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Billy and Rebecca Long Foundation at a glance

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Billy and Rebecca Long Foundation

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.

$62k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$29k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Education$84kReligion$59kHuman Services$21kRecreation & Sports$20kInternational$11kHousing & Shelter$3kArts & Culture$3kHealth$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $54k
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$664k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEADOWBROOK CHURCH$28,500
LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY$25,000
EAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$2,500
BALLET MISSISSIPPI$1,500
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY MISSISSIPPI CAPITAL AREA$1,000
FRIENDS OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$1,000
OVERBY CENTER FOR SOUTHERN JOURNALISM & POLITICS$1,000
DEMENT CEMETERY FOUNDATION$500
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PROMISE 686: $500 → 9%SUNNYBROOK CHILDREN'S HOME: $5k → 11%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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$164k · 7 repeat orgs$41k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
9

Total granted

$164k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
0%

Still filing today

71%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther
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

  • LU
    LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2025 · $47k · revenue +44%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $30k · revenue +57%
  • SC
    SUNNYBROOK CHILDREN'S HOME INC
    3× · 2017–2023 · $20k · revenue +166%

Funded once

  • MS
    MISSISSIPPI SPORTS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -47%
  • FF
    FREEZE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • 2C
    2ND CHANCE MISSISSIPPI
    one grant, 2017 · $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.

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
Union University

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

Education
2
Houston Christian University

The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."

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3
Mission Mississippi

To encourage and demonstrate grace in the body of christ across racial lines, so that communities throughout mississippi can see practical evidence of the gospel message.

Civil Rights
4
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
5
Medaille University

Medaille university concentrates on excellence in teaching, with an emphasis on personal attention to its diverse student body. its curriculum provides a solid liberal arts and sciences foundation with early access to career-oriented…

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6
Illinois College

Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…

Education
7
Central Christian College of the Bible

Central christian college of the bible (central) exists to develop servant-leaders for the church. as a traditional undergraduate bible college of the restoration movement, central equips faithful men and women for leadership ministry.

Education
8
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
9
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

The university of mary hardin-baylor prepares students for leadership, service, and faith-informed discrenment in a global society. academic excellence, personal attention, broad-based scholarship and a commitment to a baptist vision for…

Education
10
University of the Ozarks

True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.

Education
11
Mid-Atlantic Christian University

Mid-atlantic christian university is an undergraduate institution of christian higher learning whose mission is to impact the world by transforming ordinary people into extraordinary christian leaders. students are taught to think…

Education
12
Columbia College

Columbia college provides educational opportunities that develop students' capacity for critical thought and expression, life-long learning, acceptance of personal responsibilty, and commitment to service and social justice.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Mississippi Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Dement Cemetery 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

16 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. 16 of the 22 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
8/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MEADOWBROOK CHURCH: $58,500 · OtherMEADOWBROOK CHURCHLIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY: $46,700 · OtherLIPSCOMB UNIVERSITYFREEZE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Other+7 more: $9,000 · Other+7 moreUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $29,839 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MISS…Mississippi College: $2,500 · EducationMississippi Colleg…+1 more: $200 · EducationMISSISSIPPI SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMISSISSIPPI…DEEP SOUTH TODAY: $1,000 · Arts & CultureSUNNYBROOK CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $19,768 · Human ServicesSUNNYBROOK …+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesHEALTH TALENTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $6,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 · HealthEAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · PhilanthropyDEMENT CEMETERY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Membership BenefitCHRISTIANS IN ACTION INC: $1,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$119,200Education$32,539Arts & Culture$21,000Human Services$20,268Health$7,000Philanthropy$2,500Membership Benefit$1,000Housing & Shelter$1,000

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 budgetLIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY: $46,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $29,839 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMISSISSIPPI SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSUNNYBROOK CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $19,768 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHEALTH TALENTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMississippi College: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALLET MISSISSIPPI INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDEMENT CEMETERY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetDEEP SOUTH TODAY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIANS IN ACTION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPromise686 Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Community Foundation …Ergon Foundation IncSelby and Richard McR…Van Devender Family F…The Gertrude C Ford F…Century Club Charitie…Pinebelt FoundationEnterprise Holdings F…Raymond James Charita…Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…
Community Foundation for MississippiMS21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Mississippi · Ergon Foundation Inc · Selby and Richard McRae Foundation · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · The Gertrude C Ford Foundation Inc · Century Club Charities Inc · Pinebelt Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Billy and Rebecca Long Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Billy and Rebecca Long Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    8report 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 Billy and Rebecca Long Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Billy and Rebecca Long Foundation 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 22 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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