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The Savannah Community Foundation Inc

The savannah community foundation benefits donors, donees, and the community by providing a safe, simple, inexpensive, and tax efficient vehicle for philanthropic capital accumulation, investment and distribution to public charities.

$6.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
109
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$534k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$6.7MEducation$6.6MHuman Services$4.8MArts & Culture$4.5MReligion$3.1MFood & Nutrition$2.2MHealth$2.2MHousing & Shelter$1.9MOther$0
02FY2025 · 109 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 109 grants below total $5,751,860, the rows itemized in this filing. The $6,129,191 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $377,331 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k24 grants · $161k
  • $10k–50k55 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k27 grants · $3.0M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.4M
$19,450
Median grant
14
States reached
$104M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE I$534,363
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$500,000
THARROS PLACE INC$371,650
SAVANNAH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$245,250
PERFORMANCE INITIATIVES INC$244,100
AMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL$203,519
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF$201,750
SAVANNAH RIVERKEEPER$201,629
SAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC CORPORATION$167,350
ROYCE LEARNING CENTER$155,525
SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATI$151,463
UNION MISSION INC$142,189
COASTAL HERITAGE SOCIETY$125,750
SAVANNAH WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTER$101,000
THOMAS HEYWARD ACADEMY$100,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $2.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS INC: $10k → 10%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $122k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $21k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $20k → 14%THE ONE HUNDRED CHILDREN'S: $120k → 16%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $272k → 16%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $233k → 16%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $106k → 16%HOSPICE SAVANNAH INC: $92k → 16%THARROS PLACE INC: $75k → 16%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $66k → 16%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $58k → 16%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $48k → 16%EAST SAVANNAH UNITED INC: $40k → 16%EAST SAVANNAH UNITED INC: $40k → 16%HOSPICE SAVANNAH INC: $37k → 16%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $28k → 16%HOSPICE SAVANNAH INC: $23k → 16%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $20k → 16%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $17k → 16%HOSPICE SAVANNAH INC: $16k → 16%SENIOR CITIZEN'S INC: $15k → 16%GREENBRIAR CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $13k → 16%HOSPICE SAVANNAH INC: $12k → 16%SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $10k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE COASTAL GARDENS: $25k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE COASTAL GARDENS: $25k → 16%FRIENDS OF THE COASTAL GARDENS: $10k → 16%REPURPOSE SAVANNAH: $10k → 16%EMERGENT STRUCTURES: $10k → 16%PEOPLE OF ACTION CARING FOR KIDS I: $60k → 16%PEOPLE OF ACTION CARING FOR KIDS I: $15k → 16%PEOPLE OF ACTION CARING FOR KIDS I: $10k → 16%PEOPLE OF ACTION CARING FOR KIDS: $10k → 16%SAFE SHELTER INC: $36k → 16%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS: $36k → 16%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS: $32k → 16%SAFE SHELTER INC: $24k → 16%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS: $15k → 16%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS: $15k → 16%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS: $13k → 16%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS OF SAVANNA: $13k → 16%SAFE SHELTER INC: $13k → 16%SAFE SHELTER INC: $13k → 16%SAFE SHELTER INC: $11k → 16%SAFE SHELTER INC: $10k → 16%SAFE SHELTER INC: $8k → 16%WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS: $7k → 16%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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
ID
IL
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$36M · 156 repeat orgs$3.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

156 repeat relationships: 79 still active in FY2025, 77 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

156
79

Total granted

$36M
$2.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+13%

Still filing today

71%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $730k 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.4M · revenue +10%
  • AS
    AMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GEORGIA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +230%
  • TP
    THARROS PLACE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +648% · 50% of their budget

Funded once

  • SL
    SPRINGFIELD LEGACY FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $994k · revenue ×19
  • GS
    Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $123k · revenue +7%
  • TO
    THE ONE HUNDRED CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $120k · revenue +127%
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
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
2
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission On Colleges Inc

The southern association of colleges and schools commission on colleges is the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the southern states. the commission's mission is the enhancement of…

Education
3
South Carolina Humanities Council Inc

The mission of south carolina humanities council, inc. is to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of south carolinians. the organization seeks to increase public understanding of and support for the humanities by telling the human…

Arts & Culture
4
The Creative Coast Inc

To nurture the members of the savannah community engaged in creative or innovative endeavors and to cultivate an environment in which they can thrive.

Community Improvement
5
Morehouse School of Medicine

Leading the creation and advancement of health equity we exist to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities, increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce, and address primary health care…

Education
6
South Carolina Childrens Fund

To make strategic, catalytic investments and provide expertise and technical assistance to educational organizations across south carolina.

