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Tyler Perry Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
33
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$1.3MArts & Culture$1.2MFood & Nutrition$562kHousing & Shelter$519kInternational$402kHealth$400kYouth Development$400kPublic Safety & Disaster$217kOther$0
02FY2024 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $356k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $775k
  • $250k+2 grants · $850k
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$42k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART$500,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TIFF$350,000
CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA FN$200,000
BABY2BABY$200,000
Kindnessorg$100,000
HOUSEPROUD ATLANTA$100,000
HOPE ATLANTA$75,000
ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION$50,000
SOUTH FULTON INSTITUTE$50,000
MOVING IN THE SPIRIT$40,000
One Love Community$40,000
PRAYFIT MINISTRIES$30,000
OPERATION WARM$26,400
Harlem Stage$25,000
ATLANTA DRUM ACADEMY$25,000
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 (FY20–24, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%Pajama Program Inc: $40k → 17%PAJAMA PROGRAM INC: $30k → 17%Pajama Prorgram Inc: $10k → 17%YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles: $10k → 14%MOVING IN THE SPIRIT: $40k → 14%Moving in the Spirit: $15k → 14%Drew Child Development Corp Inc: $10k → 14%Kindnessorg: $100k → 17%Drew Child Development Corp Inc: $5k → 14%Kindnessorg: $100k → 17%MEALS ON WHEELS ATLANTA: $60k → 13%Charity Water: $136k → 17%CHARITY WATER: $100k → 17%Meals On Wheels Atlanta: $50k → 13%Meals On Wheels Atlanta: $50k → 13%Charity Water: $100k → 17%CHILDRENS RESTORATION NETWORK: $10k → 13%Caring For Others: $25k → 13%Caring For Others: $25k → 13%The Tender Foundation Inc: $20k → 13%Caring For Others: $20k → 13%The Tender Foundation Inc: $20k → 13%CARING FOR OTHERS: $15k → 13%THE TENDER FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 13%HouseProud Atlanta: $100k → 13%HOUSEPROUD ATLANTA: $100k → 13%CASCADE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10k → 13%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
NY
OR
PA
CA
MO
VA
MD
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX
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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 40 repeat orgs$2.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +6% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
55

Total granted

$2.8M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
0%

Still filing today

93%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEducationHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • HA
    HOUSEPROUD ATLANTA INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $200k · revenue +26%
  • KI
    KINDNESSORG INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $200k · revenue +22% · 28% of their budget
  • GM
    GLOBAL MEDICAL RELIEF FUND INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $180k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • NI
    NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
    one grant, 2020 · $227k
  • SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +22%
  • JC
    JHPIEGO CORPORATION
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -1%
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
Africas Childrens Fund Inc

Provide assistance to under served children and their families in usa, africa and caribbeanto improve the quality of their lives and civic contribution through educational , housingand medical prgrams.

International
2
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc

The mission of the atlanta community food bank is to engage, educate and empower our community to fight hunger. our bold goal is to see that all people in our service area have access to the nutritious meals they need when they need them.

Food & Nutrition
3
Alternatives Inc

Alternatives, inc.'s mission is to facilitate personal development,strengthen family relationships and enhance the community's well being. serving over 3,000 youth and families annually, the organization offers a range of counseling and…

Health
4
Onechild Global

One child global's mission is to advocate for children in hard places and provide holistic care so they have hope and thrive. onechild global's 355 hope centers provide holistic child development progress in nineteen countries.

International
5
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation

The elizabeth glaser pediatric aids foundation (egpaf) is a proven leader in the fight against pediatric hiv/aids and has reached over 33 million pregnant women with services to prevent transmission of hiv to their babies. to date, egpaf…

Health
6
Atlfamilymeal Inc

Atlfamilymeal inc.'s mission is to feed, nourish and support hospitality workers and their families experiencing hunger and joblessness in the metro atlanta community.

Food & Nutrition
7
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
8
Ja Africa

The mission of ja africa is to inspire and prepare young people in africa to succeed in a global economy.

Education
9
Girls for Gender Equity Inc

Girls for gender equity (gge) works intergenerationally, through a black feminist lens, to achieve gender and racial justice by centering the leadership of black girls and gender-expansive young people of color to reshape culture and…

Crime & Legal
10
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…

Community Improvement
11
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc

ACP is a group committed to identifying and providing leadership on selected issues important to driving the economic development of the city of Atlanta and for which the ACP's active involvement will make a major difference. The ACP has a…

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12
Accion International

Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc; the most unlike its peers is House of Artists Foundation 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

77 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. 77 of the 112 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.

