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The Besse Johnson and George Blanton Allen

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$90k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$159kYouth Development$72kRecreation & Sports$40kCommunity Improvement$30kArts & Culture$30kHuman Services$30kHousing & Shelter$25kInternational$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$15,384
ATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION$10,000
A SQUASH$10,000
THE SALVATION ARMY METRO ATLANTA$7,000
WORLD PEDIATRICS$5,000
WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC$5,000
FAMILY PROMISE OF FULTON COUNTY$5,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF METRO$5,000
THE GRADY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC$5,000
ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER$5,000
ATLANTA MISSION$5,000
CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED$5,000
VISITING NURSE HEALTH SYSTEM$5,000
ATLANTA-FULTON COUNTY ZOO$3,000
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 (FY20–25, $88k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%CHRIS 180: $5k → 14%CHRIS 180: $3k → 14%CHRIS 180: $2k → 14%FAMILY PROMISE OF FULTON COUNTY: $5k → 13%FAMILY PROMISE OF FULTON COUNTY: $5k → 13%FAMILY PROMISE OF FULTON COUNTY: $5k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $15k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $5k → 13%WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $5k → 13%MEALS ON WHEELS ATLANTA: $5k → 13%MEALS ON WHEELS ATLANTA: $3k → 13%WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $5k → 13%WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $5k → 13%WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $5k → 13%FAMILIES FIRST: $5k → 13%WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $5k → 13%WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$412k · 18 repeat orgs$39k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
5

Total granted

$412k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+23%

Still filing today

78%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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

  • WF
    WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +83%
  • AU
    ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION
    2× · 2022–2025 · $20k · revenue +13%
  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE OF FULTON COUNTY INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • FF
    FAMILIES FIRST INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -32%
  • TS
    THE SHELTERING ARMS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -19%
  • AP
    ATLANTA POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUEINCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +125%
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
Piedmont Hospital Inc

To provide healthcare marked by compassion and sustainable excellence in a progressive environment, guided by physicians, delivered by exceptional professionals, and inspired by the communities we serve.

Health
2
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
3
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
4
Hope Atlanta Inc

Hope atlanta seeks to help georgians avoid homelessness and hunger through a comprehensive approach that equips them with the tools for lifelong stability.our vision is to end hunger and homelessness for every georgian.

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5
Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership Inc

To develop, finance, and advocate for affordable housing at scale that promotes racial equity and healthy communities where families thrive.

Housing & Shelter
6
Annandale At Suwanee Inc

To perpetuate a village community to provide progressive life assistance to adults with developmental disabilities so that they can maximize their abilities and maintain their independence in the least restrictive environment.

Health
7
Fayette Community Hospital Inc

To provide healthcare marked by compassion and sustainable excellence in a progressive environment, guided by physicians, delivered by exceptional professionals, and inspired by the communities we serve.

Health
8
Atlfamilymeal Inc

Atlfamilymeal inc.'s mission is to feed, nourish and support hospitality workers and their families experiencing hunger and joblessness in the metro atlanta community.

Food & Nutrition
9
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc

ACP is a group committed to identifying and providing leadership on selected issues important to driving the economic development of the city of Atlanta and for which the ACP's active involvement will make a major difference. The ACP has a…

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10
Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc

Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc. (the Organization) is a nonprofit organization which strengthens and supports court-sanctioned, affiliate CASA programs that empower community volunteers who advocate for abused or neglected…

Civil Rights
11
Piedmont Henry Hospital Inc

To provide healthcare marked by compassion and sustainable excellence in a progressive environment, guided by physicians, delivered by exceptional professionals, and inspired by the communities we serve.

Health
12
Acfb Support Organization Inc

Acfb support organization, inc., is operated exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes and/or activities of atlanta community food bank, inc., a georgia nonprofit corporation.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Childspring International 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

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 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)
21/21
Grantees still filing
11/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

A SQUASH: $45,000 · OtherA SQUASHTHE SALVATION ARMY METRO ATLANTA: $32,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY METRO ATLANTABIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF METRO: $30,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF METROCHILDSPRING INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 · OtherCHILDSPRING INTERNATIONAL INCWORLD PEDIATRICS: $12,500 · OtherWORLD PEDIATRICSCENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC: $10,000 · OtherCENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED INCOUR HOUSE INC: $10,000 · OtherOUR HOUSE INC+1 more: $5,000 · OtherPiedmont Healthcare Foundation Inc: $97,321 · HealthPiedmont Healthcare Foundation …VISITING NURSE HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $10,500 · HealthVISITING NURSE HEALTH SYSTEM IN…METRO ATLANTA RECOVERY RESIDENCES INC: $10,000 · HealthMETRO ATLANTA RECOVERY RESIDENC…CANTERBURY COURT INC: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $4,000 · HealthWESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesWESTSIDE FUTURE FUND …ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesATLANTA UNION MISSION…FAMILY PROMISE OF FULTON COUNTY INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF FUL…CHRIS 180 INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCHRIS 180 INCMeals on Wheels Atlanta Inc: $7,500 · Human ServicesMeals on Wheels Atlan…FAMILIES FIRST INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesFAMILIES FIRST INCATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalTRUANCY INTERVENTION PROJECT GEORGIA: $10,000 · Crime & LegalATLANTA FULTON COUNTY ZOO INC: $12,000 · AnimalsATLANTA POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUEINC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE GRADY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$164,500Health$126,821Human Services$87,500Arts & Culture$30,000Crime & Legal$20,000Animals$12,000Youth Development$5,000Philanthropy$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPiedmont Healthcare Foundation Inc: $97,321 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDSPRING INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF FULTON COUNTY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetATLANTA FULTON COUNTY ZOO INC: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVISITING NURSE HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMETRO ATLANTA RECOVERY RESIDENCES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRUANCY INTERVENTION PROJECT GEORGIA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHRIS 180 INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOUR HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels Atlanta Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILIES FIRST INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHELTERING ARMS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUEINC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetCANTERBURY COURT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNSHINE ON A RANNEY DAY INCORPORATED: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Atl Fdn-W Peters MainThe Community Foundat…Ryan Ida Alice Tuw Ma…Tr Uw Charles I BrananTuw Thomas H PittsThe Imlay Foundation …The Scott Hudgens Fam…United Way of Greater…Virgil P Warren Fdn T…The Rich Foundation I…Tw Price Gilbert Jr C…John H & Wilhelmina D…
Atl Fdn-W Peters MainMO26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Ryan Ida Alice Tuw Main · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · Tuw Thomas H Pitts · The Imlay Foundation Inc · The Scott Hudgens Family Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · Virgil P Warren Fdn Tr Ua · The Rich Foundation Inc · Tw Price Gilbert Jr Charitable Fund · John H & Wilhelmina D Harland Charitable 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 Besse Johnson and George Blanton Allen funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Besse Johnson and George Blanton Allen. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    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
    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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    How do I get to The Besse Johnson and George Blanton Allen?

    Find your warmest path to The Besse Johnson and George Blanton Allen 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 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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