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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 you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 47% of ROBERT L & KATHRINA H MACLELLAN FOUNDA FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

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
METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES$80,000
EAST LAKE EXPRESSION ENGINE$80,000
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN CHATTANOOGA$75,000
ON POINT$75,000
Individual grant recipient$75,000
SIGNAL CENTERS$75,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your 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 your 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 COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $75k → 12%PURPOSE POINT LEARNING ACADEMY: $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%LA PAZ DE DIOS INC: $8k → 12%SCENIC CITY WOMENS NETWORK INC: $8k → 12%SCENIC CITY WOMENS NETWORK 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

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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MI
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OK
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

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

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +44% since the first grant, against +16% for the ones you 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

+44%
+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

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — 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.

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…

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."

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.

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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc and 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.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number27%3%<5yr17%7%5–10yr19%16%10–20yr13%28%20–35yr10%22%35–55yr14%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value27%1%<5yr17%5%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr13%26%20–35yr10%21%35–55yr14%32%55yr+

The field is 27% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.9% lost their exemption, against 18% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.9%1/113
the rest of the field
18%
1,581/8,907

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

105 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, 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; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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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 you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, 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 org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your 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 budgetHAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $190,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetEAST LAKE EXPRESSION ENGINE — $190,000 over 3y, 20% 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 budgetAAA WOMEN'S SERVICES INC — $110,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetCHATTANOOGA FC FOUNDATION INC — $110,000 over 3y, 5.6% 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 budgetTHE ORANGE GROVE CENTER INC — $85,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHAMBLISS CENTER FOR CHILDREN — $85,000 over 2y, 0.9% 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
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Robert L & Kathrina H Maclellan Founda Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 60%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College7% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children0% 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, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to Robert L & Kathrina H Maclellan Founda Foundation?

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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 147 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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