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The Anna Sue and Bob Shaw Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Anna Sue and Bob Shaw Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$6.3MReligion$5.2MEducation$4.8MArts & Culture$2.3MPhilanthropy$857kRecreation & Sports$514kHousing & Shelter$120kEnvironment$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $150k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+3 grants · $5.5M
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$316M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHRISTIAN HERITAGE SCHOOL$2,000,000
PEACOCK LEGACY FOUNDATION FUND$2,000,000
DALTON STATE COLLEGE$1,500,000
1ST PRESBYTERIAN OF DALTON$150,000
THE BRIGHT SCHOOL$105,000
WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL$101,700
BAYLOR SCHOOL$100,000
FLOORING CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$100,000
CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA FOUNDATION$100,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$81,350
CREATIVE ARTS GUILD$60,000
GIRL'S PREPARATORY SCHOOL$50,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF DALTON$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
CHATTANOOGA AREA FOOD BANK$50,000
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 (FY21–25, $39k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%FERST READERS INC: $18k → 11%FERST READERS INC: $16k → 11%WOMEN'S ENRICHMENT CENTER: $5k → 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.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.9M · 30 repeat orgs$11M to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
26

Total granted

$8.9M
$6.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+70%

Still filing today

70%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.8M 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
EducationArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • HH
    HAMILTON HEALTH CARE SYSTEM INC
    3× · 2018–2023 · $4.9M · revenue +23%
  • BJ
    Bobby Jones Golf Course Foundation Inc
    2× · 2018–2024 · $500k · revenue +3%
  • CO
    CITY OF REFUGE
    2× · 2018–2022 · $105k · revenue +303%

Funded once

  • CP
    CHRISTCHURCH PRESBYTERIAN
    one grant, 2024 · $3.8M
  • CH
    CHRISTIAN HERITAGE FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $1.1M
  • DS
    DARLINGTON SCHOOL ENDOWMENT
    one grant, 2024 · $500k
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
Girls on the Run Georgia Inc

Girls on the Run Georgia empowers girls with vital social-emotional skills to help them succeed in school, at home, and within friendships. Our programs, Girls on the Run (3rd-5th grade) and Heart & Sole (6th-8th grade) are taught by…

Youth Development
2
Enable of Georgia Inc

Supporting people with special needs to lead fulfilled lives.

Housing & Shelter
3
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…

Community Improvement
4
Family Counseling Center of Central Georgia Inc

Strengthen and preserve the well-being of individuals, couples, and families through easy, affordable access to professional counseling services.

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5
Carolina Family Health Centers Inc

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

—
6
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
7
Community Foundation of W Georgia

To enhance the quality of life for the people of the west georgia area.

Philanthropy
8
Creative Community Services Inc

Creative community services (ccs) improves the quality of life for children teens and adults with developmental disabilities and mental health needs, and their families, by providing direct services and community-based support throughout…

—
9
Georgia Charter Schools Inc

Operation of charter school and related support services.

—
10
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc

The mission of the atlanta community food bank is to engage, educate and empower our community to fight hunger. our bold goal is to see that all people in our service area have access to the nutritious meals they need when they need them.

Food & Nutrition
11
The Grady Health Foundation Inc

The mission of the grady health foundation is to grow both philanthropic support and broad-based understanding of the critical role that grady health system plays in the metro atlanta region. our focus is to ensure grady health system has…

Philanthropy
12
Georgia Highlands Medical Services Inc

To develop and administer a comprehensive primary health care system for the citizens of Forsyth County, Gwinnett County, Bartow County, Dawson County, and Cherokee County, Georgia, their surrounding communities and their citizens,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Whitfield Healthcare Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Habitat for Humanity of Gordon County 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

