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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 FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% 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
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $144k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$225k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UF FOUNDATION$50,000
HIGHPOINT COMMUNITY CHURCH$30,600
BREAKTHROUGH T1D$27,500
ST MICHAEL'S SOLDIERS$20,900
DUNCAN U FLETCHER HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTERS ASSOC$20,000
UF FOUNDATION$15,000
BEACHES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE MINISTRY$10,000
CLAY HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
THE MIDNIGHT PASS SOCIETY II INC$10,000
THE AMERICANA MUSIC ASSOCIATION$5,000
COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME$5,000
MAKE-A-WISH SOUTH CAROLINA$5,000
ST JUDE$5,000
NASHVILLEHEALTH$5,000
MAKE-A-WISH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $8k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $4k → 14%CROSSROADS CAMPUS: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
WY
NJ
CA
MD
TN
SC
DC
MS
AL
FL
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 23 repeat orgs$447k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
29

Total granted

$1.5M
$427k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+85%

Still filing today

74%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationEnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & 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

  • THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $357k · revenue +62%
  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1D
    8× · 2017–2024 · $263k · revenue +49%
  • EF
    EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE
    2× · 2018–2019 · $121k · revenue +395%

Funded once

  • JH
    JACKSON HOLE YOUTH BASEBALL LEAGUE
    one grant, 2018 · $145k · revenue -36% · 56% of their budget
  • CT
    CARVING THE FUTUREgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $36k · revenue +260% · 40% of their budget
  • ST
    SHANDS TEACHING HOSPITAL AND CLINICS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $32k · revenue +106%
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
The Jackson Laboratory

The purposes of the laboratory are scientific, medical, charitable, and educational. our mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the biomedical community.

Health
2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
3
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc

In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…

Environment
4
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
5
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
6
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
7
United States Tennis Association Incorporated

The usta mission is growing tennis to inspire healthier people and communities everywhere.usta is the national governing body for the sport of tennis and the recognized leader in promoting and developing the sport's growth on every level…

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8
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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9
Tennessee State Collaborative On Reforming Education

The mission of the state collaborative on reforming education (score) is to catalyze transformative change in tennessee education so that all students can achieve success. score is an independent, nonprofit, and nonpartisan institution,…

Education
10
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is one of the nation's longest serving and most prestigious academic medical centers. Through its historic bond with Vanderbilt University, VUMC cultivates distinguished research and educational…

Health
11
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
12
Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals

Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family-centered care. services will be…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Central & Northern Florida; the most unlike its peers is Duncan U Fletcher High School Band Boosters. 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

37 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. 37 of the 55 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
29/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $262,500 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1DST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $86,841 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH …MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SC INC: $35,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SC…SHANDS TEACHING HOSPITAL AND CLINICS INC: $32,073 · HealthSHANDS TEACHING HOSPITAL AND…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $28,841 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INCNASHVILLEHEALTH: $22,500 · Health+2 more: $22,500 · HealthST JUDE: $79,500 · OtherST JUDEBEACHES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $70,000 · OtherBEACHES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE MIN…HIGHPOINT COMMUNITY CHURCH: $62,600 · OtherHIGHPOINT COMMUNITY CHURCHWOLFSON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $33,445 · OtherWOLFSON CHILDREN'S HOSPITALCOMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherSOUTHWEST REGIONAL MEDICAL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF RADNOR LAKE: $20,000 · OtherAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $24,000 · OtherThe Doug Coombs Foundation: $20,000 · Other+26 more: $201,656 · Other+26 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $357,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORI…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $20,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Education+2 more: $8,500 · EducationJACKSON HOLE YOUTH BASEBALL LEAGUE: $145,333 · Recreation & SportsJACKSON HO…CARVING THE FUTURE: $36,365 · Recreation & SportsCARVING TH…Duncan U Fletcher High School Band Boosters: $90,000 · Arts & CultureCOUNTRY MUSIC FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC CITY INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $120,700 · PhilanthropyST MICHAELS SOLDIERS INC: $51,711 · Public Benefit
Health$490,255Other$556,201Education$405,500Recreation & Sports$181,698Arts & Culture$130,000Philanthropy$120,700Public Benefit$51,711

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 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 budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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
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.

Community Foundation …Hca Healthcare Founda…T & T Family Foundati…Dorothy Cate and Thom…Memorial Foundation I…Gibson Gives Foundati…The Community Foundat…American Endowment Fo…The Ayco Charitable F…Duke Energy FoundationRaymond James Charita…National Philanthropi…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Skynyrd Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Skynyrd Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 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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