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The Maclellan Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Maclellan Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$22M
Granted FY2023
343
Grants FY2023
31
States reached
$1.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

74% of The Maclellan Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to International Generosity Foundation Trust, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 84 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The Maclellan Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 177 organizations, $22M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

123
’17
176
’18
189
’19
175
’20
179
’21
167
’22
177
’23
84
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$70MPhilanthropy$70MInternational$16MEducation$4.5MYouth Development$3.4MCommunity Improvement$3.4MCivil Rights$2.0MHuman Services$1.7MOther$0
02FY2023 · 343 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k101 grants · $272k
  • $10k–50k134 grants · $3.1M
  • $50k–250k86 grants · $8.7M
  • $250k+22 grants · $9.5M
$21,200
Median grant
31
States reached
$167M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DBA THE GENEROSITY TRUST$1,400,000
CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DBA THE GENEROSITY TRUST$1,100,000
CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DBA THE GENEROSITY TRUST$750,000
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC$600,000
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC$420,000
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC$400,000
CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DBA THE GENEROSITY TRUST$400,000
CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DBA THE GENEROSITY TRUST$390,000
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC$350,000
CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DBA THE GENEROSITY TRUST$350,000
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC$325,000
CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC$300,000
VISION COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL$300,000
INTERNATIONAL GENEROSITY FOUNDATION TRUST$300,000
INTERNATIONAL GENEROSITY FOUNDATION TRUST$289,055
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 (FY17–24, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%IMPACT INDONESIA INC: $29k → 10%ABOVE THE CLOUDS: $10k → 7%HIINGA: $10k → 10%SOLDIERS FOR FAITH: $10k → 11%THE LIFE OF A SINGLE MOM: $47k → 19%ABOVE THE CLOUDS: $10k → 7%CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS: $25k → 6%BURUNDI MIRACLE PROJECT: $20k → 11%CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS: $12k → 6%THE INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH: $30k → 14%COMMUNIO FOUNDATION: $50k → 6%STREET GRACE INC: $100k → 9%STREET GRACE INC: $15k → 9%IDEOS INSTITUTE: $30k → 14%ASSOCIATION OF GOSPEL RESCUE MISSIONS: $50k → 9%ASSOCIATION OF GOSPEL RESCUE MISSIONS: $15k → 9%FAMILY ACTION COUNCIL OF TENNESSEE INC: $25k → 4%LIFEWAY MISSION INTERNATIONAL: $130k → 14%FAITHBRIDGE FOSTER CARE: $25k → 13%FAITHBRIDGE FOSTER CARE: $25k → 13%LIFEWAY MISSION INTERNATIONAL: $70k → 14%LIFEWAY MISSION INTERNATIONAL: $40k → 14%FAITHBRIDGE FOSTER CARE: $20k → 13%LIFEWAY MISSION INTERNATIONAL: $20k → 14%FAITHBRIDGE FOSTER CARE: $13k → 13%NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $15k → 14%TEARFUND USA: $35k → 9%LA PAZ DE DIOS: $100k → 12%LA PAZ DE DIOS: $100k → 12%LA PAZ DE DIOS: $45k → 12%LA PAZ DE DIOS: $30k → 12%LA PAZ DE DIOS: $15k → 12%UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $125k → 12%UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $125k → 12%FAITHBRIDGE FOSTER CARE: $50k → 13%FAITHBRIDGE FOSTER CARE: $19k → 13%UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $47k → 12%UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $28k → 12%UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $25k → 12%FIRST BAPTIST CARES INC: $15k → 12%BETHEL BIBLE VILLAGE: $12k → 12%BETHEL BIBLE VILLAGE: $10k → 12%UNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $50k → 12%SHEPHERD'S ARMS RESCUE MISSION INC: $15k → 12%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

WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$99M · 308 repeat orgs$22M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

308 repeat relationships: 159 still active in FY2023, 149 since wound down; 71 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

308
202

Total granted

$99M
$16M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+9%

Still filing today

71%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionEducationHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • VC
    Vision Communications International
    6× · 2017–2023 · $2.2M · revenue +185% · 42% of their budget
  • PP
    PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +541%
  • SG
    STRATEGIC GLOBAL ASSISTANCE INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $1.7M · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • GT
    GENEROSITY TRUST THE CHATTANOOGA
    one grant, 2018 · $5.6M
  • GT
    GENEROSITY TRUST THE CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $5.1M
  • FP
    FRONT PORCH ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2018 · $300k
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
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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2
Global City Missions Initiative Incorporated

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evanglism, disciplemaking, church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities reaching out evangelistically to start multiply churches, training believers to…

Religion
3
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
4
International Commission Inc

Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.