42 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. 42 of the 76 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
25/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHRISTCHURCH PRESBYTERIAN: $3,762,250 · OtherCHRISTCHURCH PRESBYTERIANPEACOCK LEGACY FOUNDATION FUND: $2,000,000 · OtherPEACOCK LEGACY FOUNDATION FUNDCHRISTIAN HERITAGE SCHOOL: $2,000,000 · OtherCHRISTIAN HERITAGE SCHOOLDALTON STATE COLLEGE: $1,525,000 · OtherDALTON STATE COLLEGECHRISTIAN HERITAGE FUND: $1,100,000 · OtherCHRISTIAN HERITAGE FUNDDARLINGTON SCHOOL ENDOWMENT: $500,000 · Other+43 more: $1,278,150 · Other+43 moreHAMILTON HEALTH CARE SYSTEM INC: $4,885,000 · HealthHAMILTON HEALTH CARE SYSTEM…+4 more: $143,350 · HealthSHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $1,050,000 · PhilanthropySHEPHERD C…THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA INC: $821,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUN…+3 more: $61,330 · PhilanthropyDALTON STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · EducationBAYLOR SCHOOL: $150,000 · EducationBRIGHT SCHOOL INC: $115,000 · EducationGIRLS PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $50,000 · EducationNORTHWEST GA REGIONAL LIBRARY INC: $22,500 · Education+2 more: $15,000 · EducationBobby Jones Golf Course Foundation Inc: $500,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $11,000 · Recreation & SportsDALTON DANCE COMPANY THE DALTON ARTS COMPANY: $100,000 · Arts & CultureCreative Arts Guild Incorporated: $72,500 · Arts & CultureArtistic Civic Theatre Company: $37,000 · Arts & CultureGEORGIA FAMILY CONNECTION PARTNERSHIP INC: $16,750 · Arts & CultureCreative Discovery Museum: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GORDON COUNTY INC: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterDALTONS GREATER WORKS: $9,500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$12,165,400Health$5,028,350Philanthropy$1,932,330Education$552,500Recreation & Sports$511,000Arts & Culture$238,750Housing & Shelter$109,500

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 budgetHAMILTON HEALTH CARE SYSTEM INC: $4,885,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetCHRISTIAN HERITAGE SCHOOL: $2,000,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetBobby Jones Golf Course Foundation Inc: $500,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetDALTON STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetBAYLOR SCHOOL: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBRIGHT SCHOOL INC: $115,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCITY OF REFUGE: $105,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDALTON DANCE COMPANY THE DALTON ARTS COMPANY: $100,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GORDON COUNTY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $81,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCreative Arts Guild Incorporated: $72,500 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetChattanooga Area Food Bank Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCALHOUN GORDON ARTS COUNCIL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetGIRLS PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArtistic Civic Theatre Company: $37,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetFERST READERS INC: $34,200 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFAMILY SUPPORT COUNCIL INC: $32,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAUSTIN HATCHER FOUNDATION FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER: $25,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetNORTHWEST GA REGIONAL LIBRARY INC: $22,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPROVIDENCE MINISTRIES INC: $21,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGEORGIA FAMILY CONNECTION PARTNERSHIP INC: $16,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPhilanthropy Southeast Inc: $16,330 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DALTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS GEORGIA INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCROSS PLAINS COMMUNITY PARTNER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAtlanta Speech School Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITFIELD HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDALTONS GREATER WORKS: $9,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetDalton Organization of Churches United for People: $8,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetGeorgia Foundation for Early Care and Learning Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHITFIELD-MURRAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetNORTHWEST GEORGIA HEALTHCARE PARTNERSHIP: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARY CAMERON ROBINSON FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWINNER'S CLUB OF CALHOUN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetJunior Achievement of Georgia: $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.

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 Foundat…White Family Foundati…Kenneth E Boring Char…Georgia Power Foundat…Helen and Harry Saul …Mohawk Carpet Foundat…Chattanooga Christian…The Jack and Aggie Ba…The Community Foundat…The Anita and Julian …The Community Foundat…North Georgia Electri…
The Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia IncGA46.5× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia Inc · White Family Foundation Inc · Kenneth E Boring Charitable Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Helen and Harry Saul Foundation · Mohawk Carpet Foundation Inc · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · The Jack and Aggie Bandy Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Anita and Julian Saul Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc · North Georgia Electric Membership 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 The Anna Sue and Bob Shaw Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Anna Sue and Bob Shaw Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%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
    1get no government money at all
    14report 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

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    How do I get to The Anna Sue and Bob Shaw Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Anna Sue and Bob Shaw Foundation 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 76 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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