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Charles B & Mary M McLin Foundation at a glance

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Charles B & Mary M McLin 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.

$130k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
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 2025.

Education$416kArts & Culture$200kHealth$127kRecreation & Sports$70kHousing & Shelter$61kAnimals$56kYouth Development$53kEnvironment$51kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $80k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAKE SUMTER STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATIO$25,000
ADVENTHEALTH WATERMAN FOUNDATION$25,000
GROW Healthy Kids$20,000
ADI FOUNDATION INC$10,000
Individual grant recipient$9,041
FLORIDA STORYTELLING ASSN$7,200
MEANINGFUL MILESTONE ACADEMY$6,000
EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF LAKE COUNTY$5,000
The Learning Curve Academy$5,000
EASTER SEALS FLORIDA INC$5,000
Central Florida Dreamplex$5,000
ARC SUNRISE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA$3,500
JANE AUSTEN FEST MOUNT DORA$2,000
MOUNT DORA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$1,000
MOUNT DORA COMMUNITY TRUST$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 (FY17–25, $42k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 26% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LOVEXTENSION INC: $1k → 16%ADI FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 13%SUNRISE ARC: $4k → 10%SUNRISE ARC: $3k → 10%SUNRISE ARC: $1k → 10%CORNERSTONE HOSPICE FDN: $12k → 10%CORNERSTONE HOSPICE FDN: $10k → 10%Family Matters of Central Florida: $1k → 10%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 37 repeat orgs$103k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against -25% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
29

Total granted

$1.0M
$88k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+78%
-25%

Still filing today

38%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • LS
    LAKE-SUMTER STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $130k · revenue +102%
  • FP
    FORWARD PATHS FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $56k · revenue +750%
  • ES
    EASTER SEALS FLORIDA INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $55k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • RL
    ROUND LAKE CHARTER SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • MD
    MOUNT DORA MIDDLE SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • NO
    NMB ORGANIZATION
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -66%
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
Learning Disabilities Association of Florida Inc

To help students with learning disabilities succeed in school and in lilfe

Human Services
2
Space Coast Discovery Inc

At Space Coast Discovery, we believe that every child, of every ability deserves individualized instruction and benefits from inclusive classroom environments. (continued on Sched O)Our unique inclusion program provides equal learning…

Health
3
Bridges of Light Foundation Inc

The organization was founded in 2004 to help abused, abandoned or neglected children in need, specifically children confined to foster care facilities between the ages of 6-18 in central florida. the organization provides mentors to assist…

Education
4
Lake Eola Charter School Inc

Charter school, approx. 200 students grades K-8.

Education
5
North Florida School of Special Education Inc

To discover and foster each student's unique abilities revealing their highest potential within an engaged community.

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6
Peak Literacy Inc

Our mission is to prepare young readers for personal and collective success through consistent one-to-one reading instruction provided by competent and nurturing volunteers. We offer a literacy tutoring program that pairs community…

Community Improvement
7
Educational Charter Foundation of Florida Inc

To provide elementary educational services to lake county, florida as a charter school.

Education
8
Florida Learns Foundation Inc

To encourage greater professionalism, knowledge and skills among educators serving in school districts of florida through professional development, technical services, and supplemental financial support where district needs are unmet.

Education
9
Chase Academy Inc

The mission of The Chase Academy, a private K-12 school for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, is to provide the academic and independent living skills required to maximize each child's capacity for living independently as adults,…

Education
10
Florida Center for the Blind Inc

The mission of the florida center for the blind is to foster hope, confidence and independence in individuals with visual impairments; and to educate the community about preventing vision loss.

