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Robinson Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
41
Grants FY2025still arriving
19
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$9.8MHuman Services$3.5MReligion$3.1MEducation$413kAnimals$343kCivil Rights$260kHousing & Shelter$218kRecreation & Sports$156kOther$0
02FY2025 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $345k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.4M
$12,500
Median grant
19
States reached
$49M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$1,000,000
TIPTON-ROSEMARK ACADEMY INC$350,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE HATCHIE RIVER REGION$225,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE HATCHIE RIVER REGION$206,000
MUNFORD BAPTIST CHURCH$200,000
MERCY CHEFS INC$200,000
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN$100,000
LE BONHEUR CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$100,000
EXCHANGE CLUB-CARL PERKINS CENTER FOR THE PREVENTI$60,000
TIPTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$35,205
K9S FOR WARRIORS INC$25,000
WEST CANCER FOUNDATION$25,000
POWERPOINT MINISTRIES$25,000
REFUGE FOR WOMEN$20,000
HOUSTON HAVEN MINISTRY$20,000
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 (FY19–25, $3.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHILDHELP INC: $100k → 11%DWELLING PLACE: $8k → 7%SUPPORTING AREA FAMILIES EVERYDAY: $10k → 12%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $35k → 5%FORT BEND SENIOR CITIZENS MEALS ON WHEELS & MUCH M: $25k → 8%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF COLUMBIA SC: $20k → 16%LULA MAE S DAY CENTER: $10k → 22%FAMILY SUCCESS CENTER OF ETOWAH COUNTY INC: $10k → 18%KENOSHA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC: $10k → 10%FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $135k → 11%EXCHANGE CLUB-CARL PERKINS CENTER FOR THE PREVENTI: $60k → 15%RUTHERFORD HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC: $10k → 16%HELPING MAMAS INC: $15k → 9%MERCY CHEFS INC: $250k → 20%FRIENDSHIP HOUSE ROANOKE INC: $15k → 20%AGE WELL INC: $10k → 10%MCLINDON FAMILY FOUNDATION: $8k → 19%EQUIPMENT CONNECTIONS FOR CHILDREN INC: $8k → 6%RYAN HOUSE: $20k → 11%FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $135k → 11%ASSOCIATION FOR GUIDANCE AID PLACEMENT & EMPATHY: $6k → 14%FRIENDS FOR LIFE CORPORATION: $10k → 17%RUTHERFORD HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC: $15k → 16%MERCY CHEFS INC: $250k → 20%RYAN HOUSE: $20k → 11%FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $90k → 11%OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $100k → 14%MERCY CHEFS INC: $250k → 20%ARIZONA AUTISM UNITED INC: $10k → 11%FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $90k → 11%MERCY CHEFS INC: $200k → 20%CHILDHELP INC: $125k → 11%FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $68k → 11%MERCY CHEFS INC: $200k → 20%SENIOR CITIZENS HOME ASSISTANCE SERVICE INC: $10k → 12%MERCY CHEFS INC: $150k → 20%MERCY CHEFS INC: $100k → 20%MERCY CHEFS INC: $100k → 20%MERCY CHEFS INC: $50k → 20%MERCY CHEFS INC: $50k → 20%ONE FAMILY MEMPHIS: $250k → 17%ONE FAMILY MEMPHIS: $130k → 17%ONE FAMILY MEMPHIS: $50k → 17%GO LUCY GO FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 14%GO LUCY GO FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 14%GO LUCY GO FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 14%GO LUCY GO FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 14%GO LUCY GO FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 14%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

VT
WA
MT
MN
WI
MI
NY
WY
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Robinson Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Robinson Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 36 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
96

Total granted

$19M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+14%

Still filing today

78%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $364k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsEducationOther
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

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $8.0M · revenue +125%
  • MC
    MERCY CHEFS INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +147%
  • LB
    Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation
    5× · 2020–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • BJ
    BOBBY JONES CHIARI & SYRINGOMYELIA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $120k · revenue +17%
  • OS
    OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +213%
  • MR
    MARINE RAIDER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -20%
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
Developmental Disabilities Management Assistance Inc

Carolina hill provides safe and caring emergency shelter and supportive services to homeless families focusing efforts to achieve rapid re-housing and developing skills and resources to maintain it.

Human Services
2
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis Inc

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis, Inc. sees a world where every family has what they need to ensure the best health outcomes for their children. They provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and…

Health
3
Welcome Home Angel Inc

Our mission is to help families be families by creating custom home modifications for children with special healthcare needs. from sensory and therapy rooms to fully wheelchair-accessible spaces, our home transformations provide safer…

Environment
4
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte Inc

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte (RMHC of GC) provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare. Charlotte is recognized as a leading destination…

Human Services
5
Hospice of Wake County Inc

To care for individuals and families with compassion, support, and expertise as they navigate the end of life or life-changing illness.

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6
Brian's House Inc

Brian's House specializes in the care and treatment of people with disabilities. Brian's House provides a broad range of human services to people with special needs and challenges. The primary goal is to maximize each individual's…

Human Services
7
Secu Family House At Unc Hospitals

Secu family house at unc hospitals provides an affordable, safe, nurturing home away from home for seriously ill patients, their family members, and caregivers from throughout north carolina and beyond.

