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Joe T and Billie Carole McMillan Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Joe T and Billie Carole McMillan Charitable 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.

$71k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$67kHealth$31kFood & Nutrition$23kPhilanthropy$21kHuman Services$20kArts & Culture$10kHousing & Shelter$9kAnimals$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$800k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NOURISH UP$8,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER HOUSTON$5,000
SAFE ALLIANCE$5,000
FURNISH FOR GOOD$5,000
FRONTIERS USA$5,000
AD PLAYERS$5,000
RELIANT MISSION$2,500
AGGIELAND PREGNANCY OUTREACH$2,500
ALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS$2,500
AGGIELAND HUMANE SOCIETY$2,500
TURNING POINT USA$2,500
FREEDOM CHURCH ALLIANCE$2,500
STABLE RECOVERY$2,500
AARP FOUNDATION$2,000
MECKMIN$2,000
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 (FY22–25, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MUSIC THERAPY OF THE ROCKIES: $5k → 6%SAFE ALLIANCE: $5k → 10%SAFE ALLIANCE: $2k → 10%SAFE ALLIANCE: $500 → 10%NOURISH UP: $8k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OR
IN
CA
CO
MO
KY
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
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.
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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 5% of Joe T and Billie Carole McMillan Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 46% of the giving stays in TX; by stated purpose, 49%.

Joe T and Billie Carole McMillan Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$144k · 15 repeat orgs$119k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
21

Total granted

$144k
$69k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+12%

Still filing today

73%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthReligionHuman ServicesAnimalsInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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

  • MP
    MY POSSIBILITIES FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue ×27
  • JS
    JASON S GETAWAY
    2× · 2022–2023 · $7k · revenue +355%
  • FF
    Furnish For Good Inc
    2× · 2024–2025 · $6k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • HE
    HOME ENCOURAGEMENT MINISTRIES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $21k · revenue +2%
  • C
    CRU
    one grant, 2024 · $11k
  • MT
    Music Therapy of the Rockiesgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +26%
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
Humane Society of Charlotte Inc

Humane Society of Charlotte mission is to champion the wellbeing of companion animals and strengthen their bond with the people who know, love, and need them.

Animals
2
Habitat for Humanity Cabarrus County

Guided by God, Habitat Cabarrus transforms lives and our community by uniting all of Cabarrus County around the cause of decent, affordable housing for everyone.

Housing & Shelter
3
Covenant HomeCare

Covenant HomeCare 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 the patient's ability to pay.

Health
4
UnBound North Texas

Unbound North Texas exists to support survivors and resource the community to fight human trafficking through Survivor Advocacy, a 24/7 Drop-In Center, and Prevention and Awareness.

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5
For Charlotte Inc

To unite the Church to transform the city through the power of the Gospel.

Religion
6
Global Partners in Care

The organization's mission is to build partnerships to enhance compassionate care globally. we are dedicated to improving access to hospice and palliative care worldwide.

International
7
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc

Nourish people. build solutions. empower communities. no one goes hungry.

Food & Nutrition
8
Habitat for Humanity Inc

Habitat seeks to eliminate poverty housing from the world and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.

—
9
Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity

Seeking to put god's love into action; habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. fort collins habitat for humanity adheres…

Housing & Shelter
10
Safe Haven for Cats

The mission of safe haven for cats is to use no-kill principles and education to save cats' lives through rescue, adoption, spay/neuter services and community programs.

Animals
11
Hospice of Gaston County Inc

To provide compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

—
12
Safe Harbor of Nc Inc

Safe Harbor provides a faith-based community for rebuilding, renewing, and recovery. We work together with volunteers and other nonprofit organizations to provide a wide range of services to those experiencing homelessness, single mothers,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mission Lazarus Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. 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

41 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. 41 of the 53 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)
37/41
Grantees still filing
23/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientRELIANT MISSION INC: $23,500 · OtherRELIANT MISSION INCCRU: $10,500 · OtherCRUJASON S GETAWAY: $7,000 · OtherCharmeck Family Justice Center Inc co Safe Alliance: $8,000 · OtherFurnish For Good Inc: $6,000 · Other+22 more: $47,000 · Other+22 moreHOME ENCOURAGEMENT MINISTRIES INC: $20,800 · ReligionHOME ENCOURAGEMENT…CANCARE INC: $7,000 · ReligionCANCARE INCMIO Frontiers: $5,000 · ReligionMIO FrontiersLAUNCH GLOBAL: $5,000 · ReligionLAUNCH GLOBALFreedom Church Alliance: $2,500 · ReligionFreedom Church All…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $2,000 · ReligionBIBLEPROJECT: $1,500 · ReligionNourish Up: $8,000 · Human ServicesNourish U…Safe Alliance Inc: $7,500 · Human ServicesSafe Alli…Music Therapy of the Rockies: $5,000 · Human ServicesMusic The…AARP FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Human ServicesAARP FOUN…Foster Village Charlotte: $1,000 · Human ServicesMY POSSIBILITIES FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationCONVOY OF HOPE: $6,500 · InternationalHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,000 · InternationalALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS INC: $2,500 · InternationalMISSION LAZARUS INC: $2,000 · InternationalSTABLE RECOVERY INC: $2,500 · HealthAggieland Pregnancy Outreach Inc: $2,500 · HealthLUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,000 · HealthLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $2,000 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,500 · HealthBaby Quest Foundation Inc: $1,000 · HealthHINDS' FEET FARM INC: $500 · HealthA D Players: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$152,000Religion$43,800Human Services$23,500Education$15,000International$14,000Health$12,000Arts & Culture$10,000

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 budgetHOME ENCOURAGEMENT MINISTRIES INC: $20,800 over 1y, 16% of budgetMY POSSIBILITIES FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetA D Players: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCharmeck Family Justice Center Inc co Safe Alliance: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNourish Up: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSafe Alliance Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANCARE INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJASON S GETAWAY: $7,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetFurnish For Good Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMusic Therapy of the Rockies: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAROLINA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION CENT ER: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAggieland Humane Society: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION LAZARUS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDILWORTH SOUP KITCHEN INC: $2,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIBLEPROJECT: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATERING TO CATS & DOGS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK GREATER NEW ORLEANS AND ACADIANA: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoster Village Charlotte: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaby Quest Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHINDS' FEET FARM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHALFWAY THERE RESCUE: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

True Homes Foundation…Foundation for the Ca…Raymond James Charita…Merancas Foundation I…Duke Energy FoundationThe Cannon Foundation…The Bank of America C…Natl Christian Charit…Shell USA Company Fou…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…
True Homes Foundation IncNC17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: True Homes Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Merancas Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving 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 Joe T and Billie Carole McMillan Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joe T and Billie Carole McMillan Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–50%
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 53 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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