE INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWellspring Living Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTommy Spaulding Leadership Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 MAILBOX CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds PROVERBS 31 MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds EMITE INC ↗
  • Who funds ASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL TEEN CHALLENGE INC ↗
  • Who funds KARAMA INC ↗
  • Who funds EXPLORE GOD (FORMERLY KNOWN AS WE INC) ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds Samford University ↗
  • Who funds COURAGE FOR LIFE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Wellspring Living Inc ↗
  • Who funds Tommy Spaulding Leadership Institute ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLE LEAGUE OF VALDOSTA GEORGIA ↗
  • Who funds RICHMOND CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE ↗

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.

Servant FoundationCommunity Foundation …The Signatry Charitab…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Servant FoundationKS15.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 R a Griffin Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from R a Griffin Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 37 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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