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Strong Family Foundation dated December 1 2012 at a glance

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Strong Family Foundation dated December 1 2012

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$16k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Religion$62kHuman Services$14kPhilanthropy$9kHousing & Shelter$8kFood & Nutrition$7kHealth$7kArts & Culture$7kInternational$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$265k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Sarah Gayle Gibbs Memorial Foundation$5,300
Mt Zion Baptist Church$3,600
Downtown Rescue Mission$1,500
Rose of Sharon Soup Kitchen & Thrift Store$1,500
Habitat for Humanity of Madison County$1,000
Parkinson's Dynamics$1,000
Princess Theatre Center for the Performing Arts$1,000
Monrovia Volunteer Fire Rescue$500
Broadway Theater League of Huntsville$500
Providence Baptist Church$100
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, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%305 8th Street: $500 → 11%Next Step Farms: $800 → 11%Next Steps Farms: $500 → 11%Next Step Farms: $500 → 11%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.
$115k · 17 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
11

Total granted

$115k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+83%

Still filing today

59%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHealthHousing & ShelterArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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

  • SG
    SARAH GAYLE GIBBS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $12k · revenue +16%
  • DR
    DOWNTOWN RESCUE MISSION INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $7k · revenue +17%
  • BT
    BROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE OF HUNTSVILLE INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $6k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • NC
    NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $500 · revenue +128%
  • AS
    Athens State University Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $500 · revenue +118%
  • ES
    EIGHTH STREET COMMUNITYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $500 · revenue +90%
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
Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame
Arts & Culture
2
Caring for Citizens of Alabama

Social services

Human Services
3
The Arc of Madison County Inc

The organization provides advocacy services for school-aged children and program services for infants, toddlers and adults with disabilities.

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4
Dale County Rescue Mission

The rescue missions purpose is to provide food, housing , and transportation in emergency situations to local residents and transients, Those served are spiritually ministered.

Human Services
5
Harvest Volunteer Fire Dept

To provide firefighting, fire prevention, rescue, haz mat,and first responder emergency medical services to the citizens of madison county, al and surrounding communities. provides safety eduation and awareness.

Public Safety & Disaster
6
The Arc of Tuscaloosa

The mission of the Arc of Tuscaloosa County is to provide activities to persons residing in Tuscaloosa County who have developmental or intellectual disabilities, which enable the individual to maintain previously acquired skills/behaviors…

Human Services
7
Parkinson Association of Alabama Inc

Improving the quality of life for parkinson patients, their caregivers, and families throughout the state of alabama.

Philanthropy
8
Theatre Huntsville

The Mission of Theatre Huntsville is connecting you to excellent and entertaining storytelling and creative artistic opportunities. Our Vision is to enrich our community through the shared experience of live performing arts as North…

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9
Hospice of Nw Alabama Inc

The hospice of northwest alabama's primary purpose is to provide health care for terminally ill patients. this care primarily consists of counseling for the patients and their families and nursing care provided in the patient's home and/or…

Human Services
10
Alabama Regional Medical Services

To provide quality healthcare and related services to all communities, including the underserved and homeless persons, regardless of language, culture, or financial barriers

Health
11
Easter Seals Alabama Inc

To provide exceptional services, education, outreach, and advocacy so that people with disabilities can live, work and play in our communities.

Health
12
Developmental Services of Jackson County Inc

Assists adults with developmental disabilities through vocational and residential programs.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Huntsville Dream Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Multiple Sclerosis Society. 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

21 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. 21 of the 31 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
17/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCH: $32,900 · OtherPROVIDENCE BAPTIST CHURCHMt Zion Baptist Church: $28,600 · OtherMt Zion Baptist ChurchIndividual grant recipient: $4,150 · OtherRose of Sharon Soup Kitchen & Thrift Store: $3,500 · OtherBUT GOD MINISTRIES: $2,900 · Other+15 more: $13,000 · Other+15 moreSARAH GAYLE GIBBS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $12,300 · PhilanthropySARAH GAYLE…HUNTSVILLE DREAM CENTER INC: $500 · PhilanthropyDOWNTOWN RESCUE MISSION INC: $6,600 · Housing & ShelterHabitat for Humanity of the River Valley: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterBROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE OF HUNTSVILLE INC: $5,500 · Arts & CultureTHE PRINCESS THEATRE: $1,000 · Arts & CultureRose of Sharon Inc: $3,800 · Food & NutritionNEXT STEP FARMS: $1,800 · Human ServicesKIDS TO LOVE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Human ServicesEIGHTH STREET COMMUNITY: $500 · Human ServicesPARKINSONS DYNAMICS: $3,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$85,050Philanthropy$12,800Housing & Shelter$7,600Arts & Culture$6,500Food & Nutrition$3,800Human Services$3,300Recreation & Sports$3,000

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 budgetSARAH GAYLE GIBBS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $12,300 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetDOWNTOWN RESCUE MISSION INC: $6,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBROADWAY THEATRE LEAGUE OF HUNTSVILLE INC: $5,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetRose of Sharon Inc: $3,800 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPARKINSONS DYNAMICS: $3,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBUT GOD MINISTRIES: $2,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetROCK STEADY BOXING DECATUR: $2,600 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetHuntsville-Madison County Senior Center Inc: $2,450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMONROVIA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1,900 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEXT STEP FARMS: $1,800 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of the River Valley: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PRINCESS THEATRE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDS TO LOVE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAthens State University Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEIGHTH STREET COMMUNITY: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUNTSVILLE DREAM CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUO DOGS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONINC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 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.

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 …Alpha FoundationEmployees Community F…The Jane K Lowe Chari…The I3 Cares Foundati…The Daniel Foundation…The Beard-Young Famil…Give Back FoundationEnterprise Holdings F…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …Natl Christian Charit…
Community Foundation of Greater HuntsvilleAL36.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville · Alpha Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · The Jane K Lowe Charitable Foundation · The I3 Cares Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · The Beard-Young Family Foundation · Give Back Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 Strong Family Foundation dated December 1 2012 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Strong Family Foundation dated December 1 2012. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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

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    How do I get to Strong Family Foundation dated December 1 2012?

    Find your warmest path to Strong Family Foundation dated December 1 2012 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 31 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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