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James E Campbell Family Foundation 26-3889180

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$563k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$240k
Largest
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$1.3MHousing & Shelter$540kHealth$382kEducation$257kArts & Culture$180kYouth Development$72kHuman Services$27kRecreation & Sports$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $489k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Dream Center$240,000
First Presbyterian Church$159,100
Cleveland Clinic Foundation$90,000
Jackson Symphony Association$35,000
Birth Choice$10,000
West Cancer Foundation$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Boy Scouts of America$6,000
Exchange-Club Carl Perkins Center$1,600
Boys & Girls Club$1,000
Energy Transfer LP Passthrough$5
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 (FY22–25, $543k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%Dream Center: $240k → 15%DREAM CENTER: $100k → 15%Dream Center: $100k → 15%DREAM CENTER: $100k → 15%Exchange-Club Carl Perkins Center: $2k → 15%Exchange-Club Carl Perkins Center: $1k → 15%EXCHANGE-CLUB CARL PERKINS CENTER: $600 → 15%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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 13 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
20

Total granted

$2.8M
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+23%

Still filing today

62%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5 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 ServicesArts & CultureEmploymentHealthReligionOther
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

  • US
    UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF JACKSON
    6× · 2018–2024 · $228k · revenue +40%
  • JS
    Jackson Symphony Association
    7× · 2017–2025 · $180k · revenue +94%
  • SC
    Star Center Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $40k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • HU
    Hands Up Preschool Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -17%
  • UU
    UNION UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +23%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
University Charter School

Operation of a public charter school in Livingston, AL.

Education
2
Midwives College of Utah

Educate and train midwives to provide safe, professional, affordable and personal maternity and general health care.

Education
3
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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4
Toccoa Falls College Inc

The mission of Toccoa Falls College is to glorify God through seeking and developing Christian servant leaders who will impact their world with the love and message of Jesus Christ.

Education
5
Westcare Tennessee Inc

To provide substance abuse prevention & treatment.

Health
6
Tennessee Health Care Association

To maintain high standards for nursing homes in the state of tennessee and to seek the solutions to problems common to members of the association.

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7
Volunteer East Tennessee

Volunteer East Tennessee inspires service by equipping organizations and mobilizing volunteers to connect with one another and strengthen communities.

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8
The Greatest School in West Houston

Christian pre-school from age 3-months to school-age, and school from

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9
United Medical Centers

UNITED MEDICAL CENTERS IS A TJC ACCREDITED COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER WHOSE MISSION IS TO ASSURE THE AVAILABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF BASIC PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO ALL RESIDENTS OF THE SERVICE AREA. AT UNITED MEDICAL…

Health
10
Colleyville Covenant Christian

The mission is to provide a biblically based classical college preparatory education that inspires a passion for excellence a heart of grace and the character of Christ.

Education
11
Presbyterian School

Family, School, and Church united in the education and support of each child - this is the founding premise upon which Presbyterian School nurtures and challenges its students. The school provides an educational program of the highest…

Education
12
United Way of South Central Tennessee

The united way of south central tennessee's mission is to improve lives by advancing opportunities for education, health, and financial stability for all. its vision is to be the primary community solutions leader for human services.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University School of Jackson; the most unlike its peers is Birth Choice 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

13 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. 13 of the 35 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

First Presbyterian Church: $1,298,095 · OtherFirst Presbyterian ChurchCleveland Clinic Foundation: $255,000 · OtherCleveland Clinic FoundationWEST TN AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $63,000 · Other+21 more: $158,005 · Other+21 moreThe Dream Center: $540,000 · Human ServicesThe Dream CenterExchange Club - Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse Inc: $26,900 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF JACKSON: $228,372 · EducationUNIVERSIT…Hands Up Preschool Inc: $10,000 · EducationUNION UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $2,500 · EducationJackson Symphony Association: $180,000 · Arts & CultureBIRTH CHOICE INC: $35,000 · HealthWEST TN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $23,000 · HealthStar Center Inc: $40,000 · EmploymentTHE A PARTNERS DBA THE ANTIOCH PARTNERS: $2,000 · Religion
Other$1,774,100Human Services$566,900Education$250,872Arts & Culture$180,000Health$58,000Employment$40,000Religion$2,000

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 budgetThe Dream Center: $540,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetUNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF JACKSON: $228,372 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetJackson Symphony Association: $180,000 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetWEST TN AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $63,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetStar Center Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBIRTH CHOICE INC: $35,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetWEST CANCER FOUNDATION: $29,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetExchange Club - Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse Inc: $26,900 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetWEST TN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $23,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHands Up Preschool Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetUNION UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSacred Heart of Jesus High School: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE A PARTNERS DBA THE ANTIOCH PARTNERS: $2,000 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 The Dream Center ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF JACKSON ↗
  • Who funds Jackson Symphony Association ↗
  • Who funds WEST TN AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds Star Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds BIRTH CHOICE INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Exchange Club - Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse Inc ↗
  • Who funds WEST TN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Hands Up Preschool Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNION UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Sacred Heart of Jesus High School ↗
  • Who funds THE A PARTNERS DBA THE ANTIOCH PARTNERS ↗

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 of Greater Memphis IncTN22.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · West Tn Healthcare Foundation Inc · The Murray Foundation Inc · H&M Foundation · Charles & Debby Campbell Family Foundation · Covenant Legacy Foundation · The Richardson Charitable Foundation · Southwest Members Care Incorporated · Charles P Wilson Foundation Inc · United Way of West Tennesseinc Starks · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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 James E Campbell Family Foundation 26-3889180 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James E Campbell Family Foundation 26-3889180. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%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
    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 · 0–10%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to James E Campbell Family Foundation 26-3889180 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 35 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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