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Williams Family Foundation of Georgia Inc at a glance

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Williams Family Foundation of Georgia Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
57
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$375k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.8MPhilanthropy$2.1MYouth Development$1.6MHealth$1.5MArts & Culture$1.4MHuman Services$1.2MCommunity Improvement$1.0MCrime & Legal$525kOther$0
02FY2024 · 57 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $64k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $537k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $920k
  • $250k+5 grants · $1.7M
$20,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$82M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH GEORGIA INC$375,000
THOMASVILLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP$375,000
JACK HADLEY BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM$350,000
Individual grant recipient$305,000
BROOKWOOD SCHOOL$255,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$215,000
THE MNW BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS$200,000
HANDS AND HEARTS FOR HORSES$110,000
ARCHBOLD FOUNDATIO$100,000
THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC$70,000
THOMASVILLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS$70,000
THOMASVILLE YMCA$55,000
SPARK THOMASVILLE$50,000
THOMASVILLE THOMAS COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$50,000
VASHTI CENTER$40,000
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, $173k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THORN: $10k → 14%GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES: $25k → 4%REST STOP MINISTRIES: $20k → 14%JOSHUA'S PROMISE: $10k → 23%GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES: $15k → 4%REST STOP MINISTRIES: $20k → 14%JOSHUA'S PROMISE: $10k → 23%GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES: $10k → 4%JOSHUA'S PROMISE: $10k → 23%GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES: $10k → 4%JOSHUA'S PROMISE: $10k → 23%ATLANTA MISSION: $20k → 13%THOMASVILLE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $3k → 20%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

MN
WI
MA
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
GA
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 71 repeat orgs$598k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

71 repeat relationships: 45 still active in FY2024, 26 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

71
25

Total granted

$12M
$302k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+35%

Still filing today

70%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $296k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalOther
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

  • BS
    BROOKWOOD SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +22%
  • AF
    ARCHBOLD FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +78%
  • TC
    THOMASVILLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $875k · revenue +28% · 81% of their budget

Funded once

  • WL
    Wellspring Living Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue -11%
  • N(
    NCMEC (NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPOITED CHILDREN)
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
  • TC
    THOMAS COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
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 Land Trust for Tennessee Inc

To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.

Environment
2
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
3
Friends of Ga State Parks & Histori

The mission of friends is to partner with, promote and preserve georgia state parks & historic sites. statewide, friends works to raise awareness of the economic and intrinsic values of georgia's greatest treasures. we work with state and…

Human Services
4
Toccoa Falls College Inc

The mission of Toccoa Falls College is to glorify God through seeking and developing Christian servant leaders who will impact their world with the love and message of Jesus Christ.

Education
5
The South Fork Conservancy Incorporated

The mission of the South Fork Conservancy is to restore and preserve habitat along the tributaries of Peachtree Creek. We give the community access to these healthy, restored greenspaces by designing, building and maintaining nature trails.

Environment
6
The Grady Health Foundation Inc

The mission of the grady health foundation is to grow both philanthropic support and broad-based understanding of the critical role that grady health system plays in the metro atlanta region. our focus is to ensure grady health system has…

Philanthropy
7
Fernbank Inc

Fernbank museum of natural history inspires a lifelong learning of natural history through immersive programming and unmatched experiences to encourage a greater appreciation of our planet and its inhabitants. fernbank is dedicated to…

Arts & Culture
8
Tift Regional Health System Inc

Our mission is to deliver a lifetime of quality and compassionate care for each patient we serve.

Health
9
Credit Union of Georgia

The credit union is a cooperative organized to provide members thrift savings and borrowings.

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10
Tenngreen Land Conservancy

The organization's primary mission is conserving land where people and nature can thrive by creating green corridors linking existing public lands using conservation easments and outright purchase.

Recreation & Sports
11
Goodwill of the Coastal Empire Inc

Our commitment is to provide the individual support, meaningful training and employment services to people to remove barriers and close skill gaps so that individuals build brighter futures.

Employment
12
Georgia Hospital Association

The georgia hospital association (gha) serves approximately 150 hospitals throughout georgia. its purpose is to promote the health and welfare of the public through the development of better health care for all of georgia's citizens. gha…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Surfers Healing Folly. 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