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11
Lakeland Leadership League
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12
Florida High School for Accelerated Learning - North Lee Campus

The organization helps at-risk students earn standard high school diplomas and prepare for post-secondary success.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grow Healthy Kids Inc; the most unlike its peers is Create Conservatory 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

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 70 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/28
Grantees still filing
16/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LSSC FOUNDATION: $115,537 · OtherLSSC FOUNDATIONLAKE SUMTER STATE COLLEGE: $78,750 · OtherLAKE SUMTER STATE COLLEGEADVENTHEALTH WATERMAN FOUNDATION: $67,700 · OtherADVENTHEALTH WATERMAN FOUNDATIONFLORIDA STORYTELLING ASSOCIATION INC: $49,100 · OtherFLORIDA STORYTELLING ASSOCIATION INCUNITED WAY OF LAKE SUMTER: $40,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF LAKE SUMTERCHRISTIAN HOME AND BIBLE SCHOOL: $28,100 · Other+44 more: $231,691 · Other+44 moreLAKE-SUMTER STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $130,000 · EducationLAKE-SUMTER STATE COLL…EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF LAKE COUNTY INC: $29,950 · EducationEDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION…THE LEARNING CURVE INC: $21,000 · EducationTHE LEARNING CURVE INCMEANINGFUL MILESTONES ACADEMY INC: $16,000 · EducationMEANINGFUL MILESTONES …EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF LAKE COUNTY INC: $10,500 · EducationHURRICANE BOOSTERS INC: $8,500 · Education+2 more: $1,000 · EducationFORWARD PATHS FOUNDATION INC: $56,000 · Youth DevelopmentFORWARD PAT…GROW HEALTHY KIDS INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentGROW HEALTH…FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $27,650 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP …EASTER SEALS FLORIDA INC: $55,000 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthTROUT LAKE NATURE CENTER INC: $50,500 · EnvironmentCornerstone Hospice Foundation Inc: $22,000 · Human ServicesADI FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSUNRISEARC INC: $7,500 · Human Services+2 more: $2,250 · Human ServicesBuilding Blocks Ministries Inc: $25,250 · Religion
Other$610,878Education$216,950Youth Development$113,650Health$55,500Environment$50,500Human Services$41,750Religion$25,250

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 budgetLAKE-SUMTER STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $130,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetFORWARD PATHS FOUNDATION INC: $56,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetEASTER SEALS FLORIDA INC: $55,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTROUT LAKE NATURE CENTER INC: $50,500 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetGROW HEALTHY KIDS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetEDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF LAKE COUNTY INC: $29,950 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $27,650 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBuilding Blocks Ministries Inc: $25,250 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCornerstone Hospice Foundation Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE LEARNING CURVE INC: $21,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetMEANINGFUL MILESTONES ACADEMY INC: $16,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetEARLY LEARNING COALITION OF LAKE COUNTY INC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetADI FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetNMB ORGANIZATION: $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetHURRICANE BOOSTERS INC: $8,500 over 7y, 7.3% of budgetSUNRISEARC INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSHEPHERD'S LIGHTHOUSE INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMOUNT DORA COMMUNITY TRUST: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBAY STREET PLAYERS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHOOPS LIFE CARES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFAMILY MATTERS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC: $1,250 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLOVEXTENSION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLeesburg Regional Medical Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREAD TO SYDNEY INC: $500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCREATE CONSERVATORY INC: $500 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 LAKE-SUMTER STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FORWARD PATHS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds TROUT LAKE NATURE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GROW HEALTHY KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF LAKE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds Building Blocks Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds Cornerstone Hospice Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE LEARNING CURVE INC ↗
  • Who funds MEANINGFUL MILESTONES ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF LAKE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds ADI FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NMB ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds HURRICANE BOOSTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds SUNRISEARC 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.

Mount Dora Community …Harper Family Charita…W T Bland Jr Charitab…United Way of Lake an…Williams M M & R P Fd…Hunter Matthew & Mild…Sarah W George Charit…Dorothy B C Steves Ch…Hans and Cay Jacobsen…Community Foundation …William M and Marian …Live Well Foundation …
Mount Dora Community TrustFL24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mount Dora Community Trust · Harper Family Charitable Foundation Inc · W T Bland Jr Charitable Tua · United Way of Lake and Sumter Counties Inc · Williams M M & R P Fdn Ta · Hunter Matthew & Mildred Char Ta · Sarah W George Charitable Trust · Dorothy B C Steves Char Ta · Hans and Cay Jacobsen Charitable Foundat · Community Foundation of South Lake County Inc · William M and Marian R Haywood Charitable Trust · Live Well Foundation of South Lake 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 Charles B & Mary M McLin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles B & Mary M McLin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Trout Lake Nature Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Bay Street Players Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Building Blocks Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 70 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home