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Thomas Garrett Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Thomas Garrett Family Foundation Inc

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.

$54k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$92kEducation$71kHealth$47kHuman Services$36kArts & Culture$28kInternational$28kPhilanthropy$23kFood & Nutrition$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $33k
$7,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$16k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Bill Harrison Foundation$12,500
ST Jude$10,000
Georiga Historical Society$10,000
Skyland Trail$7,500
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Preservation Foundation$5,000
GCAPP$2,500
Individual grant recipient$1,050
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 (FY17–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Camp Southern Ground: $10k → 6%GCAPP: $3k → 8%Covenant House: $1k → 17%Atlanta Mission: $10k → 13%Atlanta Mission: $10k → 13%Atlanta Mission: $8k → 13%Atlanta Mission: $6k → 13%Meals on Wheels Atlanta: $3k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
TN
NC
AL
GA
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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$259k · 12 repeat orgs$255k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
19

Total granted

$259k
$237k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+69%

Still filing today

50%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationReligionHealthInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TL
    THE LOVETT SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $60k · revenue +60%
  • AU
    ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION
    4× · 2017–2023 · $34k · revenue +21%
  • GW
    GEORGE WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $21k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • NP
    NORTH POINT MINISTRIES INC
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
  • NU
    Northside United Methodist Church
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
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
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
2
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
3
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
4
United Way Worldwide

To improve lives by mobilizing caring power of communities around the world to advance common good.

Philanthropy
5
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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6
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
7
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
8
Covenant House Georgia Inc

Covenant house georgia provides shelters, protects and advocates on behalf of homeless, trafficked, runaway and sexually exploited youth.

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9
Beloved Atlanta Inc

Beloved atlanta is an anti-sex trafficking organization lovingly equipping brave women on their path to freedom. we accomplish this through safe housing, mental health services, thrength based case management, and healthy community.

Human Services
10
Advocates for Children Inc

Our new mission is: advocates for children is an organization of dedicated, skilled professionals and compassionate volunteers committed to the well-being of children, youth and families. through comprehensive advocacy and unwavering…

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11
Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont Inc

Goodwill builds pathways that help people pursue the life they want to achieve. goodwill exists to help people see possibilities, seize opportunities, and prosper. we partner with individuals to identify their strengths, interests and…

Employment
12
World Vision Inc

World vision, inc. is a christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. (continued on schedule…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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 34 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
15/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNORTH POINT MINISTRIES INC: $30,000 · OtherNORTH POINT MINISTRIES INCCRU: $30,000 · OtherCRUNorthside United Methodist Church: $30,000 · OtherNorthside United Methodist ChurchThe Bill Harrison Foundation: $22,500 · OtherThe Bill Harrison FoundationST Jude: $16,000 · Other+14 more: $66,375 · Other+14 moreTHE LOVETT SCHOOL INC: $60,000 · EducationTHE LOVETT SCHO…BREAKTHROUGH ATLANTA: $10,500 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH AT…ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $33,500 · Human ServicesATLANTA UN…CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCAMP SOUTH…Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential Inc: $2,500 · Human ServicesMeals on Wheels Atlanta Inc: $2,500 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesGEORGE WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $20,600 · HealthNO LONGER BOUND INC: $10,000 · HealthUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $17,640 · InternationalSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 · ReligionCITY OF REFUGE: $1,000 · ReligionROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$324,875Education$70,500Human Services$49,500Health$30,600International$17,640Religion$11,000Arts & Culture$10,000

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 LOVETT SCHOOL INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $33,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGE WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $20,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $17,640 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH ATLANTA: $10,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNO LONGER BOUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITY OF REFUGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilderness Works: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE INC: $175 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 LOVETT SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds GEORGE WEST MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH ATLANTA ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds NO LONGER BOUND INC ↗
  • Who funds ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential Inc ↗
  • Who funds Meals on Wheels Atlanta Inc ↗
  • Who funds CITY OF REFUGE ↗
  • Who funds Wilderness Works ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CHARITY LEAGUE 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.

The Community Foundat…Community Foundation …Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Thomas Garrett Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas Garrett Family Foundation Inc. 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%15%30%45%60%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 · 0–60%
    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 34 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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