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Mary H Bailey Char Tr Fd-Char Tr at a glance

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Mary H Bailey Char Tr Fd-Char Tr

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.

$23k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$9k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$238k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$7,184
Median grant
4
States reached
$641k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY$8,842
BERRY COLLEGE$7,184
WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY$4,974
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE$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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%WOODBRIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT: $43k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $11k → 10%CEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $5k → 11%WASHINGTON COLLEGE: $5k → 12%SALISBURY UNIVERSITY: $11k → 13%WOODBRIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT: $36k → 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

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PA
KY
VA
MD
DE
NC
SC
GA
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$166k · 4 repeat orgs$72k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
10

Total granted

$166k
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+5%

Still filing today

50%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

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

  • WS
    WOODBRIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT
    2× · 2019–2020 · $79k
  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $48k · revenue +22%
  • SU
    SALISBURY UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $29k

Funded once

  • NC
    NEWBERRY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +6%
  • CC
    CEDAR CREST COLLEGE
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -8%
  • WC
    WASHINGTON COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +41%
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
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
2
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
3
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
4
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
5
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
6
Mcdaniel College Inc

Mcdaniel college is a diverse student-centered community committed to excellence in the liberal arts & sciences and professional studies with careful mentoring and attention to the individual. mcdaniel changes lives. we challenge students…

Education
7
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
8
Widener University

Empowering our community of learners to discover and create better futures.

Education
9
Meredith College

Meredith college, grounded in the liberal arts and committed to professional preparation, educates and inspires students to live with integrity and provide leadership for the needs, opportunities and challenges of society.

Education
10
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
11
Macalester College

Macalester is committed to being a preeminent liberal arts college with an educational program known for its high standards for scholarship and its special emphasis on internationalism, multiculturalism, and service to society.

Education
12
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Delaware; the most unlike its peers is Berry College 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

12 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. 12 of the 18 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WOODBRIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT: $79,426 · OtherWOODBRIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICTUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $47,738 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARESALISBURY UNIVERSITY: $28,738 · OtherSALISBURY UNIVERSITY+5 more: $16,000 · Other+5 moreNEWBERRY COLLEGE: $15,000 · EducationNEWBERRY COLLEGEDELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationDELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITYSHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $8,842 · EducationSHENANDOAH UNIVERSITYBERRY COLLEGE INC: $7,184 · EducationBERRY COLLEGE INCCEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $5,370 · EducationCEDAR CREST COLLEGEWASHINGTON COLLEGE: $5,369 · EducationWASHINGTON COLLEGEWILMINGTON UNIVERSITY INC: $4,974 · EducationWILMINGTON UNIVERSITY INCWILSON COLLEGE: $4,000 · EducationWILSON COLLEGENEUMANN UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · Education+1 more: $2,000 · Education
Other$171,902Education$65,739

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $47,738 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEWBERRY COLLEGE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY: $8,842 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERRY COLLEGE INC: $7,184 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $5,370 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON COLLEGE: $5,369 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILMINGTON UNIVERSITY INC: $4,974 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILSON COLLEGE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEUMANN UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE VALLEY UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

National Collegiate A…The Philadelphia Foun…Verizon FoundationThe Charlotte W Newco…Delaware Community Fo…The US Charitable Gif…American Endowment Fo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…
National Collegiate Athletic AssociationIN15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Collegiate Athletic Association · The Philadelphia Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Charlotte W Newcombe Foundation · Delaware Community Foundation Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Mary H Bailey Char Tr Fd-Char Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mary H Bailey Char Tr Fd-Char Tr. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • University of Delaware: 25% of income from government
  • Delaware State University: 16% of income from government
  • Wilmington University Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Washington College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 18 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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