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The Griffin Charitable Organization at a glance

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The Griffin Charitable Organization

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.

$123k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Community Improvement$433kArts & Culture$176kHousing & Shelter$170kReligion$108kRecreation & Sports$25kYouth Development$23kHealth$11kPublic Benefit$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $107k
$6,116
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$40,000
Individual grant recipient$30,000
FORT SMITH MUSEUM OF HISTORY$25,000
MAIN STREET FORT SMITH$12,000
CITY OF FORT SMITH$6,116
ADVENTUROUS ALTERNATIVES$5,725
US MARSHAL'S MUSEUM$3,000
FRIENDS OF KITTIES AND KANINES$1,000
SOUTH GULF COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC$500
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 (FY18–22, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%COMMUNITY RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 17%COMMUNITY RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 17%COMMUNITY RESCUE MISSION: $50 → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
AR
NC
DC
OK
FL
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$948k · 24 repeat orgs$79k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
21

Total granted

$948k
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+3%

Still filing today

67%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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

  • RH
    RIVERVIEW HOPE CAMPUS
    3× · 2017–2024 · $169k · revenue +69%
  • FS
    FORT SMITH MUSEUM OF HISTORY
    4× · 2018–2025 · $27k · revenue +170%
  • FS
    FORT SMITH BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS
    2× · 2019–2022 · $23k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • PP
    PARK PARTNERS
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • FU
    FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FORT SMITH
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • NS
    NEXT STEP DAY ROOM INC D/B/A NEXT STEP DAY ROOMgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +84%
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
Fort Smith Chamber Educational Development Foundation Inc

Recruitment of jobs and capital investment in fort smith, ar

Community Improvement
2
Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce

To serve as catalyst for the continual improvement of the quality of life and the economic well-being of the citizens of the fort smith area

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3
Kitties & Kanines Shelter

Our mission is to provide non-lethal solutions to the homeless, abandoned, and feral animal population of fort smith, arkansas. we will do this through re-unifying animals with their owners, adopting animals to new families, or…

Animals
4
Fort Smith Public Schools Found Inc

To enhance the quality of education in the fort smith public schools by providing the necessary funds for programs not otherwise funded by the fort smith public school district.

Philanthropy
5
Fort Smith Public Library Endowment Trust

Funding of library projects.

Philanthropy
6
Fort Smith Children's Emergency Shelter Foundation Inc

To support the activities of the fort smith children's emergency shelter, inc. through education and philanthropic activities.

Human Services
7
University of Ar Ft Smith Foundationinc

To benefit and carry out purposes of the university of arkansas at fort smith

Education
8
Friends of the Historical Museum At Fort Missoula

The friends of the historical museum at fort missoula is organized exclusively for the purpose of aiding and supporting the historical museum at fort missoula to keep missoula's history alive for the enjoyment and education of the public.

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9
Friends of Fort Sill Inc

To promote the historical and educational purposes of the fort sill national historic landmark museum.

Arts & Culture
10
Fort Smith Montessori School Inc

Education of students from three years through eighth grade.

Education
11
Arkansas Air and Military Museum

The mission of the Arkansas Air and Military Museum is to establish and maintain a museum for public display of aircraft, aviation artifacts, and military memorabilia from the earliest period to the present with special attention to items…

Arts & Culture
12
Fort Scott Community College Foundation

To facilitate and encourage gifts to fort scott community college to support the college's mission to provide a higher education to students.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fort Smith Art Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United 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

26 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. 26 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
18/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAIN STREET FORT SMITH: $431,208 · Community ImprovementMAIN STREET FORT SMITH+1 more: $450 · Community ImprovementUNITED STATES MARSHALS MUSEUM: $110,000 · OtherUNITED STATES MARSHALS MUSEUMFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $81,500 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $62,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPARK PARTNERS: $25,000 · OtherPARK PARTNERSFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FORT SMITH: $20,000 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FORT SM…+30 more: $37,641 · Other+30 moreRIVERVIEW HOPE CAMPUS: $169,000 · Housing & ShelterRIVERVIEW HOPE CAM…FORT SMITH MUSEUM OF HISTORY: $27,000 · Arts & CultureUS MARSHALS MUSEUM INC: $19,500 · Arts & CultureFORT SMITH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $6,550 · Arts & CultureFORT SMITH ART CENTER INC: $2,075 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $2,925 · Arts & CultureFORT SMITH BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS: $22,500 · Youth DevelopmentNEXT STEP DAY ROOM INC D/B/A NEXT STEP DAY ROOM: $5,000 · ReligionTHE GREGORY KISTLER TREATMENT CENTER INC: $3,000 · HealthGOOD SAMARITAN CLINIC: $1,200 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 · Health
Community Improvement$431,658Other$336,141Housing & Shelter$169,000Arts & Culture$58,050Youth Development$22,500Religion$5,000Health$4,700

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 budgetMAIN STREET FORT SMITH: $431,208 over 9y, 15% of budgetRIVERVIEW HOPE CAMPUS: $169,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetFORT SMITH MUSEUM OF HISTORY: $27,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetFORT SMITH BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS: $22,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUS MARSHALS MUSEUM INC: $19,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFORT SMITH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $6,550 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNEXT STEP DAY ROOM INC D/B/A NEXT STEP DAY ROOM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF KITTIES AND KANINES INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE GREGORY KISTLER TREATMENT CENTER INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFUTURE SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFORT SMITH ART CENTER INC: $2,075 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN CLINIC: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESCUE MISSION INC: $1,050 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOUNDATION: $875 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCRAWFORD COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHISTORIC PRESERVATION ALLIANCE OF ARKANSAS INC: $550 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTH GULF CO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetXI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF AR: $450 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFORT SMITH HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC: $350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCRAWFORD COUNTY VOLUNTEERS FOR LITERACY: $300 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $100 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.

Arvest FoundationArkansas Community Fo…William Thomas & May …Alline B & Chloe C Da…Elizabeth H & Stanley…Maurras Family Charit…Walter O Caldwell Fou…Robert a & Mary Carle…Doss T Sutton Charita…Windgate Charitable F…Walton Family Foundat…Classic Charitable Fo…
Arvest FoundationAR34.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arvest Foundation · Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · William Thomas & May Pitman Hennessy Foundation · Alline B & Chloe C Davis Charitable Foundation · Elizabeth H & Stanley E Evans Charitable Foundation · Maurras Family Charitable Trust · Walter O Caldwell Foundation · Robert a & Mary Carleton Young Foundation · Doss T Sutton Charitable Foundation Mark Barr and Joe Powers · Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Classic 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 Griffin Charitable Organization funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Griffin Charitable Organization. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 Griffin Charitable Organization?

    Find your warmest path to The Griffin Charitable Organization 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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