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The Kirby Smart Family Foundation Inc

The kirby smart family foundation is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness and resources for deserving organizations throughout the state of georgia and southeast.

$40k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2023.

Health$322kPhilanthropy$166kRecreation & Sports$110kEducation$97kHuman Services$61kYouth Development$31kReligion$28kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$40,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$151k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES-ATHENS$40,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–20, $79k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SHARE THE MAGIC: $10k → 13%SHARE THE MAGIC: $10k → 13%SHARE THE MAGIC: $8k → 13%ATHENS YMCA: $20k → 27%ATHENS YMCA: $8k → 27%HOPE 139 HOUSE: $5k → 6%ATHENS YMCA: $8k → 27%FAMILY CONNECTION: $5k → 27%LYDIA'S PLACE: $5k → 27%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$520k · 16 repeat orgs$158k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships — 0 still active in FY2023, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
21

Total granted

$520k
$118k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+90%

Still filing today

94%
95%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’23
HealthYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionReligionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
    3× · 2018–2020 · $70k · revenue +100%
  • CS
    CAMP SUNSHINE INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $68k · revenue +33%
  • ES
    Extra Special People Inc
    3× · 2018–2020 · $43k · revenue +625%

Funded once

  • DM
    DOWNTOWN MINISTRIES INC
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue +11%
  • AA
    APPARO ACADEMY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue ×111
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF LANIER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +163%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Georgia Agape Inc

The organization offers social services as a compassionate outreach to abused, neglected and dependent children and families in need. the organization strives to positively impact the lives of children, families and all those who receive…

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2
Advocates for Children Inc

Our new mission is: advocates for children is an organization of dedicated, skilled professionals and compassionate volunteers committed to the well-being of children, youth and families. through comprehensive advocacy and unwavering…

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3
Kidspeace National Centers of Georgia

Kidspeace, founded in 1882, is a healthcare nonprofit that is dedicated to providing hope, help, and healing to children, adults, and those who love them.continued on schedule o.with 40 offices and facilities across seven states, this…

Human Services
4
Agape of Central Alabama Inc

As a ministry of jesus christ, agape's mission is that vulnerable and orphaned children find permanency in safe, nurturing families.

Human Services
5
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
6
Family House of West Georgia Inc

Family house of west georgia provides a home away from home for families of seriously ill or injured children receiving treatment at nearby hospitals. the house gives children a place to play after a long day at the hospital, parents and…

Health
7
Family Counseling Center of Central Georgia Inc

Strengthen and preserve the well-being of individuals, couples, and families through easy, affordable access to professional counseling services.

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8
Alabama Partnership for Children

To work in partnership with families and organizations to ensure that all alabama children (birth to five) get everything they need to develop to their fullest potential.

Education
9
Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina Incorporated

Baptist children's homes of north carolina (bch) is a nonprofit organization that reaches out to children and families in crisis. the agency's mission statement is "sharing hope...changing lives."

Religion
10
Peachtree Christian Health Inc

To support caregivers and their loved ones by providing a compassionate care center offering safe, engaging, and reliable adult services.

Human Services
11
Creative Community Services Inc

Creative community services (ccs) improves the quality of life for children teens and adults with developmental disabilities and mental health needs, and their families, by providing direct services and community-based support throughout…

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12
The Arc of Southwest Georgia Inc

Our mission is to create life-changing solutions for people with disabilities.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Connection Communities in Schools of Athens Inc and the most unlike its peers is Oconee Area Resource Council Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 27 years old; the field is 10. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number31%3%<5yr18%9%5–10yr20%21%10–20yr15%18%20–35yr9%27%35–55yr8%21%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value31%2%<5yr18%3%5–10yr20%24%10–20yr15%7%20–35yr9%36%35–55yr8%30%55yr+

The field is 31% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 21% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/39
the rest of the field
21%
3,601/16,856

