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The Jim and Billie Ellis Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Jim and Billie Ellis Foundation Inc

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.

$1.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0184% 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$4.4MReligion$3.2MHealth$1.4MHousing & Shelter$505kEducation$453kFood & Nutrition$164kRecreation & Sports$49kYouth Development$42kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $150k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$50,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WELLSPRING LIVING$300,000
MY BROTHER'S KEEPER$225,000
ATLANTA MISSION$150,000
Individual grant recipient$127,000
EAGLE RANCH$125,000
NORTH GWINNETT CO-OP$100,000
SALVATION ARMY$100,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE MINISTRIES$100,000
EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$100,000
HOME REPAIRS MINISTRIES$75,000
PANTRY AT HAMILTON MILL$58,500
GOOD SAMARITAN$50,000
FAMILIES 4 FAMILIES$50,000
COMMUNITY FRIENDSHIP INC$50,000
GMC FOUNDATION$50,000
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 (FY17–25, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%TURNER FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY ADVOCACY: $20k → 4%LIFT UP ATLANTA: $40k → 8%FAMILIES 4 FAMILIES: $50k → 11%TURNER FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY ADVOCACY: $4k → 4%NORTH GWINNETT CO-OP: $170k → 9%NORTH GWINNETT CO-OP: $100k → 9%ATLANTA MISSION: $150k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $150k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $150k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $100k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $100k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $100k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $50k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $50k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $50k → 13%CROSSROADS COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $10k → 13%CROSSROADS COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $10k → 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.
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 34 repeat orgs$654k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
13

Total granted

$10M
$238k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
0%

Still filing today

53%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $416k 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
ReligionHuman ServicesHealthEducationFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • WL
    Wellspring Living Inc
    8× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +78%
  • AU
    ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $900k · revenue +21%
  • EAGLE RANCH INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $705k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • LE
    LETTUM EAT INC
    one grant, 2024 · $65k · revenue 0% · 27% of their budget
  • GH
    GWINNETT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • IW
    I WILL SURVIVE INC
    one grant, 2018 · $26k · revenue -28%
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
Intown Collaborative Ministries Inc

The mission of Intown Cares is to prevent and reverse homelessness and hunger in Intown Atlanta. We envision a thriving community equipped to provide prompt and effective support for those experiencing homelessness and hunger. Our work is…

Human Services
2
Life House Atlanta Inc
Human Services
3
Hope Atlanta Inc

Hope atlanta seeks to help georgians avoid homelessness and hunger through a comprehensive approach that equips them with the tools for lifelong stability.our vision is to end hunger and homelessness for every georgian.

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4
Augusta Rescue Mission

Rebuilding lives in christ - we are a faith-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that shelters homeless men and provides them with food, clothing and life-skills training. the mission provides the assistance to them at no cost and we…

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5
Marketplace Leaders Ministries Inc

Provide spiritual encouragement to men and women in the workplace.

Religion
6
Cumming Home Ministries Inc

Support and sponsor those experiencing hopelessness and homelessness, through residential rehabilitation, recovery and treatment programs, Christian-based spiritual mentopring and counseling, life skills training and resources infused with…

Housing & Shelter
7
Hope Thru Soap Inc

Providing showers, clothing and a meal for the homeless population in and around atlanta.

Community Improvement
8
Lilburn Cooperative Ministry Inc

The organization provides food, clothing, household goods, and financial assistance to individuals and families in need who reside in the Lilburn, Stone Mountain, and Tucker areas of Gwinnett County, Georgia

Human Services
9
United Community Ministries Inc

Providing food & shelter to the homeless and transitioning the homeless toward permanent independence in housing.

Human Services
10
Atlfamilymeal Inc

Atlfamilymeal inc.'s mission is to feed, nourish and support hospitality workers and their families experiencing hunger and joblessness in the metro atlanta community.

