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Trilith Foundation Inc

Trilith foundation exists to enrich the lives of the creators and the makers who inspire the world.

$192k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
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, FY2023 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.5MHuman Services$116kHousing & Shelter$71kEducation$65kHealth$35kFood & Nutrition$34kEnvironment$27kPublic Safety & Disaster$27kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $97k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $95k
$8,787
Median grant
1
States reached
$602k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BEARING BIKE WORKS$25,000
SOUTHERN CRESCENT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$17,573
FAYETTE SENIOR SERVICES$17,573
SOUTHSIDE SUPPORT$17,573
HEALING BRIDGE CLINIC$17,573
PROMISE PLACE$8,787
TWO SPARROWS VILLAGE INC$8,787
MIDWEST FOOD BANK$8,787
THE EDEN PROJECT$8,787
SOUTHERN CONSERVATION TRUST$8,787
FAYETTEVILLE FIRE FOUNDATION$8,786
BLOOM OUR YOUTH$8,786
FINE ARTS & CRAFTS ENTREPRENEURS$8,786
CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND$8,786
CHRISTIAN CITY$8,786
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 (FY23–24, $139k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 18% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BEARING BIKE WORKS: $25k → 13%FAYETTE SENIOR SERVICES: $18k → 6%PROMISE PLACE: $18k → 6%FAYETTE SENIOR SERVICES: $18k → 6%PROMISE PLACE: $9k → 6%BLOOM OUR YOUTH: $9k → 6%CAMP SOUTHERN GROUND: $9k → 6%MIDWEST FOOD BANK: $25k → 6%MIDWEST FOOD BANK: $9k → 6%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.

11%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$213k · 7 repeat orgs$1.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against -9% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
9

Total granted

$213k
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
-9%

Still filing today

100%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $122k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureCivil RightsHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • TE
    THE EDEN PROJECT - A WARRIOR SUPPORT FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $36k · revenue +28%
  • FS
    FAYETTE SENIOR SERVICES INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $36k · revenue +20%
  • MF
    MIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP
    2× · 2023–2024 · $34k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • TI
    TRILITH INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $1.5M · 30% of their budget
  • B
    BLOOM
    one grant, 2023 · $27k
  • TF
    The Forest School
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -9%
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
Carolina Teen Center

Carolina Teen Center is a prevention and education year-round after-school and summer program that services youth and their families. Literacy programs, tutoring, life skills, mentoring, positive peer groups, conflict resolution skills,…

Health
2
Thrive Academy Atlanta Inc

Thrive Academy is a private Christian school using education as a platform to reach, disciple, and empower students facing systemic injustice, childhood trauma, and poverty. With student housing, engaging curriculum, and intentional…

Education
3
Cobbworks Inc

To promote employment and education opportunities that strengthen the workforce and economic development in our community.

Employment
4
Fayetteville Academy

Fayetteville academy is an independent, college preparatory school (prek- 12) that encourages students to achieve their full potential by offering exceptional opportunities in academics, fine arts, and athletics. the academy emphasizes…

Education
5
Landmarks for Families Inc

For more than 230 years, Landmarks for Families has been a refuge for thousands of children and youth, providing services and support for children who have experienced trauma in our community. Known as a leader and champion for children in…

Human Services
6
Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc

The mission of communities in schools of atlanta, inc. (cis) is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Human Services
7
Dyslexia Network Forsyth County
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8
Leap Year Inc

The mission of leap year inc is to prepare young, talented students to reach their academic and leadership potential by attending college and breaking the cycle of poverty.

Education
9
Cornerstones of Care

Partnering for safe and healthy communities.

Human Services
10
Family Services Inc

To strengthen the well-being and development of families and individuals through professional human services programs, including therapy, counseling, education, special assistance, and advocacy.

Human Services
11
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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12
Westbridge Vocational Inc

We are westbridge vocational--a social enterprise connecting people to opportunity through our quality-driven manufacturing. we are dedicated to empowering all people with barriers to employment by providing training opportunities that…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southern Crescent Habitat for Humanity Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Eden Project - a Warrior Support Foundation. 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 25 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
11/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRILITH INSTITUTE INC: $1,500,000 · Arts & CultureTRILITH INSTITUTE INCBLOOM: $27,131 · OtherBLOOMSOUTHERN CONSERVATION TRUST: $26,874 · OtherSOUTHERN C…Christian City Inc: $26,873 · OtherChristian …Individual grant recipient: $18,088 · OtherIndividual…Individual grant recipient: $18,087 · OtherIndividual…FAYETTEVILLE FIRE FOUNDATION: $18,087 · OtherFAYETTEVIL…SOUTHERN CRESCENT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $17,573 · OtherSOUTHERN C…FINE ARTS AND CRAFTS ENTREPRENEURS: $8,786 · OtherCOCOS CUPBOARD INC: $18,087 · OtherCOCOS CUPB…Fayette Fire Foundation Inc: $8,786 · OtherFAYETTE SENIOR SERVICES INC: $35,660 · Human ServicesMIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP: $34,109 · Human ServicesFAYETTE COUNTY COUNCIL ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC: $26,874 · Human ServicesBEARINGS BIKE SHOP INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC: $8,786 · Human ServicesBLOOM OUR YOUTH INC: $8,786 · Human ServicesThe Forest School: $19,896 · EducationCLEARWATER ACADEMY INC: $18,087 · EducationLEAP FOR LITERACY: $18,087 · EducationThe Foundry Inc: $8,786 · EducationTHE EDEN PROJECT - A WARRIOR SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $35,918 · Civil RightsSouthside Support INC: $17,573 · HealthHEALING BRIDGE CLINIC INC: $17,573 · HealthTwo Sparrows Village Inc: $26,874 · Housing & Shelter
Arts & Culture$1,500,000Other$188,372Human Services$139,215Education$64,856Civil Rights$35,918Health$35,146Housing & Shelter$26,874

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 budgetTRILITH INSTITUTE INC: $1,500,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetTHE EDEN PROJECT - A WARRIOR SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $35,918 over 2y, 12% of budgetFAYETTE SENIOR SERVICES INC: $35,660 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP: $34,109 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN CONSERVATION TRUST: $26,874 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTwo Sparrows Village Inc: $26,874 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetFAYETTE COUNTY COUNCIL ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC: $26,874 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetChristian City Inc: $26,873 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBEARINGS BIKE SHOP INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetThe Forest School: $19,896 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOCOS CUPBOARD INC: $18,087 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCLEARWATER ACADEMY INC: $18,087 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSouthside Support INC: $17,573 over 1y, 14% of budgetHEALING BRIDGE CLINIC INC: $17,573 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSOUTHERN CRESCENT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $17,573 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Foundry Inc: $8,786 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCAMP SOUTHERN GROUND INC: $8,786 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOM OUR YOUTH INC: $8,786 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

The Community Foundat…Clothes Less Traveled…United Way of Greater…Georgia Power Foundat…Renasant Community Fo…Coweta-Fayette Trust …Tr Uw Charles I BrananNatl Christian Charit…Network for GoodMorgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA29.4× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Clothes Less Traveled Thrift Shop Inc · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Renasant Community Foundation · Coweta-Fayette Trust Inc · Tr Uw Charles I Branan · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving 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 Trilith Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Trilith Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%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 · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Trilith Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Trilith 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 25 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 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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