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Robert L Huffines Jr 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.

$70k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Education$92kPhilanthropy$44kEnvironment$33kAnimals$16kRecreation & Sports$14kCivil Rights$12kReligion$11kFood & Nutrition$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $44k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $27k
$3,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HASTINGS CENTER$14,500
BENT TREE FOUNDATION$12,250
EDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST$7,500
110 SOCIETY IPTAY$6,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES - CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$4,500
NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND$4,000
NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL$4,000
THE LOVETT SCHOOL$4,000
ST STEPHENS CHURCH$3,500
ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL$3,000
ST CATHERINES SCHOOL$2,000
LEWIS GINTER BOTANTICAL GARDEN$2,000
SC WILDLIFE FEDERATION$1,000
DUCKS UNLIMITED$700
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PICKENS CO GA$600
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 67% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%VISION TO LEARN: $5k → 14%HASTINGS CENTER: $15k → 6%EDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST: $8k → 12%SC WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $5k → 16%DUCKS UNLIMITED: $2k → 17%UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $19k → 13%BENT TREE FOUNDATION: $17k → 11%THE LOVETT SCHOOL: $4k → 13%HATCHER PASS AVALANCHE CENTER: $2k → 10%NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND: $4k → 10%LEWIS GINTER BOTANTICAL GARDEN: $2k → 22%NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $4k → 17%EDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST: $6k → 12%SC WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $5k → 16%DUCKS UNLIMITED: $2k → 17%UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $19k → 13%BENT TREE FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL: $3k → 13%NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND: $4k → 10%LEWIS GINTER BOTANTICAL GARDEN: $2k → 22%NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $4k → 17%EDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST: $5k → 12%UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $16k → 13%BENT TREE FOUNDATION: $13k → 11%THE LOVETT SCHOOL: $3k → 13%NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND: $3k → 10%LEWIS GINTER BOTANTICAL GARDEN: $2k → 22%NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $3k → 17%EDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST: $5k → 12%UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $16k → 13%BENT TREE FOUNDATION: $12k → 11%NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND: $3k → 10%LEWIS GINTER BOTANTICAL GARDEN: $2k → 22%NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $3k → 17%EDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST: $5k → 12%NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND: $3k → 10%LEWIS GINTER BOTANTICAL GARDEN: $2k → 22%NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $3k → 17%ST STEPHENS CHURCH: $4k → 22%ST STEPHENS CHURCH: $4k → 22%ST STEPHENS CHURCH: $3k → 22%ST CATHERINES SCHOOL: $3k → 22%ST CATHERINES SCHOOL: $2k → 22%ST CATHERINES SCHOOL: $2k → 22%ST STEPHENS CHURCH: $2k → 22%ST CATHERINES SCHOOL: $2k → 22%ST CATHERINES SCHOOL: $2k → 22%ST STEPHENS CHURCH: $2k → 22%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

AK
WY
CA
VA
TN
NC
SC
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$270k · 14 repeat orgs$39k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
9

Total granted

$270k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+40%

Still filing today

50%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentEducationCivil RightsAnimalsCrime & LegalHealthOther
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

  • EI
    EDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST
    5× · 2021–2025 · $28k · revenue +213%
  • NO
    NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL
    5× · 2021–2025 · $16k · revenue +37%
  • TL
    THE LOVETT SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $8k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • IC
    IPTAY - CLEMSON SCHOLARSHIP
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
  • VISION TO LEARNgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +40%
  • BA
    BREAKTHROUGH ATLANTA
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue -44%
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
Triangle Land Conservancy Inc

Triangle land conservancy (tlc) strives to create a healthier and more vibrant triangle region by safeguarding clean water, protecting natural habitats, supporting local farms, and connecting people with nature through land protection and…

Environment
2
Teton Regional Land Trust Inc

The mission of the teton regional land trust is to conserve working farms and ranches, fish and wildlife habitat, and scenic open spaces in eastern idaho for this and future generations.

Environment
3
Lula Lake Land Trust

Lula Lake Land Trust is dedicated to the preservation of lands located within the Rock Creek watershed on Lookout Mountain. The mission of Lula Lake Land Trust is to preserve the natural and historic landscapes surrounding Rock Creek and…

Philanthropy
4
New River Land Trust

To conserve the rural, natural, and cultural heritage of the new river region, protecting farms, forests, open spaces, and historic places.

