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Tr Allan C & Lelia J Garden Fdn at a glance

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Tr Allan C & Lelia J Garden Fdn

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$295k
Granted FY2026still arriving
18
Grants FY2026still arriving
3
States reached
$85k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$575kEducation$567kHuman Services$313kReligion$95kHousing & Shelter$28kAnimals$25kRecreation & Sports$3k
02FY2026 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k10 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $116k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $146k
$8,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MURPHY-HARPST CHILDREN'S CENTERS$85,000
ATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$60,900
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA$30,000
RESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA$30,000
GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY$20,000
ABRAHAM BALDWIN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FDN$14,750
MERCER UNIVERSITY$11,250
MERCY FLIGHT SOUTHEAST$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA$8,500
KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY$4,500
WIREGRASS GEORGIA TECHNICAL COLLEGE$4,500
WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY$2,250
SOUTH GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE$2,250
GEORGIA COLLEGE & STATE UNIVERSITY$2,250
GEORGIA MILITARY COLLEGE$2,250
02The need
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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 (FY21–26, $78k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CALLED TO CARE: $20k → 17%RESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA: $30k → 23%RESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA: $20k → 23%RESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA: $8k → 23%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
IN
RI
CO
TN
LA
AL
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.
$1.6M · 31 repeat orgs$284k to everyone else

31 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2026, 18 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
17

Total granted

$1.6M
$237k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+25%

Still filing today

45%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
EducationHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • MC
    MURPHY-HARPST CHILDREN'S CENTERS INC
    7× · 2020–2026 · $501k · revenue +68%
  • AR
    ATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC
    6× · 2020–2026 · $151k · revenue +316%
  • CI
    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF FITZGERALD BEN HILL CO INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $123k · revenue +398%

Funded once

  • VS
    VARIOUS SCHOOLS -
    one grant, 2020 · $74k
  • MH
    METHODIST HOME S GEORGIA CONFERENCE
    one grant, 2025 · $35k
  • MH
    METHODIST HOME OF THE S GEORGIA CONF
    one grant, 2024 · $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.

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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
2
Marietta College

Marietta college (mc) provides a strong foundation for a lifetime of leadership, critical thinking, and problem solving. we achieve this mission by offering undergraduates a contemporary liberal arts education and graduate students an…

Education
3
Mcdaniel College Inc

Mcdaniel college is a diverse student-centered community committed to excellence in the liberal arts & sciences and professional studies with careful mentoring and attention to the individual. mcdaniel changes lives. we challenge students…

Education
4
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
5
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
6
Spartanburg Methodist College

SMC Delivers an exceptional education that fuses the empowerment of the liberal arts with crucial career skills. Our mission is to equip our students with the knowledge, skills, virtues, and mindset needed to thrive personally, create…

Education
7
Florida Southern College

Florida southern college (florida southern or the college) is committed to educational excellence and is a selective comprehensive, private, united methodist affiliated college with a strong liberal arts core and signature programs. (see…

Education
8
Mid-Atlantic Christian University

Mid-atlantic christian university is an undergraduate institution of christian higher learning whose mission is to impact the world by transforming ordinary people into extraordinary christian leaders. students are taught to think…

Education
9
Morehouse College

Morehouse college is a historically black college whose mission is to develop men with disciplined minds who will lead lives of leadership and service.

Education
10
Mcmurry University

Shaped by christian principles, mcmurry university challenges students to examine our complex world from multiple perspectives in preparation for lives of leadership, service and professional success.

Education
11
Belhaven University

Belhaven university prepares students academically and spiritually to serve jesus christ in their careers, in human relationships, and in the world of ideas.

Education
12
Baptist Memorial College of Health Sciences Inc

Baptist memorial college of health sciences, inc. prepares graduates for careers of service and leadership by providing a comprehensive health sciences education within an integrated environment of learning and christian principles.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Murphy-Harpst Children's Centers Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mercy Flight Se Inc dba Angel Flight Southeast. 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

23 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. 23 of the 53 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
20/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MURPHY-HARPST CHILDREN'S CENTERS INC: $501,000 · OtherMURPHY-HARPST CHILDREN'S CENTERS INCMETHODIST HOME OF THE SOUTH GEORGIA: $140,000 · OtherMETHODIST HOME OF THE SOUTH GEORGIARONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF: $95,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OFUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: $75,250 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIAVARIOUS SCHOOLS -: $73,500 · OtherVARIOUS SCHOOLS -Individual grant recipient: $54,750 · Other+26 more: $296,500 · Other+26 moreCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF FITZGERALD BEN HILL CO INC: $123,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN …Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Foundation Inc: $42,000 · EducationAbraham Baldwin…THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $35,500 · EducationTHE CORPORATION…BERRY COLLEGE INC: $26,000 · EducationBERRY COLLEGE I…EMMANUEL UNIVERSITY INC: $9,000 · Education+6 more: $28,000 · Education+6 moreATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC: $150,900 · HealthATLANTA RONAL…MACON VOLUNTEER CLINIC INC: $29,605 · HealthMACON VOLUNTE…ATLANTA HOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE INC: $20,000 · HealthATLANTA HOSPI…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL GEORGIA: $19,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONA…Mercy Flight SE Inc dba Angel Flight Southeast: $10,000 · HealthMust Ministries Inc: $59,500 · Human ServicesRESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA INC: $58,000 · Human ServicesCALLED TO CARE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA INC: $30,000 · PhilanthropyCAMP TWIN LAKES INC: $3,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,236,000Education$263,500Health$229,505Human Services$137,500Philanthropy$30,000Recreation & Sports$3,000

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 budgetMURPHY-HARPST CHILDREN'S CENTERS INC: $501,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC: $150,900 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF FITZGERALD BEN HILL CO INC: $123,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetMust Ministries Inc: $59,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA INC: $58,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAbraham Baldwin Agricultural College Foundation Inc: $42,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $35,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMACON VOLUNTEER CLINIC INC: $29,605 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBERRY COLLEGE INC: $26,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCALLED TO CARE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetATLANTA HOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetWIREGRASS TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION - SOUTH INC: $15,750 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetEMMANUEL UNIVERSITY INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSpelman College: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLaGrange College: $6,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSavannah College of Art and DesignInc: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP TWIN LAKES INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBelmont University: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $2,250 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 MURPHY-HARPST CHILDREN'S CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTA RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF FITZGERALD BEN HILL CO INC ↗
  • Who funds Must Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds RESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds MACON VOLUNTEER CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds BERRY COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds CALLED TO CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTA HOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL GEORGIA ↗
  • Who funds WIREGRASS TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION - SOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Flight SE Inc dba Angel Flight Southeast ↗
  • Who funds EMMANUEL UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Spelman College ↗
  • Who funds LaGrange College ↗
  • Who funds Savannah College of Art and DesignInc ↗

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.

Georgia Power Foundat…The Community Foundat…Navicent Health Found…WL Amos Sr Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Georgia Power Foundation IncGA21.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Navicent Health Foundation Inc · WL Amos Sr Foundation Inc co William L Amos III · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 Tr Allan C & Lelia J Garden Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tr Allan C & Lelia J Garden Fdn. 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 →
    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 53 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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