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Skynyrd Foundation

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.

$224k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
15
Grants FY2024
8
Organizations funded FY2023
25%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 20
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$225k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Skynyrd Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving14$224k14%
FY20238$208k25%
FY20226$87k17%
FY202115$250k53%
FY202010$116k50%
FY201920$350k50%
FY201817$510k71%
FY201714$171kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$619kEducation$531kReligion$156kArts & Culture$155kRecreation & Sports$145kPublic Safety & Disaster$94kYouth Development$66kPublic Benefit$52kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
WY
NJ
CA
MD
TN
SC
DC
MS
AL
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 38 grantees
All grantees of Skynyrd Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$357,00050%
Breakthrough T1d$262,50080%
Jackson Hole Youth Baseball League$145,333156%
Education Foundation of Jackson Hole$120,70029%
Duncan U Fletcher High School Band Boosters$90,000422%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$86,84140%
St Michaels Soldiers Inc$51,71175%
Carving the Future$36,365140%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Sc Inc$35,00030%
Country Music Foundation Inc$35,00020%
Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics Inc$32,07310%
Blood Cancer United Inc$28,84130%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$24,00040%
Nashvillehealth$22,50032%
The Doug Coombs Foundation$20,00012%
Friends of Radnor Lake$20,00022%
Southwest Regional Medical Foundation Inc$20,000126%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$20,00010%
The Midnight Pass Society II Inc$17,500212%
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation$15,3402n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central & Northern Florida$15,00020%
Americana Music Association$15,00021%
Beaches Emergency Assistance Ministry I Inc$10,0001n/a
Jackson Hole Youth Basketball$10,000112%
Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc$8,00010%
Music Health Alliance Inc$7,50020%
The Crossroads Campus$5,00010%
The Jacksonville State University Foundation Inc$5,00010%
V for Victory$5,0001n/a
The Equity Alliance$5,00010%
Music City Inc$5,00011%
The Children's Learning Center Inc$5,00010%
See Spot Rescued Inc$5,00015%
Highpoint Community Church$4,0002n/a
Meigs Parent Association$3,50014%
Waterkeeper Alliance Inc$3,00010%
Tennessee Riverkeeper$3,00011%
Safe Animal Shelter of Orange Park$1,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($360k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Skynyrd Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe University of Florida Foundation Inc: $357,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $262,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJackson Hole Youth Baseball League: $145,333 over 1y, 56% of budgetEducation Foundation of Jackson Hole: $120,700 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetDuncan U Fletcher High School Band Boosters: $90,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $86,841 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt Michaels Soldiers Inc: $51,711 over 7y, 5.4% of budgetCarving the Future: $36,365 over 1y, 40% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Sc Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCountry Music Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetShands Teaching Hospital and Clinics Inc: $32,073 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $28,841 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $24,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNashvillehealth: $22,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetThe Doug Coombs Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFriends of Radnor Lake: $20,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSouthwest Regional Medical Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Midnight Pass Society II Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Central & Northern Florida: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmericana Music Association: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetJackson Hole Youth Basketball: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMusic Health Alliance Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Crossroads Campus: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Jacksonville State University Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Equity Alliance: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMusic City Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Children's Learning Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSee Spot Rescued Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetMeigs Parent Association: $3,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetWaterkeeper Alliance Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTennessee Riverkeeper: $3,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSafe Animal Shelter of Orange Park: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 34.

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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.

Community Foundation of Jackson HoleWY17.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Hca Healthcare Foundation · T & T Family Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust

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.

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About Skynyrd Foundation

How much does Skynyrd Foundation give?
Skynyrd Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $224,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Skynyrd Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (32%), Education (27%), Religion (8%).
Who are Skynyrd Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The University of Florida Foundation Inc ($357k), Breakthrough T1d ($263k), Jackson Hole Youth Baseball League ($145k).
Does Skynyrd Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Skynyrd Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Skynyrd Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, Hca Healthcare Foundation, T & T Family Foundation.
Where is Skynyrd Foundation based?
Skynyrd Foundation is based in TN.

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 55 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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