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Murden Rickenbacker Huggins Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Murden Rickenbacker Huggins Charitable 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.

$36k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Religion$107kHealth$54kHuman Services$19kPublic Safety & Disaster$9kYouth Development$6kAnimals$6kPublic Benefit$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $24k
$3,559
Median grant
1
States reached
$405k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOUTHERN METHODIST COLLEGE$13,118
Individual grant recipient$10,598
RIVER FALLS FIRE DEPARTMENT HQ$6,559
CHILDRENS TRUST OF SC$3,559
HEALTHY LEARNERS$1,500
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - PEE DEE COU$500
MCLEOD HOSPICE HOUSE$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 (FY18–25, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%HEALTHY LEARNERS: $3k → 16%HEALTHY LEARNERS: $3k → 16%HEALTHY LEARNERS: $3k → 16%HEALTHY LEARNERS: $2k → 16%HEALTHY LEARNERS: $1k → 16%HEALTHY LEARNERS: $1k → 16%HEALTHY LEARNERS: $1k → 16%CHILDRENS TRUST OF SC: $4k → 16%CHILDRENS TRUST OF SC: $3k → 16%CHILDRENS TRUST OF SC: $3k → 16%CHILDRENS TRUST OF SC: $2k → 16%CHILDRENS TRUST OF SC: $2k → 16%CHILDRENS TRUST OF SC: $2k → 16%CHILDRENS TRUST OF SC: $2k → 16%CHILDRENS TRUST OF SC: $2k → 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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$220k · 16 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
6

Total granted

$220k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+59%

Still filing today

38%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • CT
    CHILDREN'S TRUST OF SOUTH CAROLINA
    8× · 2018–2025 · $19k · revenue +35%
  • HL
    HEALTHY LEARNERS
    8× · 2018–2025 · $15k · revenue +122%
  • GD
    GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $12k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • FB
    FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $6k
  • K9S FOR WARRIORS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $6k · revenue -4%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +59%
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
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
2
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
3
Charleston Southern University

Charleston southern university (csu) is a private, four-year co-educational institution organized under the laws of the state of south carolina as a non-profit organization and sponsored by the south carolina baptist convention. the…

Education
4
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
5
Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Found ation
Health
6
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
7
Sara's Cure Clear Cell Sarcoma Foundation

The clear cell sarcoma foundation is dedicated to making clear cell sarcoma survivable through education and scientific research. we strive to provide a voice and platform for all patients and caregivers impacted by this rare cancer,…

Health
8
America's Vetdogs the Veterans K-9 Corps Inc

To assist disabled veterans, active military personnel, first responders with disabilities, and those who have served our country honorably to live with dignity and independence. america's vetdogs trains and places guide dogs for…

Public Benefit
9
South Carolina Broadcasters Association Educational Foundation
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10
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission On Colleges Inc

The southern association of colleges and schools commission on colleges is the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the southern states. the commission's mission is the enhancement of…

Education
11
Suncoast Center Inc

For 80 years, suncoast center, inc. has held true to its mission of "strengthening, protecting, and restoring lives for a healthy community" by providing a comprehensive range of evidence-based services that address emotional wellness,…

Health
12
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Trust of South Carolina; the most unlike its peers is Cancer of Many Colors. 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

9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 24 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOUTHERN METHODIST COLLEGE: $100,679 · EducationSOUTHERN METHODIST COLLEGEIndividual grant recipient: $36,571 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $12,162 · OtherGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INCIndividual grant recipient: $10,598 · OtherIndividual grant recipientRIVER FALLS FIRE DEPARTMENT HQ: $6,559 · OtherRIVER FALLS FIRE DEPARTMENT HQFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $6,439 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCHPALMETTO HEALTH BREAST CANCER CENTE: $6,227 · OtherPALMETTO HEALTH BREAST CANCER CENTEIndividual grant recipient: $3,762 · OtherQUILTS OF VALOR: $3,267 · Other+8 more: $10,675 · Other+8 moreCHILDREN'S TRUST OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $19,059 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S TRUS…HEALTHY LEARNERS: $15,275 · Human ServicesHEALTHY LEARNER…Cancer of Many Colors: $10,139 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 · HealthTHE COURAGE CENTER: $901 · HealthK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $5,933 · AnimalsSASS GO: $2,461 · Public Safety & Disaster
Education$100,679Other$96,260Human Services$34,334Health$16,040Animals$5,933Public Safety & Disaster$2,461

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 budgetSOUTHERN METHODIST COLLEGE: $100,679 over 8y, 10.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S TRUST OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $19,059 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHY LEARNERS: $15,275 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $12,162 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCancer of Many Colors: $10,139 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $5,933 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSASS GO: $2,461 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE COURAGE CENTER: $901 over 1y, 0.2% 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 SOUTHERN METHODIST COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S TRUST OF SOUTH CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY LEARNERS ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds Cancer of Many Colors ↗
  • Who funds K9S FOR WARRIORS INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SASS GO ↗
  • Who funds THE COURAGE CENTER ↗

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.

Central Carolina Comm…Amazonsmile Foundation
Central Carolina Community FoundationSC15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central Carolina Community Foundation · 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 Murden Rickenbacker Huggins Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Murden Rickenbacker Huggins Charitable Foundation. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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
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 24 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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