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The Maynard Nexsen Foundation

To support worthwhile charitable causes and supplement the volunteer efforts of maynard nexsen pc employees.

$384k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$33k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$437kEducation$379kHealth$269kRecreation & Sports$235kYouth Development$100kCrime & Legal$81kScience & Tech$80kHuman Services$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 10 grants below total $125,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $384,034 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $259,034 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $104k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$396k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION INC$33,000
JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION$15,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$15,000
WISH FOR WHEELS$10,500
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA GAC$10,000
RED MOUNTAIN THEATRE COMPANY INC$10,000
BAPTIST HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION$10,000
ALABAMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS INC$7,500
NATIONAL MS SOCIETY$7,500
STATE OF ALABAMA BALLET INC$6,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $137k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%YWCA USA INC: $6k → 14%JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $15k → 16%WISH FOR WHEELS: $11k → 12%JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $13k → 16%JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $13k → 16%HEART OF THE VALLEY YMCA: $250 → 11%JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $13k → 16%JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $13k → 16%HEART OF THE VALLEY YMCA: $250 → 11%JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $13k → 16%JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $5k → 16%JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION: $1k → 16%KING'S HOME: $3k → 7%KING'S HOME: $3k → 7%THE FOUNDRY MINISTRIES: $1k → 16%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $2k → 16%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $2k → 16%GRACE HOUSE MINISTRIES: $3k → 16%GRACE HOUSE MINISTRIES: $2k → 16%GRACE HOUSE MINISTRIES: $1k → 16%YWCA OF CENTRAL ALABAMA: $8k → 16%YWCA CENTRAL ALABAMA: $3k → 16%YWCA OF CENTRAL ALABAMA: $3k → 16%CHILDCARE RESOURCES: $2k → 16%CHILDCARE RESOURCES: $2k → 16%FIRST LIGHT INC: $1k → 16%FIRST LIGHT INC: $1k → 16%YMCA OF GREATER BIRMINGHAM: $1k → 16%YMCA: $1k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
NY
CO
VA
MD
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DC
OK
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GA
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FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.6M · 77 repeat orgs$216k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +33% since the first grant, against +31% for the ones you funded once.

77 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2025, 70 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

77
78

Total granted

$1.6M
$188k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+31%

Still filing today

91%
87%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    5× · 2018–2022 · $200k · revenue +78%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    5× · 2017–2022 · $86k · revenue +33%
  • JR
    JIMMY RANE FOUNDATION
    8× · 2018–2025 · $84k · revenue +177%

Funded once

  • PROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • BG
    BELLINGRATH GARDENS AND HOME FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • TB
    The Birmingham Athletic Partnershipgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +40%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The University Foundation

The university foundation is organized to assist and aid the board of trustees of the university of alabama in fulfilling its educational, research, and public service programs and activities.

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2
Alabama Partnership for Children

To work in partnership with families and organizations to ensure that all alabama children (birth to five) get everything they need to develop to their fullest potential.

Education
3
Alabama Bankers Association Inc

To promote the preservation and continued development of commercial banking in alabama.

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4
Alabama Alliance Network

The alabama alliance netowrk works to strengthen and enhance alabama's civic society through research, education, and grantmaking

Public Benefit
5
Alabama Sports Foundation Inc

Alabama sports foundation exists to optimize the athlete experience through performance, education, innovation, and implementation. alabama sports foundation does this with each individual by partnering with teams, clubs, and…

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6
Legal Aid Society of Birmingham

The Organization is a nonprofit community defender providing legal assistance through court appointment to children and other indigent persons.

Crime & Legal
7
Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils

Coordinate rc&d activity in alabama

Environment
8
Birmingham Bar Association

The mission of the birmingham bar association is to uphold the strength and integrity of the legal profession, promote justice, foster civility, and support our members through professional development, education, and community engagement.

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9
Alabama Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics

Obtain optimal health & well-being for all children in alabama, and to provide educational and practice support for its membership so the highest quality of medical care can be achieved.

Health
10
A Best Practices Center

The alabama best practices center helps teachers and administrators develop the competence, commitment and courage to do whatever it takes to improve student learning.

Education
11
Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame
Arts & Culture
12
The Children's Hospital of Alabama

The mission of Children's of Alabama is to provide the finest pediatric health services to all children in an environment that fosters excellence in research and medical education. Children's will be an advocate for all children and work…

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Baptist Health Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Turning Point Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 38 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%1%<5yr14%1%5–10yr20%10%10–20yr19%33%20–35yr14%25%35–55yr13%30%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%5%10–20yr19%27%20–35yr14%26%35–55yr13%42%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%2/160
the rest of the field
12%
5,396/43,589

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

145 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 145 of the 160 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
45
Early backer (in before they grew)
143/145
Grantees still filing
100/145
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

