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The Panoz Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Panoz Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.1M
Granted FY2021
3
Grants FY2021
2
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2021.

Human Services$2.2MPhilanthropy$65kReligion$50kEducation$31kAnimals$17kFood & Nutrition$16kHealth$10kHousing & Shelter$5kOther$0
02FY2021 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $18k
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.1M
$1,037,796
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH$1,037,796
EAGLE RANCH$1,037,796
PLACE OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC$17,505
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 (FY17–21, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ISERVE MINISTERIES: $3k → 7%COMMUNITY HELPING PLACE: $10k → 12%CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH: $1.0M → 19%PLACE OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $18k → 4%GEORGIA MOUNTAINS YMCA: $6k → 12%COMMUNITY HELPING PLACE: $5k → 12%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 5 repeat orgs$223k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +96% since the first grant, against +78% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2021, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
15

Total granted

$2.2M
$206k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+96%
+78%

Still filing today

100%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Human ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CM
    CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $1.1M · revenue +453% · 26% of their budget
  • EAGLE RANCH INC
    2× · 2017–2021 · $1.0M · revenue +37%
  • HI
    HOPE Inc Helping Other People be Empowered
    2× · 2017–2018 · $15k · revenue +492%

Funded once

  • SF
    SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $65k · revenue +91%
  • WL
    Wellspring Living Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +78%
  • GA
    GEORGIA AGAPE INC
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue -2%
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
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
2
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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3
Enable of Georgia Inc

Supporting people with special needs to lead fulfilled lives.

Housing & Shelter
4
Goodwill of the Coastal Empire Inc

Our commitment is to provide the individual support, meaningful training and employment services to people to remove barriers and close skill gaps so that individuals build brighter futures.

Employment
5
CaringWorks Inc

Caringworks' mission is to reduce homelessness and empower the marginalized by providing access to housing and services that foster dignity, self-sufficieny & well-being.

Human Services
6
Hope Haven of Dekalb County Inc

To provide shelter, food, and supportive services to homeless individuals and families of DeKalb County, and to advocate for the rights of homeless individuals and families.

Housing & Shelter
7
Grace House Ministries Inc

Counseling and benevolent assistance to new parents and their children.

Religion
8
Calvary Children's Home

Our purpose is to provide a safe, loving, Christian environment for children needing long-term care who lack a stable home environment due to circumstances beyond their control. We are committed to equipping each child to build meaningful…

Human Services
9
Easter Seals East Georgia Inc

Easter Seals East Georgia's mission is to provide exceptional services to ensure that people with disabilities and barriers to employment maximize their potential for employment and independence and broaden their opportunities for full…

Human Services
10
Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc

Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc. (the Organization) is a nonprofit organization which strengthens and supports court-sanctioned, affiliate CASA programs that empower community volunteers who advocate for abused or neglected…

Civil Rights
11
Lifegate Counseling Center At Peachtree Inc

At lifegate counseling center at peachtree, our vision is to foster an environment in which lives are transformed, relationships are reconciled and hope is found. we offer a vast array of faith-sensitive physotherapeutic services and…

Health
12
Families First Inc

Families first strengthens family resiliency so children and families can thrive. through a prevention-based, two-generation approach, the organization provides behavioral health services, intensive navigation and case management, and…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Place of Forsyth County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Canine Pet Rescue Corp. 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

17 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. 17 of the 21 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH INC: $1,082,884 · Human ServicesCHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH INC+4 more: $41,005 · Human ServicesEAGLE RANCH INC: $1,046,796 · HealthEAGLE RANCH INC+1 more: $14,000 · HealthSPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION: $65,000 · PhilanthropyWellspring Living Inc: $50,000 · ReligionGEORGIA AGAPE INC: $15,000 · OtherATHENS YMCA: $6,000 · OtherAUDITORY VERBAL CENTER INC: $6,000 · OtherPEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION GEORGIA CHAPTER: $4,000 · OtherWILDERNESS SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $4,000 · OtherMINISTRIES OF GRACE INC - GA: $10,000 · OtherRAINBOW VILLAGE INC: $5,000 · Other+1 more: $1,000 · OtherCLEARWATER ACADEMY INC: $16,000 · EducationHOPE Inc Helping Other People be Empowered: $15,000 · EducationCANINE PET RESCUE CORP: $10,000 · AnimalsPAWS ATLANTA INCORPORATED: $7,000 · Animals
Human Services$1,123,889Health$1,060,796Philanthropy$65,000Religion$50,000Other$51,000Education$31,000Animals$17,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHESTNUT MOUNTAIN RANCH INC: $1,082,884 over 4y, 26% of budgetEAGLE RANCH INC: $1,046,796 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetSPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetWellspring Living Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Place of Forsyth County Inc: $17,505 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCLEARWATER ACADEMY INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetGEORGIA AGAPE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHOPE Inc Helping Other People be Empowered: $15,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY HELPING PLACE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetFOUNDATION OF WESLEY WOODS INC: $14,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCANINE PET RESCUE CORP: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetMINISTRIES OF GRACE INC - GA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPAWS ATLANTA INCORPORATED: $7,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGEORGIA MOUNTAINS YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAUDITORY VERBAL CENTER INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRAINBOW VILLAGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetISERVE MINISTRIES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% 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…Tr Uw Charles I BrananJackson Emc Foundatio…The Scott Hudgens Fam…United Way of Greater…Georgia Power Foundat…Waffle House Foundati…Ryan Ida Alice Tuw Ma…Tw Marian W Ottley At…The Imlay Foundation …Community Foundation …Smurfit Westrock US F…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA22.3× 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 · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · Jackson Emc Foundation Inc Attn Amy Rouse · The Scott Hudgens Family Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Waffle House Foundation Inc · Ryan Ida Alice Tuw Main · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · Smurfit Westrock US Foundation F/K/A Westrock 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 Panoz Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Panoz Family 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report 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 21 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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