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Robert and Martha Trussell Family Foundation at a glance

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Robert and Martha Trussell Family 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.

$59k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
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 2024.

Religion$852kEducation$72kPhilanthropy$12kPublic Benefit$8kArts & Culture$3kEnvironment$3kEmployment$3k
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $9k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$3,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$403k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATHOLICS COME HOME INC$50,000
CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON$5,000
CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING$3,000
JUBILEE JOBS OF LEXINGTON INC$500
DOMINICAN HIGH SCHOOL$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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%RELEVANT RADIO INC: $20k → 10%CATHOLICS COME HOME INC: $50k → 9%CATHOLICS COME HOME INC: $50k → 13%LIVING FREE MINISTRIES: $5k → 7%COMPANIONS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $5k → 8%KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $5k → 15%DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE: $5k → 16%RELEVANT RADIO INC: $20k → 8%CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING: $15k → 15%IMMACULATE HEART MEDIA INC: $20k → 10%CATHOLICS COME HOME INC: $50k → 13%RELEVANT RADIO INC: $20k → 8%CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING: $15k → 15%IMMACULATE HEART MEDIA INC: $20k → 10%CATHOLICS COME HOME INC: $50k → 13%RELEVANT RADIO: $20k → 8%CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING: $15k → 15%CATHOLICS COME HOME INC: $50k → 13%CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING: $15k → 15%CATHOLICS COME HOME INC: $50k → 13%CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING: $15k → 15%CATHOLICS COME HOME INC: $50k → 13%CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING: $10k → 15%CATHOLICS COME HOME INC: $50k → 13%CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING: $10k → 15%CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING: $8k → 15%CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING: $8k → 15%CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING: $8k → 15%ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON KY: $50k → 15%ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON KY: $10k → 15%ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON KY: $8k → 15%ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON KY: $5k → 15%ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON KY: $5k → 15%ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON KY: $5k → 15%CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON: $5k → 15%ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON Cliffview Ret: $5k → 15%ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON KY: $5k → 15%ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON KY: $5k → 15%CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON: $5k → 15%ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON KY: $5k → 15%ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON KY: $5k → 15%CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON: $5k → 15%ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON KY: $5k → 15%SAYRE SCHOOL: $10k → 15%BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 15%SAYRE SCHOOL: $10k → 15%SAYRE SCHOOL: $10k → 15%SAYRE SCHOOL: $10k → 15%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

IL
WI
MI
OH
CA
CO
KY
VA
AZ
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$910k · 16 repeat orgs$30k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
10

Total granted

$910k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
-1%

Still filing today

56%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
ReligionEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyEnvironmentEmploymentOther
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

  • SS
    SAYRE SCHOOL
    4× · 2017–2020 · $40k · revenue +32%
  • TD
    THE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE
    5× · 2017–2022 · $13k · revenue +38%
  • VD
    Ville de Marie Academy Inc
    5× · 2017–2022 · $13k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • RC
    ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON Cliffview Ret
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • CO
    COMPANIONS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • LF
    LIVING FREE MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -45%
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
Living His Life Abundantly International

To inform, instruct and inspire people through the media about the sacred scriptures and teachings of the roman catholic church

Religion
2
Veritas Catholic Information Center

The veritas catholic information center (vcic) will proclaim the beauty, truth and fullness of the catholic faith in order to fulfill christ's great commission to "go and make disciples of all nations. organized and managed by lay persons…

Religion
3
Ave Maria Communications

Ave Maria Communications (AMC)employs radio, internet and other media to offer news, analysis, teaching, devotion and music to demonstrate Catholic values.

Religion
4
Divine Mercy Radio Inc

Divine mercy radio is a lay apostolate dedicated to sharing the truth, beauty, love, and joy of the catholic faith through the medium of radio in north carolina.

Arts & Culture
5
Keep the Faith Inc

Keep the faith is a catholic lay apostolate devoted to assist in the dissemanation of good catholic doctrine

Religion
6
Trinity Communications

Advancing the catholic faith through education and dissemination of information by operation of websites.

