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The Hodge Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$252k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$921kHousing & Shelter$390kEducation$346kArts & Culture$161kYouth Development$136kPhilanthropy$101kHealth$76kFood & Nutrition$45kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $137k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HODGE MEMORIAL DAY CARE C$99,900
CHATHAM SAVANNAH AUTHORITY HOMELESS$40,000
EAST SAVANNAH UNITED$25,000
HOSPICE SAVANNAH INC$25,000
SAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC$25,000
FRANK CALLEN BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$12,000
SAFE SHELTER$10,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTH GA$5,000
COASTAL GEORGIA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS$5,000
WILDERNESS SOUTHEAST$5,000
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 (FY19–25, $205k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%EAST SAVANNAH UNITED: $25k → 16%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $25k → 16%EAST SAVANNAH UNITED: $25k → 16%EAST SAVANNAH UNITED INC: $25k → 16%HOSPICE SAVANNAH INC: $25k → 16%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SAVANNA: $50k → 16%CHATHAM SAVANNAH AUTHORITY FOR THE: $30k → 16%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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 21 repeat orgs$314k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +71% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
18

Total granted

$1.8M
$244k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+71%
+1%

Still filing today

81%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k 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 & CultureHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalHealthOther
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

  • UM
    UNION MISSION INC
    2× · 2018–2021 · $245k · revenue +94%
  • TS
    THE SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC
    3× · 2019–2024 · $206k · revenue +105%
  • SC
    Savannah College of Art and DesignInc
    2× · 2018–2022 · $102k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • WC
    WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
  • CA
    CHATHAM-SAVANNAH AUTHORITY FOR THE HOMELESSgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +55%
  • SC
    SENIOR CITIZENS INC
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +24%
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
The Creative Coast Inc

To nurture the members of the savannah community engaged in creative or innovative endeavors and to cultivate an environment in which they can thrive.

Community Improvement
2
Housing Savannah Inc

To raise awareness and support the affordable and workforce housing initiatives in the greater savannah/chatham county area.

Housing & Shelter
3
Community Housing Services Agency Inc

As a community development financial institution ("cdfi"), and administrators of the savannah affordable housing fund ("sahf"), chsa provides financing and technical assistance to individuals and businesses. (continued at schedule…

Housing & Shelter
4
Inner City Night Shelter Inc

A non-profit corporation that provides shelter for homeless men and women in savannah, georgia.

Housing & Shelter
5
Savannah Harbor Foundation Inc

The organizations was founded in 2001 to support local childrens charities and to present family-oriented community events. the foundation was began as a response to the 9/11 tragedy with the goal of bringing feel-good, family-friendly,…

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6
Savannah Volunteer Fire Company

Volunteer fire & emergency services to protect the community.

Public Safety & Disaster
7
Savannah Museum of African Art Inc
Arts & Culture
8
The Savannah Book Festival Inc

The savannah book festival is an annual event, free and open to the public, in celebration of the written work and its role in improving the human experience. our mission is to promote reading, writing, and civil conversation.

Education
9
United Ministries of Savannah Inc

To collaborate with savannahs faith-based community to provide healthy meals, emergency services and other assistance to the homeless and near-homeless in the savannah/chatham county area.

Food & Nutrition
10
Savannah Association for the Blind

The organization provides prevocational and rehabilitation services that are designed to maximize the ability of blind and visually impaired individuals to live independently.

Health
11
South Carolina Network of Children's Advocacy Centers

Empowering south carolina communities and children's advocacy centers to deliver a best practice response to child abuse

Youth Development
12
Crime Stoppers of Savannah-Chatham County Inc

Crime stoppers allows people an opportunity to provide information on crime and criminals anonymously.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Senior Citizens Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Matthew Reardon Center for Autism 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

30 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. 30 of the 43 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/30
Grantees still filing
21/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HODGE MEMORIAL DAY CARE C: $777,900 · OtherHODGE MEMORIAL DAY CARE CTHE SAVANNAH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $96,233 · OtherTHE SAVANNAH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCDEEP: $52,210 · OtherCHATHAM SAVANNAH AUTHORITY HOMELESS: $40,000 · Other+16 more: $185,400 · Other+16 moreTHE SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC: $206,000 · EducationTHE SAVANNAH CLA…Savannah College of Art and DesignInc: $102,000 · EducationSavannah College…SAVANNAH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $12,500 · Education+1 more: $2,500 · EducationUNION MISSION INC: $244,620 · Housing & ShelterUNION MISSIO…EAST SAVANNAH UNITED INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesEAST SAVANNA…WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesWESLEY COMMU…SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC: $35,700 · Human ServicesSAFE SHELTER…CHATHAM-SAVANNAH AUTHORITY FOR THE HOMELESS: $30,000 · Human ServicesCHATHAM-SAVA…HOSPICE SAVANNAH INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE SAVA…SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR CITIZ…SAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC CORPORATION: $62,500 · Arts & CultureSAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVALINC: $32,500 · Arts & CultureMOUNTAINFILM: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTELFAIR MUSEUM OF ART INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureLOOP IT UP SAVANNAH INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSAVANNAH CHILDREN'S CHOIR INC: $11,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureELEVATE SAVANNAH: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRANK CALLEN BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $34,500 · Youth DevelopmentURBAN HOPE INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOASTAL CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $13,000 · Crime & LegalHEADS-UP GUIDANCE SERVICES INC: $11,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,151,743Education$323,000Housing & Shelter$244,620Human Services$240,700Arts & Culture$161,000Youth Development$94,500Crime & Legal$24,000

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 budgetUNION MISSION INC: $244,620 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetTHE SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC: $206,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetSavannah College of Art and DesignInc: $102,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAVANNAH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $96,233 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetEAST SAVANNAH UNITED INC: $75,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetSAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC CORPORATION: $62,500 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetELEVATE SAVANNAH: $50,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetWESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC: $35,700 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetFRANK CALLEN BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $34,500 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetSAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVALINC: $32,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCHATHAM-SAVANNAH AUTHORITY FOR THE HOMELESS: $30,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPARK PLACE OUTREACHINC: $27,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetHOSPICE SAVANNAH INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMOUNTAINFILM: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GEORGIA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTELFAIR MUSEUM OF ART INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEDBANK FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetLOOP IT UP SAVANNAH INC: $15,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetCOASTAL CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $13,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSAVANNAH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAVANNAH CHILDREN'S CHOIR INC: $11,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetHEADS-UP GUIDANCE SERVICES INC: $11,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetSAVANNAH EARLY CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSAVANNAH VOLUNTEER DENTAL CLINIC INC: $7,500 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetCOASTAL JAZZ ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE MATTHEW REARDON CENTER FOR AUTISM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKIDS & PROS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% 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 Savannah Communit…Colonial Foundation I…United Way of the Coa…The Savannah Benevole…Georgia Power Foundat…John G Kennedy Founda…International Paper C…Courtney Knight Gaine…Johanna Anderson True…Savannah Jewish Counc…Tr Uw Charles I BrananTruist Foundation Inc
The Savannah Community Foundation IncGA57.5× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Savannah Community Foundation Inc · Colonial Foundation Inc · United Way of the Coastal Empire · The Savannah Benevolent Association · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · John G Kennedy Foundation Inc · International Paper Company Foundation · Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation · Johanna Anderson Trueblood Foundation Inc · Savannah Jewish Council Inc Dba Savannah Jewish Federation · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · Truist Foundation Inc

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 Hodge Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hodge Foundation Inc. 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%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 Hodge Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Hodge 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 43 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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