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Selby and Richard McRae 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.

$2.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
44
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$310k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$9.6MHealth$1.9MArts & Culture$1.6MHuman Services$1.3MHousing & Shelter$1.1MRecreation & Sports$763kCrime & Legal$736kReligion$656kOther$0
02FY2024 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $472k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+2 grants · $585k
$25,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MISSISSIPPI'S TOUGHEST KIDS FOUNDATION$310,000
ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL$275,000
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE FOUNDATION INC$200,000
JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL$200,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$190,000
MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR JUSTICE$125,000
GALLOWAY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$104,000
FRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY$100,000
STEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES$80,000
MISSISSIPPI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$60,000
YMCA OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA$50,000
PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES$50,000
WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION$50,000
MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART$50,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NC$50,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $383k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%BADDOUR CENTER: $28k → 19%BADDOUR CENTER: $25k → 19%BADDOUR CENTER: $17k → 19%VOICE OF CALVARY MINISTRIES THE: $12k → 23%BADDOUR CENTER THE: $17k → 19%VOICE OF CALVARY MINISTRIES THE: $12k → 23%BADDOUR CENTER THE: $16k → 19%VOICE OF CALVARY MINISTRIES THE: $12k → 23%BADDOUR CENTER THE: $16k → 19%SUNNYBROOK CHILDRENS HOME: $72k → 11%HOSPICE MINISTRIES: $60k → 11%SUNNYBROOK CHILDRENS HOME: $25k → 11%SUNNYBROOK CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $25k → 11%HELPMATE INC: $10k → 12%SPRINGBOARD TO OPPORTUNITIES: $25k → 23%MIDTOWN PARTNERS INC: $10k → 23%CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $2k → 23%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

NY
MA
MO
VA
TN
NC
DC
LA
MS
GA
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16M · 67 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

67 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2024, 40 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

67
31

Total granted

$16M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+23%

Still filing today

72%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $758k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TU
    The University of North Carolina at Asheville Foundation Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +18%
  • SC
    STEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $715k · revenue +103%
  • TM
    THE MCCALLIE SCHOOL
    6× · 2018–2023 · $600k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • TA
    THISBE AND NOAH SCOTT FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue -79%
  • MS
    MAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $183k · revenue +4%
  • MC
    MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE SCHOOL OF LAW
    one grant, 2018 · $150k
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
Mississippi Methodist Hospital Rehabilitation Center Inc

In response to the love of god, the methodist rehabilitation center, is dedicated to the restoration and enhancement of the lives of those we serve. we are committed to excellence and leadership in the delivery of comprehensive…

Health
2
Mission Mississippi

To encourage and demonstrate grace in the body of christ across racial lines, so that communities throughout mississippi can see practical evidence of the gospel message.

Civil Rights
3
The Children's Museum of Memphis Inc

The mission is to create memorable learning experiences through the joy of play, in hands-on exhibits and programs. we accomplish this mission by reaching out to the mid-south school children, families, and the tourist visitor.

Arts & Culture
4
North Mississippi Medical Center Inc

North mississippi medical center (nmmc) is a 650-bed regional referral center in tupelo, ms. nmmc serves more than 700,000 people in 24 counties in north mississippi, northwest alabama and portions of tennessee. nmmc is the largest…

Health
5
Union University

Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.

Education
6
University School of Jackson

The university school of jackson, a distinctive college preparatory school, seeks to instill a passion for academic excellence and lifelong learning so each student will reach his/her maximum potential.

Education
7
University of Mississippi Foundation

The university of mississippi foundation is a nonprofit corporation chartered in 1973 by the state of mississippi to operate primarily for the benefit of the university of mississippi. the foundation is responsible for receiving,…

Education
8
Methodist Foundation of Mississippi Inc

The foundation exists to cultivate and administer current and deferred gifts for the benefit of ms united methodist related institutions, agencies, local churches, and other ministries for charitable purposes and support and to educate…

Religion
9
Mississippi Methodist Senior Services Inc

Mississippi methodist senior services is dedicated to providing housing and personal care services to the elderly or disabled in the spirit of christian love.

Human Services
10
Morehouse School of Medicine

Leading the creation and advancement of health equity we exist to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities, increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce, and address primary health care…

Education
11
Mississippi State University Foundation Inc

Mississippi state university foundation, inc. is a non-profit organization that assists mississippi state university in accomplishing its goals and mission by cultivating and soliciting private support and ensuring stewardship for all…

Human Services
12
Methodist Medical Center

Methodist Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Foundation of Mississippi; the most unlike its peers is Eastman Memorial Foundation. 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

