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Millsaps Charitable Trust at a glance

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Millsaps Charitable Trust

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.

$336k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$688kInternational$310kHuman Services$274kArts & Culture$195kReligion$181kEnvironment$171kAnimals$101kEducation$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $330k
$25,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$40,000
CHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT$40,000
SALVATION ARMY$40,000
UNICEF USA$30,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$30,000
MERCY SHIPS$30,000
FRIENDS OF WLRN$25,000
SOUTH FL PBS$25,000
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY$20,000
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION$20,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY$20,000
ASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY$10,000
JOHN KNOX VILLAGE$6,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $15k → 13%SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY: $20k → 17%MERCY SHIPS: $30k → 12%SOUTH FL PBS: $25k → 11%ASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $15k → 13%AGING & DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER: $40k → 13%FRIENDS OF WLRN: $25k → 15%NATURE CONSERVANCY: $20k → 7%ASBURY SEMINARY: $25k → 12%SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY: $20k → 17%MERCY SHIPS: $30k → 12%SOUTH FL PBS: $25k → 11%ADRC OF BROWARD: $30k → 13%FRIENDS OF WLRN: $25k → 15%NATURE CONSERVANCY: $20k → 7%NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY: $15k → 17%MERCY SHIPS: $15k → 12%AGING & DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER: $25k → 13%ADRC: $25k → 13%UNICEF USA: $30k → 17%AGING & DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 13%UNICEF USA: $30k → 17%AGING & DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER: $20k → 13%HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL: $250k → 13%HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL: $100k → 13%HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL: $58k → 13%HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL: $55k → 13%CHRIST CHURCH: $40k → 13%CHRIST CHURCH: $25k → 13%CHRIST CHURCH: $25k → 13%CHRIST CHURCH: $25k → 13%CHRIST CHURCH: $20k → 13%UNITED WAY BROWARD: $40k → 13%CHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT: $40k → 13%CHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT: $40k → 13%UNITED WAY BROWARD: $40k → 13%CHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT: $40k → 13%UNITED WAY BROWARD: $30k → 13%CHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT: $30k → 13%UNITED WAY BROWARD: $30k → 13%CHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC: $30k → 13%UNITED WAY BROWARD: $25k → 13%UNITED WAY BROWARD: $20k → 13%CHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC: $20k → 13%UNITED WAY BROWARD: $20k → 13%CHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT: $20k → 13%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

NY
CA
NE
KY
VA
MD
AR
DC
LA
TX
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 24 repeat orgs$109k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
9

Total granted

$2.0M
$109k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+39%

Still filing today

46%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalEducationEnvironmentHealthArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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

  • HC
    HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $468k · revenue +41%
  • Mercy Ships International
    7× · 2019–2025 · $110k · revenue +136%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $110k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $30k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • A
    ADRC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc

Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…

Education
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
5
The Wildlife Society

The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.

Animals
6
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
7
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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9
Southeastern Universities Research Association Inc

Sura's mission is to advance collaborative research and education and to strengthen the scientific capabilities of its members and our nation.

Science & Tech
10
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
11
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
12
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is South Florida Public Media Group Inc; the most unlike its peers is Southeastern Louisiana University Foundation. 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

14 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. 14 of the 34 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
13/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $205,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT: $170,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENTCHRIST CHURCH: $135,000 · OtherCHRIST CHURCHAGING & DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER: $105,000 · OtherAGING & DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERSALVATION ARMY: $105,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $65,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY: $65,000 · OtherNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETYSOUTH FL PBS: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherSIERRA CLUB: $41,000 · Other+11 more: $166,800 · Other+11 moreHOLY CROSS HOSPITAL INC: $468,000 · HealthHOLY CROSS HOSPITAL INCSOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC: $95,000 · HealthSOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA G…Mercy Ships International: $110,000 · InternationalMercy Ships Int…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $110,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS F…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $90,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES F…SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $14,500 · EducationSOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationFLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE: $5,000 · EducationDefenders of Wildlife: $28,000 · Animals
Other$1,157,800Health$563,000International$310,000Environment$68,000Arts & Culture$45,000Education$29,500Animals$28,000

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 budgetHOLY CROSS HOSPITAL INC: $468,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $110,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $110,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC: $95,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $90,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $28,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $14,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $3,000 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.

  • Who funds HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Defenders of Wildlife ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ASBURY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Millsaps Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Millsaps Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Florida Southern College: 0% of income from government
  • Holy Cross Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 34 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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The endowment market
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The camps
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By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home