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The Florence Harry English Mem Fund at a glance

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The Florence Harry English Mem Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$926k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.3MCommunity Improvement$1.1MEducation$843kHealth$379kScience & Tech$300kEnvironment$265kRecreation & Sports$250kHuman Services$190kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $655k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$55,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND$250,000
GREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FDN INC$200,000
WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER$200,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GEORGIA$100,000
HOPE ATLANTA$55,000
YOUTH VILLAGES GEORGIA$50,000
CHASTAIN PARK CONSERVANCY$50,000
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ATLANTA$20,000
GEORGIA JUSTICE PROJECT$1,459
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $397k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MUST MINISTRIES: $27k → 8%KATE'S CLUB: $100k → 14%WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND: $250k → 13%MEALS ON WHEELS ATLANTA: $20k → 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.

22%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 3 repeat orgs$4.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +107% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
38

Total granted

$1.1M
$3.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+107%
+3%

Still filing today

67%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $726k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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

  • RW
    ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +62%
  • GC
    GEORGIA CORPORATION FOR ECONOMIC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $100k
  • EC
    ETHOS CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $20k · revenue +107%

Funded once

  • HJ
    HERMAN J RUSSELL CENTER FOR INNOVATION
    one grant, 2023 · $300k
  • TA
    THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC
    one grant, 2024 · $250k · revenue 0%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $250k · revenue +46%
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
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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2
Atlanta Association of Legal Administrators Foundation Inc
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3
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
4
Savannah College of Art and DesignInc

Scad prepares talented students for creative professions through engaged teaching and learning in a positively oriented university environment.

Education
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
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…

Community Improvement
7
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
8
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
9
Atlanta Beltline Partnership Inc

The organization fulfills, protects and preserves the atlanta beltline vision by raising funds and building partnerships that enable the project, engage the public and empower the residents of surrounding neighborhoods.

Arts & Culture
10
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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11
Hands on Atlanta Inc

We mobilize the Atlanta community to tackle our city's most pressing needs.

Philanthropy
12
Leadership Atlanta Inc

It is the mission of leadership atlanta to build a better community for everyone in the atlanta region through education about the key issues facing the region and inspiring members and others to take on and exercise real leadership…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Trees Atlanta Inc; the most unlike its peers is Corners Outreach Llc. 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

41 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. 41 of the 50 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
22/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HERMAN J RUSSELL CENTER FOR INNOVATION: $300,000 · OtherHERMAN J RUSSELL CENTER FOR INNOVATIONBELTLINE PARTNERSHIP INC: $250,000 · OtherBELTLINE PARTNERSHIP INCHOLY INNOCENTS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL INC: $200,000 · OtherHOLY INNOCENTS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL INCGEORGIA CORPORATION FOR ECONOMIC: $100,000 · OtherNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND: $100,000 · OtherPARK PRIDE INC: $150,000 · OtherPARK PRIDE INCATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · OtherJunior Achievement of Georgia: $100,000 · Other+21 more: $683,145 · Other+21 moreROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $1,025,000 · Arts & CultureROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CEN…ATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY…THE ATLANTA OPERA INC: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $45,000 · Arts & CultureTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $250,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSIT…WOODWARD ACADEMY INC: $168,473 · EducationWOODWARD ACAD…MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $100,000 · EducationMOREHOUSE SCH…BERRY COLLEGE INC: $75,000 · EducationBERRY COLLEGE…+1 more: $20,000 · EducationGREATER ATLANTA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER AT…THE GRADY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $194,706 · PhilanthropyTHE GRADY …JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FED…WESTSIDE FUTURE FUND INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesWESTSIDE …KATE'S CLUB INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesKATE'S CL…Mary Hall Freedom Village Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesMary Hall…Must Ministries Inc: $26,647 · Human ServicesMust Mini…Meals on Wheels Atlanta Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $250,000 · EnvironmentTREES ATLANTA INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentSWEET AUBURN WORKS: $250,000 · Community Improvement
Other$1,983,145Arts & Culture$1,220,000Education$613,473Philanthropy$494,706Human Services$446,647Environment$265,000Community Improvement$250,000

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 budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $1,025,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GRADY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $194,706 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWOODWARD ACADEMY INC: $168,473 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPARK PRIDE INC: $150,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetKATE'S CLUB INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetJunior Achievement of Georgia: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBERRY COLLEGE INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC: $59,580 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHOPE ATLANTA INC: $55,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHistoric Oakland Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE ATLANTA OPERA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHASTAIN HORSE PARK LTD: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAgnes Scott College: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE GEORGIA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMary Hall Freedom Village Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCANTERBURY COURT INC: $30,106 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMust Ministries Inc: $26,647 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLaAmistad Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Extension Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA BALLET INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCORNERS OUTREACH LLC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetETHOS CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMeals on Wheels Atlanta Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ATLANTA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTREES ATLANTA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $14,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEaster Seals North Georgia Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPREFACE PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 46% of budgetCOMMON MARKET GEORGIA INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetGEORGIA JUSTICE PROJECT INC: $1,459 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.

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…Georgia Power Foundat…Tull Charitable Found…Tw Marian W Ottley At…The Arthur M Blank Fa…Fraser-Parker Foundat…J Bulow Campbell Foun…The Waterfall Foundat…The Imlay Foundation …The Zeist Foundation …Jewish Federation of …John H & Wilhelmina D…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA34.6× affinity16 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 · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Tull Charitable Foundation Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Fraser-Parker Foundation · J Bulow Campbell Foundation · The Waterfall Foundation Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · The Zeist Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · 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 Florence Harry English Mem Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Florence Harry English Mem Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%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
    14report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Florence Harry English Mem Fund?

    Find your warmest path to The Florence Harry English Mem Fund 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 50 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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