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Savannah Harbor Foundation Inc

The organizations was founded in 2001 to support local childrens charities and to present family-oriented community events.

$34k
Granted FY2017
21
Grants FY2017
3
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2017 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$174k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMM FOUNDATION FOR CSRA$9,000
GREENBRIAR'S CHILDREN CENTER$5,000
PALMETTO BRONZE$2,000
SAVANNAH VOICE FESTIVAL$2,000
200 CLUB OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE$2,000
ARMSTRONG STATE UNIVERSITY$1,500
TOURISM LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF GREATER SAVANNAH$1,500
SAVANNAH BOARD OF EDUCATION$1,500
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF COASTAL EMPIRE$1,000
MEMORIAL HEALTH HOSPITAL$1,000
WILLIAM WEBB MEMORIAL$1,000
SAVANNAH TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION$1,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF HISTORIC GEORGIA$1,000
SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL$1,000
GIRLS ON THE RUN COASTAL GEORGIA$500
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–17, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%GREENBRIAR'S CHILDREN CENTER: $5k → 16%FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER SAVANNAH: $500 → 16%200 CLUB OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE: $2k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Savannah Harbor Foundation Inc

The organizations was founded in 2001 to support local childrens charities and to present family-oriented community events. the foundation was began as a response to the 9/11 tragedy with the goal of bringing feel-good, family-friendly,…

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2
The Creative Coast Inc

To nurture the members of the savannah community engaged in creative or innovative endeavors and to cultivate an environment in which they can thrive.

Community Improvement
3
Gullah Festival of South Carolina

The Gullah Festival was established to honor and recreate the atmosphere of a celebration called Decoration Day now named Memorial Day. As a result every year during the festival weekend there is a Decoration Day Play to commemorate the…

Arts & Culture
4
The Hibernian Society of Savannah Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
5
The Savannah Book Festival Inc

The savannah book festival is an annual event, free and open to the public, in celebration of the written work and its role in improving the human experience. our mission is to promote reading, writing, and civil conversation.

Education
6
Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast

Girl scout council of colonial coast, a united way agency, serves girls in grades k-12, in southeastern virginia and northeastern north carolina. our mission is to build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a…

Youth Development
7
Run for the Fallen Inc

Benefit fallen soldiers

Human Services
8
Crime Stoppers of Savannah-Chatham County Inc

Crime stoppers allows people an opportunity to provide information on crime and criminals anonymously.

Crime & Legal
9
Inner City Night Shelter Inc

A non-profit corporation that provides shelter for homeless men and women in savannah, georgia.

Housing & Shelter
10
The South Florida Charity Classic
Human Services
11
Sc Chamber of Commerce

Enhancing the quality of life for all south carolinians, achieving global competiteveness and ultimately increasing prosperity for sc citizens.

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12
Sc Shrm State Council

The sc shrm state council is a global hr professional organization that exists to: build and sustain partnerships with human resource professionals, media, governments, non-governmental organizations, businesses, and academic institutions…

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Savannah Music Festivalinc and the most unlike its peers is Girls On the Run of Coastal Georgia. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

03the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 21 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA INC — $9,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR T…GREENBRIAR CHILDREN'S CENTER INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesGREENBRIAR CHILDREN'S CENTER…THE 200 CLUB OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE INC — $2,000 · Human ServicesTHE 200 CLUB OF THE COASTAL …FAMILY PROMISE OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE INC — $500 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF THE COASTA…LOWCOUNTRY DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY — $500 · Human ServicesLOWCOUNTRY DOWN SYNDROME SOC…SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC — $500 · Human ServicesSAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOME…PALMETTO BRONZE INC — $2,000 · OtherPALMETTO BRONZE INCSAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM — $1,500 · OtherSAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY PUBLIC …Armstrong State University — $1,500 · OtherArmstrong State UniversityGirl Scouts of Historic Georgia Inc — $1,000 · OtherGirl Scouts of Historic Georgia…WILLIAM F WEBB MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP — $1,000 · OtherWILLIAM F WEBB MEMORIAL SCHOLAR…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE COASTAL EMPIREINC — $1,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES…GIRLS ON THE RUN OF COASTAL GEORGIA — $500 · OtherXCEL STRATEGIES INC — $500 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTH COASTAL GEORGIA CONSOLIDATED TRUSTS — $500 · OtherSAVANNAH VOICE FESTIVAL INC — $2,000 · Arts & CultureSAVANNAH VO…SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVALINC — $1,000 · Arts & CultureSAVANNAH MU…SAVANNAH CHILDREN'S CHOIR INC — $500 · Arts & CultureSAVANNAH CH…TOURISM LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF THE GREATER SAVANNAH AREA INC — $1,500 · Community ImprovementSAVANNAH TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 · EducationSMHA Healthcare Inc — $1,000 · Health
Philanthropy$9,000Human Services$8,500Other$9,500Arts & Culture$3,500Community Improvement$1,500Education$1,000Health$1,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA INC — $9,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREENBRIAR CHILDREN'S CENTER INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAVANNAH VOICE FESTIVAL INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE 200 CLUB OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTOURISM LEADERSHIP COUNCIL OF THE GREATER SAVANNAH AREA INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of Historic Georgia Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVALINC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVANNAH TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSMHA Healthcare Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE COASTAL EMPIREINC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetXCEL STRATEGIES INC — $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY DOWN SYNDROME SOCIETY — $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTH COASTAL GEORGIA CONSOLIDATED TRUSTS — $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Savannah Communit…United Way of the Coa…Georgia Power Foundat…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Savannah Community Foundation IncGA22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Savannah Community Foundation Inc · United Way of the Coastal Empire · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Savannah Harbor Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report 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, FY20–24

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 21 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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