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Linn-Henley Charitable Trust Uw at a glance

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Linn-Henley Charitable Trust Uw

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$383k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$105k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.5MAnimals$547kHealth$229kRecreation & Sports$130kEducation$120kHousing & Shelter$110kMembership Benefit$57kHuman Services$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $58k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $325k
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIRMINGHAM LANDMARKS INC$105,000
BARBER VINTAGE MOTORSPORT MUSEUM$70,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
SAMFORD UNIVERSITY$50,000
BIRMINGHAM ZOO$50,000
OAK HILL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION$40,000
St Marys on the Highlands Church$18,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%YMCA OF BIRMINGHAM: $50k → 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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 11 repeat orgs$709k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
18

Total granted

$2.1M
$569k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+19%

Still filing today

55%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureAnimalsHealthFood & NutritionCrime & LegalEducationOther
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

  • BV
    BARBER VINTAGE MOTORSPORTS MUSEUM
    7× · 2019–2025 · $655k · revenue +20%
  • BZ
    Birmingham Zoo Inc
    8× · 2018–2025 · $475k · revenue +12%
  • MP
    MITCHELL'S PLACE INC
    3× · 2018–2024 · $64k · revenue +107%

Funded once

  • T2
    TWG 2021 BIRMINGHAM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -99%
  • TC
    The Children's Hospital of Alabamagraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +25%
  • AS
    ALABAMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
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
Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame
Arts & Culture
2
Legal Aid Society of Birmingham

The Organization is a nonprofit community defender providing legal assistance through court appointment to children and other indigent persons.

Crime & Legal
3
Alabama Bankers Association Inc

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

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4
Birmingham Museum of Art Endowment Trust

Purpose is to use income produced by the trust to support the operations of bma at the direction of the directors.

Arts & Culture
5
Alabama Restaurant & Hospitality Association Foundation
—
6
Mothers Milk Bank of Alabama

Oversee and facilitate the collection, pasteurization, and distribution of human milk. Provide training and education for healthcare providers and community members about the health importance of human milk for neonates and infants.

Human Services
7
Nami Alabama Inc

Encourage and enhance advocacy and family support services on behalf of individuals suffering from mental illness.

Health
8
Birmingham Business Alliance

The organization is a dynamic advocate, unifying voice and constant catalyst for economic development and business prosperity for the Greater Birmingham Region.

Community Improvement
9
Birmingham Corps

Birmingham corps' mission is to drive fair workforce opportunities and accelerate social change by recruiting, training, and retaining people in birmingham.

Employment
10
Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils

Coordinate rc&d activity in alabama

Environment
11
Rev Birmingham Inc

Rev birmingham (rev) creates vibrant commercial districts.

Arts & Culture
12
Alabama Partnership for Children

To work in partnership with families and organizations to ensure that all alabama children (birth to five) get everything they need to develop to their fullest potential.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alzheimers of Central Alabama Inc; the most unlike its peers is Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum. 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

18 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. 18 of the 32 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BARBER VINTAGE MOTORSPORTS MUSEUM: $655,000 · Arts & CultureBARBER VINTAGE MOTORSPORTS MUSEUMBIRMINGHAM LANDMARKS INC: $350,000 · Arts & CultureBIRMINGHAM LANDMARKS INCTHE STATE OF ALABAMA BALLET INC: $50,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $30,000 · Arts & CultureALABAMA THEATRE: $195,000 · OtherALABAMA THEATRETWG 2021 BIRMINGHAM FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherTWG 2021 BIRMINGHAM FOUNDATIONRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $100,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM: $85,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAMALABAMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $50,000 · OtherALABAMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAUAB COLLAT SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: $50,000 · OtherUAB COLLAT SCHOOL OF BUSINESSIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSt Marys on the Highlands Church: $45,000 · OtherTHE HISTORIC LYRIC THEATRE: $45,000 · OtherOAK HILL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION: $40,000 · OtherVIRGINIA SAMFORD THEATRE: $35,000 · Other+9 more: $123,521 · Other+9 moreBirmingham Zoo Inc: $474,500 · AnimalsBirmingham Zoo IncHAND IN PAW INC: $50,000 · AnimalsHAND IN PAW INCTHE GREATER BIRMINGHAM HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $22,500 · AnimalsMITCHELL'S PLACE INC: $64,000 · HealthThe Children's Hospital of Alabama: $50,000 · HealthSamford University: $50,000 · EducationTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BIRMINGHAM INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesWORKSHOPS EMPOWERMENT INC: $20,000 · Employment
Arts & Culture$1,085,000Other$918,521Animals$547,000Health$114,000Education$50,000Human Services$50,000Employment$20,000

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 budgetBARBER VINTAGE MOTORSPORTS MUSEUM: $655,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetBirmingham Zoo Inc: $474,500 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetBIRMINGHAM LANDMARKS INC: $350,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetTWG 2021 BIRMINGHAM FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMITCHELL'S PLACE INC: $64,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSamford University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Alabama: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STATE OF ALABAMA BALLET INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BIRMINGHAM INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHAND IN PAW INC: $50,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetOAK HILL MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION: $40,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetMCWANE SCIENCE CENTER: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE GREATER BIRMINGHAM HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $22,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Arc of Central Alabama Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORKSHOPS EMPOWERMENT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Kitchens of Birmingham: $15,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetALZHEIMERS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBETTER BASICS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

The Daniel Foundation…Protective Life Found…Alabama Power Foundat…Susan Mott Webb Chari…The Community Foundat…Robert R Meyer Founda…Hill Crest Foundation…Altecstyslinger Found…The Hugh Kaul Foundat…Enterprise Holdings F…The Thomas E Jernigan…The Hackney Foundation
The Daniel Foundation of AlabamaAL32× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Protective Life Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Robert R Meyer Foundation · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Altecstyslinger Foundation · The Hugh Kaul Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Thomas E Jernigan Foundation · The Hackney 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 Linn-Henley Charitable Trust Uw funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Linn-Henley Charitable Trust Uw. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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.

    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 32 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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