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The Dudley Litton Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$47k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$109kHuman Services$28kInternational$25kPublic Safety & Disaster$19kEducation$14kHousing & Shelter$8kHealth$7kRecreation & Sports$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LEADING THE WAY$7,000
PEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$6,000
SAMARITANS PURSE$5,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
WIEUCA ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH$4,000
MUST MINISTRIES$3,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$3,000
NORTHSIDE EDUCATION INC$2,000
LIBERTY CLASSICAL SCHOOLS$2,000
PEACHTREE ROAD UNITED METHODIST CHU$2,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$1,500
GRANDFATHER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,000
ANCHOR CLASS MISSIONS$249
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, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 11% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its 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: $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
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$265k · 23 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
14

Total granted

$265k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
-2%

Still filing today

26%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $249 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 ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionReligionOther
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

  • MM
    Must Ministries Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $15k · revenue +46%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $13k · revenue +40%
  • NE
    NORTHSIDE EDUCATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $5k · 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
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
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
Colorado Christian Academy

Colorado christian academy provides an innovative christ-centered education that prioritizes academic achievements and individual development of the whole child. in relationship with parents, we will build healthy foundations that result…

Education
3
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
4
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
5
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
6
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
7
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
8
Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School

The mission of the atlanta neighborhood charter school (ancs) is to use the principles of the coalition of essential schools to: build an empowered and inclusive community of students,parents, and educators; engage the whole…

Education
9
Tri-State Christian Academy Inc

Our desire is to provide balanced, biblical direction to the child as a support to the home and to train each student to be self-disciplined and biblically directed in their walk with god and their fellow man. it is also our desire to meet…

Education
10
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
11
New Road Missions

We are compelled by god's word to provide security, education and the hope of jesus to children in south africa so they can thrive personally and impact their future families, communities and the kingdom of god.

Religion
12
John Brown University

John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Operation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation; 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 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. 12 of the 38 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LEADING THE WAY: $42,000 · OtherLEADING THE WAYTHE SALVATION ARMY: $30,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYPEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $26,250 · OtherPEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHWIEUCA ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH: $21,000 · OtherWIEUCA ROAD BAPTIST CHURCHAMERICAN RED CROSS: $21,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSIndividual grant recipient: $16,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $12,000 · OtherHELP THE PERSECUTED INC: $11,200 · OtherMISSION TO THE WORLD: $9,000 · OtherAVERY COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $8,000 · Other+18 more: $41,117 · Other+18 moreMust Ministries Inc: $14,500 · Human ServicesWEARS VALLEY RANCH INC: $1,750 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $13,000 · ReligionNORTHSIDE EDUCATION INC: $5,014 · EducationBLUEFIELD UNIVERSITY: $750 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $2,750 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,000 · HealthOperation Blessing International Relief and Development Corporation: $1,500 · InternationalOPEN HAND ATLANTA INC: $1,000 · Food & NutritionDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ATLANTA: $750 · Philanthropy
Other$238,067Human Services$16,250Religion$13,000Education$5,764Health$4,750International$1,500Food & Nutrition$1,000Philanthropy$750

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 budgetMust Ministries Inc: $14,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAVERY COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $8,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHSIDE EDUCATION INC: $5,014 over 3y, 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
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 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 DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ATLANTA ↗
  • Who funds BLUEFIELD UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE STUDY HALL 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.

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

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 Dudley Litton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dudley Litton 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%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, 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 38 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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