· Private foundation
John and Barbara McLendon Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $65k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
- $250k+1 grant · $300k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NOVUSWAY | $300,000 |
| ROCK POINT SCHOOL | $50,000 |
| STARK MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION INC | $15,000 |
| BLUE RIDGE CONSERVANCY | $10,000 |
| CONSERVATION TRUST FOR NORTH CAROLINA | $10,000 |
| PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY | $10,000 |
| SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY | $10,000 |
| VERMONT CHILDREN'S TRUST FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| THE GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB INC | $5,000 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| VERMONT LAND TRUST INC | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +9% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy7× · 2019–2025 · $70k · revenue +530%
BLUE RIDGE CONSERVANCY7× · 2019–2025 · $70k · revenue +9%- VCVermont Childrens Trust Foundation7× · 2019–2025 · $70k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- SMSTARK MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2025 · $15k · revenue 0%
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.
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.
The mission of the Organization is the conservation of the natural resources of the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, the preservation of wildlife habitat, the stewardship of lands that define the character of the region and its quality of…
To promote trails and greenways and to ensure that people will always have access to the landscape of vermont.
To conserve the rural, natural, and cultural heritage of the new river region, protecting farms, forests, open spaces, and historic places.
Performing activities pursuant to the maintenance and preservation of natural areas for the benefit of the public
Protect land along rivers, lakes and wetlands of vt; protect public access, wildlife habitat, scenic natural beauty, and ecological integrity.
To promote permanent conservation of the natural resources and scenic beauty of the mountains and foothills of north georgia through land protection, collaborative partnerships and education.
To protect, restore, and inspire appreciation of the natural world.
To protect and enhance the natural resources of vermont in order to promote the well-being of present and future generations of vermonters and visitors; preserve and aid in the preservation of open land along rivers and lakes; protect and…
Triangle land conservancy (tlc) strives to create a healthier and more vibrant triangle region by safeguarding clean water, protecting natural habitats, supporting local farms, and connecting people with nature through land protection and…
Placer Land Trust works with willing landowners and conservation partners to permanently protect and care for natural and agricultural lands in Placer County for current and future generations.
Through research, education, collaboration and advocacy, vnrc protects and enhances vermont's natural environments, vibrant communities, productive working landscapes, rural character and unique sense of place, and prepares the state for…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 12 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 OPTION INSTITUTE AND FELLOWSHIP AUTISM TREATMENT CENTER OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds CONSERVATION TRUST FOR NORTH CAROLINA ↗
- Who funds Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy ↗
- Who funds PIEDMONT LAND CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds BLUE RIDGE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds VERMONT LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds THE GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB INC DEBONIS ↗
- Who funds STARK MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION 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.
Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John and Barbara McLendon Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John and Barbara McLendon Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Vermont Land Trust Inc: 42% of income from government
- The Green Mountain Club Inc Debonis: 17% of income from government
- Vermont Childrens Trust Foundation: 8% of income from government
How this is measured
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