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7
Focolare Media Inc

Our mission is to provide content that empowers people to grow spiritually, improve relationships, engage in dialogue and foster collaboration within the Church and throughout society.

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8
Vss Catholic Communications Inc

Dedicated to answering the call of the late holy father, st. john paul ii, for a new evangelization. our charism in the mission of evangelization is to broadly employ broadcast media to transmit the gospel of jesus christ with the fullness…

Religion
9
Word On Fire Catholic Ministries

Word on fire catholic ministries is a global media apostolate that supports the work of bishop robert barron and reaches millons of individuals to draw them back to or into the catholic faith.

Religion
10
Virtueonline

Readers contribute revenues for being informed about the issues concerning the anglican communion in conjunction with the gospel of our lord jesus christ

Religion
11
Paulist Press Inc

The Paulist Press was founded to provide Catholic literature and resources for the the religious use of parishes, institutions, individuals and other religious bodies to further the educational and mission goals of the Christian faith and…

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12
Gabriel Media

To reach as many people as possible with the good news of jesus christ and help them connect with god. we do this by playing positive, encouraging & uplifting christian music and programming, promoting a community of christian faiths,…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Answers Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Dynamic Catholic Institute. 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

17 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. 17 of the 27 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)
16/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Catholics Come Home Inc: $400,000 · ReligionCatholics Come Home IncIMMACULATE HEART MEDIA INC: $120,000 · ReligionIMMACULATE HEART MEDIA INC+3 more: $26,000 · ReligionROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON KY: $132,500 · OtherROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON K…CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING: $128,500 · OtherCATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KINGCATHOLIC DIOCESE OF LEXINGTON: $15,000 · OtherDOMINICAN HIGH SCHOOL: $14,500 · Other+8 more: $25,000 · Other+8 moreSAYRE SCHOOL: $40,000 · EducationVille de Marie Academy Inc: $12,500 · EducationBLUEGRASS INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY SO: $7,500 · EducationKAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · PhilanthropyLIVING FREE MINISTRIES: $5,000 · PhilanthropyGARDEN CLUB OF LEXINGTON INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentTHY WILL BE DONE: $2,500 · Arts & CultureSHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC: $500 · Arts & CultureJUBILEE JOBS OF LEXINGTON INC: $2,500 · Employment
Religion$546,000Other$315,500Education$65,000Philanthropy$17,000Environment$3,000Arts & Culture$3,000Employment$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCatholics Come Home Inc: $400,000 over 8y, 14% of budgetIMMACULATE HEART MEDIA INC: $120,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSAYRE SCHOOL: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVille de Marie Academy Inc: $12,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRENEWAL MINISTRIES INC: $10,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC ANSWERS INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBLUEGRASS INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY SO: $7,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetLIVING FREE MINISTRIES: $5,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetKAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRACE TRACK CHAPLAINCY OF AMERICA INC: $3,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGARDEN CLUB OF LEXINGTON INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCITY OF THE LORD: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJUBILEE JOBS OF LEXINGTON INC: $2,500 over 4y, 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 Catholics Come Home Inc ↗
  • Who funds IMMACULATE HEART MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds SAYRE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Ville de Marie Academy Inc ↗
  • Who funds BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RENEWAL MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC ANSWERS INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUEGRASS INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY SO ↗
  • Who funds LIVING FREE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RACE TRACK CHAPLAINCY OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds GARDEN CLUB OF LEXINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY OF THE LORD ↗
  • Who funds THY WILL BE DONE ↗
  • Who funds JUBILEE JOBS OF LEXINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY 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.

Blue Grass Community …The Community Foundat…Raymond James Charita…Baird Foundation IncNatl Christian Charit…The Ayco Charitable F…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…
Blue Grass Community Foundation IncKY15.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Baird Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Robert and Martha Trussell Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert and Martha Trussell Family 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%3%5%8%10%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 · 0–10%
    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 27 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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