Food & Nutrition
11
House of Mercy Incorporated

To provide food, clothing, and shelter to homeless and abandoned individuals and families

—
12
Loaves and Fishes Ministry

Provide supportive services for the working poor and homeless population in the middle georgia area

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Smasherson 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 54 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
20/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MY BROTHER'S KEEPER: $1,864,000 · OtherMY BROTHER'S KEEPERSAMARITAN'S PURSE MINISTRIES: $1,130,000 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSE MINISTRIESGWINNETT MEDICAL CENTER: $593,000 · OtherGWINNETT MEDICAL CENTERTHE SALVATION ARMY: $575,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYGOOD SAMARITAN: $500,000 · OtherGOOD SAMARITANMENTAL HEALTH ASSN IN IRC INC: $500,000 · OtherMENTAL HEALTH ASSN IN IRC INCIndividual grant recipient: $274,000 · Other+24 more: $1,059,900 · Other+24 moreWellspring Living Inc: $1,050,000 · ReligionWellspring Li…ALLIANCE FOR CHRISTIAN MEDIA INC: $90,000 · ReligionALLIANCE FOR …HOME REPAIRS MINISTRIES INC: $75,000 · ReligionHOME REPAIRS …KWM WORLD OUTREACH INC: $45,000 · Religion+3 more: $80,500 · Religion+3 moreATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $900,000 · Human ServicesATLANTA UNION…NORTH GWINNETT COOPERATIVE INC: $270,000 · Human ServicesNORTH GWINNET…FAMILIES 4 FAMILIES: $50,000 · Human Services+3 more: $84,000 · Human Services+3 moreEAGLE RANCH INC: $705,000 · HealthEAGLE RAN…COMMUNITY FRIENDSHIP INC: $220,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY…+2 more: $41,000 · HealthEmory University: $350,000 · EducationHOPE Inc Helping Other People be Empowered: $83,341 · EducationRAINBOW VILLAGE INC: $200,000 · Housing & ShelterAMERICAN CARIBBEAN EXPERIENCE INC: $165,000 · InternationalLETTUM EAT INC: $65,000 · Food & NutritionThe Pantry at Hamilton Mill Inc: $58,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$6,495,900Religion$1,340,500Human Services$1,304,000Health$966,000Education$433,341Housing & Shelter$200,000International$165,000Food & Nutrition$123,500

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 budgetWellspring Living Inc: $1,050,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $900,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetEAGLE RANCH INC: $705,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSN IN IRC INC: $500,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetEmory University: $350,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FRIENDSHIP INC: $220,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetRAINBOW VILLAGE INC: $200,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetAMERICAN CARIBBEAN EXPERIENCE INC: $165,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHRISTIAN MEDIA INC: $90,000 over 4y, 9.9% of budgetHOPE Inc Helping Other People be Empowered: $83,341 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetTHE MAILBOX CLUB INC: $80,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetLETTUM EAT INC: $65,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetKWM WORLD OUTREACH INC: $45,000 over 7y, 16% of budgetHOSEA FEED THE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS INC: $40,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetLift Up Atlanta Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetI WILL SURVIVE INC: $26,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetTURNER FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY ADVOCACY INC: $24,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetCrossroads Community Ministries Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFRONTLINE RESPONSE INTERNATIONAL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBUCKHEAD CHRISTIAN MINISTRY INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLITERACY ACTION INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.4% 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 Wellspring Living Inc ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds EAGLE RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH ASSN IN IRC INC ↗
  • Who funds Emory University ↗
  • Who funds NORTH GWINNETT COOPERATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FRIENDSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds RAINBOW VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CARIBBEAN EXPERIENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHRISTIAN MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE Inc Helping Other People be Empowered ↗
  • Who funds THE MAILBOX CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds HOME REPAIRS MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds LETTUM EAT INC ↗
  • Who funds The Pantry at Hamilton Mill Inc ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES 4 FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds KWM WORLD OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds HOSEA FEED THE HUNGRY AND HOMELESS INC ↗
  • Who funds Lift Up Atlanta Inc ↗
  • Who funds I WILL SURVIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds TURNER FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY ADVOCACY INC ↗
  • Who funds Crossroads Community Ministries Inc ↗

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…Tr Uw Charles I BrananUnited Way of Greater…Tuw Thomas H PittsCommunity Foundation …Georgia Power Foundat…Waffle House Foundati…Atlanta Community Foo…Ryan Ida Alice Tuw Ma…Tull Charitable Found…The Scott Hudgens Fam…Jackson Emc Foundatio…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA22.9× affinity10 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 · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · Tuw Thomas H Pitts · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Waffle House Foundation Inc · Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc · Ryan Ida Alice Tuw Main · Tull Charitable Foundation Inc · The Scott Hudgens Family Foundation Inc · Jackson Emc Foundation Inc Attn Amy Rouse

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 Jim and Billie Ellis Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jim and Billie Ellis Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s 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 · 0–25%
    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 54 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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