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 39 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
28/36
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CAMP SUNSHINE INC — $67,500 · OtherCAMP SUNSHINE INCExtra Special People Inc — $43,000 · OtherExtra Special People IncFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES-ATHENS — $40,000 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETE…BOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA — $38,397 · OtherBOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALAB…+8 more — $42,556 · Other+8 moreCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC — $41,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF A…NAVICENT HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $40,000 · HealthNAVICENT HEALTH FOUNDATION…SHEPHERD CENTER INC — $28,000 · HealthSHEPHERD CENTER INCTHE CANCER FOUNDATION INC — $26,000 · HealthTHE CANCER FOUNDATION INCSUNSHINE ON A RANNEY DAY INCORPORATED — $20,000 · HealthSUNSHINE ON A RANNEY DAY I…Lighthouse Family Retreat Inc — $16,000 · HealthLighthouse Family Retreat …Cure Childhood Cancer Inc — $10,000 · HealthVARIETY-THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF GA — $10,000 · Health+2 more — $10,000 · HealthAthens Area Community Foundation Inc — $166,023 · PhilanthropyAthens Area Community …FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $70,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF …DOWNTOWN MINISTRIES INC — $13,000 · Youth DevelopmentDOWNTOWN MINIS…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF LANIER INC — $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ATHENS FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP KUDZU INC — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentCamp Trach Me Away — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ATHENS INC — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ATHENS GEORGIA — $36,000 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG M…SHARE THE MAGIC FOUNDATION INC — $28,000 · Human ServicesSHARE THE M…GATEWAY HOUSE INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesGATEWAY HOU…LYDIAS PLACE INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesLYDIAS PLAC…HOPE 139 HOUSE INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesHOPE 139 HO…FAMILY CONNECTION COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ATHENS INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY CONN…FRIENDS WITH JESUS INC — $28,000 · ReligionSOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM — $18,000 · EducationOCONEE AREA RESOURCE COUNCIL INC — $5,000 · Education
Other$231,453Health$201,000Philanthropy$166,023Youth Development$110,500Human Services$84,000Religion$28,000Education$23,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAthens Area Community Foundation Inc — $166,023 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $70,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE INC — $67,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetExtra Special People Inc — $43,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC — $41,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAVICENT HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ATHENS GEORGIA — $36,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS WITH JESUS INC — $28,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetSHARE THE MAGIC FOUNDATION INC — $28,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER INC — $28,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CANCER FOUNDATION INC — $26,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSUNSHINE ON A RANNEY DAY INCORPORATED — $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSOUTHERN UNIVERTY SYSTEM — $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLighthouse Family Retreat Inc — $16,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDOWNTOWN MINISTRIES INC — $13,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCure Childhood Cancer Inc — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVARIETY-THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF GA — $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF LANIER INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGATEWAY HOUSE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAMP KUDZU INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOCONEE AREA RESOURCE COUNCIL INC — $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetINNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR DISADVANTAGE AND DISABILITY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCamp Trach Me Away — $5,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN RECIPE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChristian City Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ATHENS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetATHENS AREA EMERGENCY FOOD BANK INC — $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN HOSPICE & HOPE HOUSE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE 139 HOUSE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetFAMILY CONNECTION COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ATHENS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF ATHENS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPREVENT CHILD ABUSE ATHENS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Athens Area Community…Georgia Power Foundat…Tr Lois & Lucy Lampki…Frances Wood Wilson F…Jackson Emc Foundatio…The Community Foundat…Walton Electric Trust…Tr Uw Charles I BrananTuw Thomas H PittsCommunity Foundation …The Georgia Club Foun…The Newland Family Fo…
Athens Area Community Foundation IncGA40.7× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Athens Area Community Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Tr Lois & Lucy Lampkin Fdn Ua · Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Inc · Jackson Emc Foundation Inc Attn Amy Rouse · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Walton Electric Trust Inc · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · Tuw Thomas H Pitts · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · The Georgia Club Foundation Inc · The Newland Family Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Kirby Smart Family Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your 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
    10report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $7k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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