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The Karl G Estes Foundation Bruce Orr Karen Orr Caroline May Ttees

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.

$24k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$178kHealth$129kPhilanthropy$121kRecreation & Sports$45kHuman Services$26kEducation$15kAnimals$8k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$818k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JIM & TABITHA FURYK FOUNDATION$8,250
MALIVAI WASHINGTON YOUTH FOUNDATION$5,150
GUARDIAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL$5,000
CATTY SHACK RANCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY$3,000
GOLF FIGHTS CANCER$2,500
PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC$513
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $513 → 7%GOLF FIGHTS CANCER: $11k → 11%THE POSSE FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%FAST SWIM PROGRAM: $5k → 6%NORTH FLORIDA SECTION PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION: $13k → 13%CATTY SHACK RANCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY: $3k → 14%ABILIS: $5k → 9%DAVIS LOVE FOUNDATION: $22k → 14%AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $1k → 14%GOLF FIGHTS CANCER: $5k → 11%FAST SWIM PROGRAM: $5k → 6%FIRST COAST NO MORE HOMELESS PETS: $5k → 14%DAVIS LOVE FOUNDATION: $22k → 14%GOLF FIGHTS CANCER: $3k → 11%MISCELLANEOUS CHARITIES: $26k → 6%JACKSONVILLE AREA GOLF ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TRUST: $5k → 14%K1 PASS THROUGH: $151 → 6%FACE4KIDS: $5k → 14%FACE4KIDS: $5k → 14%GUARDIAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $5k → 14%LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY: $10k → 14%LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY: $5k → 14%FIRST TEE OF NORTH FLORIDA: $80k → 14%FIRST TEE OF NORTH FLORIDA: $50k → 14%FIRST TEE OF NORTH FLORIDA: $32k → 14%NORTH FLORIDA JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION: $13k → 14%MALIVAI WASHINGTON YOUTH FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%BAPTIST HEALTH: $10k → 14%NORTH FLORIDA JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%MALIVAI WASHINGTON YOUTH FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$439k · 10 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 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

10
9

Total granted

$439k
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+8%

Still filing today

70%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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
PhilanthropyHealthRecreation & SportsAnimalsEducationOther
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

  • RL
    RISING LEADERS OF NORTH FLORIDA INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $162k · revenue +14%
  • TT
    THE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $79k · revenue +136%
  • TJ
    THE JIM AND TABITHA FURYK FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $77k · revenue +254%

Funded once

  • MC
    MISCELLANEOUS CHARITIES
    one grant, 2021 · $26k
  • NF
    NORTH FLORIDA SECTION PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS' ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $13k · revenue +13%
  • BH
    BAPTIST HEALTH
    one grant, 2022 · $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
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
2
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.

Health
3
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
4
The South Florida Charity Classic
Human Services
5
Movember Foundation

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Health
6
Curenfwithjack

The mission of CureNFwithJack is to accelerate awareness and find a cure or effective treatment through the funding of research. CureNFwithJack provides seed money for innovate research in multiple areas, including but not limited to drug…

Education
7
Mila's Miracle Foundation

The mission of mila's miracle foundation is to find and fund paths to a cure for batten and other life-threatening neurological disorders. families in this community have been pivotal in raising the necessary funds and awareness. together,…

Health
8
Shoot Down Kids Cancer Foundation
Health
9
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
10
James Krystalla Foundation Inc

The mission of the james krystalla foundation inc (the foundation) is to support organizations that conduct research for the prevention, treatment, and cure of illnesses, diseases, and cancer affecting children.

Philanthropy
11
The Ayla Foundation

Our mission is to raise awareness and fund cutting-edge clinical research for pediatric brain cancer; focusing on cancer's biggest bully, dipg.

Philanthropy
12
D-Feet Cancer the Dalton Fox Foundation

D-Feet Cancer The Dalton Fox Foundation raises awareness of Ewing Sarcoma and other under-studied pediatric cancers. By directly funding research into these cancers, we are determined to help discover more effective and less toxic…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rising Leaders of North Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Jim and Tabitha Furyk 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

14 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. 14 of the 22 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)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INC: $79,350 · PhilanthropyTHE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION …THE JIM AND TABITHA FURYK FOUNDATION: $76,500 · PhilanthropyTHE JIM AND TABITHA FURYK FOUNDATIONGOLF FIGHTS CANCER INC: $18,000 · PhilanthropyGOLF FIGHTS CANCER INCRISING LEADERS OF NORTH FLORIDA INC: $161,596 · Recreation & SportsRISING LEADERS OF NORTH FLORIDA INCMaliVai Washington Kids Foundation Inc: $6,695 · Recreation & SportsDAVIS LOVE FOUNDATION: $44,000 · OtherDAVIS LOVE FOUNDATIONMISCELLANEOUS CHARITIES: $25,687 · OtherMISCELLANEOUS CHARITIESNORTH FLORIDA JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 · OtherNORTH FLORIDA JUNIOR GOLF FOUN…NORTH FLORIDA SECTION PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS' ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $12,500 · OtherNORTH FLORIDA SECTION PROFESSI…BAPTIST HEALTH: $10,000 · OtherBAPTIST HEALTHFACE4KIDS: $10,000 · OtherFACE4KIDSFAST SWIM PROGRAM: $10,000 · OtherFAST SWIM PROGRAMJACKSONVILLE AREA GOLF ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TRUST: $5,000 · OtherGUARDIAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $5,000 · Other+2 more: $664 · OtherBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $15,000 · HealthABILIS INC: $5,263 · HealthAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $1,000 · HealthTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationFirst Coast No More Homeless Pets Inc: $5,149 · AnimalsTHE CATTY SHACK RANCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $3,000 · Animals
Philanthropy$173,850Recreation & Sports$168,291Other$140,351Health$21,263Education$10,000Animals$8,149

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 budgetRISING LEADERS OF NORTH FLORIDA INC: $161,596 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetTHE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INC: $79,350 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE JIM AND TABITHA FURYK FOUNDATION: $76,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetGOLF FIGHTS CANCER INC: $18,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNORTH FLORIDA JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH FLORIDA SECTION PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS' ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaliVai Washington Kids Foundation Inc: $6,695 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetABILIS INC: $5,263 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Coast No More Homeless Pets Inc: $5,149 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CATTY SHACK RANCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $513 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.

Pga Tour IncJacksonville Jaguars …The Jim and Tabitha F…The Community Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Pga Tour IncFL17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pga Tour Inc · Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · The Jim and Tabitha Furyk Foundation · The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Karl G Estes Foundation Bruce Orr Karen Orr Caroline May Ttees funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Karl G Estes Foundation Bruce Orr Karen Orr Caroline May Ttees. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 74%
  • Abilis Inc: 74% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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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Find your warmest path to The Karl G Estes Foundation Bruce Orr Karen Orr Caroline May Ttees 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 22 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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