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Telford Family Foundation Inc Mary T Piggott

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.

$87k
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$118kReligion$115kEducation$99kYouth Development$51kHousing & Shelter$49kHuman Services$38kCrime & Legal$32kArts & Culture$32kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k26 grants · $62k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WILSON AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$25,000
TOCCOA ROTARY CLUB$6,000
GA COLLEGE STATE UNIVERSITY$5,000
EDMONSON TELFORD CHILD ADVOCACY CTR$5,000
WESLEY SHELTER$5,000
WILSON YOUTH UNITED THE SPOT$3,000
CHILDREN'S HUNGER ELIMINATION$2,500
YOUNG LIFE OF WILSON$2,500
THE MAGGIE SOCIETY$2,500
NE GEORGIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$2,500
FRANKIE LEMMON SCHOOL$2,500
NEIGHBORS 4 NEIGHBORS$2,500
STEPHENS COUNTY FOUNDATION$2,500
OPEN ARMS CLINIC$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%VETERANS RESIDENTIAL SERVICES: $1k → 20%WESLEY SHELTER: $5k → 20%Dress for Success: $1k → 8%WESLEY SHELTER: $2k → 20%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

IL
NY
IA
CA
CO
MD
NC
SC
DC
GA
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$508k · 59 repeat orgs$142k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

59 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 44 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

59
96

Total granted

$508k
$120k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+18%

Still filing today

27%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationAnimalsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • SC
    STEPHENS COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $32k · revenue +124% · 43% of their budget
  • WA
    Wilson Area Habitat for Humanity
    3× · 2019–2025 · $32k · revenue +28%
  • OA
    OPEN ARMS CLINIC INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $25k · revenue +262%

Funded once

  • FM
    First Methodist Church
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • TL
    TOCCOA LITTLE LEAGUE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $9k · revenue -18%
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
Hospice of Henderson County Inc

Co-creating the care experience means that our team of qualified professionals works with you, your family, and your existing healthcare team of providers to create a customized care plan, working together with the goal of providing you…

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2
Hospice of Gaston County Inc

To provide compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

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3
Ogeechee Area Hospice Inc

Hospice care services provided to residents of bulloch, candler, evans, screven, jenkins and other surrounding counties.

Health
4
United Church of Christ Homes Inc

In the spirit of christ's love, the ministry of united church of christ homes is to provide care and service to elders through acts of love and compassion.

Human Services
5
National Church Residences At Home Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors.

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6
National Church Residences At Home Hospice Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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7
National Church Residences At Home Hospice

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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8
National Church Residences At Home Health and Wellness Central Ohio

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors

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9
Donalsonville Hospital Inc

Donalsonville hospital operates a 65-bed general acute care hospital for the community of donalsonville, georgia and surrounding areas regardless of their ability to pay.

Health
10
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc

The Children's Home Society of North Carolina's mission is to promote the right of every child to a permanent, safe, and loving family.

Human Services
11
Carolina Family Health Centers Inc

Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc. provides accessible and affordable health care with excellence...where patients come FIRST

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12
Wesley Retirement Services Inc

Guided by christian compassion, wesleylife supports the independence, health, and well-being of older adults wherever they call home. as a non-profit organization, we understand our responsibility and obligation to operate with…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Neighbors 4 Neighbors; the most unlike its peers is The Maggie 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

43 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. 43 of the 168 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/43
Grantees still filing
26/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TOCCOA FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURC: $69,050 · OtherTOCCOA FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCGA COLLEGE STATE UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · OtherGA COLLEGE STATE UNIVERSITYWilson Area Habitat for Humanity: $31,500 · OtherWilson Area Habitat for HumanityNE Georgia Medical Center Foundatio: $25,000 · OtherBRASELTON CO PUBLIC LIBRARY: $20,000 · Other+138 more: $323,790 · Other+138 moreOPEN ARMS CLINIC INC: $25,250 · HealthOPEN ARMS…Whirlidogs Training Center Inc: $12,000 · HealthWhirlidog…STEPHENS COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY: $5,000 · HealthSTEPHENS …AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $4,000 · HealthAMERICAN …Ronald McDonald House Global: $3,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $2,950 · Health+7 more: $5,550 · Health+7 moreSTEPHENS COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $32,300 · PhilanthropyCHILDRENS HUNGER ELIMINATION OF WILSON INC: $11,500 · Human ServicesWesley Shelter Inc: $7,000 · Human ServicesDRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $5,000 · Human ServicesVETERANS RESIDENTIAL SERVICE OF WILSON: $1,000 · Human ServicesPIEDMONT UNIVERSITY INC: $15,000 · EducationFRANKIE LEMMON SCHOOL AND DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER: $2,500 · EducationColumbia College: $1,000 · EducationEDMONDSON TELFORD CENTER FOR CHILDREN I: $5,000 · Crime & LegalFAITH INC: $3,000 · Crime & LegalTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $4,400 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $400 · International
Other$509,340Health$57,750Philanthropy$32,300Human Services$24,500Education$18,500Crime & Legal$8,000International$4,800

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 budgetSTEPHENS COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $32,300 over 2y, 43% of budgetWilson Area Habitat for Humanity: $31,500 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetOPEN ARMS CLINIC INC: $25,250 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetPIEDMONT UNIVERSITY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWhirlidogs Training Center Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetRALEIGH YOUTH CHOIR INC: $11,500 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDRENS HUNGER ELIMINATION OF WILSON INC: $11,500 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetOUR NEIGHBOR INC: $9,300 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetTOCCOA LITTLE LEAGUE INC: $8,900 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetWesley Shelter Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSTEPHENS COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEDMONDSON TELFORD CENTER FOR CHILDREN I: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $4,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAITH INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Toccoa Orchestra Guild: $3,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $2,950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKIE LEMMON SCHOOL AND DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORS 4 NEIGHBORS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLighthouse Family Retreat Inc: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHENS CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSHIRLEYS SHELTER INC: $1,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNortheast Georgia Animal Shelter Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHigh & Mighty Therapeutic Riding: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVETERANS RESIDENTIAL SERVICE OF WILSON: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetColumbia College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHEPHERDS HILL ACADEMY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHart Partners Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTOCCOA STEPHENS COUNTY HUMANE SHELTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLE RANCH INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSteadfast Family Farm Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.5% 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 STEPHENS COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Wilson Area Habitat for Humanity ↗
  • Who funds OPEN ARMS CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds PIEDMONT UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Whirlidogs Training Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds RALEIGH YOUTH CHOIR INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS HUNGER ELIMINATION OF WILSON INC ↗
  • Who funds OUR NEIGHBOR INC ↗
  • Who funds TOCCOA LITTLE LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds Wesley Shelter Inc ↗
  • Who funds DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHENS COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY ↗
  • Who funds EDMONDSON TELFORD CENTER FOR CHILDREN I ↗
  • Who funds THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗

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.

Thomas T and Bernice …The Cheek Family Foun…McNeely Foundation IncHeaton McBrayer Found…North Georgia Communi…North Carolina Commun…Peach State Fcu Cares…American Woodmark Fou…Duke Energy FoundationGe Aerospace Foundati…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…
Thomas T and Bernice F Irvin Foundation IncGA22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thomas T and Bernice F Irvin Foundation Inc · The Cheek Family Foundation Xxxxx4003 · McNeely Foundation Inc · Heaton McBrayer Foundation Inc · North Georgia Community Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Peach State Fcu Cares Foundation Inc · American Woodmark Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation

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 Telford Family Foundation Inc Mary T Piggott funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Telford Family Foundation Inc Mary T Piggott. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
13report 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 168 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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