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Warren Family Foundation at a glance

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Warren Family Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$802k
Granted FY2018
17
Grants FY2018
4
States reached
$155k
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, FY2017 to 2018.

Religion$375kHealth$324kEducation$110kPhilanthropy$91kAnimals$80kCrime & Legal$50kRecreation & Sports$28kArts & Culture$25kOther$0
02FY2018 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k4 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $657k
$30,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAKE JUNALUSKA ASSEMBLY$155,000
CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA$121,000
UAB SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$100,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA$71,000
BIRMINGHAM ZOO$60,000
HIGHLANDS SCHOOL$50,000
CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER$50,000
ALZHEIMERS OF CENTRAL AL$50,000
CANTERBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$30,000
WBHM$25,000
ALTAMONT SCHOOL$25,000
MCCALLIE SCHOOL$25,000
THE WOMEN'S FUND$15,000
SOUTHSIDE BASEBALL ASSOCIATION$7,500
Individual grant recipient$7,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%ROTARY CLUB OF BIRMINGHAM: $5k → 16%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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$731k · 9 repeat orgs$309k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
4

Total granted

$731k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+51%

Still filing today

33%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $283k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
EducationReligionHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • Lake Junaluska Assembly Inc
    2× · 2017–2018 · $310k · revenue +38%
  • TC
    The Children's Hospital of Alabama
    2× · 2017–2018 · $124k · revenue +27%
  • AO
    ALZHEIMERS OF CENTRAL AL
    2× · 2017–2018 · $100k

Funded once

  • AU
    AUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +51%
  • AK
    ABERCROMBIE & KENT PHILANTHROPY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $7k · revenue +136%
  • RP
    RAILROAD PARK FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +28%
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
Arborbrook Christian Academy

Arborbrook Christian Academy partners with parents to equip, empower, and encourage students to cultivate godly character, pursue life-long learning, and love the Lord Jesus Christ.

Education
2
Hillbrook School

Hillbrook provides an extraordinary educational experience that fosters a love of learning in our students and helps them to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to achieve their highest individual potential in school and in life.…

Education
3
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
4
River Mill Academy

Operation of a north carolina public charter school

Education
5
Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School

We engage a diverse community of learners in a collaborative educational experience, preparing them for college success and a lifetime of meaningful engagement with the broader world.

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6
Union University

Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.

Education
7
The Webb School

To turn out young people who are tireless workers, and who know how to work effectively; who are accurate scholars; who know the finer points of morals and practice them in their daily living; who are always courteous.

Education
8
Alabama Bankers Association Inc

To promote the preservation and continued development of commercial banking in alabama.

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9
Appalachian State University Foundation Inc

The appalachian state university foundation exists to support appalachian state university students, faculty, staff and community through the advancement of financial support, stewardship, growth of resources, and advocacy for the…

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10
Uab Educational Foundation

To support the university of alabama at birmingham in its scientific and educational mission, including managing and disbursing funds, acquiring real property, and providing operational flexibility.

Education
11
Ashbrook Independent School

To challenge and nurture academically capable students.

Education
12
The Webb Schools

Webb's mission is to provide a dynamic learning community that nurtures and inspires our students and alumni to think boldly, mindfully, and creatively; act with honor and moral courage; lead with distinction; and serve with a generous…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc; the most unlike its peers is Railroad Park 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

11 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. 11 of the 21 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALZHEIMERS OF CENTRAL AL: $100,000 · OtherALZHEIMERS OF CENTRAL ALUAB SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $100,000 · OtherUAB SCHOOL OF MEDICINEBIRMINGHAM ZOO: $80,000 · OtherBIRMINGHAM ZOOCanterbury United Methodist Church: $65,000 · OtherCanterbury United Methodist ChurchHIGHLANDS DAY SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherHIGHLANDS DAY SCHOOL FOUNDATIONCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $50,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTERWBHM: $25,000 · OtherTHE WOMEN'S FUND: $20,000 · Other+4 more: $40,000 · Other+4 moreLake Junaluska Assembly Inc: $310,000 · ReligionLake Junaluska Assembly IncThe Children's Hospital of Alabama: $123,500 · HealthThe Children…The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc: $71,000 · PhilanthropyABERCROMBIE & KENT PHILANTHROPY INC: $6,770 · PhilanthropyTHE MCCALLIE SCHOOL: $25,000 · EducationTHE ALTAMONT SCHOOL: $25,000 · EducationAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationRAILROAD PARK FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE ROTARY CLUB OF BIRMINGHAM INC: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$530,000Religion$310,000Health$123,500Philanthropy$77,770Education$60,000Recreation & Sports$5,000Human Services$5,000

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 budgetLake Junaluska Assembly Inc: $310,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Alabama: $123,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIGHLANDS DAY SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE MCCALLIE SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ALTAMONT SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAUBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRED MOUNTAIN PARK FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetABERCROMBIE & KENT PHILANTHROPY INC: $6,770 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRAILROAD PARK FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ROTARY CLUB OF BIRMINGHAM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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…Dunn-French FoundationAltecstyslinger Found…Arlington Partners Ch…Debardeleben Foundati…Hill Crest Foundation…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
The Community Foundation of Greater BirminghamAL19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Dunn-French Foundation · Altecstyslinger Foundation · Arlington Partners Charitable Foundation Inc · Debardeleben Foundation Inc · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 21 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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