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The Shadydale Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Shadydale Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$160k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$370kHealth$159kHuman Services$139kEnvironment$105kAnimals$60kRecreation & Sports$25kYouth Development$18kReligion$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $155k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION$30,000
DGD OUTDOOR ADVENTURES INC$20,000
CHARLESTON AREA THERAPEUTIC RIDING$15,000
EDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST$15,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF SC$15,000
DARLINGTON SCHOOL$10,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$10,000
WORMSLOE FOUNDATION$10,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$10,000
CHEROKEE CO ANIMAL SHELTER$10,000
CHEROKEE FAMILY VIOLENCE CENTER$10,000
THE EDEN PROJECT$5,000
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%THE TWINKLE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 12%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF SC: $20k → 16%NEWBERRY COLLEGE: $10k → 17%KIAWAH CONSERVANCY: $5k → 20%CHEROKEE CO ANIMAL SHELTER: $15k → 6%THE EDEN PROJECT: $6k → 6%GROW RESTORED: $6k → 13%DARLINGTON SCHOOL: $20k → 15%ARMSTRONG STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 16%DGD OUTDOOR ADVENTURES INC: $20k → 27%AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC: $10k → 13%TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%THE TWINKLE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 12%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF SC: $10k → 16%CHEROKEE CO ANIMAL SHELTER: $10k → 6%THE EDEN PROJECT: $5k → 6%DARLINGTON SCHOOL: $10k → 15%ARMSTRONG STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATI: $10k → 16%THE TWINKLE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 12%CHEROKEE CO ANIMAL SHELTER: $10k → 6%BRANDON HALL SCHOOL: $10k → 13%DARLINGTON SCHOOL: $10k → 15%BENEDICTINE MILITARY SCHOOL: $10k → 16%THE TWINKLE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 12%CHEROKEE CO ANIMAL SHELTER: $10k → 6%DARLINGTON SCHOOL: $10k → 15%BENEDICTINE MILITARY SCHOOL: $10k → 16%THE TWINKLE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 12%CHEROKEE CO ANIMAL SHELTER: $10k → 6%BRANDON HALL SCHOOL: $10k → 13%DARLINGTON SCHOOL: $10k → 15%FIRST TEE - SAVANNAH: $13k → 16%EDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST: $15k → 12%THE HOWARD SCHOOL: $10k → 13%DARLINGTON SCHOOL: $10k → 15%WORMSLOE FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%EDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST: $10k → 12%WORMSLOE FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF SC: $15k → 12%WORMSLOE FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF SC: $10k → 12%WORMSLOE FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF SC: $10k → 12%WORMSLOE FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF SC: $10k → 12%ST JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $10k → 16%WORMSLOE FOUNDATION: $10k → 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.
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.
$865k · 18 repeat orgs$85k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
8

Total granted

$865k
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+25%

Still filing today

61%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentCivil RightsOther
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

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $175k · revenue +112%
  • CA
    CHARLESTON AREA THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $75k · revenue +1%
  • DS
    Darlington School Inc
    6× · 2019–2024 · $70k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • NC
    NEWBERRY COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +25%
  • HS
    HOSPICE SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -8%
  • TH
    The Howard School Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +38%
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 Georgetown Trust
Education
2
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
3
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
4
The Graduate School of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research

The graduate school of the stowers institute for medical research ("gssimr") exempt purpose is to provide graduate education that will prepare scholars for scientific research in the biological sciences.

Education
5
Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundationinc

Assist and further research at georgia southern university

Science & Tech
6
Georgia Southern University Foundation Inc

The Georgia Southern University Foundation, Inc. was created to raise private funding to meet certain educational and institutional needs at Georgia Southern University not addressed by state allocations. The Foundation's primary mission…

Education
7
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
8
Little Keswick Education Corporation

Keswick school was founded in 1963 as little keswick school by bob and libby wilson, two local public school teachers who started the school on their 25 acre farm (little keswick farm) outside of charlottesville, va. initially a summer…

Education
9
Charleston Southern University

Charleston southern university (csu) is a private, four-year co-educational institution organized under the laws of the state of south carolina as a non-profit organization and sponsored by the south carolina baptist convention. the…

Education
10
The Carolina Trust
Philanthropy
11
Eagle Hill Foundation of Massachusettsinc

Eagle hill school is a coeducational boarding school that educates students with learning disabilities, including attention deficit disorder, in grades eight through twelve. eagle hill students demonstrate average to above average…

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12
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Eden Project - a Warrior Support Foundation. 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 27 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF SC: $75,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF SCWORMSLOE FOUNDATION INC: $65,000 · OtherWORMSLOE FOUNDATION INCCHEROKEE CO ANIMAL SHELTER: $60,000 · OtherCHEROKEE CO ANIMAL SHELTERTHE TWINKLE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · OtherTHE TWINKLE FOUNDATION INCBENEDICTINE MILITARY SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherARMSTRONG FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY INC: $20,000 · OtherDGD OUTDOOR ADVENTURES INC: $20,000 · OtherBRANDON HALL SCHOOL INC: $20,000 · OtherFIRST TEE - SAVANNAH: $17,500 · Other+4 more: $30,000 · Other+4 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $175,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATIONDarlington School Inc: $70,000 · EducationDarlington School IncEtowah High School Foundation Inc: $20,000 · EducationEtowah High School Foundation IncSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUN…+2 more: $20,000 · Education+2 moreCHEROKEE FAMILY VIOLENCE CENTERINC: $60,000 · Human ServicesCHEROKEE FAMIL…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIO…CHARLESTON AREA THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC: $75,000 · HealthCHARLESTON …GROW RESTORED INC: $13,750 · HealthGROW RESTOR…HOSPICE SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthHOSPICE SAV…EDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST: $25,000 · EnvironmentThe Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc: $5,000 · EnvironmentTHE EDEN PROJECT - A WARRIOR SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $18,750 · Civil Rights
Other$377,500Education$305,000Human Services$120,000Health$98,750Environment$30,000Civil Rights$18,750

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 budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLESTON AREA THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC: $75,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetDarlington School Inc: $70,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWORMSLOE FOUNDATION INC: $65,000 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetCHEROKEE FAMILY VIOLENCE CENTERINC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $60,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST: $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetEtowah High School Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARMSTRONG FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBRANDON HALL SCHOOL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EDEN PROJECT - A WARRIOR SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $18,750 over 4y, 9.9% of budgetGROW RESTORED INC: $13,750 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetNEWBERRY COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Howard School Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHARLESTON AREA THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC ↗
  • Who funds Darlington School Inc ↗
  • Who funds WORMSLOE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHEROKEE FAMILY VIOLENCE CENTERINC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds EDISTO ISLAND OPEN LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Etowah High School Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARMSTRONG FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds BRANDON HALL SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE EDEN PROJECT - A WARRIOR SUPPORT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GROW RESTORED INC ↗
  • Who funds NEWBERRY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Howard School Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Kiawah Island Natural Habitat Conservancy 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.

Coastal Community Fou…Morgan Stanley Global…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina IncSC13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Shadydale Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Shadydale Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 27 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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