74 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. 74 of the 109 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
73/74
Grantees still filing
53/74
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE MNW BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THOMASVILLE: $1,310,000 · OtherTHE MNW BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THOMASVILLETHE SALVATION ARMY: $745,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYIndividual grant recipient: $625,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHOMASVILLE-THOMAS COUNTY HABITAT FOR: $250,000 · OtherTHE MNW BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS: $200,000 · OtherDucks Unlimited Inc: $235,000 · Other+65 more: $2,358,000 · Other+65 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH GEORGIA INC: $1,991,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION …BROOKWOOD ENDOWMENT INC: $395,000 · PhilanthropyBROOKWOOD ENDOWMENT I…HANDS ON THOMAS COUNTY INC: $378,000 · PhilanthropyHANDS ON THOMAS COUNT…+4 more: $80,000 · PhilanthropyBROOKWOOD SCHOOL INC: $1,220,000 · EducationBROOKWOOD SCHOOL …WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $500,000 · EducationWOODBERRY FOREST …Emory University: $230,000 · EducationEmory UniversityTHOMAS UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · EducationTHOMAS UNIVERSITYALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $100,000 · Education+6 more: $121,750 · EducationARCHBOLD FOUNDATION INC: $1,100,000 · HealthARCHBOLD FO…HANDS & HEARTS FOR HORSES INC: $265,000 · HealthHANDS & HEA…LAWSON NEEL MEDBANK INC: $78,000 · Health+2 more: $35,000 · HealthJACK HADLEYS BLACK HISTORY MEMORBILLIA INC: $630,000 · Arts & CultureJACK HADL…THOMASVILLE CULTURAL CENTER INC: $280,000 · Arts & CultureTHOMASVIL…South Georgia Ballet Inc: $125,000 · Arts & CultureSouth Geo…GEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureGEORGIA T…ONE HEART BEAT INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $45,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $24,000 · Arts & CultureTHOMASVILLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $875,000 · Community ImprovementTHE GEORGIA HEIRS PROPERTY LAW CENTER INC: $355,000 · Crime & LegalMICAH'S PROMISE INC: $45,000 · Crime & LegalTHE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN: $30,000 · Crime & LegalTHE TREE HOUSE INC: $30,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$5,723,000Philanthropy$2,844,000Education$2,321,750Health$1,478,000Arts & Culture$1,229,000Community Improvement$875,000Crime & Legal$460,000

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 budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH GEORGIA INC: $1,991,000 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetBROOKWOOD SCHOOL INC: $1,220,000 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetARCHBOLD FOUNDATION INC: $1,100,000 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetTHOMASVILLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $875,000 over 3y, 81% of budgetJACK HADLEYS BLACK HISTORY MEMORBILLIA INC: $630,000 over 3y, 46% of budgetWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $500,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBROOKWOOD ENDOWMENT INC: $395,000 over 2y, 51% of budgetHANDS ON THOMAS COUNTY INC: $378,000 over 4y, 61% of budgetTHE GEORGIA HEIRS PROPERTY LAW CENTER INC: $355,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetTHOMASVILLE CULTURAL CENTER INC: $280,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetHANDS & HEARTS FOR HORSES INC: $265,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetTHOMASVILLE-THOMAS COUNTY HABITAT FOR: $250,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $235,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEmory University: $230,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $180,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetPHEASANTS FOREVER INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHOMAS UNIVERSITY: $150,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSouth Georgia Ballet Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetSPARK THOMASVILLE INC: $120,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetTHOMASVILLE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $110,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION AND YOUTH CENTER OF THOMASVILLE INC: $85,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetLAWSON NEEL MEDBANK INC: $78,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetGEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC: $75,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGRACEWORKS MINISTRIES INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GATHERING PLACE INC: $60,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetONE HEART BEAT INC: $50,000 over 5y, 6.7% of budgetJOSHUAS PROMISE INC: $50,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetTHOMASVILLE ANTIQUES SHOW FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $45,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMICAH'S PROMISE INC: $45,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetREST STOP MINISTRIES INC: $40,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWellspring Living Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE TREE HOUSE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetWashington and Lee University: $25,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDEFENDERS FOR CHILDREN: $25,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetLIVES WITHOUT LIMITS INC: $25,000 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetTHOMAS COUNTY YOUTH CAMP INC: $25,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetGeorgia Historical Society: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHOMASVILLE-THOMAS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSECOND HARVEST OF SOUTH GEORGIA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHOMAS COUNTY FOOD BANK AND OUTREACH CENTER INC: $20,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetGreater Valdosta United Way Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOKWOOD SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds ARCHBOLD FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THOMASVILLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds JACK HADLEYS BLACK HISTORY MEMORBILLIA INC ↗
  • Who funds WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds BROOKWOOD ENDOWMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds HANDS ON THOMAS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GEORGIA HEIRS PROPERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THOMASVILLE CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HANDS & HEARTS FOR HORSES INC ↗
  • Who funds THOMASVILLE-THOMAS COUNTY HABITAT FOR ↗
  • Who funds Ducks Unlimited Inc ↗
  • Who funds Emory University ↗
  • Who funds THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds PHEASANTS FOREVER INC ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds South Georgia Ballet Inc ↗
  • Who funds SPARK THOMASVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds THOMASVILLE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION AND YOUTH CENTER OF THOMASVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds LAWSON NEEL MEDBANK INC ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC ↗
  • Who funds GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GATHERING PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds ONE HEART BEAT INC ↗
  • Who funds JOSHUAS PROMISE 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.

William Howard Flower…Lewis Hall and Mildre…Parker Poe Charitable…Thomasville Antiques …Georgia Power Foundat…Jasper & Marthalene D…Perkins Charitable Fo…The Claire H B Jonkla…10-1 Foundation IncThe Thomas M and Iren…Second Harvest of Sou…The Community Foundat…
William Howard Flowers Jr Foundation IncGA55.2× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: William Howard Flowers Jr Foundation Inc · Lewis Hall and Mildred Sasser Singletary Foundation Inc · Parker Poe Charitable Trust · Thomasville Antiques Show Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Jasper & Marthalene Davis Foundation Inc · Perkins Charitable Foundation · The Claire H B Jonklaas Foundation · 10-1 Foundation Inc · The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo Charitable Foundation · Second Harvest of South Georgia Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta 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 Williams Family Foundation of Georgia Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Williams Family Foundation of Georgia 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 109 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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