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George a & Carolynn B Mitchell Charitable Trust U/A Dtd 7/27/99 at a glance

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George a & Carolynn B Mitchell Charitable Trust U/A Dtd 7/27/99

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.

$20k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Animals$15kEducation$12kHealth$8kHuman Services$2kArts & Culture$1kPublic Benefit$1kPhilanthropy$150Public Safety & Disaster$135Other$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k28 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$120
Median grant
13
States reached
$157k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SALEM HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$10,000
HELPING HANDS FOUNDATION$5,000
YWCA$1,000
RICH CENTER FOR AUTISM$500
RESCUE MISSION$500
SMILE TRAIN$500
ANGELS FOR EASTER SEALS$400
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$230
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$200
ST JOSEPH'S INDIAN SCHOOL$160
ALLEY CAT ALLIES$150
Individual grant recipient$150
HUMANE SOCIETY OF US$150
TOYS FOR TOTS$125
ASPCA$120
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 (FY21–24, $420) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $200 → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $120 → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $50 → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $50 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
SD
OH
PA
CA
MO
VA
MD
TN
DC
GA
TX
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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20k · 22 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
15

Total granted

$20k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
0%

Still filing today

59%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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
AnimalsHealthArts & CulturePublic BenefitInternationalEducationOther
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

  • AF
    ANGELS FOR ANIMALS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $12k · revenue +107%
  • THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2023 · $1k · revenue +12%
  • SMILE TRAIN INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $550 · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • MM
    MAGNOLIA MONTESSORI ACADEMY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue -5%
  • SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
    one grant, 2020 · $925 · revenue +22%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $690
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
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
2
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
3
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
4
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
5
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
6
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
7
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
8
Four Paws International Inc

Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. four paws mission is to be the strong, global and independent voice for animals.

Animals
9
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
10
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
11
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
12
American Society of Plastic Surgeons

Asps promotes the highest standards in advocacy, research, education, patient safety, and ethical standards for plastic surgery, our members, and their patients.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Helping Hands 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

22 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. 22 of the 47 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
13/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALEM HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · OtherSALEM HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONHELPING HANDS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · OtherHELPING HANDS FOUNDATION INCANGELS FOR EASTER SEALS: $1,050 · OtherYWCA: $1,000 · Other+28 more: $5,608 · Other+28 moreANGELS FOR ANIMALS INC: $12,300 · AnimalsANGELS FOR ANIMALS INC+4 more: $630 · AnimalsSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $925 · Arts & CultureHENRY H STAMBAUGH AUDITORIUM ASSOC: $295 · Arts & CultureMAGNOLIA MONTESSORI ACADEMY INC: $1,000 · EducationTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Public BenefitSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $350 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $300 · HealthPost-Polio Health International Inc: $120 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 · Health+1 more: $20 · HealthWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $420 · Human Services
Other$22,658Animals$12,930Arts & Culture$1,220Education$1,000Public Benefit$1,000Health$890Human Services$420

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 budgetANGELS FOR ANIMALS INC: $12,300 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHELPING HANDS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetMAGNOLIA MONTESSORI ACADEMY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $925 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $420 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY H STAMBAUGH AUDITORIUM ASSOC: $295 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $205 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc: $175 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPost-Polio Health International Inc: $120 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTIGER HAVEN INC: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $40 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $35 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $20 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 George a & Carolynn B Mitchell Charitable Trust U/A Dtd 7/27/99 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George a & Carolynn B Mitchell Charitable Trust U/A Dtd 7/27/99. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 47 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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