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The Dudley Litton 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.

$51k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202024.

Religion$109kHuman Services$28kInternational$25kPublic Safety & Disaster$19kEducation$14kHousing & Shelter$8kHealth$7kRecreation & Sports$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$3,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEADING THE WAY$7,000
PEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$6,000
GRANDFATHER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$5,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$4,000
WIEUCA ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH$4,000
SAMARITANS PURSE$4,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$3,000
MUST MINISTRIES$2,500
NORTHSIDE EDUCATION INC$2,014
LIBERTY CLASSICAL SCHOOLS$2,000
HELP THE PERSECUTED$2,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$1,500
PEACHTREE ROAD UNITED METHODIST CHU$1,000
AVERY COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 13% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%WEARS VALLEY RANCH: $1k → 12%WEARS VALLEY RANCH: $750 → 12%MUST MINISTRIES: $3k → 8%MUST MINISTRIES: $3k → 8%MUST MINISTRIES: $3k → 8%MUST MINISTRIES: $2k → 8%MUST MINISTRIES: $2k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$212k · 21 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +42% since the first grant, against -2% for the ones you funded once.

21 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
13

Total granted

$212k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
-2%

Still filing today

29%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionReligionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • MM
    Must Ministries Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $12k · revenue +46%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $8k · revenue +40%
  • NE
    NORTHSIDE EDUCATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $3k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • AH
    ALLEVIATING HUMAN SUFFERING WORLDWI
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • OB
    Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -19%
  • CH
    CHILDRENS HEALTHCARE OF ATL
    one grant, 2021 · $1k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Walnut Grove Christian School

We are a k-12 christian school founded under the following (4) pillars: academics: we provide an amazing accredited academic program utilizing 100% certified teachers. schedule: we provide our students and their families an opportunity on…

Education
2
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
3
Morehouse School of Medicine

Leading the creation and advancement of health equity we exist to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities, increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce, and address primary health care…

Education
4
American Baptist Theological Seminary dba American Baptist College

Is to provide educational opportunities for gifted students who have limited academic experiences and resources but unlimited potential for leadership in society.

Education
5
Dallas Baptist University

The purpose of dallas baptist university is to provide christ-centered quality higher education in the arts, sciences, and professional studies at both the undergraduate and graduate levels to traditional age and adult students in order to…

Education
6
Carson-Newman University

Mission of challenge, nurture, community: carson-newman college offers a christian, liberal arts education in an environment that encourages open intellectual inquiry and deeper spiritual maturity. students receive a personalized education…

Education
7
Brite Divinity School

Brite divinity school educates and inspires people to serve god's diverse world as leaders in churches, the academy, and public life.

Education
8
Portersville Christian School

The mission of portersville christian school is to glorify god by preparing students to serve christ and instilling high standards spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. the school provides a high-quality academic program, a…

Education
9
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

10
Carolina College of Biblical Studies

Carolina college of biblical studies exists to disciple christ-followers, through biblical higher education, for a lifetime of effective servant leadership.

Education
11
Northeastern Seminary

Northeastern seminary strives to be a vibrant source for christian theological formation whose students are formed in a biblical vision of gracious christianity and impact wholeness to the world in an expansive array of vocations and…

Education
12
Truett Mcconnell University Inc

The mission of truett mcconnell university, a georgia baptist university, is to equip students to fulfill the great comission by fostering a christian worldview through a biblically centered education in a family-friendly environment.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation and the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

LEADING THE WAY — $35,000 · OtherLEADING THE WAYTHE SALVATION ARMY — $25,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYPEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $20,250 · OtherPEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHAMERICAN RED CROSS — $18,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSWIEUCA ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH — $17,000 · OtherWIEUCA ROAD BAPTIST CHURCHIndividual grant recipient — $11,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHELP THE PERSECUTED INC — $11,200 · OtherHELP THE PERSECUTED INCDOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS — $10,500 · OtherMISSION TO THE WORLD — $9,000 · OtherAVERY COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $8,000 · Other+17 more — $35,868 · Other+17 moreMust Ministries Inc — $11,500 · Human ServicesWEARS VALLEY RANCH INC — $1,750 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $8,000 · ReligionBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $2,750 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $2,000 · HealthNORTHSIDE EDUCATION INC — $3,014 · EducationBLUEFIELD UNIVERSITY — $750 · EducationOperation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation — $1,500 · InternationalOPEN HAND ATLANTA INC — $1,000 · Food & NutritionDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ATLANTA — $750 · Philanthropy
Other$201,318Human Services$13,250Religion$8,000Health$4,750Education$3,764International$1,500Food & Nutrition$1,000Philanthropy$750

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMust Ministries Inc — $11,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAVERY COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $8,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHSIDE EDUCATION INC — $3,014 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $2,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWEARS VALLEY RANCH INC — $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN HAND ATLANTA INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUEFIELD UNIVERSITY — $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STUDY HALL INC — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Must Ministries Inc
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE
  • Who funds AVERY COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
  • Who funds NORTHSIDE EDUCATION INC
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds WEARS VALLEY RANCH INC
  • Who funds Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation
  • Who funds OPEN HAND ATLANTA INC
  • Who funds BLUEFIELD UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ATLANTA
  • Who funds THE STUDY HALL INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA18.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Dudley Litton Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report 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, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 37 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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