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The Ayuda Foundation at a glance

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The Ayuda Foundation

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.

$160
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$60
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$5kArts & Culture$2kCivil Rights$2kHuman Services$2kHealth$450Philanthropy$250Public Safety & Disaster$150International$100Other$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$50
Median grant
2
States reached
$87k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PUBLIC BROADCASTING ATLANTA$60
SPLC SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$50
Center for the Visually Impaired$50
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 (FY17–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $40 → 14%Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta: $100 → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $35 → 14%Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta: $50 → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $25 → 14%Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta: $50 → 13%LATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $350 → 13%Latin American Association: $100 → 13%FAMILIES FIRST: $250 → 13%FAMILIES FIRST: $250 → 13%FAMILIES FIRST: $250 → 13%FAMILIES FIRST: $100 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
CA
KY
MD
DC
AL
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11k · 19 repeat orgs$2k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
5

Total granted

$11k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+13%

Still filing today

84%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesEducationCrime & LegalCivil RightsInternationalOther
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

  • TG
    THE GLOBAL VILLAGE PROJECT INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $2k · revenue +438%
  • AI
    ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2021 · $2k · revenue +23%
  • CU
    COLGATE UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2017–2022 · $700 · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100 · revenue +13%
  • EO
    END OF LIFE CHOICES NY
    one grant, 2020 · $100
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
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
2
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
3
American Arbitration Association Inc

The american arbitration association ("aaa") is dedicated to effective, efficient and economical methods of dispute resolution through education, technology and solutions-oriented service.

Crime & Legal
4
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
5
Spelman College

Spelman college, a historically black college and global leader in the education of women of african descent, is dedicated to the academic excellence of its students.

Education
6
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
7
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
8
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Inc

The corporation is a voluntary association of individuals and organizations the purposes of which are to upgrade and advance the atlanta metropolitan area in population, commerce and finance; to effect civic and social improvements; to…

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9
Association of Clinical Research Professionals

Acrp promotes excellence in clinical research. we support clinical research professionals through training and development, the exchange of ideas and expertise, and certification. we serve as the preferred source for quality tools,…

Health
10
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
11
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
12
International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution Inc

Cprs mission is to harness the insights and experiences of its members to prevent and resolve business disputes.we do this by:(see schedule o)- convening a community of members to generate innovative and best practice resources to prevent…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc; the most unlike its peers is Atlanta Chamber Players 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

18 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. 18 of the 25 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE GLOBAL VILLAGE PROJECT INC: $1,870 · EducationTHE GLOBAL VILLAGE PROJECT INCATLANTA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $1,756 · EducationATLANTA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $700 · EducationCOLGATE UNIVERSITYTHE SCHENCK SCHOOL: $600 · EducationTHE SCHENCK SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientATLANTA CHAMBER PLAYERS INC: $1,000 · OtherATLANTA CHAMBER PLAYERS INCPUBLIC BROADCASTING ATLANTA: $680 · OtherPUBLIC BROADCASTING ATLANTAIndividual grant recipient: $400 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC: $250 · Other+6 more: $590 · Other+6 moreFAMILIES FIRST INC: $850 · Human ServicesFAMILIES FIRS…LATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $450 · Human ServicesLATIN AMERICA…FURNITURE BANK OF METRO ATLANTA INC: $200 · Human ServicesFURNITURE BAN…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRI…+1 more: $50 · Human ServicesERASE RACISM INC: $1,075 · Civil RightsSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $625 · Crime & LegalATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $150 · Crime & LegalTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $250 · PhilanthropyMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100 · International
Education$4,926Other$4,920Human Services$1,650Civil Rights$1,075Crime & Legal$775Philanthropy$250International$100

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 budgetTHE GLOBAL VILLAGE PROJECT INC: $1,870 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $1,756 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetERASE RACISM INC: $1,075 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA CHAMBER PLAYERS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILIES FIRST INC: $850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $625 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SCHENCK SCHOOL: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFURNITURE BANK OF METRO ATLANTA INC: $200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetECOLE BILINGUE DBA ECOLE BILINGUE DE BERKELEY: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $50 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $40 over 2y, 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…The Imlay Foundation …Community Foundation …Tuw Thomas H PittsTr Uw Charles I BrananJewish Federation of …United Way of Greater…John H & Wilhelmina D…Joseph B Whitehead Fo…The Goizueta Foundati…Betty and Davis Fitzg…The Scott Hudgens Fam…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA20.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · Tuw Thomas H Pitts · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · John H & Wilhelmina D Harland Charitable Foundation · Joseph B Whitehead Foundation · The Goizueta Foundation Inc · Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation Inc · The Scott Hudgens Family 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 Ayuda Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ayuda Foundation. 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 25 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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