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Robert L & Kathrina H Maclellan Founda Foundation at a glance

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Robert L & Kathrina H Maclellan Founda Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
47
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$350k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$9.7MEducation$2.8MReligion$2.0MHuman Services$2.0MYouth Development$1.4MHealth$819kCommunity Improvement$689kInternational$404kOther$0
02FY2024 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k16 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $154k
  • $50k–250k22 grants · $1.9M
  • $250k+3 grants · $970k
$50,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$54M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHATTANOOGA CHAMBER FOUNDATION$350,000
KING UNIVERSITY$320,000
UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC$300,000
HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$150,000
NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$150,000
THE MACLELLAN FOUNDATION (SCOTLAND)$131,325
AAA WOMENS SERVICES INC$100,000
LIFESPRING COMMUNITY HEALTH$100,000
CHATTANOOGA FC FOUNDATION$100,000
EAST LAKE EXPRESSION ENGINE$80,000
METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES$80,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA$75,000
SIGNAL CENTERS$75,000
LA PAZ DE DIOS$75,000
THE HOUSE UNIVERSITY MINISTRIES OF CHATTANOOGA$75,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ABOVE THE CLOUDS: $12k → 7%UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $300k → 12%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $150k → 14%UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $10k → 12%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $75k → 14%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $60k → 14%UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $1k → 12%UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $1k → 12%UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $1k → 12%UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $1k → 12%UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $1k → 12%SHEPHERD'S ARMS RESCUE MISSION INC: $8k → 12%12TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $5k → 14%12TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $5k → 14%PURPOSE POINT LEARNING ACADEMY: $75k → 12%PURPOSE POINT COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $75k → 12%LA PAZ DE DIOS: $75k → 12%LA PAZ DE DIOS: $75k → 12%LA PAZ DE DIOS: $75k → 12%ORANGE GROVE CENTER INC: $50k → 12%ORANGE GROVE CENTER INC: $25k → 12%ORANGE GROVE CENTER: $10k → 12%SCENIC CITY WOMENS NETWORK INC: $8k → 12%SCENIC CITY WOMENS NETWORK INC: $8k → 12%LA PAZ DE DIOS INC: $8k → 12%SCENIC CITY WOMEN'S NETWORK: $5k → 12%BETHEL BIBLE VILLAGE: $50k → 12%BETHEL BIBLE VILLAGE: $40k → 12%BETHEL BIBLE VILLAGE: $29k → 12%BETHEL BIBLE VILLAGE: $25k → 12%BETHEL BIBLE VILLAGE: $22k → 12%BETHEL BIBLE VILLAGE: $18k → 12%HOSANNA: $15k → 12%BETHEL BIBLE VILLAGE: $10k → 12%BETHEL BIBLE VILLAGE: $1k → 12%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

WA
WI
MI
MA
OR
OH
PA
CT
CO
MO
VA
AZ
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$17M · 77 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

77 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 43 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

77
58

Total granted

$17M
$735k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+16%

Still filing today

77%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $452k 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
EducationHuman ServicesReligionHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $728k · revenue +23%
  • CC
    CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $596k · revenue +135%
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN CHATTANOOGA
    7× · 2018–2024 · $390k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • TM
    THE MACLELLAN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $131k
  • TY
    THE YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue -94%
  • HC
    HAMILTON COUNTY GOVERNMENT
    one grant, 2019 · $55k
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
Christ Led Communities Inc Formerly Christian Leadership Concepts

To equip men to initiate and lead for christ in their homes, churches, communities and the marketplace.

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2
Charlotte Christian College & Theological Seminary

To educate, train, and develop ministers, evangelists, missionaries, and other people who are going to enter the Christian ministry. Educate ministers and missionaries to serve the Lord.

Religion
3
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
4
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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5
Houston Christian University

The mission of houston christian university is to provide a learning experience that instills in students a passion for academic, spiritual, and professional excellence as a result of our central confession, "jesus christ is lord."

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6
Catalyst Christian Learning Center

To develope the next generation of christian leaders by providing education, mentoring, vocational experience, and leadership training

Education
7
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
8
Mid-Atlantic Christian University

Mid-atlantic christian university is an undergraduate institution of christian higher learning whose mission is to impact the world by transforming ordinary people into extraordinary christian leaders. students are taught to think…

Education
9
Charlotte Christian School

Charlotte christian school is a christ-centered, college preparatory school, equipping and developing students to effectively integrate biblical truth and learning nto their daily lives and to impact the culture for christ.

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10
Carolina College of Biblical Studies

Carolina college of biblical studies exists to disciple christ-followers, through biblical higher education, for a lifetime of effective servant leadership.

Education
11
Family Promise of Greater Chattanooga Inc

Family promise of greater chattanooga's mission is to provide help for homeless families with children be housed and self-sufficient.

