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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.

$79k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Health$201kEducation$62kArts & Culture$60kAnimals$50kReligion$43kHuman Services$40kPublic Safety & Disaster$23kMembership Benefit$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$4,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$979k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALS ASSOCIATION$8,000
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$5,000
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$5,000
LEADER DOG FOR THE BLIND$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ST JUDES CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$5,000
HOOFBEATS & PAWPRINTS RESCUE$4,500
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$4,000
PLEASANT ACRE DAY SCHOOL$4,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$4,000
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION$4,000
Individual grant recipient$4,000
TOYS FOR TOTS NATCHEZ$3,000
PRESERVATION SOCIETY$3,000
MANNA FOOD BANK ASHEVILLE$2,500
02The need
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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 (FY17–24, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LEADER DOG FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 8%LEADER DOG FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 8%LEADER DOG FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 8%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $1k → 23%LEADER DOG FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 8%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $1k → 23%LEADER DOG FOR THE BLIND: $5k → 8%LEADER DOG FOR THE BLIND: $3k → 8%LEADER DOG FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 8%LEADER DOG FOR THE BLIND: $2k → 8%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.

Which US states your grants reach

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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 edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$515k · 41 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

41 repeat relationships — 19 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
16

Total granted

$515k
$36k

Still filing today

44%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $45k · revenue +145%
  • AL
    AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN
    5× · 2020–2024 · $38k · revenue +85%
  • LD
    LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND
    8× · 2017–2024 · $32k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • SS
    SENIOR SWIM PROGRAM
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • FH
    FLORENCE HOUSE WOMEN'S SHELTER
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • MH
    MADELINE'S HOUSE
    one grant, 2020 · $5k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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.

1
Chattahoochee Hospice Inc

The organization pledges to provide quality programs, service, and technology to meet the unique physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the terminally ill and their families, and to educate the community about end of life issues.

Human Services
2
Health Care Foundation of North Ms

Health care foundation of north mississippi is operated exclusively for the purpose of raising, receiving, and administering funds (for medical, scientific, educational and charitable purposes), to assist hospital and non-profit…

Health
3
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
4
Humane Society of South Mississippi

The mission of the humane society is to save and enhance the lives of pets through cooperative and innovative approaches to adoption, spay/neuter, sheltering and community engagement.

Animals
5
Christus St Michael Foundation

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for the charitable, scientific, and educational purposes of advancing, promoting, and supporting the health care ministries of those religious congregations (the "sponsoring…

6
National Association of Children's Hospitals Inc

Nach supports children's hospitals by addressing public policy issues that affect their ability to fulfill their missions to serve children and their families. nach fulfills its mission and vision through federal advocacy, collaboration…

7
A Child's Wish of Louisiana Inc

To grant wishes to and otherwise act for the benefit of children suffering from terminal or life theatening illness or disease.

8
North Mississippi Medical Clinics Inc

North mississippi medical clinics, inc. (clinics) owns and operates 34 primary care and internal medicine clinics, all primarily within north mississippi and northwest alabama. clinics is part of the north mississippi health services…

Health
9
All Children's Research Institute Inc

The corporation is organized and is operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes. all children's research institute supports, encourages, and engages in and conducts medical research and other research in…

Health
10
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Inc

The american board of thoracic surgery serves the public by promoting excellence in practice through rigorous evaluation and examination, providing leadership in education, and ensuring high standards for professionalism, lifelong learning…

11
Louisiana Spca Foundation Inc

To be operated exclusively for the benefit of, to perform functions of and to carry out the purposes of the louisiana society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, which operates to prevent cruelty to animals.

Animals
12
Arkansas Children's Foundation

We champion children by making them better today and healthier tomorrow.continued on schedule o.arkansas children's will fundamentally transform healthcare delivery for the children of arkansas and beyond. arkansas children's core values…

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Mississippi Chartered and the most unlike its peers is Hoofbeats and Pawprints Rescue. 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

18 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 60 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)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $40,000 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER — $34,000 · OtherMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTERPRESERVATION SOCIETY — $31,000 · OtherPRESERVATION SOCIETYPLEASANT ACRE DAY SCHOOL — $26,000 · OtherPLEASANT ACRE DAY SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient — $19,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST MARY BASILICA FAMILY LIFE CENTER — $18,000 · OtherST MARY BASILICA FAMILY LIFE CENTERNATCHEZ MASONIC BODIES — $14,500 · OtherCATHEDRAL SCHOOL TRUST FUND — $13,500 · OtherTOYS FOR TOTS NATCHEZ — $12,500 · OtherNATCHEZ FESTIVAL OF MUSIC — $11,500 · OtherALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION MS CHAPTER — $11,500 · Other+33 more — $87,800 · Other+33 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $45,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESE…AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN — $38,000 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCL…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI CHARTERED — $20,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION …THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN — $7,000 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL …+1 more — $3,000 · HealthHOOFBEATS AND PAWPRINTS RESCUE — $27,500 · AnimalsHOOFBEATS …NATCHEZ-ADAMS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY — $22,500 · AnimalsNATCHEZ-AD…LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND — $32,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC — $2,000 · Human ServicesWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $19,000 · InternationalFRENCH CAMP ACADEMY — $13,500 · EducationADAMS COUNTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL — $2,000 · EducationTHE WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $1,000 · EducationFOR NATCHEZ — $2,000 · Arts & CultureArtsNatchez Inc — $1,000 · Arts & CultureNATCHEZ COMMUNITY STEWPOT INC — $2,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$319,300Health$113,000Animals$50,000Human Services$34,000International$19,000Education$16,500Arts & Culture$3,000Food & Nutrition$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $45,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN — $38,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND — $32,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHOOFBEATS AND PAWPRINTS RESCUE — $27,500 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetNATCHEZ-ADAMS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY — $22,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI CHARTERED — $20,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $19,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRENCH CAMP ACADEMY — $13,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN — $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC — $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALPHA TAU OMEGA FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKNIGHTS TEMPLAR EYE FOUNDATION — $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetADAMS COUNTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATCHEZ COMMUNITY STEWPOT INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetArtsNatchez Inc — $1,000 over 2y, 1.5% 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.

  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
  • Who funds AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN
  • Who funds LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND
  • Who funds HOOFBEATS AND PAWPRINTS RESCUE
  • Who funds NATCHEZ-ADAMS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MISSISSIPPI CHARTERED
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
  • Who funds FRENCH CAMP ACADEMY
  • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC
  • Who funds ALPHA TAU OMEGA FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds KNIGHTS TEMPLAR EYE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC

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.

Make a Difference FoundationMS13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Make a Difference Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Sss Foundation 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
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report 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, FY2025

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 60 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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