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The J Tucker Foundation at a glance

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The J Tucker 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.

$70k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$236kHealth$56kReligion$24kPhilanthropy$20kArts & Culture$13kYouth Development$12kHuman Services$7kFood & Nutrition$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $52k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$5k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GEORGIA ALZHEIMERS FOUNDATION INC$25,000
THE TOUCHDOWN CLUB OF ATHENS INC$16,500
EAST LAKE FOUNDATION$10,000
WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
THE SAMUEL L ASBURY FOUNDATION$4,000
THE CINDY PLATT BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY$2,000
THE MISS MACON SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION INC$1,500
SHEPARD CENTER$1,000
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 (FY20–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GRATEFUL AMERICANS CHARITY: $1k → 9%SHARE THE MAGIC FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 13%SHARE THE MAGIC FOUNDATION INC: $500 → 13%CHRIS 180: $1k → 14%ATLANTA MISSION: $1k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
NY
PA
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
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.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$181k · 14 repeat orgs$199k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
25

Total granted

$181k
$189k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+12%

Still filing today

64%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
PhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TT
    THE TOUCHDOWN CLUB OF ATHENS INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $67k · revenue +39%
  • CO
    CITY OF REFUGE
    3× · 2021–2023 · $13k · revenue +68%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BREVARD TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $7k · revenue +154%

Funded once

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $130k · revenue +43%
  • CF
    C F FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -3%
  • PC
    Peachtree Christian Church Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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 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
3
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc

Atlanta is #1 for income inequality in the nation. as such, the needs in our community are pressing and we need to move with the urgency of now to address those needs. the community foundation has unequivocally embraced equity as our #1…

Philanthropy
4
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
5
Georgia Alliance for Breast Cancer F/K/a It's the Journey

Georgia alliance for breast cancer mission is to engage with georgia's breast cancer community to increase access to care and reduce disparities in cancer outcomes.

Health
6
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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7
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
8
Acfb Support Organization Inc

Acfb support organization, inc., is operated exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes and/or activities of atlanta community food bank, inc., a georgia nonprofit corporation.

Food & Nutrition
9
Acfb Charitable Investments Inc

Acfb charitable investments, inc., is operated exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes and/or activities of atlanta community food bank, inc., a georgia nonprofit corporation.

Food & Nutrition
10
Atlanta Association of Legal Administrators Foundation Inc
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11
Georgia United Credit Union Foundation Inc

Focused on the lives of families in the communities served by Georgia United Credit Union

Education
12
Cobb County Chamber of Commerce Inc

To strengthen the economy, promote the community, build solid relationships and promote quality service in the cobb county, georgia area.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Light Up the Corners 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
20/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $130,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATIONTHE TOUCHDOWN CLUB OF ATHENS INC: $66,500 · EducationTHE TOUCHDOWN CLUB OF ATHENS INC+1 more: $2,500 · EducationEAST LAKE FOUNDATIONINC: $30,950 · PhilanthropyEAST LAKE FOUND…C F FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyC F FOUNDATION …Davis Love III Foundation: $2,800 · PhilanthropyDavis Love III …+2 more: $2,500 · PhilanthropyCARON TREATMENT SERVICES: $15,250 · OtherCARON TREATMENT SE…Peachtree Christian Church Foundation Inc: $10,000 · OtherPeachtree Christia…Individual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant r…THE MISS MACON SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION INC: $4,600 · OtherTHE MISS MACON SCH…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO ATLANTA CORPORATE OFFICE: $3,000 · OtherHELPING CORTL REDWOOD CITY: $2,500 · OtherFeeding America: $2,500 · Other+18 more: $19,540 · Other+18 moreGEORGIA ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION INC: $26,250 · HealthGEORGIA AL…The Samuel L Asbury Foundation Inc: $6,000 · HealthThe Samuel…CURESEARCH FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER: $2,625 · HealthCURESEARCH…SHEPHERD CENTER INC: $2,000 · HealthSHEPHERD C…CITY OF REFUGE: $13,000 · ReligionFernbank Inc: $5,000 · Arts & CultureROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTA BALLET INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BREVARD TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY INC: $7,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOOL GIRLS INC: $1,000 · Youth Development
Education$199,000Philanthropy$51,250Other$62,390Health$36,875Religion$13,000Arts & Culture$12,500Youth Development$8,000

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 budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $130,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TOUCHDOWN CLUB OF ATHENS INC: $66,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetEAST LAKE FOUNDATIONINC: $30,950 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGEORGIA ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION INC: $26,250 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetC F FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITY OF REFUGE: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BREVARD TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Samuel L Asbury Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetFernbank Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDavis Love III Foundation: $2,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCURESEARCH FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER: $2,625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA BALLET INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH ATLANTA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNational Law Enforcement and Firefighters Childrens Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMACON CIVIC CLUB INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE THE MAGIC FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL GEORGIA INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHRIS 180 INC: $1,236 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $1,035 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSoccer In the Streets Inc: $1,029 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRATEFUL AMERICANS CHARITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHT UP THE CORNERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCOOL GIRLS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRAINBOW VILLAGE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANGEL FLIGHT SOARS INC: $250 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…The Imlay Foundation …Georgia Power Foundat…The Zeist Foundation …Jewish Federation of …Tw Price Gilbert Jr C…The Sartain Lanier Fa…Tw Marian W Ottley At…Southern Company Gas …The Waterfall Foundat…Tr Uw Charles I BrananRaymond James Charita…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA21.7× affinity9 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 · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Zeist Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · Tw Price Gilbert Jr Charitable Fund · The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Inc · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · Southern Company Gas Charitable Foundation Inc · The Waterfall Foundation Inc · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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 Tucker Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The J Tucker Foundation. 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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