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The Scott and Nancy Atherton Foundation at a glance

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The Scott and Nancy Atherton Foundation

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.

$33k
Granted FY2025still arriving
45
Grants FY2025still arriving
17
States reached
$5k
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 2024.

Health$106kArts & Culture$37kReligion$16kAnimals$14kFood & Nutrition$11kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kEnvironment$10kHuman Services$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
17
States reached
$702k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOTORSPORTS MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME OF AMERICA FOUND$5,000
AUSTIN HATCHER FOUNDATION FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER$5,000
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$1,000
ST ELIZABETH ANN SETON CATHOLIC CHURCH$1,000
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC$1,000
LEELANAU CONSERVANCY$1,000
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$1,000
GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC$1,000
MAYO CLINIC$1,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$1,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC$1,000
THE SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$500
THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY A COLORADO NON-PROFIT CO$500
RAINFOREST ALLIANCE INC$500
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $450) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COLLABRIA CARE: $250 → 9%COLLABRIA CARE: $200 → 9%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

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
NM
KS
TN
NC
DC
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.
$246k · 58 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

58 repeat relationships: 36 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

58
18

Total granted

$246k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+67%

Still filing today

83%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 & CultureAnimalsEducationPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • AH
    AUSTIN HATCHER FOUNDATION FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $45k · revenue +218%
  • MM
    MOTORSPORTS MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME OF AMERICA FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $23k · revenue +489%
  • SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $9k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • MM
    MOTORSPORTS MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF LAGUNA SECA
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue 0%
  • MM
    MOTORSPORTS MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME OF AMERICA FOUND
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
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
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
2
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
3
The Florida Aquarium Inc

The florida aquarium's mission focuses on our shared purpose of a commitment to save marine wildlife, with a vision to be florida's leading conservation-based aquarium. (continued on schedule o)

Animals
4
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
5
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
6
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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7
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
8
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation

The mission of the akc canine health foundation, inc. is to fund, advance, and communicate canine health research and science through knowledge and discovery.

Animals
9
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
10
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
11
Association of American Medical Colleges

Aamc leads & serves the academic medicine community to improve the health of people everywhere.

Education
12
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Motorsports Ministries 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

70 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 70 of the 87 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
69/70
Grantees still filing
52/70
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $10,000 · OtherAMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSSOUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA CATHOLIC CHURCH: $9,250 · OtherOUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA CATHOLIC CHURCHSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $8,500 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA …AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $8,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYALZHEIMERS DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION - CURE ALZH: $7,050 · OtherALZHEIMERS DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION - CUR…CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $5,500 · OtherMOTORSPORTS MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME OF AMERICA: $5,000 · OtherGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $4,000 · OtherAmigos For Christ Inc: $3,800 · Other+34 more: $46,700 · Other+34 moreAUSTIN HATCHER FOUNDATION FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER: $45,000 · PhilanthropyAUSTIN HATCHER FOUNDAT…CECF WISH FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · PhilanthropyCECF WISH FOUNDATION I…MOTORSPORTS CHARITIES INC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyMOTORSPORTS CHARITIES …James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association: $2,000 · PhilanthropyST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $7,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'…THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $6,500 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOS…American Heart Association Inc: $5,500 · HealthAmerican Heart As…THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $4,500 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX…MAYO CLINIC: $3,500 · HealthMAYO CLINICTHE KIDNEY CANCER ASSOCIATION: $3,300 · HealthTHE KIDNEY CANCER…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $3,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEA…MARCH OF DIMES INC: $3,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES IN…PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $2,800 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALT…COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · Health+4 more: $2,900 · Health+4 moreMOTORSPORTS MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME OF AMERICA FOUNDATION INC: $22,500 · Arts & CultureMOTORSPORTS MUSE…COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS INC: $4,250 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY COMMUN…INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $2,000 · Arts & CultureGLEN ARBOR ARTS CENTER: $2,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $2,000 · Arts & CultureNewfields Inc: $1,500 · Arts & CultureMARINE DISCOVERY CENTER: $1,500 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $4,350 · Arts & Culture+6 moreMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $4,500 · AnimalsTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $4,500 · AnimalsSOUTHEAST VOLUSIA HUMANE SOCIETY: $3,000 · AnimalsCHERRYLAND HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 · AnimalsHumane Society for Hamilton County: $1,000 · AnimalsFLAGLER HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · Animals+3 more: $1,000 · AnimalsOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $5,500 · EnvironmentLEELANAU CONSERVANCY: $1,000 · EnvironmentFriends of the Sleeping Bear Dunes: $600 · EnvironmentTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$107,800Philanthropy$54,000Health$43,500Arts & Culture$40,100Animals$16,000Environment$7,100Public Safety & Disaster$6,500

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 budgetAUSTIN HATCHER FOUNDATION FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER: $45,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetMOTORSPORTS MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME OF AMERICA FOUNDATION INC: $22,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $8,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $7,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $6,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $5,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $5,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS INC: $4,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCECF WISH FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAmigos For Christ Inc: $3,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KIDNEY CANCER ASSOCIATION: $3,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRAINFOREST ALLIANCE INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHEAST VOLUSIA HUMANE SOCIETY: $3,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMOTORSPORTS CHARITIES INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $3,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM FAMILY FUND: $3,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $2,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF LAGUNA SECA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEELANAU CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS INC: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCUDAS UNHOOKED INC: $2,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetORLANDO CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $2,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJames Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGLEN ARBOR ARTS CENTER: $2,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGLEN LAKE ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRAVERSE AREA RECREATION & TRANSPORTATION TRAILS INC: $1,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMOTORSPORTS MINISTRIES INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetEmory University: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNewfields Inc: $1,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE DISCOVERY CENTER: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOGGY CREEK GANG INC: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUB ON CANAL INC: $1,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLEELANAU CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHYDROPLANE AND RACEBOAT MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 AUSTIN HATCHER FOUNDATION FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER ↗
  • Who funds MOTORSPORTS MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME OF AMERICA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds CECF WISH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Amigos For Christ Inc ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds THE KIDNEY CANCER ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds RAINFOREST ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEAST VOLUSIA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOTORSPORTS CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM FAMILY FUND ↗
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF LAGUNA SECA ↗
  • Who funds LEELANAU CHRISTIAN NEIGHBORS INC ↗
  • Who funds CUDAS UNHOOKED INC ↗
  • Who funds ORLANDO CENTER FOR JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association ↗

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.

United Way of Volusia…Oleson FoundationThe Art and Mary Schm…Grand Traverse Region…Green Brick Foundatio…Rotary Charities of T…The Duffield Family F…Lilly Endowment IncAmerican Endowment Fo…The Pfizer Foundation…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…
United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties IncFL17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties Inc · Oleson Foundation · The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation · Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · Green Brick Foundation Inc · Rotary Charities of Traverse City · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Lilly Endowment Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Scott and Nancy Atherton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Scott and Nancy Atherton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Atlantic Center for the Arts Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Flagler Humane Society Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 87 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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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home