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The Charles E and Mary Elizabeth Scripps Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$690k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
18
Grants FY2025
19
Organizations funded FY2024
16%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$35,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$85,000
Organizations funded a year
18 to 23
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$11M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 16% of the organizations The Charles E and Mary Elizabeth Scripps Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k 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
Human ServicesFood & NutritionReligionEducationPublic BenefitHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving18$690k0%
FY202419$627k16%
FY202320$630k5%
FY202218$680k22%
FY202121$580k33%
FY202020$585k0%
FY201922$602k18%
FY201823$573k22%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$1.1MEducation$1.0MHealth$883kArts & Culture$461kFood & Nutrition$375kCrime & Legal$349kYouth Development$300kHousing & Shelter$278kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mountain Region Speech and Hearing Center$509,00097%
CASA for Kids Inc$349,000914%
Friends in Need Health Center Inc$300,00094%
Tom Browning Boys and Girls Club$260,00095%
Maysville Players Inc$237,000631%
Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-Of-The-Woods$230,0005n/a
Maysville Initiatives Inc$218,000938%
Wald Park Inc$195,000721%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tn$145,00080%
Ave Maria University Inc$125,00050%
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All grantees of The Charles E and Mary Elizabeth Scripps Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mountain Region Speech and Hearing Center$509,00097%
CASA for Kids Inc$349,000914%
Friends in Need Health Center Inc$300,00094%
Tom Browning Boys and Girls Club$260,00095%
Maysville Players Inc$237,000631%
Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-Of-The-Woods$230,0005n/a
Maysville Initiatives Inc$218,000938%
Wald Park Inc$195,000721%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tn$145,00080%
Ave Maria University Inc$125,00050%
Limestone Ministries Inc$120,000424%
Saint Ann School Foundation Inc$115,00054%
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc$100,00050%
Licking Valley College Development Corp$95,00054%
Maysville & Mason Co Library Historical & Scientific Association$85,00053%
St Anthony Parish$65,0003n/a
Ion Center for Violence Prevention Inc$62,50050%
Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington$55,0002n/a
Patty Baker Humane Society Naples Inc$55,00031%
Warrior Ridge Co$42,000221%
Boys & Girls Club of Collier County Flor$40,00020%
Comprehend Inc$39,00020%
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of C$37,5004n/a
Guadalupe Center Inc$25,00010%
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press$25,00020%
Aberdeen Concerned Citizens Inc$12,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Charles E and Mary Elizabeth Scripps Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMountain Region Speech and Hearing Center: $509,000 over 9y, 6.7% of budgetCASA for Kids Inc: $349,000 over 9y, 14% of budgetFriends in Need Health Center Inc: $300,000 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetTom Browning Boys and Girls Club: $260,000 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetMaysville Players Inc: $237,000 over 6y, 31% of budgetMaysville Initiatives Inc: $218,000 over 9y, 38% of budgetWald Park Inc: $195,000 over 7y, 21% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tn: $145,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAve Maria University Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLimestone Ministries Inc: $120,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetSaint Ann School Foundation Inc: $115,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetHarry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLicking Valley College Development Corp: $95,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetMaysville & Mason Co Library Historical & Scientific Association: $85,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetIon Center for Violence Prevention Inc: $62,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPatty Baker Humane Society Naples Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWarrior Ridge Co: $42,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Collier County Flor: $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetComprehend Inc: $39,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGuadalupe Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 21.

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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.

International Paper Company FoundationTN21.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About The Charles E and Mary Elizabeth Scripps Foundation Inc

How much does The Charles E and Mary Elizabeth Scripps Foundation Inc give?
The Charles E and Mary Elizabeth Scripps Foundation Inc reported 18 grants totaling $690,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Charles E and Mary Elizabeth Scripps Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (19%), Education (19%), Health (16%).
Who are The Charles E and Mary Elizabeth Scripps Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mountain Region Speech and Hearing Center ($509k), CASA for Kids Inc ($349k), Friends in Need Health Center Inc ($300k).
Does The Charles E and Mary Elizabeth Scripps Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Charles E and Mary Elizabeth Scripps Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Charles E and Mary Elizabeth Scripps Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include International Paper Company Foundation, Burnette Family Charitable Foundation Inc, Hayswood Foundation Inc.
Where is The Charles E and Mary Elizabeth Scripps Foundation Inc based?
The Charles E and Mary Elizabeth Scripps Foundation Inc is based in KY.

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 46 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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