Education
7
Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundationinc

Assist and further research at georgia southern university

Science & Tech
8
Southern Wesleyan University

Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.

Education
9
Atlantic Coast Conservancy Inc

The mission of the atlantic coast conservancy is to provide 21st century solutions and sound scientific applications for conservation of critical natural resources in the face of a changing climate, focusing on the southeasthern united…

Environment
10
Georgia Conservancy Inc

To protect georgia through ecological and economic solutions for stewardship, conservation, and sustainable use of the land and its resources.

Environment
11
Southern Coalition for Social Justice

Southern coalition for social justice partners with communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities across the south to defend and advance their political, social, and economic rights. through an intersectional and…

Crime & Legal
12
Sc Launch Inc

Fuel south carolina's innovation economy by accelerating technology-enabled growth in research, academia, entrepreneurship and industry.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of the Coastal Empire; the most unlike its peers is Gordonston Park Preserv Assoc 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

190 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. 190 of the 262 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.

12
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
51
Early backer (in before they grew)
183/190
Grantees still filing
129/190
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SALVATION ARMY: $1,148,713 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYGeorgia Historical Society: $813,250 · OtherGeorgia Historical SocietyCONGREGATION MICKVE ISRAEL: $537,558 · OtherUNION MISSION INC: $1,204,091 · OtherUNION MISSION INCPERFORMANCE INITIATIVES INC: $579,200 · Other+122 more: $10,868,707 · Other+122 moreUNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE: $3,361,860 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE C…PARKER'S COMMUNITY FUND INC: $2,848,191 · PhilanthropyPARKER'S COMMUNITY …+5 more: $302,105 · PhilanthropySAVANNAH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $1,388,095 · EducationSAVANNAH COUNTRY D…SPRINGFIELD LEGACY FOUNDATION INC: $993,775 · EducationSPRINGFIELD LEGACY…THOMAS HEYWARD ACADEMY INC: $730,889 · EducationTHOMAS HEYWARD ACA…SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $630,001 · EducationSAVANNAH CLASSICAL…VMI Foundation: $527,803 · EducationVMI FoundationTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $347,254 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF …Georgia Southern University Foundation Inc: $347,156 · EducationGeorgia Southern U…THE SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC: $276,351 · EducationTHE MATTHEW REARDON CENTER FOR AUTISM INC: $260,094 · EducationUniversity System of Georgia Foundation Inc & Affiliates: $251,000 · Education+14 more: $611,995 · Education+14 moreTHARROS PLACE: $1,466,600 · Human ServicesTHARROS PLA…SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $879,549 · Human ServicesSENIOR CITI…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $278,166 · Human ServicesAmerican Na…BETHESDA UNION SOCIETY OF SAVANNAH: $232,336 · Human ServicesBETHESDA UN…HOSPICE SAVANNAH INC: $221,803 · Human ServicesHOSPICE SAV…SAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC: $199,304 · Human ServicesEAST SAVANNAH UNITED INC: $170,000 · Human ServicesWESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $144,458 · Human Services+8 more: $442,127 · Human Services+8 moreTELFAIR MUSEUM OF ART INC: $1,314,299 · Arts & CultureSAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC CORPORATION: $545,685 · Arts & CultureWORMSLOE INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRON- MENTAL HISTORYINCC/O CRAIG BARROW: $224,000 · Arts & CultureSAVANNAH SCIENCE MUSEUM INC: $116,429 · Arts & Culture+14 more: $636,153 · Arts & CultureAMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GEORGIA INC: $2,089,947 · Food & NutritionForsyth Farmers Market Inc: $78,325 · Food & NutritionLIGHT FOR THE NATIONS MINISTRIES INC: $1,046,000 · ReligionSAVANNAH JEWISH COUNCIL INC DBA SAVANNAH JEWISH FEDERATION: $319,357 · ReligionJEWISH EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA INC: $103,700 · ReligionTHE OLD SAVANNAH CITY MISSION INC: $67,323 · Religion+2 more: $63,000 · Religion
Other$15,151,519Philanthropy$6,512,156Education$6,364,413Human Services$4,034,343Arts & Culture$2,836,566Food & Nutrition$2,168,272Religion$1,599,380

