· Private foundation
John Luther McLean & Isabelle Gray McLean Trust
Its FY2022 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, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k21 grants · $70k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $190k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNITED WAY OF ROBESON | $105,000 |
| VARIOUS | $84,550 |
| EMPTY STOCKING FUND | $10,000 |
| COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS | $7,500 |
| CAPE FEAR COUNCIL BSA | $6,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $5,250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| RCC FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $4,000 |
| JESSIE HELMS CENTER FOUNDATION | $3,500 |
| BOYS & GIRLS HOME OF NC | $3,500 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY | $3,500 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $3,500 |
| SRMC FOUNDATION | $2,700 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $46k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2022, 6 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches6× · 2017–2022 · $25k · revenue +46%
- TJTHE JESSE HELMS CENTER FOUNDATION6× · 2017–2022 · $21k · revenue +65%
- SASOUTHEASTERN ACADEMY INC3× · 2017–2019 · $15k · revenue +62%
Funded once
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.
Providing primary health care and professional counseling services to all indviduals who need it.
The mission of the reformed church ministries to the aging, the regional synod of the mid-atlantics ("rch"), is "committed to the compassionate care of our elders in a spiritual environment". our commission and priority is to serve the…
Rescuing dogs from kill shelters in North Carolina
The organization seeks to provide the highest quality of care in ministry to the diverse needs of louisiana's children and families by offering a variety of holistic services which promote personal growth and wholesome family life. the…
The mission of historic charleston foundation is to advocate for a future for charleston that honors and protects its people, places, culture, and community.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 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.
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 RCC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
- Who funds THE JESSE HELMS CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC INC ↗
- Who funds LUMBERTON CHRISTIAN CARE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHEASTERN ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds UMAR SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds THE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE PRESBYTERIAN FOUNDATION OF COLUMBUS INDIANA ↗
- Who funds ROBESON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds TEAM RUBICON 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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John Luther McLean & Isabelle Gray McLean Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John Luther McLean & Isabelle Gray McLean Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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