TWG 2021 BIRMINGHAM FOUNDATION — $100,000 · OtherTWG 2021 BIRMINGHAM FOUNDATIONACS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY II INC — $52,500 · OtherACS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY II INCGREATER ALABAMA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $52,500 · OtherGREATER ALABAMA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF…ALABAMA CORRECTIONAL EMPLOYEES SUPPORT FUND — $38,000 · OtherALABAMA CORRECTIONAL EMPLOYEES SUPPORT FU…ALABAMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS INC — $35,000 · OtherALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $34,000 · OtherBIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE — $30,000 · OtherJUNIOR LEAGUE OF BIRMINGHAM INC — $22,800 · OtherBirmingham Zoo Inc — $45,000 · OtherBirmingham Zoo Inc+75 more — $272,370 · Other+75 moreBIRMINGHAM MUSEUM OF ART FND TUA — $232,000 · Arts & CultureBIRMINGHAM MUSEUM OF ART F…RED MOUNTAIN THEATRE COMPANY INC — $58,500 · Arts & CultureRED MOUNTAIN THEATRE COMPA…ALABAMA SYMPHONIC ASSOCIATION INC — $37,500 · Arts & CultureALABAMA SYMPHONIC ASSOCIAT…THE STATE OF ALABAMA BALLET INC — $36,000 · Arts & CultureTHE STATE OF ALABAMA BALLE…MCWANE SCIENCE CENTER — $30,000 · Arts & CultureMCWANE SCIENCE CENTER+10 more — $45,000 · Arts & Culture+10 moreUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION — $200,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF AL…Impact America — $15,000 · EducationImpact AmericaThe Birmingham Athletic Partnership — $10,000 · EducationWASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI INC — $10,000 · Education+13 more — $28,350 · Education+13 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc — $86,000 · HealthAmerican Hea…Baptist Health Foundation Inc — $27,500 · HealthBaptist Heal…BAPTIST HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · HealthBAPTIST HEAL…PROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC — $10,000 · HealthBAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY — $7,500 · Health+18 more — $32,900 · Health+18 moreJIMMY RANE FOUNDATION — $83,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM — $13,000 · Human ServicesWish for Wheels Inc — $10,500 · Human ServicesYWCA USA INC — $6,000 · Human ServicesKings Home Inc — $5,000 · Human ServicesGRACE HOUSE MINISTRIES INC — $5,000 · Human Services+8 more — $16,500 · Human ServicesBIRMINGHAM VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROGRAM INC — $68,333 · Crime & Legal+3 more — $2,650 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE — $50,000 · Science & Tech+1 more — $1,000 · Science & Tech
Other$682,170Arts & Culture$439,000Education$263,350Health$198,900Human Services$139,500Crime & Legal$70,983Science & Tech$51,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBIRMINGHAM MUSEUM OF ART FND TUA — $232,000 over 9y, 51% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION — $200,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetTWG 2021 BIRMINGHAM FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $86,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJIMMY RANE FOUNDATION — $83,500 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetBIRMINGHAM VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROGRAM INC — $68,333 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetRED MOUNTAIN THEATRE COMPANY INC — $58,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetACS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY II INC — $52,500 over 7y, 8.2% of budgetGREATER ALABAMA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $52,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBirmingham Zoo Inc — $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetALABAMA SYMPHONIC ASSOCIATION INC — $37,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE STATE OF ALABAMA BALLET INC — $36,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $34,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetMCWANE SCIENCE CENTER — $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN COLLEGE — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBaptist Health Foundation Inc — $27,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBAPTIST HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJUNIOR LEAGUE OF BIRMINGHAM INC — $22,800 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF ALABAMA INC — $20,200 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBIRMINGHAM KIWANIS FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetTHE BIRMINGHAM BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC — $15,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetImpact America — $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN OF BIRMINGHAM — $13,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCORNERSTONE SCHOOLS OF ALABAMA INC — $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA G GASTON BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB — $12,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNational Conference for Community and Justice of Alabama — $11,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetWish for Wheels Inc — $10,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBELLINGRATH GARDENS AND HOME FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEAST ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Birmingham Athletic Partnership — $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetOAKWOOD UNIVERSITY — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREV BIRMINGHAM INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL PEACE INSTITUTE INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALABAMA-FLORIDA COUNCIL INC SCOUTING AMERICA — $7,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - AAJC INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA FOR TUKABATCHE AREA — $7,500 over 1y, 11% of budgetGREATER ALABAMA COUNCIL INC TRUST FUND BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #001 — $7,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetBIRMINGHAM BAR FOUNDATION — $6,200 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION — $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE-A-MILE — $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RESTORATION ACADEMY — $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Protective Life Found…The Daniel Foundation…Susan Mott Webb Chari…Robert R Meyer Founda…Hill Crest Foundation…The Community Foundat…Alabama Power Foundat…Altecstyslinger Found…Mike and Gillian Good…The Joseph S Bruno Ch…The Hugh Kaul Foundat…Orlean & Ralph W Bees…
Protective Life FoundationAL142× affinity70 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Protective Life Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Robert R Meyer Foundation · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Altecstyslinger Foundation · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · The Joseph S Bruno Charitable Foundation · The Hugh Kaul Foundation · Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Maynard Nexsen Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 46%
  • Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc — 46% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
43report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to The Maynard Nexsen Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Maynard Nexsen Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 160 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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