Religion
5
Next Worldwide Inc

With a desire to see the Gospel proclaimed in all nations, we exist to make and multiply disciples of the next generation through the vehicles of church-planting missions and missional leadership training.

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6
Freedom in Christ Ministries

To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.

Religion
7
Serving Beyond Borders

Serving and pastoring overseas workers on their own turf and equipping nationals by training and empowering them in their work of advancing the gospel.

Human Services
8
Global Media Outreach

Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.

Religion
9
Raise Up Global Ministries

Raise Up Global Ministries is committed to educating Christian leaders in communities around the world. The three programs of Raise Up equip the global church by 1 Developing biblically based interactive materials and 2 Training…

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10
Mission Without Borders International

The organization is dedicated to reaching people for christ through an international network of christians who journey with the poor and marginalized, bringing practical and spiritual support with hope of a better future,(continued on…

International
11
Crossing Cultures International Inc

Crossing Cultures International, Inc. exists to glorify God by equipping Christ followers globally with comprehensive training for effective ministry.

Religion
12
Tyndale Bible Translators

Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Downside Up 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

408 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. 408 of the 594 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.

23
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
127
Early backer (in before they grew)
386/408
Grantees still filing
278/408
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DBA THE GENEROSITY TRUST: $26,019,413 · OtherCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION…GENEROSITY TRUST THE CHATTANOOGA: $5,560,000 · OtherGENEROSITY TRUST THE CHATTANOOGAGENEROSITY TRUST THE CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,060,000 · OtherGENEROSITY TRUST THE CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN…CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (THE GENEROSITY TRUST): $3,193,000 · Other+86 more: $23,728,117 · Other+86 moreINTERNATIONAL GENEROSITY FOUNDATION TRUST: $18,321,916 · ReligionINTERNATIONAL GENEROSITY FOUNDATI…Vision Communications International: $2,194,862 · ReligionThe Christian Broadcasting Network Inc: $1,728,222 · Religion+55 more: $28,193,618 · Religion+55 moreNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $30,918,000 · PhilanthropyNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN…Givers Legacy Foundation Inc: $5,767,803 · PhilanthropyGivers Legacy Foundation IncSTRATEGIC GLOBAL ASSISTANCE INC: $1,689,542 · Philanthropy+12 more: $5,632,145 · Philanthropy+12 morePREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1,913,000 · EducationCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $701,200 · EducationAXIS: $675,500 · EducationPUBLIC SCHOOL BIBLE STUDY COMMITTEE: $542,148 · EducationUKRAINE PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION: $286,000 · EducationSINAPIS GROUP INC: $247,500 · EducationFULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $200,000 · EducationPLIES: $194,204 · Education+8 more: $1,032,750 · EducationMiddle East Ministries: $760,000 · InternationalALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS INC: $550,000 · InternationalWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $510,000 · International4AFRICA: $480,559 · InternationalHANDS ALONG THE NILE DEVELOPMENT SE: $433,750 · International4D Ministries: $387,500 · InternationalCHALMERS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $195,000 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $149,931 · InternationalFive Talents USA: $132,500 · International+2 more: $190,000 · InternationalBUILDING & CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE CENTER: $375,000 · Community ImprovementTHE RIVERCITY COMPANY: $354,000 · Community ImprovementCHATTANOOGA REGIONAL HOMELESS COALITION INC: $326,000 · Community ImprovementURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $176,200 · Community ImprovementCAUSEWAY INC: $90,350 · Community ImprovementUNITED METHODIST NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS INC: $411,192 · Human ServicesLA PAZ DE DIOS INC: $290,000 · Human ServicesLIFEWAY MISSION INTERNATIONAL: $260,000 · Human ServicesFaithBridge Foster Care Inc: $157,500 · Human ServicesStreet Grace Inc: $115,210 · Human Services
Other$63,560,530Religion$50,438,618Philanthropy$44,007,490Education$5,792,302International$3,789,240Community Improvement$1,321,550Human Services$1,233,902