10
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
71/77
Grantees still filing
38/77
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TIFF: $350,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF TIFFNUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES: $227,249 · OtherNUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIESBABY2BABY: $200,000 · OtherBABY2BABYHOPE ATLANTA INC: $147,800 · OtherJHPIEGO CORPORATION: $100,000 · OtherTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $100,000 · Other+72 more: $1,651,356 · Other+72 moreCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $336,000 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INCHOUSEPROUD ATLANTA INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesHOUSEPROUD ATLANTA INCKINDNESSORG INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesKINDNESSORG INCMeals on Wheels Atlanta Inc: $160,000 · Human ServicesMeals on Wheels Atlanta …CARING FOR OTHERS INC: $85,000 · Human ServicesCARING FOR OTHERS INCBEYOND BEDTIME INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesBEYOND BEDTIME INCMOVING IN THE SPIRIT INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesOperation Warm Inc: $51,400 · Human ServicesTENDER FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Human Services+4 more: $45,000 · Human ServicesMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $500,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUS…SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIESENTHAL…ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureALVIN AILEY DANC…Kids Video Connection Inc: $32,000 · Arts & CultureHOUSE OF ARTISTS FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureBREAKING WALLS INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureIN A PERFECT WORLD: $28,302 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $62,000 · Arts & Culture+3 moreGLOBAL MEDICAL RELIEF FUND INC: $180,000 · International14 PLUS FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 · InternationalGIRLS GOTTA RUN FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $22,000 · InternationalCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $200,000 · HealthHealth Professionals Network for Tigray: $50,000 · HealthGEORGIA ALLIANCE FOR BREAST CANCER F/K/A IT'S THE JOURNEY: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $5,000 · HealthCORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT: $207,000 · Public Safety & DisasterNEW IMAGE EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $81,500 · Housing & ShelterLOS ANGELES MISSION INC: $65,000 · Housing & ShelterSTATUS HOME INC F/K/A JERUSALEM HOUSE INC: $25,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$2,776,405Human Services$1,262,400Arts & Culture$832,302International$292,000Health$265,000Public Safety & Disaster$207,000Housing & Shelter$171,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $336,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORT: $207,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBABY2BABY: $200,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOUSEPROUD ATLANTA INC: $200,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetKINDNESSORG INC: $200,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL MEDICAL RELIEF FUND INC: $180,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetMeals on Wheels Atlanta Inc: $160,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHOPE ATLANTA INC: $147,800 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJHPIEGO CORPORATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget14 PLUS FOUNDATION INC: $90,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetCARING FOR OTHERS INC: $85,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $85,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNEW IMAGE EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $81,500 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetEmpty Stocking Fund Inc: $80,953 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetBEYOND BEDTIME INC: $80,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetONE LOVE COMMUNITY INC: $80,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetPRAYFIT MINISTRIES INC: $75,000 over 3y, 37% of budgetLOS ANGELES MISSION INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE GEORGIA INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MISSION CONTINUES: $60,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMOVING IN THE SPIRIT INC: $55,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetONESOURCE LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $54,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetHumanity Plus Inc: $52,500 over 1y, 18% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $51,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH FULTON INSTITUTE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHealth Professionals Network for Tigray: $50,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetTENDER FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetHARLEM STAGE INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetATLANTA YOUTH SOCCER FOUNDATION INC: $44,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetFuture Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetETHIOPIA EDUCATION INITIATIVES INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetBencao Brasil: $35,000 over 3y, 27% of budgetKids Video Connection Inc: $32,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetHOUSE OF ARTISTS FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 42% of budgetBREAKING WALLS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 48% of budgetIN A PERFECT WORLD: $28,302 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetDRAWCHANGE INC: $27,000 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetWOMEN LIKE US FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetSTATUS HOME INC F/K/A JERUSALEM HOUSE INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGIRLS GOTTA RUN FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $22,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetEMPOWHER INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetAFRICAN SERVICES COMMITTEE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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…The Arthur M Blank Fa…United Way of Greater…Georgia Power Foundat…Luluma Charitable Tru…The Imlay Foundation …THDF II Inc DBA The H…The Choate Foundation…Atl Fdn-W Peters MainAtlanta Community Foo…Publix Super Markets …Kaiser Foundation Hea…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA31.7× affinity18 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 · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Luluma Charitable Trust Xxxxx8009 · The Imlay Foundation Inc · THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund · The Choate Foundation (Fka Choate Bridges Foundation) · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgiainc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 65%
  • Jhpiego Corporation: 65% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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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Find your warmest path to Tyler Perry 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 112 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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