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The Legacy of Stipe Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Legacy of Stipe 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.

$53k
Granted FY2023
11
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$26k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

79% of The Legacy of Stipe Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Athens Area Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Legacy of Stipe Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $53k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

1
’17
5
’18
4
’19
4
’20
2
’21
3
’22
10
’23
1
’24
2
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$86kPhilanthropy$59kHealth$52kFood & Nutrition$51kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kEmployment$10kHousing & Shelter$5kInternational$5kOther$0
02FY2023 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k9 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SEMIOTEXTE LIMITED$26,095
FREEDOM FOR ALL$14,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$5,000
ATHENS AREA EMERGENCY FOOD BANK$1,000
SWEET OLIVE FARM$1,000
ATHENS AREA HUMANE SOCIETY$1,000
CHESS AND COMMUNITY$1,000
DOWNTOWN MINISTRIES$1,000
BOOKS FOR KEEPS$1,000
BIGGER VISION OF ATHENS$1,000
ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY FUND$500
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 (FY19–19, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $4k → 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.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$163k · 7 repeat orgs$129k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
9

Total granted

$163k
$73k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+57%

Still filing today

86%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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

  • TL
    THE LUNCHBOX FUND
    2× · 2017–2018 · $39k · revenue +173%
  • PS
    PERFORMANCE SPACE 122 INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $29k · revenue +141%
  • BF
    BOOKS FOR KEEPS INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $2k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +57%
  • EVERY MOTHER COUNTS
    one grant, 2022 · $12k · revenue -17%
  • RC
    REFUGE COFFEE CO
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -8%
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
Athens Homeless Property Corporation

Ahpc was formed to acquire property and make it available exclusively to 501(c)3 organizations assisting in the plight of the homeless in the athens, ga area. the homeless providers will include local shelters, food banks, and health…

Housing & Shelter
2
Athens Area Homeless Shelter Inc

The mission of the athens area homeless shelter inc is to provide comprehensive services to homeless individuals and families working toward sustainable independence.

Housing & Shelter
3
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
4
Athens Soup Kitchen Inc

Provide food for the needy.

Food & Nutrition
5
Aids Athens Inc

Aids athens, inc. serves to address the needs of individuals infected and affected by hiv/aids through supportive services and to prevent the spread of the disease through education and outreach.

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6
Athens Area Food Pantry

The pantry purchases, collects and monthly distributes nutritional food and personal care items for individuals and families in the community with no discrimination as to age, gender, marital status, religious or political affiliation,…

Food & Nutrition
7
Edesia Inc

Edesia's mission is to treat and prevent malnutrition in the world's most vulnerable populations. combatting malnutrition and poverty through the manufacture and distribution of ready-to-use therapeutic foods.

Food & Nutrition
8
Foodshot Global Inc

Accelerate the transformation to a healthy, sustainable and equitable food system.

Food & Nutrition
9
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
10
Agatha House Foundation

Our mission is providing hope and resources for the underprivileged and disadvantaged without life essentials. the continued fighting of hunger and homelessness by providing food and shelter to individuals during our community events and…

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11
Earthenable Inc

Earthenable works to solve the housing crisis in africa by revolutionizing the rural housing industry through innovative, affordable, and sustainable home-building solutions. its mission is to create healthier, safer, and climate-resilient…

International
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Athens Area Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Semiotexte Limited. 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

23 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. 23 of the 28 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
10/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FREEDOM FOR ALL INC: $59,000 · PhilanthropyFREEDOM FOR ALL INCAthens Area Community Foundation Inc: $18,659 · PhilanthropyAthens Area Community Founda…SEMIOTEXTE LIMITED: $26,095 · OtherSEMIOTEXTE LIMITEDFRIENDS OF THE ICA INC: $25,438 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE ICA INCMATT TALBOT CENTER: $5,000 · OtherMATT TALBOT CENTERSALT FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherSALT FOUNDATION INCATHENS AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FOR HUMANITY INC: $4,000 · Other+10 more: $13,368 · Other+10 moreELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · HealthELTON JOHN AIDS …EVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $12,000 · HealthEVERY MOTHER COU…THE NUCI PHILLIPS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · HealthTHE NUCI PHILLIP…+1 more: $1,200 · HealthTHE LUNCHBOX FUND: $38,500 · Human ServicesTHE LUNCHBOX FU…AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Human ServicesAIDS HEALTHCARE…PERFORMANCE SPACE 122 INC: $29,240 · Arts & CulturePERFORMANCE …BASILICA ARTS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBASILICA ART…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $12,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 · InternationalREFUGE COFFEE CO: $10,000 · Employment
Philanthropy$77,659Other$83,901Health$45,700Human Services$42,500Arts & Culture$34,240International$17,000Employment$10,000

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 budgetFREEDOM FOR ALL INC: $59,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetTHE LUNCHBOX FUND: $38,500 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetPERFORMANCE SPACE 122 INC: $29,240 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAthens Area Community Foundation Inc: $18,659 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREFUGE COFFEE CO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSALT FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetTHE NUCI PHILLIPS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBASILICA ARTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetATHENS AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FOR HUMANITY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATHENS AREA EMERGENCY FOOD BANK INC: $2,200 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBOOKS FOR KEEPS INC: $1,568 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetATHENS WELLNESS CLINIC INC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BIGGER VISION OF ATHENS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHESS & COMMUNITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetATHENS AREA HUMANE SOCIETY OF CLARKE COUNTY AND SPCA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOWNTOWN MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $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.

Athens Area Community…Glickman Family Found…Jackson Emc Foundatio…The Newland Family Fo…The Winthrop Foundati…Tr Lois & Lucy Lampki…The Community Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…
Athens Area Community Foundation IncGA24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Athens Area Community Foundation Inc · Glickman Family Foundation · Jackson Emc Foundation Inc Attn Amy Rouse · The Newland Family Foundation Inc · The Winthrop Foundation of Athens G · Tr Lois & Lucy Lampkin Fdn Ua · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Legacy of Stipe Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Legacy of Stipe Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 28 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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