86 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. 86 of the 115 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
83/86
Grantees still filing
52/86
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Millsaps College: $2,917,961 · EducationMillsaps CollegeThe University of North Carolina at Asheville Foundation Inc: $1,375,000 · EducationThe University of North Carolina at Asheville…RON CLARK ACADEMY INC: $865,000 · EducationRON CLARK ACADEMY INCTHE MCCALLIE SCHOOL: $600,000 · EducationTHE MCCALLIE SCHOOLCURREY INGRAM ACADEMY: $550,000 · EducationCURREY INGRAM ACADEMYTougaloo College: $400,000 · EducationFRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY INC: $262,500 · Education+7 more: $599,000 · Education+7 moreST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $1,230,000 · OtherST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOLSTEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $715,000 · OtherSTEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INCUNIVERSITY OF MS MEDICAL CENTER: $650,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MS MEDICAL CENTERYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: $515,000 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN…GALLOWAY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $508,000 · OtherGALLOWAY UNITED METHODIST CHURCHSt Dominic Health Services Foundation Inc: $250,000 · Other+61 more: $3,623,699 · Other+61 moreMISSISSIPPI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $425,000 · Arts & CultureMISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART INC: $350,000 · Arts & CultureEudora Welty Foundation Inc: $200,000 · Arts & CultureAsheville Art Museum Association Inc: $125,000 · Arts & CultureMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $60,000 · Arts & CultureNASHVILLE BALLET: $50,000 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI INC: $45,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $72,000 · Arts & CultureOPERATION SHOESTRING INC: $318,000 · Human ServicesSUNNYBROOK CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $122,000 · Human ServicesTHE BADDOUR CENTER INC: $118,434 · Human ServicesCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTERS OF MISSISSIPPI: $100,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE MINISTRIES INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesGATEWAY RESCUE MISSION INC: $36,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION INC: $36,000 · Human ServicesVOICE OF CALVARY MINISTRIES: $36,000 · Human Services+6 more: $74,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI: $285,000 · PhilanthropyTHISBE AND NOAH SCOTT FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · PhilanthropyVERNER INC: $115,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyMISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $475,000 · Crime & LegalPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $125,000 · Crime & LegalMISSISSIPPI'S TOUGHEST KIDS FOUNDATION: $310,000 · Recreation & SportsCAMP TWIN LAKES INC: $160,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$7,569,461Other$7,491,699Arts & Culture$1,327,000Human Services$900,934Philanthropy$650,000Crime & Legal$600,000Recreation & Sports$480,000

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 budgetMillsaps College: $2,917,961 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetThe University of North Carolina at Asheville Foundation Inc: $1,375,000 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $1,230,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetRON CLARK ACADEMY INC: $865,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetSTEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $715,000 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetTHE MCCALLIE SCHOOL: $600,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCURREY INGRAM ACADEMY: $550,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: $515,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetMISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $475,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetMISSISSIPPI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $425,000 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetTougaloo College: $400,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART INC: $350,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetOPERATION SHOESTRING INC: $318,000 over 7y, 6.4% of budgetMISSISSIPPI'S TOUGHEST KIDS FOUNDATION: $310,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI: $285,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetFRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY INC: $262,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSt Dominic Health Services Foundation Inc: $250,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetPEAK Academy Charter School: $230,010 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY MISSISSIPPI CAPITAL AREA: $225,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetMISSISSIPPI STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $215,000 over 7y, 35% of budgetEudora Welty Foundation Inc: $200,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOL: $182,500 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetCAMP TWIN LAKES INC: $160,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetNASHVILLE ZOO INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMississippi College: $140,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBethlehem Center Inc: $134,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $125,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAsheville Art Museum Association Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSUNNYBROOK CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $122,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetTHE BADDOUR CENTER INC: $118,434 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetVERNER INC: $115,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetNEW STAGE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTERS OF MISSISSIPPI: $100,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetJackson Rotary Club Charities: $100,000 over 6y, 57% of budgetEmory University: $100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRENCH CAMP ACADEMY: $89,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHINDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHOSPICE MINISTRIES INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetNASHVILLE BALLET: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetASHEVILLE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMISSISSIPPI FOOD NETWORK INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWE WILL GO: $48,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI INC: $45,000 over 5y, 1.1% 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 Millsaps College ↗
  • Who funds The University of North Carolina at Asheville Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds RON CLARK ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds STEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MCCALLIE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CURREY INGRAM ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Tougaloo College ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SHOESTRING INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI'S TOUGHEST KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLIN ROAD ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds St Dominic Health Services Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds PEAK Academy Charter School ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY MISSISSIPPI CAPITAL AREA ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Eudora Welty Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THISBE AND NOAH SCOTT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH ↗
  • Who funds MAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CAMP TWIN LAKES INC ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE ZOO INC ↗
  • Who funds Mississippi College ↗
  • Who funds Bethlehem Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Asheville Art Museum Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds SUNNYBROOK CHILDREN'S HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BADDOUR CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI 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.

Community Foundation for MississippiMS79.7× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Mississippi · Ergon Foundation Inc · Walker Foundation · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Feild Co-Operative Association · Kathryn & Julian Wiener Fund · Phil Hardin Foundation · Century Club Charities Inc · Wesley a Caldwell Foundation Inc · The Gertrude C Ford Foundation Inc · Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
33report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Selby and Richard McRae 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 115 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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