Skip to content
The Charles E and Mary Elizabeth Scripps Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

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 FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$85k
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.

Religion$1.1MEducation$1.0MHealth$883kArts & Culture$461kFood & Nutrition$375kCrime & Legal$349kYouth Development$300kHousing & Shelter$278kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k13 grants · $375k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $315k
$35,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAINT PATRICK SCHOOL$85,000
SAINT PATRICK CHURCH$80,000
CASA FOR KIDS INC$50,000
MOUNTAIN REGION SPEECH & HEARING CENTER$50,000
SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE OF SAINT MARY-OF-THE-WOODS INDIANA$50,000
MAYSVILLE PLAYERS INC$45,000
MAYSVILLE INITIATIVES INC$43,000
FRIENDS IN NEED HEALTH CENTER INC$40,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$35,000
ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF COVINGTON$30,000
LIMESTONE MINISTRIES INC$30,000
TOM BROWNING BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$30,000
LICKING VALLEY COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$25,000
COMPREHEND INC$25,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST TENNESSEE$25,000
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, $88k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ION CENTER FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION: $15k → 11%ION CENTER FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION: $15k → 11%ION CENTER FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION: $13k → 11%ION CENTER FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION: $10k → 11%GUADALUPE CENTER INC: $25k → 10%ION CENTER FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION: $10k → 20%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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.4M · 38 repeat orgs$122k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
7

Total granted

$5.4M
$122k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+2%

Still filing today

50%
14%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthYouth DevelopmentEducationFood & NutritionHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther
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

  • MR
    Mountain Region Speech and Hearing Center
    9× · 2017–2025 · $509k · revenue +6%
  • CF
    CASA for Kids Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $349k · revenue +24%
  • FI
    Friends in Need Health Center Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $300k · revenue +92%

Funded once

  • LM
    LIMESTONE MINISTRIES INC DBA COMMUNITY CARE OF MASON COUNTY
    one grant, 2021 · $30k
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY OF GREATER CINCINNATI
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • GC
    Guadalupe Center Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +2%
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
Talladega County Child Advocacy Center Inc

Interview facility for child abuse victims.

Human Services
2
Huntington County Child Advocacy Center Inc Dba Mckenzie's Hope

Provide a safe and compassionate, child focused center to promptly and thoroughly investigate child abuse.

Human Services
3
Northwest Al Mental Health Center

Community mental health center

Health
4
M and M Family Care Center Inc

To provide childcare

Housing & Shelter
5
Northeast Georgia Speech Center Inc

Speech therapy and testing

Health
6
Mcneilly Center for Children Inc

Mcneilly center for children is a non-profit child care center providing quality, affordable child care to ages 6 weeks through 5 years of age to nashville families.

—
7
Family Promise of Gainesville Florida Inc

Provide food and shelter for the homeless.

Human Services
8
Walker County Childrens Advocacy Center Inc

Walker County Childrens Advocacy Center, Inc. will provide services to child victims of physical and sexual abuse, severely neglected children and children who have witnessed a violent crime. The Center will work every day to try and stop…

Human Services
9
Gainesville Public Health Community Inc

To educate Gainesville families on health diet and lifestyle and specialize in assisting "on the spectrum" families with therapy services for children that include physical occupational & speech therapy

—
10
Casa of the Tennessee Valley

The mission of the organization is to provide a powerful voice for abused and neglected children by advocating for each child, within the court's jurisdiction, in order to ensure safety, permancy and an opportunity to thrive.

Human Services
11
Mary's Place Boarding House Inc

Low income boarding house

Housing & Shelter
12
Casa of Northeast Tennessee

Advocate for the best interest of abused and neglected children with the belief that every child is entitled to a safe and stable home.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys & Girls Club of Collier County Flor; the most unlike its peers is Mountain Region Speech and Hearing Center. 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

22 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. 22 of the 46 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAINT PATRICK SCHOOL: $390,000 · OtherSAINT PATRICK SCHOOLSAINT PATRICK CHURCH: $317,000 · OtherSAINT PATRICK CHURCHSISTERS OF PROVIDENCE OF SAINT MARY-OF-THE-WOODS: $230,000 · OtherSISTERS OF PROVIDENCE OF SAINT MARY-OF-THE-WOODSIndividual grant recipient: $225,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSISTERS OF PROVIDENCE OF SAINT MARY-OF-THE-WOODS INDIANA: $200,000 · OtherSISTERS OF PROVIDENCE OF SAINT MARY-OF-THE-WOODS INDIANAWALD PARK INC: $195,000 · OtherWALD PARK INCTHE SALVATION ARMY: $150,000 · OtherST PATRICK CHURCH: $130,000 · OtherSAINT ANN SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $115,000 · OtherMAYSVILLE INITIATIVES INC: $218,000 · OtherMAYSVILLE INITIATIVES INCLIMESTONE MINISTRIES INC: $120,000 · Other+24 more: $1,042,500 · Other+24 moreMountain Region Speech and Hearing Center: $509,000 · HealthMountain Region S…Friends in Need Health Center Inc: $300,000 · HealthFriends in Need H…COMPREHEND INC: $39,000 · HealthCASA for Kids Inc: $349,000 · Civil RightsTOM BROWNING BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $260,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIER COUNTY FLOR: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST TN: $145,000 · Food & NutritionHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $100,000 · Food & NutritionMAYSVILLE PLAYERS INC: $237,000 · Arts & CultureAVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC: $125,000 · EducationLICKING VALLEY COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT CORP: $95,000 · Education
Other$3,332,500Health$848,000Civil Rights$349,000Youth Development$300,000Food & Nutrition$245,000Arts & Culture$237,000Education$220,000

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 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 budgetTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $20,000 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 Mountain Region Speech and Hearing Center ↗
  • Who funds CASA for Kids Inc ↗
  • Who funds Friends in Need Health Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds TOM BROWNING BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB ↗
  • Who funds MAYSVILLE PLAYERS INC ↗
  • Who funds MAYSVILLE INITIATIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds WALD PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST TN ↗
  • Who funds AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds LIMESTONE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds SAINT ANN SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds LICKING VALLEY COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
  • Who funds MAYSVILLE & MASON CO LIBRARY HISTORICAL & SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Ion Center for Violence Prevention Inc ↗
  • Who funds PATTY BAKER HUMANE SOCIETY NAPLES INC ↗
  • Who funds Warrior Ridge Co ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COLLIER COUNTY FLOR ↗
  • Who funds COMPREHEND INC ↗
  • Who funds Guadalupe Center 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.

International Paper C…Burnette Family Chari…Hayswood Foundation I…Claire Adair Hendrick…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
International Paper Company FoundationTN21.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: International Paper Company Foundation · Burnette Family Charitable Foundation Inc · Hayswood Foundation Inc · Claire Adair Hendrickson Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 The Charles E and Mary Elizabeth Scripps Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Charles E and Mary Elizabeth Scripps Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Guadalupe Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Ave Maria University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Charles E and Mary Elizabeth Scripps’ filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home