Health
8
Domestic Violence Intervention Services

See schedule oadvancing physical and emotional safety by reducing the impact and occurrence of sexual and domestic violence, human trafficking and stalking through inclusive intervention and prevention services for children, youth, and…

Human Services
9
Foster Kinship

Foster Kinship supports all kinship families throughout Nevada. We assist grandparents, relatives, and fictive kin who are raising children through five core programs: 1- Enhanced Kinship Navigator Program - Provides intensive support to…

Human Services
10
Respite Care of San Antonio Inc

Respite Care of San Antonio is dedicated to providing specialized care for children with special needs and complex medical conditions through a General Residential Operation (GRO), Developmental Childcare Center, and Community Programs for…

Human Services
11
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater Washongton Dc Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater washington, dc (rmhcdc) provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

Health
12
Health Care for the Homeless Inc

Health care for the homeless works to end homelessness through racially equitable health care, housing and advocacy in partnership with those of us who have experienced it.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nashville Rescue Mission; the most unlike its peers is One Family Memphis. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

137 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. 137 of the 159 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)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
137/137
Grantees still filing
82/137
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,000,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCLe Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation: $1,250,000 · HealthLe Bonheur Children's Hospital FoundationSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,025,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN+28 more: $548,700 · HealthTENNESSEE BAPTIST MISSION BOARD: $1,650,000 · OtherTENNESSEE BAPTIST MISSION BO…MUNFORD BAPTIST CHURCH: $1,350,000 · OtherMUNFORD BAPTIST CHURCHTipton-Rosemark Academy Inc: $635,300 · OtherTipton-Rosemark Academy Inc+67 more: $1,585,755 · Other+67 moreMERCY CHEFS INC: $1,600,000 · Human ServicesMERCY CHEFS INCFIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $517,500 · Human ServicesFIDELCO GUIDE DOG F…ONE FAMILY MEMPHIS: $440,000 · Human ServicesONE FAMILY MEMPHISGO LUCY GO FOUNDATION INC: $230,000 · Human ServicesGO LUCY GO FOUNDATI…CHILDHELP INC: $225,000 · Human ServicesCHILDHELP INC+31 more: $619,400 · Human Services+31 moreBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE HATCHIE RIVER: $572,500 · Youth Development+2 more: $12,800 · Youth DevelopmentPhoenix Animal Care Coalition PACC911: $95,000 · AnimalsBLUEPATH SERVICE DOGS INC: $80,000 · AnimalsPAWS - PROVIDING ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES: $52,500 · AnimalsPEACEFUL PASTURES DONKEY RESCUE: $27,000 · AnimalsFaith N Friends: $25,000 · AnimalsK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $25,000 · AnimalsTWO BY TWO RESCUE LEAGUE: $20,000 · AnimalsCOMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FOR PETS INC: $16,500 · Animals+4 more: $34,000 · AnimalsCONFIDENTIAL CARE MOBILE MINISTRY: $260,000 · Civil RightsANGEL FLIGHT EAST: $110,000 · Recreation & SportsCHILDRENS ONCOLOGY CAMP FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsWarm Beach Christian Camps And Conference Center: $24,000 · Recreation & SportsTRINITY EQUESTRIAN CENTER KIDS KAMP INC: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsCamp Conquest: $12,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $5,000 · Recreation & Sports
Health$10,823,700Other$5,221,055Human Services$3,631,900Youth Development$585,300Animals$375,000Civil Rights$260,000Recreation & Sports$196,000

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 budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,000,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMERCY CHEFS INC: $1,600,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetLe Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation: $1,250,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,025,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTipton-Rosemark Academy Inc: $635,300 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE HATCHIE RIVER: $572,500 over 6y, 13% of budgetFIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $517,500 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetONE FAMILY MEMPHIS: $440,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetCONFIDENTIAL CARE MOBILE MINISTRY: $260,000 over 2y, 52% of budgetGO LUCY GO FOUNDATION INC: $230,000 over 5y, 69% of budgetCHILDHELP INC: $225,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBOBBY JONES CHIARI & SYRINGOMYELIA FOUNDATION: $120,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetANGEL FLIGHT EAST: $110,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetOPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE: $100,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMARINE RAIDER FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEaster Seals Serving DC MD VA Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPhoenix Animal Care Coalition PACC911: $95,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetBLUEPATH SERVICE DOGS INC: $80,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetGood Shepherd Medication Management: $75,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetExchange Club - Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetArizona Cancer Foundation for Children Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPAWS - PROVIDING ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES: $52,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMACON MEDICATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $50,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetVanderbilt University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRYAN HOUSE: $40,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $35,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPEACEFUL PASTURES DONKEY RESCUE: $27,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetNew Freedom Farm Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetBeHeard Movement Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetLOVE HOUSE LEARNING ACADEMY: $25,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetFaith N Friends: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetHANDS & HEARTS FOR HORSES INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSERVANTS AT WORK INC VIRGINIA: $25,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetWarriors Ascent: $25,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetUSA CARES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels and Much Much More: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHILDRENS ONCOLOGY CAMP FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetANGELS OF AMERICA'S FALLEN: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMAP International Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDDC CLINIC FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRUTHERFORD HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC: $25,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetREBUILDING HOPE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS HOME ASSISTANCE SERVICE INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPowerPoint Ministries: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLIGHT OF THE WORLD CHARITIES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWEST CANCER FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

Community Foundation …Publix Super Markets …McKesson Foundation I…Southwest Members Car…Leslie L Alexander Fo…Christian Community F…American Gift FundArizona Community Fou…Td Charitable Foundat…Dominion Energy Chari…Employees Community F…American Express Foun…
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis IncTN17.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · McKesson Foundation Inc · Southwest Members Care Incorporated · Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · American Gift Fund · Arizona Community Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · American Express Foundation

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 Robinson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robinson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Age Well Inc: 60% of income from government
  • Easter Seals Serving Dc Md Va Inc: 29% of income from government
  • The Christian Sharing Center Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Comfort Cases Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Robinson Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Robinson 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 159 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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