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Tomlinson Memorial Foundation Inc at a glance

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Tomlinson Memorial 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.

$30k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$31kAnimals$28kHealth$25kReligion$23kEducation$21kInternational$20kArts & Culture$15kHuman Services$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$639k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HEARDS FERRY ELEMENTARY EAGLE ALLIANCE$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$3,000
ST JUDE HOSPITAL$3,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$3,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$2,000
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$2,000
COVENANT HOUSE$2,000
BOYS SCOUTS OF AMERICA$1,030
SOLIDARITY SANDY SPRINGS INC$1,000
CHARITY WATER$1,000
CATHEDRAL OF ST PHILIP$1,000
GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%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

NY
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$182k · 15 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +77% since the first grant, against +61% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
16

Total granted

$182k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+77%
+61%

Still filing today

53%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
Food & NutritionAnimalsInternationalHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • AC
    ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $22k · revenue +74%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $17k · revenue +98%
  • GA
    GEORGIA AQUARIUM INC & SUBSIDIARY
    4× · 2017–2022 · $14k · revenue +77%

Funded once

  • SC
    SPRUILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +106%
  • AS
    ART SANDY SPRINGS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $4k · revenue +61%
  • GK
    GIVE KIDS THE WORLD INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +32%
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
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
2
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
3
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
4
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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5
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
6
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
7
Floresta Usa Incorporated

Plant with purpose, a christian nonprofit organization, reverses deforestation and poverty around the world by transforming the lives of the rural poor. we do this through: - watershed restoration & regenerative agriculture - savings…

International
8
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
9
African Wildlife Foundation Inc

Awf's mission is to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern africa. we work to equip african governments, institutions, business, and communities with the tools, insights, and support they need to define, own, and realize a…

Animals
10
United States Pharmacopeial Convention

Usp's mission is to improve global health through public standards and related programs that help ensure the quality, safety, and benefit of medicines and foods.

Health
11
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
12
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Marine Toys for Tots Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Releash Atlanta 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

21 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. 21 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
17/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $32,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCATHEDRAL OF ST PHILIP: $22,000 · OtherCATHEDRAL OF ST PHILIPHEARDS FERRY ELEMENTARY EAGLE ALLIANCE: $20,188 · OtherHEARDS FERRY ELEMENTARY EAGLE ALLIANCEZOO ATLANTA: $12,000 · OtherZOO ATLANTASENIOR CONNECTIONS MEALS ON WHEELS: $8,000 · OtherSENIOR CONNECTIONS MEALS ON WHEELSST JUDE HOSPITAL: $5,000 · OtherCOVENANT HOUSE: $4,000 · Other+13 more: $15,295 · Other+13 moreATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $22,000 · Food & NutritionATLANTA COMMU…SOLIDARITY SANDY SPRINGS INC: $3,000 · Food & NutritionSOLIDARITY SA…Feeding America: $1,000 · Food & NutritionMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $16,500 · InternationalMEDECINS S…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $3,000 · InternationalUNITED STA…GEORGIA AQUARIUM INC & SUBSIDIARY: $14,000 · AnimalsTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $1,000 · AnimalsReleash Atlanta Inc: $1,000 · AnimalsSPRUILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureART SANDY SPRINGS INC: $4,000 · Arts & CultureST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $12,500 · HealthBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $3,000 · Human Services
Other$118,483Food & Nutrition$26,000International$19,500Animals$16,000Arts & Culture$14,000Health$13,500Human Services$8,000

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 budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $22,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $16,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA AQUARIUM INC & SUBSIDIARY: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPRUILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOLIDARITY SANDY SPRINGS INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReleash Atlanta Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRENT ELEY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $500 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.

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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 Tomlinson Memorial Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tomlinson Memorial Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%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
1get 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 · 0–15%
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.
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How do I get to Tomlinson Memorial Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Tomlinson Memorial 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 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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