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Mullen Family 36 Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$13k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Philanthropy$102kHealth$35kYouth Development$29kArts & Culture$19kHuman Services$13kEducation$13kRecreation & Sports$8kCivil Rights$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$182k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
THE DAVID A BURKE FOUNDATION$1,000
CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE ATL FOUNDATION$1,000
NICK BELL MENTORING FOUNDATION$500
RAINEY ELITE SPEED$500
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 23%, 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.

area typical 11%HOMES OF HOPE FOR CHILDREN: $250 → 15%PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 24%RECLAIMED PROJECT: $1k → 24%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

NH
CA
CO
TN
NC
MS
AL
GA
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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$114k · 3 repeat orgs$116k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +1112% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
36

Total granted

$114k
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1112%
+47%

Still filing today

67%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TT
    TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $99k · revenue ×12
  • OP
    OCONEE PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $13k · revenue +95%
  • NB
    NICK BELL MENTORING FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2024 · $2k

Funded once

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $26k · revenue +189%
  • TV
    THE V FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +91%
  • MA
    MAKE A WISH
    one grant, 2017 · $7k
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 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
2
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Southern Adirondacks Inc

Provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.

Youth Development
3
Louisiana Baptist Childrens Home and Family Ministries

To provide love, care, and a positive christian witness for children and families in need.

—
4
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of South

At ronald mcdonald house, we provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

Health
5
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Nashville Tennessee Inc

To keep families close by providing essential resources and a home-away-from-home for families of critically ill children receiving inpatient or outpatient medical care at a nashville area hospital.

Health
6
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Oregon and Southwest Washington

The organization provides a "home away from home" to families with seriously ill children, and supports initiatives to improve pediatric health.

Health
7
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Eastern North Carolina Inc

The ronald mcdonald houses of eastern north carolina provide a temporary home, support and access to medical care for families of children who are receiving treatment from area medical facilities.

Health
8
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte (RMHC of GC) provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare. Charlotte is recognized as a leading destination…

Human Services
9
Palm Beach Day Academy Inc

The foundation of the palm beach day academy's program is the education of our students in an academically challenging and compassion rich environment that guides each child toward personal excellence of mind, body and character.

Education
10
Ronald Mcdonald House Alabama Inc

Ronald mcdonald house alabama, inc. provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

—
11
Oak Grove Institute Foundation Inc

Our mission is to rebuild the lives of at-risk children and their families through educating, healing, restoring relationships, building character, and instilling hope.

Unclassified
12
Ray of Hope Advocacy Center Inc

To facilitate a coordinated, community response to abuse and to provide hope and support to children and families impacted by abuse

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Harbor Day School; the most unlike its peers is Arians Family 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

26 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. 26 of the 44 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
21/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $99,000 · PhilanthropyTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC+5 more: $4,000 · PhilanthropyTRINITY HIGH SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherTRINITY HIGH SCHOOLMAKE A WISH: $6,500 · OtherMAKE A WISHMERIDIAN FREEDOM PROJECT: $5,000 · OtherMERIDIAN FREEDOM PROJE…LOUIS MURPHY JR'S 1ST DOWNS 4 LIFE: $5,000 · OtherLOUIS MURPHY JR'S 1ST …WOODLANDS CAMP & RETREAT CENTER: $3,600 · OtherWOODLANDS CAMP & RETRE…TK MARTIN CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND DISABILITY: $2,500 · OtherTK MARTIN CENTER FOR T…+17 more: $13,500 · Other+17 moreTHE V FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthTHE V FOUNDATIO…CATCH-A-DREAM FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthCATCH-A-DREAM F…+5 more: $3,250 · Health+5 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE: $26,250 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS …+1 more: $500 · Youth DevelopmentOCONEE PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY INC: $13,375 · Arts & CulturePALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 · Human ServicesThe Reclaimed Project: $1,000 · Human ServicesHOMES OF HOPE FOR CHILDREN INC: $250 · Human ServicesOrange Bowl Committee Inc: $2,925 · EducationHARBOR DAY SCHOOL: $1,000 · Education
Philanthropy$103,000Other$46,100Health$30,750Youth Development$26,750Arts & Culture$13,375Human Services$6,250Education$3,925

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 budgetTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $99,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE: $26,250 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOCONEE PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY INC: $13,375 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOrange Bowl Committee Inc: $2,925 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATCH-A-DREAM FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLake Oconee Academy Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARBOR DAY SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Reclaimed Project: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAVID A BURKE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Mustard Seed Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARIANS FAMILY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCREATE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMCKENZIE'S MOMENT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MISSISSIPPI INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUTISM CENTER OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCJ STEWART FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOMES OF HOPE FOR CHILDREN INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOL: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE OCONEE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $250 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.

Ergon Foundation IncMike and Janie Jarvis…Pinebelt FoundationCommunity Foundation …Rosewood FoundationHis Way IncCentury Club Charitie…Butler Snow O'Mara St…Walker FoundationRaymond James Charita…Enterprise Holdings F…Natl Christian Charit…
Ergon Foundation IncMS19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ergon Foundation Inc · Mike and Janie Jarvis Family Foundation · Pinebelt Foundation · Community Foundation for Mississippi · Rosewood Foundation · His Way Inc · Century Club Charities Inc · Butler Snow O'Mara Stevens & Cannada Foundation · Walker Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 Mullen Family 36 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mullen Family 36 Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Orange Bowl Committee Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
6report 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.
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How do I get to Mullen Family 36 Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Mullen Family 36 Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 44 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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