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The Douglas a Duncan Foundationinc Douglas a Duncan

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.

$19k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
Largest
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$64kAnimals$42kHealth$29kReligion$21kYouth Development$20kScience & Tech$18kFood & Nutrition$10kHuman Services$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,850
Median grant
1
States reached
$4k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ATLANTA HUMANE SOCIETY$7,500
THE LOVETT SCHOOL$5,850
PEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$5,304
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 (FY19–19, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%DRESS FOR SUCCESS: $2k → 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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$151k · 7 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
18

Total granted

$151k
$76k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+29%

Still filing today

71%
28%

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
AnimalsEducationHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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

  • AH
    Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc
    4× · 2017–2024 · $40k · revenue +40%
  • TL
    THE LOVETT SCHOOL INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $32k · revenue +54%
  • WA
    WOODWARD ACADEMY INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $27k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • GC
    GA CAMPAIGN FOR ADOLESCENT POWER
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
  • CP
    CAPTAIN PLANET FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $18k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $12k
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
Remedy Pet Care Inc

The charitable mission of Remedy Pet Care ("Remedy") is to make high-quality, compassionate veterinary care accessible and affordable for all pets by providing care at cost. Remedy exists to keep pets in their homes by removing financial…

Animals
2
Southeastern Guide Dogs Endowment Trust

To support the Operating Organization - Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc. DBA Dogs Inc

Health
3
Forsyth Country Day School Inc

Forsyth Country Day School is a private, college preparatory independent school for preschool through high school. Students benefit from a challenging academic curriculum, fine and performing arts, competitive athletics, and a wide…

Education
4
Paws Atlanta Incorporated

Paws atlanta, inc. (the "organization") is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) animal welfare organization founded in 1967, originally as the dekalb humane society. it was organized under the laws of georgia and registered a name change with the…

Animals
5
Georgia Advanced Technology Ventures Inc

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively as a supporting organization to and for the benefit of the georgia institute of technology to foster and support education and scientific research and economic development…

Education
6
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
7
Atlanta Counseling Center Inc

Provides psychological evaluation, therapy, education and preventive care to individuals, families and groups.

Health
8
Friends School of Atlanta

The school's mission is to provide challenging academics in a diverse environment, drawing on the quaker testimonies, or values, of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality and stewardship to empower students to go out into the…

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9
Humane Society of South Coastal Georgia Inc

To promote the compassionate treatment of animals in our community through adoption, public spay/neuter services, sheltering and education.

Animals
10
Habitat for Humanity in Atlanta Inc

Atlanta habitat for humanity transforms communities by acting as a catalyst for neighborhood revitalization through education, innovative development, partnerships, and long term relationships with families.

Housing & Shelter
11
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
12
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Murphy-Harpst Children's Centers Inc; the most unlike its peers is Florida Chautauqua 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

10 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. 10 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GA CAMPAIGN FOR ADOLESCENT POWER: $20,000 · OtherGA CAMPAIGN FOR ADOLESCENT POWERCAPTAIN PLANET FOUNDATION: $17,500 · OtherCAPTAIN PLANET FOUNDATIONPEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $15,304 · OtherPEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $12,245 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMAYO CLINIC: $11,300 · OtherMAYO CLINICEMORY UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · OtherHOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherMERCY CARE CHAMBLEE: $5,000 · Other+9 more: $6,395 · Other+9 moreTHE LOVETT SCHOOL INC: $31,850 · EducationTHE LOVETT SCHOOL INCWOODWARD ACADEMY INC: $27,000 · EducationWOODWARD ACADEMY INCAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $39,710 · AnimalsAtlanta Humane Societ…FixGeorgiaPets Inc: $2,500 · AnimalsFixGeorgiaPets IncREINS OF HOPE INC: $15,800 · HealthOPEN HAND ATLANTA INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionDRESS FOR SUCCESS ATLANTA INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesFlorida Chautauqua Inc: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$97,744Education$58,850Animals$42,210Health$15,800Food & Nutrition$10,000Human Services$1,500Arts & Culture$1,000

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 budgetAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $39,710 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LOVETT SCHOOL INC: $31,850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWOODWARD ACADEMY INC: $27,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN HAND ATLANTA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFixGeorgiaPets Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS ATLANTA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFlorida Chautauqua Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMURPHY-HARPST CHILDREN'S CENTERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREENVILLE COUNTY 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.

  • Who funds Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE LOVETT SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds WOODWARD ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds REINS OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds OPEN HAND ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds FixGeorgiaPets Inc ↗
  • Who funds DRESS FOR SUCCESS ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds Florida Chautauqua Inc ↗
  • Who funds MURPHY-HARPST CHILDREN'S CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREENVILLE COUNTY 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.

Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Douglas a Duncan Foundationinc Douglas a Duncan funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Douglas a Duncan Foundationinc Douglas a Duncan. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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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