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Richard M Scrushy Charitable at a glance

· Private foundation

Richard M Scrushy Charitable

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$15k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0179% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$55kEducation$51kHealth$49kFood & Nutrition$39kHuman Services$24kReligion$20kYouth Development$12kHousing & Shelter$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$395k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOOD FOR OUR JOURNEY$6,000
JCCHS CAVS CLUB$5,000
VAPOR$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
EASTERN CENTRAL ATHLETICS$500
VINEYARD FAMILY SERVICES$500
THE GROVE SCHOOL$500
JEFFERSON ALCOHOLIC FDN$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 (FY17–25, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2k → 14%DOTHAN RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2k → 14%BLANKET FORT HOPE: $2k → 7%VINEYARD FAMILY SERVICES: $500 → 7%SAV A LIFE: $2k → 16%SAV A LIFE: $1k → 16%SAV-A-LIFE INC: $1k → 16%SAV A LIFE: $1k → 16%SAV-A-LIFE INC: $1k → 16%SAV A LIFE: $500 → 16%SAV A LIFE: $500 → 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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$291k · 23 repeat orgs$68k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
22

Total granted

$291k
$59k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+76%

Still filing today

48%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentRecreation & 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

  • JA
    JEFFERSON ALCOHOLIC FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $12k · revenue +44%
  • TG
    THE GROVE SCHOOL
    5× · 2019–2025 · $12k · revenue +54%
  • S
    SMILE-A-MILE
    6× · 2017–2023 · $11k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • VF
    VINEYARD FAMILY SERVICE CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $11k
  • AH
    American Heart Association Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $11k · revenue +33%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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 Restaurant & Hospitality Association Foundation
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2
Dale County Rescue Mission

The rescue missions purpose is to provide food, housing , and transportation in emergency situations to local residents and transients, Those served are spiritually ministered.

Human Services
3
Aletheia House Inc

To empower individuals, and the communities in which they live, with the skills and services they need to be responsible for their own well-being.

Health
4
180 Recovery House

Residential sober living house. assit men in overcoming addiction and reintergrating into society.

Health
5
Caring for Citizens of Alabama

Social services

Human Services
6
West Alabama Food Bank Inc

Our mission is to help alleviate hunger and food insecurity in west alabama.

—
7
House of Grace

To offer a christ centered way out of a seemingly hopeless situation for victims of domestic violence.

Human Services
8
Lighthouse of Tallapoosa County in

Rehabilitation facility for alcoholics

Health
9
Tamb of Jackson Tennessee Inc

Half way house for diagnostic evaluation, treatment, shelter, counseling, educational program, and rehabilitation of alcoholics and drug addicts.

—
10
Light of Life Ministries Inc

Light of life transforms lives through the love of christ by providing food, shelter, and hope to men, women, and children experiencing homelessness, poverty, or addiction to restore them as healthy members of our community.

Human Services
11
Good Samaritan Mission Inc

To care for the needy, share the good news of jesus christ and change lives by providing counseling, life skill training, dignity gained through work and christ-centered discipleship.

—
12
Come to Him Ministries

To help those struggling in a personal crisis find relief and disciple them into a christ-centered lifestyle through a ministry of reconciliation, applying the truth of scripture, working with others and sharing in fellowship with those…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Blanket Fort Hope; the most unlike its peers is Garretts Place 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

19 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. 19 of the 50 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
16/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GOTURBACK: $63,000 · OtherGOTURBACKJCCHS: $30,000 · OtherJCCHSFOOD FOR JOURNERY: $26,000 · OtherFOOD FOR JOURNERYVINEYARD FAMILY SVC OF CEN: $20,000 · OtherVINEYARD FAMILY SVC OF CENVINEYARD FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $11,000 · OtherJCCHS CAVS CLUB: $10,000 · OtherCAMP BRIDGES: $9,700 · OtherSPAIN PARK GRIDIRON CLUB: $8,200 · Other+26 more: $66,450 · Other+26 moreJEFFERSON ALCOHOLIC FOUNDATION INC: $11,500 · HealthJEFFERSON A…American Heart Association Inc: $10,600 · HealthAmerican He…SMILE-A-MILE: $10,500 · HealthSMILE-A-MIL…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $4,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S…HOOVER ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION: $30,500 · Recreation & SportsHOOVER AT…THE WELLHOUSE INC: $7,000 · Housing & ShelterDOWNTOWN JIMMIE HALE MISSION: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterTHREE HOTS & A COT: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterSAV-A-LIFE INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesBLANKET FORT HOPE: $2,000 · Human ServicesDOTHAN RESCUE MISSION INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesVineyard Family Services of Central Alabama Inc: $500 · Human ServicesTHE GROVE SCHOOL: $11,500 · EducationFOOD FOR OUR JOURNEY: $6,000 · Food & NutritionSELMA AREA FOOD BANK: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$244,350Health$36,600Recreation & Sports$30,500Housing & Shelter$15,000Human Services$14,000Education$11,500Food & Nutrition$7,000

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 budgetHOOVER ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION: $30,500 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetJEFFERSON ALCOHOLIC FOUNDATION INC: $11,500 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetTHE GROVE SCHOOL: $11,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE-A-MILE: $10,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSAV-A-LIFE INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE WELLHOUSE INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDOWNTOWN JIMMIE HALE MISSION: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDABO'S ALL IN TEAM FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBLANKET FORT HOPE: $2,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetDOTHAN RESCUE MISSION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSELMA AREA FOOD BANK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 HOOVER ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds JEFFERSON ALCOHOLIC FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GROVE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds SMILE-A-MILE ↗
  • Who funds SAV-A-LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WELLHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR OUR JOURNEY ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN JIMMIE HALE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds DABO'S ALL IN TEAM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THREE HOTS & A COT ↗
  • Who funds BLANKET FORT HOPE ↗
  • Who funds DOTHAN RESCUE MISSION INC ↗

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 Daniel Foundation…The Community Foundat…Susan Mott Webb Chari…Orlean & Ralph W Bees…Protective Life Found…Alabama Power Foundat…Pete M Hanna Charitab…Junior League of Birm…Dunn-French FoundationRobert R Meyer Founda…United Way of Central…Walker Area Community…
The Daniel Foundation of AlabamaAL21.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund · Protective Life Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Pete M Hanna Charitable Foundation · Junior League of Birmingham Inc · Dunn-French Foundation · Robert R Meyer Foundation · United Way of Central Alabama Inc · Walker Area Community 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 Richard M Scrushy Charitable funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard M Scrushy Charitable. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report 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 50 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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