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Tickle Family 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.

$151k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$30k
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.

Religion$947kYouth Development$310kEducation$283kPhilanthropy$176kRecreation & Sports$135kEnvironment$100kCommunity Improvement$50kArts & Culture$47kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $128k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$7.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SUMMIT CHARTER SCHOOL FOUNDATION$30,000
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD$27,500
ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$25,000
UNITED STATES ISRAEL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION$25,000
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FUND$10,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$10,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$5,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE PLATEAU$5,000
UAB ATHLETICS FOUNDATION$5,000
BIG OAK RANCH INC$5,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$2,500
OAK MOUNTAIN MISSION MINISTRIES$1,000
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PASSTHROUGHS$56
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 (FY17–24, $42k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%BIG OAK RANCH INC: $5k → 18%BIG OAK RANCH INC: $5k → 18%OAK MOUNTAIN MISSIONS MINSTRIES INC: $13k → 7%OAK MOUNTAIN MISSIONS MINSTRIES INC: $10k → 7%CENTER FOR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP: $5k → 16%OAK MOUNTAIN MISSION MINISTRIES: $1k → 7%VISION CASHIERS INC: $3k → 18%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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 16 repeat orgs$207k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
10

Total granted

$1.9M
$177k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+32%

Still filing today

75%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • BG
    Boys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc
    4× · 2019–2024 · $310k · revenue +74%
  • SC
    Summit Charter School Foundation
    6× · 2019–2024 · $219k · revenue +280%
  • UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $156k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • TV
    THE VILLAGE GREEN
    one grant, 2018 · $100k
  • CO
    CATHEDRAL OF ST PAUL
    one grant, 2021 · $26k
  • GR
    GLENVILLE-CASHIERS RESCUE SQUAD INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +123%
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 Land Trust for Tennessee Inc

To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.

Environment
2
The Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce

To unite, guide, support and speak for those engaged in commerce, the professions, and economic and civic endeavors in luzerne county and, through the private sector enterprise, to seek to enhance the quality of life and general welfare in…

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3
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
4
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
5
The Foundation of Firsthealth Inc

Provide philanthropic support to firsthealth of the carolinas, inc., a healthcare system exempt from income tax under irs section 501c(3) and 170(b)(1)(a)(iii).

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6
Uncompahgre Combined Clinics

To provide quality, cost-effective, accessible, and affordable healthcare to the community.

Health
7
Gaston Memorial Hospital Inc

To provide compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

Health
8
Foothills United Way Inc

Collaboratively identify community priority needs and desired outcomes, unite community resources in pursuit of agreed upon goals, and take action

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9
Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics

To support salem health, salem health west valley and related organizations.

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10
Chamber of Commerce of Columbia Cou

To be the leading voice of business in coumbia county providing advocacy, promotion, and benefit solutions to its members.

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11
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
12
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Bell Center for Early Intervention Programs; 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

20 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. 20 of the 29 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $595,002 · OtherASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCHCHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD INC: $319,482 · OtherCHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD INCTHE VILLAGE GREEN: $100,000 · OtherTHE VILLAGE GREEN+11 more: $109,317 · Other+11 moreBoys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc: $309,604 · EducationBoys & Girls Club of The Plateau IncSummit Charter School Foundation: $219,405 · EducationSummit Charter School FoundationUAB ATHLETICS FOUNDATION: $105,492 · EducationUAB ATHLETICS FOUNDATIONSpecial Operations Fund: $60,000 · EducationSpecial Operations Fund+1 more: $3,500 · EducationUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $155,645 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyWOODLAWN UNITED INC: $50,160 · Community ImprovementRED MOUNTAIN THEATRE COMPANY INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCASHIERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $22,000 · Arts & CultureOAK MOUNTAIN MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $24,000 · Human ServicesBIG OAK RANCH INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesVISION CASHIERS INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $30,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,123,801Education$698,001Philanthropy$165,645Community Improvement$50,160Arts & Culture$47,000Human Services$41,500Youth Development$30,000

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 budgetBoys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc: $309,604 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetSummit Charter School Foundation: $219,405 over 6y, 13% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $155,645 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUAB ATHLETICS FOUNDATION: $105,492 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetSpecial Operations Fund: $60,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetWOODLAWN UNITED INC: $50,160 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRED MOUNTAIN THEATRE COMPANY INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOAK MOUNTAIN MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $24,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCASHIERS HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $22,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetBIG OAK RANCH INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BELL CENTER FOR EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHighlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVISION CASHIERS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED ABILITY INC: $1,000 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.

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.

Florence Mauboules Ch…Protective Life Found…The Double Eagle Foun…The Hackney FoundationThe Billi Marcus Foun…Hill Crest Foundation…Altecstyslinger Found…The Community Foundat…Brighton Foundation T…The Daniel Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…Sneed Family Foundati…
Florence Mauboules Charitable TrustLA19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Florence Mauboules Charitable Trust · Protective Life Foundation · The Double Eagle Foundation 4191-06-43 · The Hackney Foundation · The Billi Marcus Foundation Inc · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Altecstyslinger Foundation · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Sneed Family 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 Tickle Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tickle Family 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 29 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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