· Private foundation
Benjamin & Roberta Russell Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k19 grants · $69k
- $10k–50k13 grants · $264k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $535k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RUSSELL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC | $150,000 |
| AUBURN UNIVERSITY | $111,000 |
| CHILDRENS HARBOR INC | $100,000 |
| ALEXANDER CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION | $100,000 |
| SOUTHERN PREPARATORY ACADEMY | $74,191 |
| ARISE INC | $40,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA | $35,200 |
| BENJAMIN RUSSELL HIGH SCHOOL | $31,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA-BIRMINGHAM | $21,000 |
| SOUTHERN UNION COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $21,000 |
| JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY | $18,000 |
| MAIN STREET ALEXANDER CITY INC | $17,000 |
| TROY UNIVERSITY | $16,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| LAKE MARTIN HUMANE SOCIETY | $15,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.
47 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $104k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RHRUSSELL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC8× · 2018–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +150% · 47% of their budget
- CHCHILDREN'S HARBOR INC8× · 2018–2025 · $901k · revenue +209%
- MSMAIN STREET ALEXANDER CITY INC8× · 2018–2025 · $102k · revenue +35%
Funded once
- RERADNEY ELEMENTARY BANKone grant, 2022 · $5k
- TCTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF EAST ALone grant, 2023 · $3k
- GSGA SOUTHWESTERN ST UNIVone grant, 2023 · $3k
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.
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.
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The mission of the University is to inspire independent thinkers who become trustworthy, effective leaders that shape caring communities. The vision of the University of Lynchburg is to cultivate a world that is innovative, authentic, and…
The College is an institution of higher education and provides instruction and various support services in achieving its purpose.
To ensure that the student body experiences balanced intellectual, psychological, social and spiritual development, aimed at enabling them to become active productive members of society where they live and work.
Is to provide educational opportunities for gifted students who have limited academic experiences and resources but unlimited potential for leadership in society.
The mission of Anderson University is to educate for a life of faith and service in the church and society. Established and sustained within the free and open traditions of the Church of God, this university is committed to being a…
Belhaven university prepares students academically and spiritually to serve jesus christ in their careers, in human relationships, and in the world of ideas.
The College of Arts and Sciences is committed to the development of the whole person through a liberal arts education of the highest quality. The School of Theology educates women and men to serve the broad whole of the Episcopal Church in…
Mississippi college is a private, co-educational, comprehensive university of liberal arts and sciences and professional studies dedicated to the pursuit of academic excellence. founded in 1826, mississippi college is the oldest…
Southeastern university's dedication to students' spiritual and intellectual growth provides a framework for christ centered living both in and outside the classroom.
Education
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 61 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 RUSSELL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HARBOR INC ↗
- Who funds LAKE MARTIN HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds MAIN STREET ALEXANDER CITY INC ↗
- Who funds ALEXANDER CITY MEALS ON WHEELS ↗
- Who funds Tuskegee University ↗
- Who funds TUKABATCHEE AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds BERRY COLLEGE INC ↗
- Who funds BACKPACK BUDDIES INC ↗
- Who funds BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Samford University ↗
- Who funds ALEXANDER CITY SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Adelia Russell Charitable Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Benjamin & Roberta Russell Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Benjamin & Roberta Russell Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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