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Rhodes Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Rhodes Family Foundation Inc

To promote, manage and direct fundraising events

$261k
Granted FY2021
6
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Human Services$625kPhilanthropy$345kHealth$317kEducation$206kArts & Culture$193kRecreation & Sports$145kYouth Development$61k
02FY2021 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $82k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $179k
$31,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAMP LAKESIDE$100,000
JUD C HICKEY CENTER FOR ALZHEIMERS$79,000
AQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL$31,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF AUGUSTA$21,000
ALL IN AUGUSTA$20,000
THE BIRDIE CLUB$10,000
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 (FY19–20, $78k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PREGNANT CHOICES: $53k → 7%PREGNANT CHOICES: $25k → 7%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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 10 repeat orgs$224k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2021, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
6

Total granted

$1.4M
$173k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-8%
+102%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21
Human ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • SH
    SAFE HOMES OF AUGUSTA INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $375k · revenue +94%
  • AA
    APPARO ACADEMY INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $150k · revenue +126%
  • PC
    PREGNANT CHOICES
    2× · 2019–2020 · $78k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • TO
    THUNDER OVER EVANS WNDSOR FINE JEWELERS
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • FA
    FORE AUGUSTA FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +123%
  • CC
    CSRA CHARITY CLASSIC INC
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +1%
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
Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation
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2
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Augusta Georgia Inc

The augusta metro chamber of commerce's mission is to lead the business community by serving as its advocate, promoting the region, enhancing the business climate, and providing quality membership programs and services.

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3
Greater Augusta Arts Council Inc

To promote arts in the csra through community events, weekly radio show, and marketing campaign. coordinate diverse community events, manage art grants for the city of augusta. public art agency for the city of augusta, manages the public…

—
4
Augusta University Real Estate Foundation Inc

Augusta university real estate foundation, inc. (the "foundation") is organized and operated for the purpose of managing real property gifts and other real estate investments to support the eductational purposes of augusta university.

—
5
Augusta Genealogical Society

Collect, preserve, and disseminate knowledge and information in relation to genealogical, historical, biographical, and heraldic data.

Arts & Culture
6
Carolinas Golf Association

The cga is a non-profit service organization that was formed in 1909 to conduct championships and tournaments for amateur golfers in north and south carolina, administer the usga handicap system in the carolinas, and support its membership…

Recreation & Sports
7
Elevate Augusta Inc

Building long-term, life-changing relationships with augusta youth, equipping them to thrive and contribute to their community.

Education
8
Southern Tennis Association Inc

Growing tennis to inspire healthier people and communities everywhere.

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9
Augusta Christian Schools

Our mission is to provide academic and spiritual training and extracurricula activities for students in the csra. it is also to prepare students to serve jesus christ as lord, partnering with family and church, instilling high standards…

—
10
Augusta University Research Institute Inc

Augusta university research institute, inc. (the "institute") was incorporated under the laws of the state of georgia as a nonprofit corporation on july 31, 1980. the institute qualified as a tax-exempt corporation under section 501(c)(3)…

Education
11
Augusta Heritage Academy Inc

To provide a quality education for students from pre k thru the eighth grade primarily from low income families.

Education
12
The Csra Family Y Foundation Inc

The foundation supports the family y young men's christian association by assisting them in the promotion of their mission and services for the entire community, regardless of circumstances.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Augusta Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pregnant Choices. 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

16 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. 16 of the 19 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE FAMILY Y YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION/YWCO OF THE CSRA INC: $200,000 · OtherTHE FAMILY Y YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATI…APPARO ACADEMY INC: $150,000 · OtherAPPARO ACADEMY INCFORCESUNITED INC: $150,000 · OtherFORCESUNITED INCBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER AUGUSTA INC: $61,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER AUGUSTA INCTHUNDER OVER EVANS WNDSOR FINE JEWELERS: $50,000 · OtherTHUNDER OVER EVANS WNDSOR FINE JEWELERSMORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $50,000 · OtherMORRIS MUSEUM OF ARTAQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL: $31,000 · OtherAUGUSTA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Other+2 more: $27,500 · OtherSAFE HOMES OF AUGUSTA INC: $375,000 · Human ServicesSAFE HOMES OF AUGUSTA INCPREGNANT CHOICES: $78,000 · Human ServicesPREGNANT CHOICESTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA INC: $220,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDA…KEVIN & BRITTANY KISNER FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyKEVIN & BRITTANY KIS…CSRA CHARITY CLASSIC INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyCSRA CHARITY CLASSIC…VIA COGNITIVE HEALTH INC: $239,000 · HealthVIA COGNITIVE …FORE AUGUSTA FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureGEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureAUGUSTA UNIVERSITY BIRDIE CLUB INC: $45,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$744,500Human Services$453,000Philanthropy$345,000Health$239,000Arts & Culture$65,000Recreation & Sports$45,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAFE HOMES OF AUGUSTA INC: $375,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetVIA COGNITIVE HEALTH INC: $239,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA INC: $220,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY Y YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION/YWCO OF THE CSRA INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAPPARO ACADEMY INC: $150,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetFORCESUNITED INC: $150,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetKEVIN & BRITTANY KISNER FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetPREGNANT CHOICES: $78,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER AUGUSTA INC: $61,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $50,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetFORE AUGUSTA FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetAUGUSTA UNIVERSITY BIRDIE CLUB INC: $45,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetCSRA CHARITY CLASSIC INC: $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetAUGUSTA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAUGUSTA CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU INC DBA DESTINATION AUGUSTA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

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 Knox FoundationThe Community Foundat…Georgia Power Foundat…Creel-Harison Foundat…Rhodes Family Foundat…University Health Ser…Storey Foundation IncTr Dorothy M Buttolph…George a Sancken Jr F…Ramachandra and Niran…United Way of the Csr…Richards Family Found…
The Knox FoundationGA30.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Knox Foundation · The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Creel-Harison Foundation Inc · Rhodes Family Foundation Inc · University Health Services Inc · Storey Foundation Inc · Tr Dorothy M Buttolph Fdn · George a Sancken Jr Foundation · Ramachandra and Niranjini Reddy Foundation Inc · United Way of the Csra Inc · Richards Family 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 Rhodes Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rhodes Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%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
    0get no government money at all
    6report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Rhodes Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Rhodes 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 19 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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