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The Fiona and Rick True Charitable Trust (Fka the Tony McLellan Charitable Trust) at a glance

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The Fiona and Rick True Charitable Trust (Fka the Tony McLellan Charitable Trust)

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.

$366k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Health$326kEducation$178kEnvironment$75kCivil Rights$50kInternational$25kArts & Culture$20kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kCrime & Legal$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $274k
$5,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$5.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACKERMAN INSTITUTE FOR THE FAMILY$150,000
AFRICAN COMMUNITY & CONSERVATION FOUNDATION$73,653
UNCF$50,000
MIGRANT AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT (MICA)$20,000
PENCIL INC$15,000
CENTER FOR MEDICARE ADVOCACY$10,000
MONHEGAN MUSEUM$10,000
ACLU FOUNDATION$5,000
ELEVATED ACCESS$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
WELLSPRING HEALTH ACCESS$5,000
GUILFORD COLLEGE$5,000
PUBLIC CITIZEN$5,000
BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH$2,000
THE WESTERLIES$2,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 76% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ORION: $1k → 12%SILK ROAD: $6k → 16%PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $10k → 17%THE WESTERLIES: $2k → 20%PUBLIC CITIZEN: $5k → 14%AFRICAN COMMUNITY & CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $74k → 11%MIGRANT AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT (MICA): $20k → 21%DARIEN BOOK AID: $5k → 9%CENTER FOR MEDICARE ADVOCACY: $29k → 11%CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL: $1k → 12%GUILFORD COLLEGE: $5k → 16%THE JACQUES PEPIN FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%THE CHRISTOPHER & DANA REEVE FOUNDATION (CDRF): $100k → 16%INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $5k → 7%WELL SPRING HEALTH ACCESS: $10k → 11%MONHEGAN MUSEUM: $10k → 9%AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICES: $10k → 17%THE WESTERLIES: $2k → 20%PUBLIC CITIZEN INC: $5k → 14%MIGRANT AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT: $10k → 21%STAMFORD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%CENTER FOR MEDICARE ADVOCACY: $10k → 11%GUILFORD COLLEGE: $5k → 16%CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: $5k → 17%UNCF: $100k → 14%JWV COMMUNITY SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP: $2k → 9%BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH: $2k → 17%UNCF: $50k → 14%WHITMAN BREED: $5k → 9%ACKERMAN INSTITUTE FOR THE FAMILY: $150k → 17%WELLSPRING HEALTH ACCESS: $5k → 14%ACLU FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%PENCIL INC: $15k → 17%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

ME
MN
IL
NY
MA
WY
NJ
CT
RI
MO
VA
AZ
NC
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

32%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$223k · 6 repeat orgs$476k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
14

Total granted

$223k
$188k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+18%

Still filing today

100%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $289k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
Civil RightsEducationInternationalArts & CultureHealthPublic BenefitOther
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

  • CF
    CENTER FOR MEDICARE ADVOCACY INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $39k · revenue +4%
  • PC
    PUBLIC CITIZEN INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +190%
  • Elevated Access Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CHRISTOPHER & DANA REEVE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +36%
  • WS
    WELL SPRING HEALTH ACCESS
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Guttmacher Institute Inc

The institute is a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in the united states and globally.

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2
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
3
Sociedad Interamericana De Prensa Inc

Between 2024 and 2025, the committee on freedom of the press and information, together with its subcommittees on impunity and chapultepecsalta, participated in approximately nine activities. these included a panel discussion entitled…

Education
4
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
5
International Bridges to Justice

In recognition of the fundamental principles of the universal declaration of human rights, international bridges to justice (ibj) is dedicated to protecting the basic legal rights of ordinary citizens in developing countries. specifically,…

Crime & Legal
6
Washington Office On Latin America

To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.

International
7
The International Institute On Race Equality and Human Rights

The international institute on race, equality and human rights contributes to the promotion and defense of human rights, through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and strategic litigation conducted at the regional and international…

International
8
Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation

Civicus is a global alliance of civil society organisations and activists dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world.

Youth Development
9
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
10
Parliamentarians for Global Action

Parliamentarians for global action (pga) is a non-partisan ngo network of legislators from all regions of the world acting in their individual capacity to advocate for human rights, democracy, and the rule of law; peace and human security;…

International
11
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
12
Center for Justice & Accountability

The center for justice and accountability (cja) is an international human rights organization dedicated to deterring torture, war crimes, crimes against humanity and other severe human rights abuses around the world through litigation,…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Physicians for Human Rights Inc; the most unlike its peers is Elevated Access Inc. 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 33 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
13/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CHRISTOPHER & DANA REEVE FOUNDATION (CDRF): $100,000 · OtherTHE CHRISTOPHER & DANA REEVE FOUNDATIO…CENTER FOR MEDICARE ADVOCACY INC: $39,000 · OtherCENTER FOR MEDICARE ADVOCACY INCMIGRANT AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT (MICA): $20,000 · OtherMIGRANT AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ACTION…WELL SPRING HEALTH ACCESS: $10,000 · OtherSTAMFORD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherMONHEGAN MUSEUM: $10,000 · OtherMIGRANT AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT: $10,000 · OtherPUBLIC CITIZEN INC: $10,000 · Other+9 more: $30,500 · Other+9 moreUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $150,050 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND…GUILFORD COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationGUILFORD COLLEGE+1 more: $1,000 · EducationACKERMAN INSTITUTE FOR THE FAMILY: $150,000 · HealthACKERMAN INSTITUTE FOR T…+1 more: $5,000 · HealthAFRICAN COMMUNITY AND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $73,653 · EnvironmentAFRICAN COM…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 · InternationalPHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $10,000 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $10,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $5,000 · InternationalElevated Access Inc: $10,000 · Civil RightsCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $5,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Civil RightsINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $5,000 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $5,000 · Civil RightsPENCIL INC: $15,000 · Philanthropy
Other$239,500Education$161,050Health$155,000Environment$73,653International$35,000Civil Rights$30,000Philanthropy$15,000

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 budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $150,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACKERMAN INSTITUTE FOR THE FAMILY: $150,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetAFRICAN COMMUNITY AND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $73,653 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCENTER FOR MEDICARE ADVOCACY INC: $39,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPENCIL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUILFORD COLLEGE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPUBLIC CITIZEN INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElevated Access Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSILK ROAD PROJECT INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCIRCLE OF HOPE HEALTH CARE SVCS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACQUES PEPIN FOUNDATION THE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERLIES MUSIC INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $1,000 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.

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA11.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Fiona and Rick True Charitable Trust (Fka the Tony McLellan Charitable Trust) funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Fiona and Rick True Charitable Trust (Fka the Tony McLellan Charitable Trust). Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Center for Medicare Advocacy Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Silk Road Project Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 33 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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