Environment
5
Georgia Conservancy Inc

To protect georgia through ecological and economic solutions for stewardship, conservation, and sustainable use of the land and its resources.

Environment
6
Washington Forest Law Center

Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.

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7
Archbold Expeditions Inc

Archbold expeditions, inc.'s mission is to build and share the scientific knowledge needed to protect the life, lands, and waters of the heart of florida and beyond.

Unclassified
8
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association

Hawk mountain sanctuary association's mission is to conserve birds of prey worldwide by providing leadership in raptor conservation science and education, and by maintaining hawk mountain sanctuary as a model observation, research, and…

Animals
9
Nature Collective

Nature collective's mission is to drive a passion for nature for all. we think inclusively and diversely when serving those devoid of nature those who remember nature and want to connect back to it and those who have an affinity with…

Environment
10
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust

Hawaiian islands land trust dba hawai'i land trust (hilt) is hawai'i's statewide land trust that is both a hawai'i 501(c)3 nonprofit, and a nationally accredited land trust. hilt's mission is to protect and steward the lands that sustain…

Environment
11
Discover Life in America Inc

Dlia will develop a model for research in biodiversity and will use the knowledge to develop and disseminate information to encourage the discovery, understanding, preservation, and enjoyment of natural resources.

Environment
12
North Carolina Coastal Land Trust

The organization's primary exempt purpose is acquiring and protecting lands of regional and national conservation and/or historic significance in the coastal plain of north carolina.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is South Carolina Wildlife Federation; the most unlike its peers is Whoyouwhit Benefit. 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

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 27 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $69,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLBENT TREE FOUNDATION INC: $56,250 · OtherBENT TREE FOUNDATION INCFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES - CLEMSON UNIVERSITY: $18,500 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES - CLEMSON UNIVERSITYThe Hastings Center Inc: $14,500 · OtherThe Hastings Center IncST STEPHENS CHURCH: $14,000 · OtherST STEPHENS CHURCHST CATHERINES SCHOOL: $10,500 · OtherLEWIS GINTER BOTANTICAL GARDEN: $10,000 · OtherIPTAY - CLEMSON SCHOLARSHIP: $8,000 · Other+8 more: $15,050 · Other+8 moreEDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST: $28,000 · EnvironmentEDISTO ISLAND OP…NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $15,500 · EnvironmentNATIONAL OUTDOOR…+1 more: $500 · EnvironmentNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $15,500 · Civil RightsTHE LOVETT SCHOOL INC: $8,250 · EducationAtlanta Speech School Inc: $3,800 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH ATLANTA: $1,500 · EducationSOUTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $13,000 · AnimalsVISION TO LEARN: $5,000 · HealthHATCHER PASS AVALANCHE CENTER INC: $1,500 · Public Safety & DisasterJoy House Inc: $250 · Crime & Legal
Other$215,800Environment$44,000Civil Rights$15,500Education$13,550Animals$13,000Health$5,000Public Safety & Disaster$1,500Crime & Legal$250

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBENT TREE FOUNDATION INC: $56,250 over 4y, 15% of budgetEDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST: $28,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $15,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $15,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $13,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE LOVETT SCHOOL INC: $8,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVISION TO LEARN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAtlanta Speech School Inc: $3,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH ATLANTA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHATCHER PASS AVALANCHE CENTER INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHISTORIC FLAT ROCK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMOUNTAIN CONSERVATION TRUST OF GEORGIA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWHOYOUWHIT BENEFIT: $200 over 1y, 0.4% 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 BENT TREE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds The Hastings Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds THE LOVETT SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds VISION TO LEARN ↗
  • Who funds Atlanta Speech School Inc ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH ATLANTA ↗
  • Who funds HATCHER PASS AVALANCHE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC FLAT ROCK INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN CONSERVATION TRUST OF GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds Joy House Inc ↗
  • Who funds WHOYOUWHIT BENEFIT ↗

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.

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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 Robert L Huffines Jr Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert L Huffines Jr Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–20%
    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 27 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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