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE: $3,361,860 over 9y, 10% of budgetPARKER'S COMMUNITY FUND INC: $2,848,191 over 3y, 83% of budgetAMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GEORGIA INC: $2,089,947 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetTHARROS PLACE: $1,466,600 over 4y, 50% of budgetSAVANNAH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $1,388,095 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetTELFAIR MUSEUM OF ART INC: $1,314,299 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetUNION MISSION INC: $1,204,091 over 9y, 7.9% of budgetLIGHT FOR THE NATIONS MINISTRIES INC: $1,046,000 over 4y, 86% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS INC: $879,549 over 9y, 4.6% of budgetGeorgia Historical Society: $813,250 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetTHOMAS HEYWARD ACADEMY INC: $730,889 over 9y, 7.2% of budgetSAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $630,001 over 5y, 59% of budgetPERFORMANCE INITIATIVES INC: $579,200 over 7y, 37% of budgetSAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC CORPORATION: $545,685 over 9y, 6.8% of budgetVMI Foundation: $527,803 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetHOSPICE SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC: $397,373 over 9y, 12% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $347,254 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Southern University Foundation Inc: $347,156 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetGordonston Park Preserv Assoc Inc: $319,674 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetSAVANNAH JEWISH COUNCIL INC DBA SAVANNAH JEWISH FEDERATION: $319,357 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetTHE COASTAL HERITAGE SOCIETY INC: $296,660 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $278,166 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC: $276,351 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetTHE MATTHEW REARDON CENTER FOR AUTISM INC: $260,094 over 2y, 12% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE COASTAL EMPIREINC: $252,700 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetUniversity System of Georgia Foundation Inc & Affiliates: $251,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetROYCE LEARNING CENTER: $249,435 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetPARK PLACE OUTREACHINC: $233,805 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetBETHESDA UNION SOCIETY OF SAVANNAH: $232,336 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetCOASTAL CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $229,150 over 3y, 13% of budgetWORMSLOE INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRON- MENTAL HISTORYINCC/O CRAIG BARROW: $224,000 over 7y, 23% of budgetHOSPICE SAVANNAH INC: $221,803 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetGREY MATTERS PROJECT INC: $220,900 over 5y, 30% of budgetELEVATE SAVANNAH: $214,125 over 4y, 9.1% of budgetSAVANNAH RIVERKEEPER INC: $211,629 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF HAITI: $205,000 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetSAFE SHELTER CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES INC: $199,304 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR GREATER SAVANNAH: $185,354 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetCANDLER FOUNDATION INC: $179,555 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetEAST SAVANNAH UNITED INC: $170,000 over 4y, 82% of budgetCHATHAM-SAVANNAH CITIZEN ADVOCACY: $164,342 over 9y, 8.1% of budgetHISTORIC SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC: $163,735 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetWESLEY COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $144,458 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetFRANK CALLEN BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $137,870 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF TIDE TO TOWN: $128,500 over 4y, 55% of budgetSAVANNAH TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $124,691 over 7y, 6.4% of budgetGirl Scouts of Historic Georgia Inc: $122,869 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetARMSTRONG FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY INC: $122,826 over 3y, 0.4% 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 UNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE ↗
  • Who funds PARKER'S COMMUNITY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF COASTAL GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds THARROS PLACE ↗
  • Who funds SAVANNAH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds TELFAIR MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds UNION MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds LIGHT FOR THE NATIONS MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds SPRINGFIELD LEGACY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR CITIZENS INC ↗
  • Who funds Georgia Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS HEYWARD ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PERFORMANCE INITIATIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds SAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds VMI Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Georgia Southern University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Gordonston Park Preserv Assoc Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAVANNAH JEWISH COUNCIL INC DBA SAVANNAH JEWISH FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds THE COASTAL HERITAGE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds THE SAVANNAH CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MATTHEW REARDON CENTER FOR AUTISM INC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE COASTAL EMPIREINC ↗
  • Who funds University System of Georgia Foundation Inc & Affiliates ↗
  • Who funds ROYCE LEARNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PARK PLACE OUTREACHINC ↗
  • Who funds BETHESDA UNION SOCIETY OF SAVANNAH ↗
  • Who funds COASTAL CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WORMSLOE INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRON- MENTAL HISTORYINCC/O CRAIG BARROW ↗

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.

Colonial Foundation I…United Way of the Coa…Georgia Power Foundat…The Hodge Foundation …John G Kennedy Founda…Courtney Knight Gaine…Savannah Jewish Counc…The Savannah Benevole…International Paper C…The Dunn FoundationMary Lane Morrison Fo…Jolly Foundation Inc
Colonial Foundation IncGA73.2× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colonial Foundation Inc · United Way of the Coastal Empire · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Hodge Foundation Inc · John G Kennedy Foundation Inc · Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation · Savannah Jewish Council Inc Dba Savannah Jewish Federation · The Savannah Benevolent Association · International Paper Company Foundation · The Dunn Foundation · Mary Lane Morrison Foundation Inc · Jolly 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 Savannah Community Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Savannah Community Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • National Coast Guard Museum Association Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
44report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 Savannah Community Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Savannah Community Foundation Inc 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 262 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 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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