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Bob and Ruthie Harrell Foundation at a glance

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Bob and Ruthie Harrell Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$211k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
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, FY2021 to 2024.

Religion$151kHealth$138kHuman Services$73kInternational$53kEducation$50kHousing & Shelter$18kFood & Nutrition$15kCivil Rights$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $93k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ORLANDO HEALTH FOUNDATION$50,000
TUNNELS TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$20,000
BETTER MAN MINISTRIES INC$12,500
WALKING THE TEXT$10,000
SAMARITANS PURSE DONOR MINISTRIES$10,000
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION$10,000
GRACE MEDICAL HOME$10,000
KINGDOM ENCOUNTERS INTERNATIONAL CO$10,000
FLORIDA FAMILY POLICY COUNCIL$10,000
CAMPUS CRUSADES FOR CHRIST INC$6,000
MAN IN THE MIRROR$5,000
CHOICES WOMAN'S CLINIC$5,000
DUNKLIN MEMORIAL CHURCH INC$5,000
FOUNDATION FOR LIFE MINISTRIES$5,000
MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY22–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%FOUNDATION FOR LIFE MINISTRIES: $5k → 13%FOUNDATION FOR LIFE MINISTRIES: $5k → 13%FOUNDATION FOR LIFE MINISTRIES: $5k → 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

WA
NY
NJ
UT
VA
AR
TN
NC
DC
OK
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 16% of Bob and Ruthie Harrell Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 74% of the giving stays in FL; by stated purpose, 62%.

Bob and Ruthie Harrell Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 12% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$467k · 23 repeat orgs$57k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
15

Total granted

$467k
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+18%

Still filing today

65%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthReligionHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • OH
    Orlando Health Foundation Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $70k · revenue +161%
  • WT
    WALKING THE TEXT
    2× · 2023–2024 · $60k · revenue +366%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $41k · revenue +112%

Funded once

  • PC
    PINE CASTLE WOMENS CLUB
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • GK
    GIVE KIDS THE WORLD INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +96%
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.

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Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
2
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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3
Brevard Rescue Mission Inc

The Organization works to permanently break the cycle of homelessness by providing homeless women with children safe shelter, onsite childcare, access to mental health counseling, access to health care, transportation, education,…

Housing & Shelter
4
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
5
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
6
Intentional Life Media

Dedicated to igniting personal transformation by affirming faith, inspiring hope, and equipping individuals, to live an intentional life in christ.

Religion
7
South Florida Bible College & Theological Seminary Inc

South florida bible college & theological seminary is an institution of higher learning where the bible is central in preparing men and women for ministry to serve christ and his church through biblical thought and christian life.

Education
8
Grace Medical Home Foundation Inc

The Organization supports and furthers the interests of Grace Medical Home, Inc., a Florida not-for-profit corporation that is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Organization operates…

Human Services
9
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
10
Family Research Council

The family research council's primary exempt purpose is to reaffirm and promote nationally, and particularly in washington, dc, the traditional family unit and the judeo-christian value system upon which it is built. frc's activities in…

Human Services
11
Firm Foundation in Christ Ministries Inc

FFICM helps new believers build a firm foundation for their faith based on a strong relationship with Christ. FFICM programs teach how to follow up with new believers and enable them to have a strong relationship with Christ.

Religion
12
Methodist Medical Center

Methodist Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Florida Family Voice Inc; the most unlike its peers is Museum of the Bible. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

27 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. 27 of the 42 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
16/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAMARITANS PURSE DONOR MINISTRIES: $25,000 · OtherSAMARITANS PURSE DONOR MINISTRIESBETTER MAN MINISTRIES INC: $22,500 · OtherBETTER MAN MINISTRIES INCMAKE A WISH FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherMAKE A WISH FOUNDATIONCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INC: $18,000 · OtherCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INCSERVANTS HEART MINISTRY: $15,100 · OtherSERVANTS HEART MINISTRYCHOICES WOMEN'S CLINIC INC: $15,100 · OtherCHOICES WOMEN'S CLINIC INCST JUDES CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $15,000 · OtherST JUDES CHILDREN'S HOSPITALSALVATION ARMY: $15,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYDUNKLIN MEMORIAL CHURCH INC: $15,000 · OtherDUNKLIN MEMORIAL CHURCH INCHarbor House of Central Florida Inc: $15,000 · OtherHarbor House of Central Florida IncPINE CASTLE WOMENS CLUB: $10,075 · OtherKINGDOM ENCOUNTERS INTERNATIONAL CO: $10,000 · Other+14 more: $36,210 · Other+14 moreOrlando Health Foundation Inc: $70,000 · HealthOrlando Health Found…Grace Medical Home Inc: $22,000 · HealthGrace Medical Home I…+2 more: $3,500 · HealthWALKING THE TEXT: $60,000 · ReligionWALKING THE TEXTNathaniel's Hope Inc: $17,600 · ReligionNathaniel's Hope I…MAN IN THE MIRROR INC: $10,000 · ReligionMAN IN THE MIRROR …STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $40,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER…FLORIDA FAMILY VOICE INC: $15,000 · EducationFLORIDA FAMILY…UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF …Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $2,500 · Education+1 more: $100 · EducationORLANDO UNION RESCUE MISSION INC: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterSAMARITAN VILLAGE INC: $2,500 · Housing & ShelterFOUNDATION FOR LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesPINE CASTLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $11,100 · Arts & Culture
Other$231,985Health$95,500Religion$87,600Education$65,100Housing & Shelter$17,500Human Services$15,000Arts & Culture$11,100

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 budgetOrlando Health Foundation Inc: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWALKING THE TEXT: $60,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $40,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBETTER MAN MINISTRIES INC: $22,500 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetGrace Medical Home Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNathaniel's Hope Inc: $17,600 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCHOICES WOMEN'S CLINIC INC: $15,100 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetORLANDO UNION RESCUE MISSION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA FAMILY VOICE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetHarbor House of Central Florida Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKINGDOM ENCOUNTERS INTERNATIONAL CO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMAN IN THE MIRROR INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN VILLAGE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGFWC PINE CASTLE WOMANS CLUB CORP: $2,500 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetTHE BENJI WATSON CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetCAME TO BELIEVE RECOVERY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFLORIDA HOUSE WASHINGTON DC INC: $430 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHighlands Biological Foundation Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROLLINS COLLEGE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSky Valley-Scaly Mountain VFRD: $30 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.

Good Life Broadcastin…For Giving Foundation…Servant FoundationThe Lee FoundationMagruder Chesley G Fd…National Charitable F…Julie and Kirk Cousin…The Dr P Phillips Fou…Central Florida Found…Natl Christian Charit…Raymond James Charita…Charities Aid Foundat…
Good Life Broadcasting IncFL22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Good Life Broadcasting Inc · For Giving Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · The Lee Foundation · Magruder Chesley G Fdn Im · National Charitable Fund Inc · Julie and Kirk Cousins Foundation · The Dr P Phillips Foundation · Central Florida Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Bob and Ruthie Harrell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bob and Ruthie Harrell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • Harbor House of Central Florida Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Rollins College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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

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How do I get to Bob and Ruthie Harrell Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Bob and Ruthie Harrell 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 42 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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