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The Adler Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Adler Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$30k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
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, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$76kEnvironment$44kEducation$20kHousing & Shelter$8kHealth$7kReligion$5kFood & Nutrition$3kPhilanthropy$500
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$19k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC$5,000
ST JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$5,000
SAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC CORPORATION$2,500
SAVANNAH TREE FOUNDATION INC$2,500
EAST SAVANNAH UNITED INC$2,500
SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL INC$1,500
NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES$1,500
SKIDAWAY AUDUBON INC$1,500
SKIDAWAY AUDUBON INC$1,500
OGEECHEE-CANOOCHEE RIVERKEEPER$1,000
NORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST INC$1,000
KEEP NASSAU BEAUTIFUL INC$1,000
KEEP NASSAU BEAUTIFUL INC$1,000
GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,000
TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC$500
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 (FY21–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SENIOR CITIZENS: $2k → 16%SENIOR CITIZENS: $1k → 16%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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$124k · 18 repeat orgs$39k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
12

Total granted

$124k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+6%

Still filing today

72%
17%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • TM
    TELFAIR MUSEUM OF ART INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $8k · revenue +33%
  • SM
    SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVALINC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $8k · revenue +72%
  • HS
    HISTORIC SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $8k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • SC
    SAVH COLLEGE OF ART DESIGN
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • TH
    TINY HOUSE PROJECT
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -5%
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
Georgia Conservancy Inc

To protect georgia through ecological and economic solutions for stewardship, conservation, and sustainable use of the land and its resources.

Environment
2
Tudor Place Foundation Inc

Tudor place historic house & garden preserves the stories of six generations of descendants of martha washington and the enslaved and free people who lived and worked at this georgetown landmark for nearly two centuries. by examining their…

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3
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
4
Friends of Ga State Parks & Histori

The mission of friends is to partner with, promote and preserve georgia state parks & historic sites. statewide, friends works to raise awareness of the economic and intrinsic values of georgia's greatest treasures. we work with state and…

Human Services
5
Association for the Preservation of Va Antiquities

To preserve, promote and serve as an advocate for virginia's irreplaceable historic places for cultural, economic and educational benefits for everyone.

Arts & Culture
6
The South Carolina Historical Society

The schs mission is to expand, preserve, and make accessible our invaluable collection, and to encourage interest and pride in the rich history of our state.

Arts & Culture
7
The Hibernian Society of Savannah Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
8
Brookgreen Gardens

Brookgreen gardens was formed in 1931 to collect, preserve and exhibit american sculpture, and the flora and fauna native to south carolina.

Environment
9
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
10
Georgia Forestwatch Inc

Our mission is to enhance the health of over 867,000 acres of georgias national forest by protecting our forests and streams, advocating for natural processes, and identifying opportunities to improve forest management.

Environment
11
South Carolina National Heritage Corridor

The organization's primary mission is a grassroots initiative that advances sustainable development of natural, cultural and historic resources for enhanced quality of life and economic revitalization of communities in south carolina.

Arts & Culture
12
Atlanta Historical Society Inc

Atlanta history center seeks to connect people, history, and culture to build a stronger community. through exhibitions, collections, historic houses, gardens, archives, educational school tours, public programs, and digital and virtual…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Savannah Tree Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United 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

20 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. 20 of the 36 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JOHN'S CHURCH: $25,000 · OtherST JOHN'S CHURCHSAVH COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN: $10,000 · OtherSAVH COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGNHISTORIC SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · OtherHISTORIC SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INCST JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherST JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHSAVH COLLEGE OF ART DESIGN: $5,000 · OtherSAVH COLLEGE OF ART DESIGNTINY HOUSE PROJECT: $5,000 · OtherTINY HOUSE PROJECTSAVANNAH TREE FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 · OtherSAVANNAH TREE FOUNDATION INCGeorgia Historical Society: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,500 · Other+10 more: $14,000 · Other+10 moreTRUSTEES' GARDEN CLUB INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentTRUSTEES' GARDEN CLUB INCSKIDAWAY AUDUBON INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentSKIDAWAY AUDUBON INCOGEECHEE RIVERKEEPER INC: $4,000 · EnvironmentOGEECHEE RIVERKEEPER INCKEEP NASSAU BEAUTIFUL INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentKEEP NASSAU BEAUTIFUL INCNORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentNORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST IN…TELFAIR MUSEUM OF ART INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureTELFAIR MUSEUM OF …SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVALINC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureSAVANNAH MUSIC FES…NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $4,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL TRUST FOR…GEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC: $4,000 · Arts & CultureGEORGIA TRUST FOR …SAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC CORPORATION: $2,500 · Arts & CultureSAVANNAH PHILHARMO…+2 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureSENIOR CITIZENS INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesEAST SAVANNAH UNITED INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesSavannah College of Art and DesignInc: $5,000 · EducationBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,500 · HealthTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Philanthropy
Other$83,500Environment$39,000Arts & Culture$27,000Human Services$5,500Education$5,000Health$2,500Philanthropy$500

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 budgetTRUSTEES' GARDEN CLUB INC: $25,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetTELFAIR MUSEUM OF ART INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVALINC: $7,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHISTORIC SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSKIDAWAY AUDUBON INC: $5,000 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetSavannah College of Art and DesignInc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVANNAH TREE FOUNDATION INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGeorgia Historical Society: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOGEECHEE RIVERKEEPER INC: $4,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAST SAVANNAH UNITED INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC CORPORATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKEEP NASSAU BEAUTIFUL INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNORTH FLORIDA LAND TRUST INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $500 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.

The Savannah Communit…John G Kennedy Founda…Georgia Power Foundat…Bradley Foundation IncMary Lane Morrison Fo…The Hodge Foundation …The Frances and Bever…Colonial Foundation I…Amg Charitable Gift F…The Beehive Foundatio…The Dunn FoundationJohanna Anderson True…
The Savannah Community Foundation IncGA28.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Savannah Community Foundation Inc · John G Kennedy Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Bradley Foundation Inc · Mary Lane Morrison Foundation Inc · The Hodge Foundation Inc · The Frances and Beverly Dubose Foundation Inc · Colonial Foundation Inc · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · The Beehive Foundation Inc · The Dunn Foundation · Johanna Anderson Trueblood 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 The Adler Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Adler Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 81%
  • North Florida Land Trust Inc: 81% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Adler Family 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 36 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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