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Tr Dorothy M Buttolph Fdn

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$166kYouth Development$115kArts & Culture$72kHuman Services$37kHousing & Shelter$30kCrime & Legal$26kPhilanthropy$26kHealth$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THORNWELL$10,000
APPARO ACADEMY INC$8,000
RISE AUGUSTA$8,000
CHILD ENRICHMENT INC$7,500
HERITAGE ACADEMY AUGUSTA$7,500
TUTTLE-NEWTON HOME INC$5,000
THE SALVATION ARMY AUGUSTA AREA$5,000
AUGUSTA MINI THEATRE INC$5,000
MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART$4,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%THORNWELL: $5k → 18%THE SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL OF: $3k → 18%THE SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL OF: $3k → 18%SAFE HOMES OF AUGUSTA: $5k → 18%SAFE HOMES OF AUGUSTA: $3k → 18%SAFE HOMES OF AUGUSTA: $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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$497k · 24 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against -9% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
5

Total granted

$497k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
-9%

Still filing today

58%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TN
    TUTTLE NEWTON HOME INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $41k · revenue +152%
  • AA
    APPARO ACADEMY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $41k · revenue ×111
  • RA
    RISE Augusta Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $32k · revenue +88%

Funded once

  • T
    THORNWELL
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -9%
  • WM
    Westabou Montessori School
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue -87%
  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY OF AUGUSTA
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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 Atlanta Academy Inc

Our mission is to give every student the individual attention they need to succeed. this is at the core of everything we do. atlanta academy teaches children from pre-k through eighth grade.

Education
2
Augusta Heritage Academy Inc

To provide a quality education for students from pre k thru the eighth grade primarily from low income families.

Education
3
Soar Academy Augusta Inc

Soar academy was established in 2011 by founder kenisha skaggs with the goal of creating a non-traditional learning environment that caters to each students individual learning style. the academy provides personalized curricula designed to…

Education
4
The Augusta Preparatory Day School Inc

The augusta preparatory day school, inc. provides educational services to students in grades pre-k through 12.

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5
Georgia Agape Inc

The organization offers social services as a compassionate outreach to abused, neglected and dependent children and families in need. the organization strives to positively impact the lives of children, families and all those who receive…

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6
The Family Y Young Men's Christian Association/Ywco of the Csra Inc

Our mission is to serve individuals and families in the csra through programs designed to build healthy spirit, mind, and body, reflecting the values of the judeo-christian tradition while maintaining respect for all people.

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7
Kids Restart Inc

Provide services to children in the foster system

Crime & Legal
8
SouthEastern Young Artists Inc

The SouthEastern Young Artists brings artists and community together by putting on performances for the public. Additionally artists will go into local schools and education institutions to do workshops around music and social emotional…

Arts & Culture
9
Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation
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10
Augusta Christian Schools

Our mission is to provide academic and spiritual training and extracurricula activities for students in the csra. it is also to prepare students to serve jesus christ as lord, partnering with family and church, instilling high standards…

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11
Sisu of Georgia Inc

To serve children with disabilities and their typical peers through state-of-the art educational, therapeutic, nursing and family support services in an integrated environment.

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12
Elevate Augusta Inc

Building long-term, life-changing relationships with augusta youth, equipping them to thrive and contribute to their community.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Augusta Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tuttle Newton Home 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

18 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. 18 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF AU: $50,500 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF AUAPPARO ACADEMY INC: $40,500 · OtherAPPARO ACADEMY INCMORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $34,000 · OtherMORRIS MUSEUM OF ARTHERITAGE ACADEMY INC: $30,000 · OtherHERITAGE ACADEMY INCHERITAGE ACADEMY AUGUSTA: $29,500 · OtherHERITAGE ACADEMY AUGUSTABOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $25,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICATHORNWELL: $25,000 · OtherTHORNWELLCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $18,000 · OtherGirl Scouts of Historic Georgia Inc: $16,000 · OtherWALTON FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $14,500 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER AUGUSTA INC: $14,000 · Other+8 more: $57,500 · Other+8 moreTUTTLE NEWTON HOME INC: $41,000 · PhilanthropyTUTTLE NE…+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyRISE Augusta Inc: $31,500 · Youth DevelopmentAugusta Mini Theatre Inc: $19,000 · Arts & CultureFORE AUGUSTA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCHILD ENRICHMENT INC: $26,000 · Crime & LegalSAFE HOMES OF AUGUSTA INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesTHE SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL OF GEORGIA INC: $5,500 · Human ServicesTHORNWELL: $5,000 · Human ServicesSPECIAL OLYMPICS GEORGIA INC: $9,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$354,500Philanthropy$42,000Youth Development$31,500Arts & Culture$29,000Crime & Legal$26,000Human Services$21,500Recreation & Sports$9,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTUTTLE NEWTON HOME INC: $41,000 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetAPPARO ACADEMY INC: $40,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $34,000 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetRISE Augusta Inc: $31,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetCHILD ENRICHMENT INC: $26,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAugusta Mini Theatre Inc: $19,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of Historic Georgia Inc: $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWALTON FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $14,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER AUGUSTA INC: $14,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE HOMES OF AUGUSTA INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFORE AUGUSTA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBURN FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS GEORGIA INC: $9,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAUGUSTA BALLET INC: $8,500 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetTHE SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL OF GEORGIA INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHORNWELL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestabou Montessori School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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 TUTTLE NEWTON HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds APPARO ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds RISE Augusta Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILD ENRICHMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds Augusta Mini Theatre Inc ↗
  • Who funds Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia Inc ↗
  • Who funds WALTON FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER AUGUSTA INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HOMES OF AUGUSTA INC ↗
  • Who funds FORE AUGUSTA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BURN FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds AUGUSTA BALLET INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL OF GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds THORNWELL ↗
  • Who funds Westabou Montessori School ↗
  • Who funds Jessye Norman School of the Arts 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…Creel-Harison Foundat…The Knox FoundationGeorgia Power Foundat…Jefferson Energy Coop…Arthur H Merry & Erne…University Health Ser…Augusta Exchange Club…United Way of the Csr…Paul S and Carolyn a …Erramuzpe Foundation …Patricia S McGee Foun…
The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area IncGA38.5× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc · Creel-Harison Foundation Inc · The Knox Foundation · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Jefferson Energy Cooperative Foundation Inc · Arthur H Merry & Ernest B Merry Foundation Inc · University Health Services Inc · Augusta Exchange Club Charity Fund Inc · United Way of the Csra Inc · Paul S and Carolyn a Simon Foundation · Erramuzpe Foundation Inc · Patricia S McGee Foundation Inc

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 Dorothy M Buttolph Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tr Dorothy M Buttolph Fdn. 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%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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