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $30,918,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL GENEROSITY FOUNDATION TRUST: $18,321,916 over 3y, 12% of budgetGivers Legacy Foundation Inc: $5,767,803 over 5y, 9.2% of budgetVision Communications International: $2,194,862 over 6y, 42% of budgetPREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1,913,000 over 7y, 15% of budgetThe Christian Broadcasting Network Inc: $1,728,222 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSTRATEGIC GLOBAL ASSISTANCE INC: $1,689,542 over 7y, 9.5% of budgetAWANA CLUBS INTERNATIONAL AND AFFILIATES: $1,569,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetFAR EAST BROADCASTING COMPANY: $1,568,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN RESPONSE USA: $1,465,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetDevelopment Assoc International: $1,406,590 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetIMPACT FRANCE INC: $1,402,515 over 8y, 19% of budgetThe Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc: $1,369,850 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA: $1,314,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetEmbracing God Ministries Inc: $1,205,000 over 7y, 29% of budgetAlpha USA: $1,202,522 over 7y, 5.4% of budgetMISSION EURASIA: $1,160,000 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetFREEDOM TO LEAD INTERNATIONAL: $1,042,200 over 6y, 28% of budgetElam Ministries: $1,033,400 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $990,120 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAl Hayat Ministries: $900,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetLEAD TO SERVE INC: $863,750 over 7y, 8.3% of budgetForum of Christian Leaders: $842,489 over 7y, 10% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $806,400 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetChildren of Character Inc: $785,900 over 6y, 19% of budgetBIBLE MISSION GLOBAL: $785,310 over 6y, 29% of budgetRECONCILED WORLD INC: $783,900 over 5y, 63% of budgetMiddle East Ministries: $760,000 over 5y, 32% of budgetCHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $701,200 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetSports Catalyst Inc: $685,000 over 4y, 9.3% of budgetANTIOCH NETWORK INC: $678,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetAXIS: $675,500 over 5y, 6.4% of budget32 North Media Inc: $665,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetNEW GENERATIONS: $655,120 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetRESOURCE GLOBAL: $607,250 over 7y, 14% of budgetJosiah Venture: $560,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetLIFE IN ABUNDANCE INTERNATIONAL: $553,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS INC: $550,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetPUBLIC SCHOOL BIBLE STUDY COMMITTEE: $542,148 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetScriptures In Use: $536,300 over 5y, 11% of budgetFIRST THINGS FIRST INC: $528,000 over 8y, 14% of budgetFINAL COMMAND MINISTRIES: $526,200 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $510,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CARE MINISTRIES: $500,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budget4AFRICA: $480,559 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetCITYTEAM MINISTRIES: $465,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNew Europe Communication NFP: $450,000 over 6y, 46% of budgetHISPANIC MINISTRY CENTER: $435,250 over 6y, 6.5% 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 NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL GENEROSITY FOUNDATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Givers Legacy Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Vision Communications International ↗
  • Who funds PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds The Christian Broadcasting Network Inc ↗
  • Who funds STRATEGIC GLOBAL ASSISTANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds AWANA CLUBS INTERNATIONAL AND AFFILIATES ↗
  • Who funds FAR EAST BROADCASTING COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN RESPONSE USA ↗
  • Who funds Development Assoc International ↗
  • Who funds IMPACT FRANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA ↗
  • Who funds Embracing God Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds Alpha USA ↗
  • Who funds MISSION EURASIA ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM TO LEAD INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds Elam Ministries ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Al Hayat Ministries ↗
  • Who funds LEAD TO SERVE INC ↗
  • Who funds Forum of Christian Leaders ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds Children of Character Inc ↗
  • Who funds BIBLE MISSION GLOBAL ↗
  • Who funds RECONCILED WORLD INC ↗
  • Who funds Middle East Ministries ↗
  • Who funds CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Sports Catalyst Inc ↗
  • Who funds ANTIOCH NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds AXIS ↗

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 Generos…Chattanooga Christian…Hugh and Charlotte Ma…Robert L & Kathrina H…The Community Foundat…First Fruit IncTyndale House Ministr…Weldon F Osborne Foun…Robert F Stone Founda…G II CharitiesGordon Christian TrustBenwood Foundation Inc
International Generosity Foundation TrustFL181.7× affinity106 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: International Generosity Foundation Trust · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Hugh and Charlotte Maclellan Charitable Charitable Trust · Robert L & Kathrina H Maclellan Founda Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc · First Fruit Inc · Tyndale House Ministries · Weldon F Osborne Foundation Inc · Robert F Stone Foundation AKA Bobby Stone Foundation · G II Charities · Gordon Christian Trust · Benwood Foundation 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 The Maclellan Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Maclellan Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 67%
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
23report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Maclellan Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Maclellan Foundation Inc 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 594 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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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