Human Services
12
Campbell County Christian Academy Inc

To partner with families in providing students a christ-centered and academically challenging education equipping them with a biblical worldview as they grow in understandings, attitudes, skills, and in favor with god and man.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc; the most unlike its peers is Downside Up 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

105 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. 105 of the 147 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
28
Early backer (in before they grew)
99/105
Grantees still filing
79/105
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DBA THE GENEROSITY TRUST: $7,145,184 · OtherCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DBA THE GENER…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN CHATTANOOGA: $390,000 · Other+88 more: $3,062,995 · Other+88 moreCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,822,051 · PhilanthropyCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN…UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $728,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER…The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc: $516,999 · PhilanthropyThe Community Foundat…CHATTANOOGA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $375,000 · PhilanthropyCHATTANOOGA CHAMBER F…Givers Legacy Foundation Inc: $356,350 · PhilanthropyGivers Legacy Foundat…MISSION INCREASE: $287,500 · PhilanthropyMISSION INCREASEKING UNIVERSITY: $1,330,000 · EducationKING UNIVERSITYCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $596,000 · EducationCHATTANOOGA CHRIS…PUBLIC SCHOOL BIBLE STUDY COMMITTEE: $333,600 · EducationPUBLIC SCHOOL BIB…HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $190,000 · EducationHAMILTON COUNTY S…CHATTANOOGA GIRLS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $180,000 · EducationCHATTANOOGA GIRLS…RICHMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY: $168,900 · EducationMOSE & GARRISON SISKIN MEMORIAL FDN INC D/B/A SISKIN CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $145,000 · Education+11 more: $288,000 · Education+11 moreUNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $315,200 · Human ServicesNORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $285,000 · Human ServicesLA PAZ DE DIOS INC: $232,500 · Human ServicesBethel Bible Village: $194,460 · Human ServicesPURPOSE POINT COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $150,000 · Human ServicesHOPE FOR THE INNER CITY INC: $94,100 · Human ServicesTHE ORANGE GROVE CENTER INC: $85,000 · Human Services+5 more: $64,500 · Human ServicesThe House University Ministries: $307,000 · ReligionAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $265,000 · ReligionINTERNATIONAL GENEROSITY FOUNDATION TRUST: $131,325 · ReligionHOUSE OF REFUGE INC: $65,000 · ReligionInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $52,000 · Religion+7 more: $88,500 · ReligionON POINT: $374,635 · HealthLIFESPRING COMMUNITY HEALTH: $307,500 · HealthFIRST THINGS FIRST INC: $77,500 · HealthVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CHATTANOOGA INC: $27,500 · Health+3 more: $24,000 · HealthCHALMERS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $332,500 · InternationalHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $47,000 · International
Other$10,598,179Philanthropy$4,085,900Education$3,231,500Human Services$1,420,760Religion$908,825Health$811,135International$379,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKING UNIVERSITY: $1,330,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $728,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $596,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetThe Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc: $516,999 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN CHATTANOOGA: $390,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCHATTANOOGA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $375,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetON POINT: $374,635 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetGivers Legacy Foundation Inc: $356,350 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPUBLIC SCHOOL BIBLE STUDY COMMITTEE: $333,600 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetCHALMERS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $332,500 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetUNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $315,200 over 5y, 12% of budgetLIFESPRING COMMUNITY HEALTH: $307,500 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetThe House University Ministries: $307,000 over 6y, 22% of budgetMISSION INCREASE: $287,500 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetNORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $285,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $265,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLA PAZ DE DIOS INC: $232,500 over 4y, 8.8% of budgetBethel Bible Village: $194,460 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetEAST LAKE EXPRESSION ENGINE: $190,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetHAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $190,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetCHATTANOOGA GIRLS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $180,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetRICHMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY: $168,900 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetPURPOSE POINT COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $150,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetMOSE & GARRISON SISKIN MEMORIAL FDN INC D/B/A SISKIN CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $145,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetINTERNATIONAL GENEROSITY FOUNDATION TRUST: $131,325 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $128,000 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetCHATTANOOGA FC FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetAAA WOMEN'S SERVICES INC: $110,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetLAUNCH INC: $105,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetHOPE FOR THE INNER CITY INC: $94,100 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $90,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMBLISS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $85,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE ORANGE GROVE CENTER INC: $85,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $80,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetFIRST THINGS FIRST INC: $77,500 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetTHE YOUNG WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSIGNAL CENTERS INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFAITH CO-OP INC: $70,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetPrison Prevention Ministries Inc: $67,500 over 2y, 13% of budgetHOUSE OF REFUGE INC: $65,000 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $52,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA AREA INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetMEMORIAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $47,600 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $47,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS INC OF CHATTANOOGA: $37,500 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetChattanooga Goodwill Industries Inc: $34,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHATTANOOGA REGIONAL HOMELESS COALITION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 5.4% 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.

Chattanooga Christian…The Maclellan Foundat…Weldon F Osborne Foun…The Community Foundat…Hamico IncRobert F Stone Founda…Benwood Foundation IncHugh and Charlotte Ma…United Way of Greater…Tucker FoundationLyndhurst Foundation …The Howard Fund
Chattanooga Christian Community FoundationTN138.2× affinity78 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · The Maclellan Foundation Inc · Weldon F Osborne Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc · Hamico Inc · Robert F Stone Foundation AKA Bobby Stone Foundation · Benwood Foundation Inc · Hugh and Charlotte Maclellan Charitable Charitable Trust · United Way of Greater Chattanooga · Tucker Foundation · Lyndhurst Foundation Inc · The Howard Fund

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 L & Kathrina H Maclellan Founda Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert L & Kathrina H Maclellan Founda Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
30report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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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Find your warmest path to Robert L & Kathrina H Maclellan Founda 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 147 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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