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The Sara and Fred Hoyt Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Sara and Fred Hoyt Charitable Trust

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.

$675k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$450k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

67% of The Sara and Fred Hoyt Charitable Trust’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Community Foundation For Greater Atlanta Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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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 2025.

Philanthropy$5.0MArts & Culture$160kHealth$145kEducation$110kEnvironment$100kHuman Services$40kAnimals$5k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $225k
  • $250k+1 grant · $450k
$450,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER ATLANTA$450,000
NORTH GA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$225,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE BASCOM FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%NORTH GA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $225k → 12%GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER: $15k → 13%THE HIGHLANDS BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%NORTH GA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $225k → 12%GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER: $15k → 13%THE HIGHLANDS BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%NORTH GA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $225k → 12%GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER: $15k → 13%HUDSON LIBRARY: $10k → 12%NORTH GA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $225k → 12%ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER: $10k → 13%THE BASCOM FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%NORTH GA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $225k → 12%ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER: $10k → 13%CHILDRENS HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA: $15k → 14%THE BASCOM FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%NORTH GA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $120k → 12%CHILDRENS HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA: $15k → 14%HUDSON LIBRARY: $10k → 12%NORTH GA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $110k → 12%HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL: $10k → 12%NORTH GA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 12%THE HIGHLANDS BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%NORTH GA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $80k → 12%HUDSON LIBRARY: $10k → 12%CHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER: $10k → 13%HUDSON LIBRARY: $10k → 12%CHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER: $10k → 13%THE BASCOM FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%SHEPHERD CENTER: $10k → 13%SHEPHERD CENTER: $10k → 13%SHEPHERD CENTER: $10k → 13%ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%SHEPHERD CENTER: $10k → 13%WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS: $10k → 13%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER ATLANTA: $450k → 13%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER ATLANTA: $450k → 13%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER ATLANTA: $450k → 13%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER ATLANTA: $450k → 13%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER ATLANTA: $450k → 13%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER ATLANTA: $450k → 13%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER ATLANTA: $370k → 13%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER ATLANTA: $220k → 13%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER ATLANTA: $190k → 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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 16 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
3

Total granted

$2.1M
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+40%

Still filing today

63%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 & CultureEducationEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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

  • Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
    4× · 2017–2020 · $100k · revenue +17%
  • TG
    THE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $45k · revenue +61%
  • SC
    SHEPHERD CENTER INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $40k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • AH
    ANC HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -73%
  • DS
    Darlington School Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +46%
  • AH
    Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +40%
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.

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Cumberland Medical Center

Cumberland Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
2
Fernbank Inc

Fernbank museum of natural history inspires a lifelong learning of natural history through immersive programming and unmatched experiences to encourage a greater appreciation of our planet and its inhabitants. fernbank is dedicated to…

Arts & Culture
3
Atlantic Health System Inc

Establish, maintain, sponsor, and promote activities relating to the improvement of human health and the provision of care to the sick and injured through its wholly owned subsidiary, AHS Hospital Corp. The system provides the Hospital…

Health
4
Hampden-Sydney College

Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.

Education
5
Claiborne Medical Center

Claiborne Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
6
Medical Center of Central Georgia Inc

To enhance the health status of those we serve in partnership with medical staff and other community organizations by providing wellness services, health education, training, and access to safe high quality health care services.

Health
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Augusta Health Care Inc

The mission of augusta health is to strengthen the health and well-being of all people in our communities.

Health
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Forsyth Country Day School Inc

Forsyth Country Day School is a private, college preparatory independent school for preschool through high school. Students benefit from a challenging academic curriculum, fine and performing arts, competitive athletics, and a wide…

Education
9
Conway Hospital Community Services

Conway hospital community services provides outpatient health care services to horry county and the surrounding community in conjunction with conway hospital, inc., a non-profit acute care hospital system.

Health
10
Georgia Hospital Association

The georgia hospital association (gha) serves approximately 150 hospitals throughout georgia. its purpose is to promote the health and welfare of the public through the development of better health care for all of georgia's citizens. gha…

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Methodist Medical Center

Methodist Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
12
The Children's Hospital of Alabama

The mission of Children's of Alabama is to provide the finest pediatric health services to all children in an environment that fosters excellence in research and medical education. Children's will be an advocate for all children and work…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shepherd Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Anc Highlands-Cashiers Hospital 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

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 20 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $3,480,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INCNORTH GA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,535,000 · OtherNORTH GA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+7 more: $225,000 · Other+7 moreTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC: $45,000 · HealthSHEPHERD CENTER INC: $40,000 · HealthEAGLE RANCH INC: $40,000 · HealthANC HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · HealthColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $100,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureThe Westminster Schools Inc: $40,000 · EducationDarlington School Inc: $5,000 · EducationCHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $5,000 · Animals
Philanthropy$3,480,000Other$1,760,000Health$135,000Arts & Culture$120,000Education$45,000Environment$30,000Animals$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $3,480,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLE RANCH INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHighlands Biological Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetANC HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDarlington School Inc: $5,000 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.

  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SHEPHERD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds The Westminster Schools Inc ↗
  • Who funds EAGLE RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds Highlands Biological Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds CAMP SUNSHINE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds ST SIMONS LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds ANC HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Darlington School Inc ↗
  • Who funds Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA9.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Sara and Fred Hoyt Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sara and Fred Hoyt Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Sara and Fred Hoyt Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to The Sara and Fred Hoyt Charitable Trust 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 20 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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