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The J Donald Childress Foundation at a glance

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The J Donald Childress Foundation

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.

$182k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Education$7.1MHealth$1.3MReligion$231kRecreation & Sports$142kPhilanthropy$70kCommunity Improvement$45kHuman Services$25kYouth Development$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $125k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$50,000
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY$25,000
THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS$25,000
LINKS PLAYERS INTERNATIONAL$25,000
VAIL MOUNTAIN SCHOOL$20,000
VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION$10,000
SALVATION ARMY$10,000
THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF METRO ATLANTA$10,000
THE LOVETT SCHOOL$2,500
EASTSIDE HOUSE SETTLEMENT$2,500
THE SCHENCK SCHOOL$2,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $5k → 14%ST JOSEPH HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $10k → 19%CHILDREN'S GARDEN OF LEARNING: $1k → 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

WA
WI
NY
CA
CO
VA
NC
LA
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.1M · 14 repeat orgs$2.8M to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
25

Total granted

$6.1M
$2.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+43%

Still filing today

79%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k 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
EducationRecreation & SportsHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • Washington and Lee University
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.7M · revenue +15%
  • TW
    The Westminster Schools Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +43%
  • KM
    Kipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc
    2× · 2017–2020 · $265k · revenue +225%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ST AUSTIN
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M
  • UA
    UTMD ANDERSON
    one grant, 2019 · $1.0M
  • MD
    M D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $250k
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
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
2
The Philadelphia School

The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.

—
3
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
4
Francis Parker School

To create and inspire a diverse community of independent thinkers whose academic excellence, global perspective, and strength of character prepare them to make a meaningful difference in the world.

Education
5
St Luke's Foundation Inc

An exceptional education that inspires a deep love of learning, a strong moral compass, the commitment to serve, and the confidence to lead.

Education
6
Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School

We engage a diverse community of learners in a collaborative educational experience, preparing them for college success and a lifetime of meaningful engagement with the broader world.

—
7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
Carolina International Prep School

Carolina prep is a school for preschool through primary formed to build a diverse, positive, stimulating learning environment which values excellence in academics, leadership, and service.

Education
9
Presidio Hill School

Presidio hill school is a co-ed k-8 independent, progressive school. learning is collaborative and an active experience with an emphasis on inquiry. students are engaged in their own learning and guided by an expert faculty through a…

Education
10
Augusta Health Care Inc

The mission of augusta health is to strengthen the health and well-being of all people in our communities.

Health
11
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
12
George Fox University

George fox university, a christ centered community, prepares students spiritually, academically, and professionally to think with clarity, act with integrity, and serve with passion.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc; the most unlike its peers is St Joseph Hospice 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

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 45 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
26/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Washington and Lee University: $3,711,500 · EducationWashington and Lee UniversityThe Westminster Schools Inc: $1,645,000 · EducationThe Westminster Schools IncKipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc: $265,000 · Education+6 more: $209,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ST AUSTIN: $1,000,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ST AUSTINUTMD ANDERSON: $1,000,000 · OtherUTMD ANDERSONM D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $250,000 · OtherM D ANDERSON CANCER CENTERFOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE: $200,000 · OtherFOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NOR…PEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $130,000 · Other+17 more: $230,250 · Other+17 moreBobby Jones Golf Course Foundation Inc: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsCHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsPATH FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $3,500 · Recreation & SportsFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $50,000 · PhilanthropyEAGLE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Community ImprovementGROVE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Community ImprovementMemoryCare Inc: $10,000 · HealthNATIONAL PKU ALLIANCE INC: $8,500 · HealthVAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthSTEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $5,000 · HealthLinks Players International Inc: $25,000 · Religion
Education$5,830,500Other$2,810,250Recreation & Sports$142,500Philanthropy$60,000Community Improvement$45,000Health$28,500Religion$25,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWashington and Lee University: $3,711,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc: $1,645,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetKipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc: $265,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE: $200,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBobby Jones Golf Course Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE LOVETT SCHOOL INC: $99,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVAIL MOUNTAIN SCHOOL: $73,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLinks Players International Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTRINITY SCHOOL INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGROVE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPATH FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SCHENCK SCHOOL: $10,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMemoryCare Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL PKU ALLIANCE INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAtlanta Speech School Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Gerard House: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEAST SIDE HOUSE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOS OUTREACH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S GARDEN OF LEARNING: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTSINC: $500 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…Morgan Stanley Global…Fraser-Parker Foundat…The Sartain Lanier Fa…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…The Winston-Salem Fou…Bny Mellon Charitable…Vanguard Charitable E…The Ayco Charitable F…The US Charitable Gif…Natl Christian Charit…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA18.1× affinity7 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 · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fraser-Parker Foundation · The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 J Donald Childress Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The J Donald Childress 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%10%20%30%40%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
0get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 45 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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