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somerset foundation inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$195k
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$268kHealth$199kHuman Services$148kEducation$144kHousing & Shelter$114kCrime & Legal$92kArts & Culture$82kReligion$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $60k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $135k
$4,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$20,000
child advocate network$15,000
BEN FRANKLIN ACADEMY$15,000
THE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER$15,000
ATLANTA YOUTH ACADEMY$15,000
eagle ranch$15,000
clifton sanctuary ministries$10,000
praying for next generation$10,000
jam blue ridge$10,000
HEARTBOUND MINISTRIES$10,000
youth spark$7,500
CREATE YOUR DREAMS$7,500
connections school$5,000
resurgens theatre$4,000
time out youth$4,000
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 (FY18–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%sister carmen community center: $2k → 12%cashiers cares: $3k → 18%youth spark: $8k → 13%youth spark: $8k → 13%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 21 repeat orgs$55k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against -8% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
2

Total granted

$1.2M
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
-8%

Still filing today

62%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k 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
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalOther
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

  • CS
    Clifton Sanctuary Ministries Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $109k · revenue +49%
  • TG
    THE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $90k · revenue +61%
  • EAGLE RANCH INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $82k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • AH
    ANC HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -73%
  • CC
    CASHIERS CARES INC
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue -8%
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
CaringWorks Inc

Caringworks' mission is to reduce homelessness and empower the marginalized by providing access to housing and services that foster dignity, self-sufficieny & well-being.

Human Services
2
Covenant Care Services Inc

Covenant Care Services, Inc. is a non-profit faith-based adoption agency serving birthmothers and adoptive families in the state of Georgia. The Organization counsels women experiencing unplanned pregancy and educates them about the option…

Human Services
3
The Childrens Haven Inc

To promote the health and happiness of children impacted by abuse. We are committed to building successful children by providing programs that ensure their safety, advocate on their behalf and respond to meet their needs.

Civil Rights
4
Sharehouse Inc

The Organization is a non-profit organization providing crisis intervention and the continuum of care to address the causes and effects of family violence.

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5
Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc

Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc. (the Organization) is a nonprofit organization which strengthens and supports court-sanctioned, affiliate CASA programs that empower community volunteers who advocate for abused or neglected…

Civil Rights
6
Dougherty County Casa Inc

Dougherty County CASA, Inc. supports children who have experienced abuse or neglect by providing specially trained community volunteers to advocate for their best interests -- promoting their safety, stability, and permanent connections to…

Civil Rights
7
Tifton Judicial Circuit Shelter Inc

To end domestic and sexual violence, as well as child sexual and physical abuse, through a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to investigations, advocacy, and support, while working in the community to change attitudes, beliefs and…

Human Services
8
Georgia Center for Child Advocacy Inc

The Georgia center for child advocacy's mission is to champion the needs of sexually and severely physically abused children through prevention, intervention, therapy, and collaboration.

Human Services
9
Inner City Night Shelter Inc

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

Housing & Shelter
10
Carolina Adoption Services Inc

Carolina adoption services provides international and domestic adoption services, foster care, home studies, and post adoption support for children, youth and adoptive families.

Human Services
11
Community Advanced Practice Nursesinc

The mission of the Community Advanced Practice Nurses (CAPN) is to strengthen the lives of persons who are medically underserved and to help interrupt the cycle of poverty and homelessness for these individuals. Healthy independence is…

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12
Park Place Outreachinc

To provide services to at-risk youth and their families, increase their functional level, and reunify families whenever possible.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is We Are Family; the most unlike its peers is Anc Highlands-Cashiers Hospital 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

24 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. 24 of the 37 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)
23/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ATLANTA YOUTH ACADEMY: $135,000 · OtherATLANTA YOUTH ACADEMYIndividual grant recipient: $126,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientconnections school: $67,000 · Otherconnections schoolaris theatre: $52,000 · Otheraris theatreRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $46,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEmt youth charities jam fund: $41,000 · Othermt youth charities jam fundpraying for next generation: $20,000 · Other+12 more: $50,000 · Other+12 moreTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC: $90,000 · HealthTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEAL…EAGLE RANCH INC: $82,000 · HealthEAGLE RANCH INCSHEPHERD CENTER INC: $46,000 · HealthSHEPHERD CENTER INCGILGAL INC: $24,000 · HealthGILGAL INCANC HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · HealthBENJAMIN FRANKLIN ACADEMY INC: $76,000 · EducationBENJAMIN F…Boys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc: $36,500 · EducationBoys & Gir…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationClifton Sanctuary Ministries Inc: $108,500 · Housing & ShelterClifton Sa…+1 more: $2,500 · Housing & ShelterHEARTBOUND MINISTRIES INC: $52,000 · Crime & LegalCHILD ADVOCATE NETWORK INC: $40,000 · Crime & LegalCreate Your Dreams Inc: $49,000 · Arts & CultureWORKING TITLE PLAYWRIGHTS INC: $16,000 · Arts & CultureHumorology Atlanta Inc: $15,000 · Arts & CultureyouthSpark Inc: $15,000 · Human ServicesCASHIERS CARES INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesSISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2,000 · Human Services
Other$537,000Health$252,000Education$113,500Housing & Shelter$111,000Crime & Legal$92,000Arts & Culture$80,000Human Services$19,500

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 budgetClifton Sanctuary Ministries Inc: $108,500 over 8y, 6.9% of budgetTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC: $90,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetEAGLE RANCH INC: $82,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBENJAMIN FRANKLIN ACADEMY INC: $76,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetHEARTBOUND MINISTRIES INC: $52,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetCreate Your Dreams Inc: $49,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER INC: $46,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD ADVOCATE NETWORK INC: $40,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc: $36,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetGILGAL INC: $24,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetWORKING TITLE PLAYWRIGHTS INC: $16,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetHumorology Atlanta Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetyouthSpark Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetANC HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTime Out Youth Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE GEORGIA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASHIERS CARES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFURKIDS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWE ARE FAMILY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFEEDING GEORGIA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOne-Eighty Place: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BOULDER VALLEY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds Clifton Sanctuary Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds EAGLE RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTBOUND MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Create Your Dreams Inc ↗
  • Who funds SHEPHERD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD ADVOCATE NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc ↗
  • Who funds GILGAL INC ↗
  • Who funds WORKING TITLE PLAYWRIGHTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Humorology Atlanta Inc ↗
  • Who funds youthSpark Inc ↗
  • Who funds ANC HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Time Out Youth Inc ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds CASHIERS CARES INC ↗
  • Who funds FURKIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds WE ARE FAMILY ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds One-Eighty Place ↗
  • Who funds SISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BOULDER VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗

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.

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA22.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · AEC Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 somerset foundation inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from somerset foundation inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to somerset foundation inc?

    Find your warmest path to somerset foundation inc 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 37 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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