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Harold M Henderson Benevolent Fund at a glance

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Harold M Henderson Benevolent Fund

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.

$369k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$174k
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 2024.

Community Improvement$176kReligion$162kEducation$55kArts & Culture$22kHuman Services$15kPhilanthropy$11kAnimals$7kEnvironment$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $111k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $253k
$15,816
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHARLES SCHWAB FBO HAROLD H GOING$173,790
ST LUKES EPISCOPAL CHURCH$79,205
CHURCH OF THE CROSS$42,102
WOFFORD COLLEGE$15,816
ST ANDREWS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$15,816
KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$15,816
ROOTED MINISTRIES$10,544
LULU G STRONG FUND$10,544
ALABAMA POSSIBLE$5,235
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 (FY17–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE LOVELADY CENTER: $500 → 16%ALABAMA POSSIBLE: $5k → 16%ALABAMA POSSIBLE: $3k → 16%ALABAMA POSSIBLE: $2k → 16%ALABAMA POSSIBLE: $2k → 16%ALABAMA POSSIBLE: $1k → 16%YMCA: $1k → 16%YMCA: $1k → 16%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.

37%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$169k · 17 repeat orgs$289k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
6

Total granted

$169k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+73%
+175%

Still filing today

59%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $284k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureAnimalsCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AP
    ALABAMA POSSIBLE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $12k · revenue +73%
  • PA
    PACE ACADEMY INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $4k · revenue +5%
  • RM
    ROOTED MINISTRIES INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $3k · revenue +339%

Funded once

  • BB
    BIRMINGHAM BOTANTICAL GARDENS
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • CP
    CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
  • RM
    RED MOUNTAIN PARK FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · 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
Milligan University

As a christian liberal arts university, milligan university seeks to honor god by educating men and women to be servant-leaders.

Education
2
Uab Educational Foundation

To support the university of alabama at birmingham in its scientific and educational mission, including managing and disbursing funds, acquiring real property, and providing operational flexibility.

Education
3
Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary

The purpose of the baptist missionary association theological seminary is to provide accredited undergraduate and graduate theological education for equipping individuals for christian service and leadership roles.

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4
The University Foundation

The university foundation is organized to assist and aid the board of trustees of the university of alabama in fulfilling its educational, research, and public service programs and activities.

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5
Alabama Bankers Association Inc

To promote the preservation and continued development of commercial banking in alabama.

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6
Alabama Rural Electric Association of Cooperatives

A statewide trade association which serves as a resource through which its electric cooperative members are provided services for the continuation and advancement of the rural electrification program in Alabama.

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7
Alabama a&M University Foundation

The Alabama A&M University Foundation was established to receive, hold, invest, manage, use, and administer property of all kinds, whether given absolutely or in trust, for the benefit of Alabama A&M University and its educational,…

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8
Alabama Policy Institute Inc

The primary mission of the alabama policy institute, inc. is to provide information to the people of alabama about primarily statewide legislative activity, and to promote and defend policies that preserve the principles of free markets,…

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9
Union University

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

Education
10
Dallas International University

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

Education
11
Alabama Christian Academy

To glorify god by providing a quality, christ-centered education which challenges students and teachers to maximize their potential so that graduates are prepared to further their education while becoming productive christian citizens.

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12
North Greenville University

North greenville university exists to glorify god by cultivating graduates who are equipped to serve as transformational leaders for church and society.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alabama Possible; the most unlike its peers is Birmingham Historical Society. 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

14 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. 14 of the 30 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHARLES SCHWAB FBO HAROLD H GOING: $173,790 · OtherCHARLES SCHWAB FBO HAROLD H GOINGST LUKES EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $83,205 · OtherST LUKES EPISCOPAL CHURCHCHURCH OF THE CROSS: $42,102 · OtherCHURCH OF THE CROSSBIRMINGHAM MUSEUM OF ART: $18,000 · OtherST ANDREWS EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $15,816 · OtherWOFFORD COLLEGE: $15,816 · Other+14 more: $57,088 · Other+14 moreKENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,816 · EducationPACE ACADEMY INC: $4,000 · EducationALABAMA POSSIBLE: $12,235 · Human ServicesYMCA: $2,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM RAIN INC: $500 · Human ServicesBirmingham Zoo Inc: $7,000 · AnimalsBirmingham Historical Society: $3,000 · Arts & CultureMCWANE SCIENCE CENTER: $2,000 · Arts & CultureROOTED MINISTRIES INC: $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentWOODLAWN UNITED INC: $2,500 · Community Improvement
Other$405,817Education$19,816Human Services$14,735Animals$7,000Arts & Culture$5,000Youth Development$3,000Community Improvement$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWOFFORD COLLEGE: $15,816 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,816 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALABAMA POSSIBLE: $12,235 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetBirmingham Zoo Inc: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPACE ACADEMY INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROOTED MINISTRIES INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBirmingham Historical Society: $3,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetWOODLAWN UNITED INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPARKINSON ASSOCIATION OF ALABAMA INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMCWANE SCIENCE CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBIGLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRED MOUNTAIN PARK FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFREEDOM RAIN INC: $500 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.

  • Who funds WOFFORD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALABAMA POSSIBLE ↗
  • Who funds Birmingham Zoo Inc ↗
  • Who funds PACE ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds ROOTED MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Birmingham Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds WOODLAWN UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON ASSOCIATION OF ALABAMA INC ↗
  • Who funds MCWANE SCIENCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds YMCA ↗
  • Who funds BIGLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds RED MOUNTAIN PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM RAIN 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.

The Daniel Foundation…The Community Foundat…The Hackney FoundationDunn-French FoundationMike and Gillian Good…Donald M James Family…Southern Imagination …The Maynard Nexsen Fo…Susan Mott Webb Chari…Hill Crest Foundation…Protective Life Found…Altecstyslinger Found…
The Daniel Foundation of AlabamaAL25.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · The Hackney Foundation · Dunn-French Foundation · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · Donald M James Family Foundation · Southern Imagination Foundation · The Maynard Nexsen Foundation · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Protective Life Foundation · Altecstyslinger Foundation

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 Harold M Henderson Benevolent Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harold M Henderson Benevolent Fund. 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–10%
    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 30 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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