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Richard a Odom Family Foundation at a glance

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Richard a Odom Family Foundation

To perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes of the arizona community foundation, an az nonprofit corporation, so long as the arizona community foundation, inc.

$2.1M
Granted FY2021
6
Grants FY2021
3
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Richard a Odom Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Arizona Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Richard a Odom Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

5
’17
1
’18
2
’20
6
’21
1
’22
2
’23
0
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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 2024.

Health$3.8MPhilanthropy$3.4MEducation$1.1MReligion$530kHuman Services$350kPublic Benefit$50k
02FY2021 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • $50k–250k4 grants · $650k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.5M
$200,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$1,000,000
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS$500,000
KING'S DAUGHTERS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER$200,000
ST JAMES THE LESS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$200,000
IN TOUCH FOUNDATION INC$200,000
ASMBA STAR FOUNDATION$50,000
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 (FY17–17, $350k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%Fifty Forward: $100k → 14%The Shelby Foundation: $250k → 14%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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.6M · 3 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +145% since the first grant, against +55% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call). Read against FY2021, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
4

Total granted

$4.6M
$430k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+145%
+55%

Still filing today

67%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyPublic BenefitReligionOther
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

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    4× · 2017–2022 · $3.2M · revenue +145%
  • TK
    THE KING'S DAUGHTERS DAY HOME
    3× · 2017–2023 · $1.1M · revenue +91% · 67% of their budget
  • SJ
    ST JAMES THE LESS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    2× · 2020–2021 · $300k

Funded once

  • SF
    SHELBY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $250k · revenue +2%
  • SC
    SENIOR CITIZENS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +55%
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +56%
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
St Marys Healthcare System for Children Inc

To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children

Health
2
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc

Sarasota memorial healthcare foundation is the philanthropic partner that helps sarasota memorial health care system bring world-class care to our community.

Health
3
St Marys Hospital for Children Inc

St. mary's hospital for children ("smh"), the flagship of st. mary's healthcare system for children, is committed to improving the health and quality of life for children and young adults with special healthcare needs. a nationally…

Health
4
St Martin Hospital Inc

To improve, maintain and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
5
Multicare South King Health Foundation

Partnering for healing and a healthy future through philanthropy.

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6
The Foundation of St Mary's Healthcare

Publicly solicit and receive philanthropic support to assist st. mary's healthcare to develop and expand services to the community, in support of its mission - rooted in the loving, healing ministry of jesus, and inspired by the legacy of…

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7
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater Washongton Dc Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater washington, dc (rmhcdc) provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

Health
8
Extraordinary Home Care Dba St Marys Home Care

A certified home health agency (chha) providing home-based therapy and related rehabilitation services to children and young adults with special needs.

Health
9
St Marys Foundation for Children Inc

St. Marys Foundation for Children, Inc. is dedicated to the enhancement of health, safety and quality of life for children with special needs.

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10
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
11
Moral Compass Federation Inc

Moral compass federation facilitates collaboration among multiple veteran-led nonprofit organizations, individuals, and businesses who came together during the fall of kabul, afghanistan to evacuate and resettle afghan allies who were in…

Public Benefit
12
Good Samaritan Foundation

Partnering for healing and a healthy future through philanthropy.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mount Vernon Missionary Baptist Church 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

11 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. 11 of the 12 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
8/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,398,133 · PhilanthropyARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONIN TOUCH FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · PhilanthropyIN TOUCH FOUNDATION INCST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,200,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC+2 more: $70,000 · HealthTHE KING'S DAUGHTERS DAY HOME: $1,100,000 · OtherTHE KING'S DAUGHTERS DA…MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · OtherMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUN…ST JAMES THE LESS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $300,000 · OtherST JAMES THE LESS EPISC…SHELBY FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR CITIZENS INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesASMBA STAR FOUNDATION INC DBA OVERWATCH ALLIANCE: $50,000 · Public BenefitMOUNT VERNON MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH INC: $30,000 · Religion
Philanthropy$3,598,133Health$3,270,000Other$1,900,000Human Services$350,000Public Benefit$50,000Religion$30,000

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 budgetARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,398,133 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,200,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE KING'S DAUGHTERS DAY HOME: $1,100,000 over 3y, 67% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetIN TOUCH FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NASHVILLE TENNESSEE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetASMBA STAR FOUNDATION INC DBA OVERWATCH ALLIANCE: $50,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $20,000 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.

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.

Raymond James Charita…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundFL10.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · 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 Richard a Odom Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard a Odom Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%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
    2get 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Richard a Odom Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Richard a Odom Family Foundation 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 12 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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