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The Griggs Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Griggs Family Foundation Inc

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.

$52k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$140kReligion$116kPublic Benefit$64kHealth$60kYouth Development$37kInternational$34kHuman Services$19kFood & Nutrition$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$675k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$25,000
WILLIAMSTOWN CHRISTIAN CHURCH$10,000
MATTHEW 25 MINISTRIES$10,000
NEW HOPE PREGNANCY CENTER$5,000
STAR 933$1,500
LIVING GOSPEL CHURCH$50
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 (FY17–21, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%NEW DAY RANCH: $2k → 7%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

MN
IL
MI
NY
IN
OH
CT
MO
KY
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
OK
MS
AL
GA
TX
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$284k · 21 repeat orgs$116k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
28

Total granted

$284k
$94k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+32%

Still filing today

33%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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
ReligionHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementEducationCrime & LegalOther
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

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    5× · 2018–2022 · $34k · revenue +163%
  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2019–2021 · $25k · revenue +44%
  • NI
    NCPA INNOVATION CENTER
    2× · 2017–2019 · $17k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • BS
    BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL 438 DAN BEARD
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue -12%
  • AO
    ACADEMY OF INDEPENDENT PHARMACY
    one grant, 2020 · $14k
  • TH
    Terre Haute Boys & Girls Club
    one grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue -16%
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
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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2
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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3
University of Maryland Family Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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4
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
5
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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6
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
7
American Intellectual Property Law Association

The association was formed to maintain a high standard of professional ethics among its members and to aid in the institution of improvements in legal education and to provide information to the public in laws relating to patents,…

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8
University of Maryland Obstetrical Andgynecological Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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9
National Community Pharmacists Association

Ncpa protects and promotes the interests of independent pharmacists whose current and future success is vital to their patients, their communities, and the entire healthcare system.

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10
University of Maryland Dermatologists Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
11
University of Maryland Eye Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
12
University of Maryland Surgical Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Butler Foundation. 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

19 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. 19 of the 53 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DAN BEARD COUNCIL: $60,000 · OtherDAN BEARD COUNCILUNION BAPTIST CHURCH: $49,321 · OtherUNION BAPTIST CHURCHBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL 438 DAN BEARD: $30,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL 438 DAN BEARDFIRST BAPTIST GULF SHORES: $17,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST GULF SHORESACADEMY OF INDEPENDENT PHARMACY: $14,000 · OtherCORNERSTONE CHURCH: $12,500 · OtherNEW HOPE PREGNANCY CENTER: $10,150 · OtherWILLIAMSTOWN CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $10,000 · Other+35 more: $93,422 · Other+35 moreHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $110,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGEDUKE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $33,500 · ReligionAMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC: $4,500 · ReligionNCPA INNOVATION CENTER: $17,000 · Community ImprovementMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $10,000 · InternationalWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesNEW DAY RANCH: $1,500 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC: $3,750 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,000 · Health
Other$296,393Education$135,000Religion$38,000Community Improvement$17,000International$10,000Human Services$7,500Health$5,750

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 budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $110,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $33,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL 438 DAN BEARD: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNCPA INNOVATION CENTER: $17,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR PRACTICAL BIOETHICS INC: $7,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTerre Haute Boys & Girls Club: $5,697 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHOMAS MORE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC: $3,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AOPA FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUTLER FOUNDATION: $1,000 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 HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL 438 DAN BEARD ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NCPA INNOVATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Matthew 25 Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR PRACTICAL BIOETHICS INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Terre Haute Boys & Girls Club ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS MORE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PHARMACIES OF INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE AOPA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Georgia Pharmacy Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW DAY RANCH ↗

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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5× affinity6 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 Griggs Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Griggs Family Foundation Inc. 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%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 Griggs Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Griggs Family Foundation Inc 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 53 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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