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McGlothlin Foundation at a glance

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McGlothlin 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.

$186k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$70k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.1MArts & Culture$46kHuman Services$43kReligion$36kHealth$25kPhilanthropy$15kInternational$10k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY$70,000
ART & SOUL NASHVILLE INC$45,000
PREGANCY HELP CENTER OF THE CROSSROADS AREA$35,000
THE COVENANT SCHOOL$20,000
EQUIPPING THE PERSECUTED$10,000
PREGNANCY RESOURCES$5,000
CHRISTIAN HOMES$600
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 (FY18–25, $43k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PREGANCY HELP CENTER OF THE CROSSROADS AREA: $35k → 16%CHRISTIAN HOMES & FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 16%CHRISTIAN HOMES & FAMILY SERVICES: $500 → 16%CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER OF ABILENE INC: $5k → 16%CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER OF ABILENE INC: $1k → 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.

36%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$64k · 7 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +48% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
4

Total granted

$64k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+48%

Still filing today

43%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’24’25
Human ServicesEducationInternationalCivil RightsArts & CultureOther
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

  • CS
    Christian Service Center of Abilene
    2× · 2018–2021 · $6k · revenue +61%
  • PR
    Pregnancy Resources of Abilene Inc
    2× · 2017–2018 · $4k · revenue +65%
  • CH
    Christian Homes of Abilene Inc
    2× · 2018–2019 · $2k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • EC
    EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE HEAVENLY REST
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
  • HO
    HOSPICE OF THE BIG COUNTRY
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
  • ZM
    ZAMBIA MISSION
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
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
Abilene Christian School Inc

The mission of Abilene Christian School, Inc. is to equip students to excel academically, serve meaningfully, and walk faithfully with God.

Education
2
Colleyville Covenant Christian

The mission is to provide a biblically based classical college preparatory education that inspires a passion for excellence a heart of grace and the character of Christ.

Education
3
Center for Contemporary Arts

The mission is to provide enriching and educational experiences for the communities of the region through the promotion and support of artists.

Arts & Culture
4
Abilene Classical Academy

Education of Children from pre-school through 9th grade

Education
5
Faithworks of Abilene Inc

Our mission is to help the underemployed, through personal, career, academic and spiritual development, acquire the confidence and skills for gainful and long-term employment.

Education
6
Abigail Women's Clinic - Pregnancy Outreach Center

Abigail Womens Clinics mission is to provide free and confidential services, education,counseling, support, and encouragement to individuals allowing them to make healthy choices related to sexuality and childbearing from a Biblical point…

Health
7
Covenant Christian School

Covenant Christian School (CCS) is committed to the academic, spiritual, physical, and social growth of our children in a Christ-centered environment. Continued on Schedule O Covenant Christian School cultivates a distinctive generation…

Education
8
Pregnancy Care Center

The Pregnancy Care Center is a Christian organization to promote the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to boldly endorse the sacredness of all human life, by providing comprehensive, practical services as enduring alternatives to abortion.

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9
Austin Bridge Builders Alliance

Abbas mission is to unlock the god-given potential in christian leaders by connecting people with purpose.

—
10
Aaa Crisis Pregnancy Center

The Center is a Christ-centered ministry dedicated to the sanctity of human life. We provide resources to promote life, teach Gods design for sexuality, and provide counseling for post-abortion healing.

Health
11
Crossroads Pregnancy Care

Crossroads Pregnancy Care is a Christ-centered and life-affirming ministry, providing hope, help, and healing to families affected by unplanned pregnancies or hurting from past abortions, and promoting sexual integrity. Social services…

Health
12
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Christian Homes of Abilene Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Center for Childrens Illustrated Literat. 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

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 17 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $1,085,000 · OtherABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITYART AND SOUL NASHVILLE INC: $45,000 · Other+7 more: $56,700 · OtherPREGNANCY HELP CENTER OF THE CROSSROADS AREA: $35,000 · Human ServicesChristian Service Center of Abilene: $6,000 · Human ServicesChristian Homes of Abilene Inc: $1,750 · Human ServicesTHE COVENANT SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ABILENE: $15,000 · PhilanthropyEQUIPPING THE PERSECUTED: $10,000 · InternationalPregnancy Resources of Abilene Inc: $4,000 · Civil RightsNational Center for Childrens Illustrated Literat: $500 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,186,700Human Services$42,750Education$20,000Philanthropy$15,000International$10,000Civil Rights$4,000Arts & Culture$500

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 budgetABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $1,085,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetART AND SOUL NASHVILLE INC: $45,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetPREGNANCY HELP CENTER OF THE CROSSROADS AREA: $35,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetTHE COVENANT SCHOOL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ABILENE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Service Center of Abilene: $6,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetChristian Homes of Abilene Inc: $1,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Center for Childrens Illustrated Literat: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Legett FoundationCommunity Foundation …Shelton Family Founda…Kickapoo Springs Foun…Dian Graves Owen Foun…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Legett FoundationTX15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Legett Foundation · Community Foundation of Abilene · Shelton Family Foundation · Kickapoo Springs Foundation · Dian Graves Owen Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 McGlothlin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McGlothlin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 17 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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