· Private foundation
The Arthur & Sarah Merrill Foundation Inc
Its FY2020 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS | $6,000 |
| EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE RESEARCH) | $5,000 |
| CHURCH OF THE APOSTLES | $5,000 |
| RAYO DE SOL | $4,000 |
| EASTER SEALS CAROLINE SCHOOL | $2,000 |
| ATLANTA MISSION | $2,000 |
| HISTORIC MACON FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| MARS-HILL PRODUCTIONS | $1,500 |
| FIRST CARE WOMEN'S CLINIC COBB PREGNANCY SERVICES | $1,500 |
| JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE | $1,000 |
| ATLANTA COUNSELING CENTER -CLIENT ASSISTANCE | $1,000 |
| RICHMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| ATLANTA YOUTH ACADEMY | $1,000 |
| AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against -46% for those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2020, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RDRAYO DE SOL INC4× · 2017–2020 · $12k · revenue +282%
- AUATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION4× · 2017–2020 · $9k · revenue +21%
- CPCOBB PREGNANCY SERVICES INC4× · 2017–2020 · $9k · revenue +84%
Funded once
AUGUSTINE LITERACY PROJECT - TRIANGLEone grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue -46%- FOFOCUS ON THE FAMILYone grant, 2018 · $1k
- TSTHE SALVATION ARMYone grant, 2018 · $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.
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.
To share the truth and compassion of jesus christ, support life-affirming choices and promote healthy relationships by serving and caring for women and families in pregnancy-related circumstances
Christian psychological counseling
Provides mediation services and mediation training for all manner of disputes, private and public, without the need for formal audication through the court system.
The mission of triangle pastoral counselingis to be a professional extension of the counseling ministriesof the faith communities of the triangle area
Simplifying ministry HR through education, expertise and specialized services so that churches can grow a healthy and thriving staff.
Strengthen and preserve the well-being of individuals, couples, and families through easy, affordable access to professional counseling services.
Is to provide educational opportunities for gifted students who have limited academic experiences and resources but unlimited potential for leadership in society.
Cornerstone Counseling empowers people to reach their spiritual, relational, and emotional potential through exceptional counseling and personal development services.
Covenant Care Services, Inc. is a non-profit faith-based adoption agency serving birthmothers and adoptive families in the state of Georgia. The Organization counsels women experiencing unplanned pregancy and educates them about the option…
Restoration Atlanta exists to strengthen & equip under-resourced families to experience holistic restoration. We carry this out through providing ministry, childcare, and child development services to families experiencing homelessness and…
The mission is to provide a biblically based classical college preparatory education that inspires a passion for excellence a heart of grace and the character of Christ.
Christian coaching, counseling, assessment and consulting services to the communities of Tarrant County, Texas.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 25 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 RAYO DE SOL INC ↗
- Who funds ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds COBB PREGNANCY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Atlanta Counseling Center Inc ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
- Who funds Presbyterian School ↗
- Who funds RICHMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds HISTORIC MACON FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ↗
- Who funds MARS HILL PRODUCTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds AUGUSTINE LITERACY PROJECT - TRIANGLE ↗
- Who funds AKOLA PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds Empty Stocking Fund 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.
Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Arthur & Sarah Merrill Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Arthur & Sarah Merrill Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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