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Roberts Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Roberts Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$1k
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 2025.

Youth Development$7kReligion$6kHuman Services$5kHealth$3kPhilanthropy$2kEducation$2kCrime & Legal$2kCommunity Improvement$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
1
States reached
$22k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARCHANGEL COMMUNICATIONS$1,000
LIGHT OF THE VILLAGE$250
MCGILL TOOLEN HIGH SCHOOL$250
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $500 → 16%THE NEST CORPORATION: $500 → 19%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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18k · 10 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
25

Total granted

$18k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+28%

Still filing today

40%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 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
HealthHuman ServicesReligionFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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

  • TN
    THE NEST CORPORATION INC
    3× · 2018–2023 · $2k · revenue +108%
  • TC
    THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $2k · revenue +57%
  • IF
    INFIRMARY FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $2k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • CG
    CAMP GRACE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +0%
  • SI
    ST IGNATIUS CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
  • MA
    MOBILE AREA COUNCIL BSA
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
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 Healthcare Hall of Fame
Arts & Culture
2
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
3
Brca Research and Cure Alliance
Health
4
J Walter Juckett Cancer Research Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
5
The Grace Foundation of Memphis Inc
Philanthropy
6
The Mark Grace Foundation
Philanthropy
7
Cure Amd Foundation
Health
8
Kt Strong Corporation

Stomach cancer

Health
9
Alcorn State University Foundation Inc

The foundation is a non-profit organzation that aids the university in promoting and cultural welfare, developing and expanding facilities, and facilitating studies, research, and other academic persuits.

Education
10
Alabama Broadcasters Association Educational Foundation
Education
11
The John Merck Fund
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12
T Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Infirmary Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

15 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. 15 of the 36 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
9/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA- MOBILE AREA COUNCIL: $5,800 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA- MOBILE AREA COUNCILJIMMY FUND WALK: $2,100 · OtherJIMMY FUND WALKTHE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $1,800 · OtherTHE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INCOUTBACK MOSS CO ST IGNATIUS CHURCH: $1,500 · OtherOUTBACK MOSS CO ST IGNATIUS CHURCHST IGNATIUS CHURCH: $1,000 · OtherMOBILE AREA COUNCIL BSA: $1,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $1,000 · OtherST IGNATIUS: $1,000 · OtherSOUTHERN TENNIS PATRONS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherMITCHELL CANCER INSTITUTE: $800 · Other+13 more: $3,700 · Other+13 moreCAMP GRACE INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesCAMP GRACE INCTHE NEST CORPORATION INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesTHE NEST CORPORATI…JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $500 · Human ServicesJIMMY RANE FOUNDAT…INFIRMARY FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 · HealthTHE CURE STARTS NOW INC: $100 · Health+1 more: $50 · HealthARCHANGEL COMMUNICATIONS INC: $1,500 · ReligionTHE LIGHT OF THE VILLAGE A NONPROF CORPORATION: $250 · ReligionSPRING HILL COLLEGE: $500 · EducationWomens Resource Center Inc: $300 · Civil RightsTHE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE: $300 · Food & NutritionMcKemie Place Inc: $250 · Housing & Shelter
Other$20,700Human Services$5,000Health$1,750Religion$1,750Education$500Civil Rights$300Food & Nutrition$300Housing & Shelter$250

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 budgetCAMP GRACE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NEST CORPORATION INC: $2,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTHE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $1,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetINFIRMARY FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARCHANGEL COMMUNICATIONS INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERN TENNIS PATRONS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPRING HILL COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomens Resource Center Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIGHT OF THE VILLAGE A NONPROF CORPORATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CURE STARTS NOW INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $50 over 1y, 0.0% 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 CAMP GRACE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NEST CORPORATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds INFIRMARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ARCHANGEL COMMUNICATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN TENNIS PATRONS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SPRING HILL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Womens Resource Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds McKemie Place Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE LIGHT OF THE VILLAGE A NONPROF CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CURE STARTS NOW INC ↗
  • Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗

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.

Skyros Benevolent Soc…Rjjb Family FoundationCd Helen and Jeff Gla…Crampton Trust #12550…Mapp Family FoundationJ L Bedsole Foundatio…Harry J and Aloyis L …The Hyman FoundationThe Catranis Family C…The Robert and Joanna…Mayer & Arlene Mitche…The Daniel Foundation…
Skyros Benevolent SocietyAL15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Skyros Benevolent Society · Rjjb Family Foundation · Cd Helen and Jeff Glaze Foundation · Crampton Trust #1255000731 Regions Bank Trustee · Mapp Family Foundation · J L Bedsole Foundation Regions Bank Co-Trustee · Harry J and Aloyis L Sonneborn Charitable Foundation · The Hyman Foundation · The Catranis Family Charitable Foundation Inc · The Robert and Joanna Cunningham Charitable Foundation Inc · Mayer & Arlene Mitchell Charitable Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama

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 Roberts Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Roberts Charitable Foundation. 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 →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report 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 36 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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