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The McKenney Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The McKenney Family 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.

$130k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$136kReligion$123kInternational$48kCommunity Improvement$44kPublic Benefit$39kEducation$38kHealth$32kHousing & Shelter$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $120k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$659k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WELLSPRING LIVING$35,000
ATLANTA MISSION$15,000
EAST COOPER COMMUNITY OUTREACH$15,000
BIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION$15,000
SHELTER BOX$15,000
FOCUSED COMMUNITY STRATEGIES$15,000
ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$10,000
GIGI PLAYHOUSE$5,000
ANGEL FLIGHT SOARS$5,000
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 (FY20–25, $86k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%EAST COOPER COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $15k → 12%SHELTER BOX: $15k → 10%EAST COOPER COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $13k → 12%Shelter Box USA: $5k → 10%EAST COOPER COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $10k → 12%SHELTER BOX: $5k → 10%ATLANTA MISSION: $15k → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $8k → 13%MEALS ON WHEELS: $1k → 13%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 16% of The McKenney Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The McKenney Family Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$442k · 15 repeat orgs$54k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against -13% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
6

Total granted

$442k
$44k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
-13%

Still filing today

80%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesReligionEducationPublic BenefitFood & NutritionHealthOther
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

  • WL
    Wellspring Living Inc
    4× · 2020–2025 · $53k · revenue +78%
  • MM
    Must Ministries Inc
    4× · 2020–2024 · $45k · revenue +46%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $43k · revenue +106%

Funded once

  • HC
    Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue -30%
  • FC
    FCS COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
    one grant, 2021 · $9k
  • TW
    THE WARRIOR ALLIANCE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $8k · revenue -13%
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
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
2
Miracle Hill Ministries Inc

Miracle hill ministries is committed to life transformation for children and adults experiencing homelessness. more information and program outcomes may be found at www.miraclehill.org.

Human Services
3
Fully Furnished Ministries Inc

Fully Furnished Ministries delivers gently used furniture to people emerging from crisis. We source furniture from those wishing to donate. Our volunteers collect clean restore and deliver it to Greater Atlanta families. We help restore…

Religion
4
Refuge of Hope Ministries

Glorify and serve god by providing meals for hungry men, women, and children, emergency shelter and transition to independence for homeless men, and spiritual hope through jesus christ.

Religion
5
Bread of Life Mission

Bringing hope, healing, and recovery to seattle's homeless through a christ-centered approach.

Human Services
6
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries
Health
7
Miracle Messages

Miracle messages helps people experiencing homelessness rebuild their social support systems and financial security, primarily through family reunification services, a phone buddy program, and basic income pilots.

Human Services
8
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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9
Union Rescue Mission

Union rescue mission embraces people with the compassion of christ. we assist people experiencing homelessness by providing a comprehensive array of emergency and long-term services to our guests, including: food, shelter, clothing,…

Human Services
10
The Raleigh Rescue Mission Inc

Believing every individual has sacred value, we equip people to impact the world for good through the love of jesus christ.

Human Services
11
Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc

The mission of Good Shepherd is to feed the hungry, shelter the homeless and foster transition to housing.

Housing & Shelter
12
Found in Faith Ministries Inc Dba Fresh Start Furnishings

We provide furniture and home goods to families and individuals that financially qualify for our program. our current focus area is harford county, maryland but are happy to give referrals to resources in other counties when possible.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
11/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Must Ministries Inc: $45,000 · Human ServicesMust Ministries IncEast Cooper Community Outreach: $37,500 · Human ServicesEast Cooper Community OutreachATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $27,500 · Human ServicesATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATI…SHELTERBOX USA INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesSHELTERBOX USA INC+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesWellspring Living Inc: $52,500 · ReligionWellspring Living IncSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $42,500 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSECITY OF REFUGE: $25,000 · ReligionCITY OF REFUGETHE SALVATION ARMY: $27,500 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $20,000 · OtherHenderson County & Ther…FCS PRIDE FOR PARENTS: $16,000 · OtherFCS PRIDE FOR PARENTSCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE O…FCS COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $9,000 · OtherFCS COMMUNITY ECONOMIC …ANGEL FLIGHT SOARS INC: $5,000 · OtherGIGI PLAYHOUSE: $5,000 · OtherBlue Skies Ministries Inc: $4,000 · Other+1 more: $2,500 · OtherBIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION: $38,500 · Public BenefitBIG SKY BR…THE WARRIOR ALLIANCE INC: $7,500 · Public BenefitTHE WARRIO…FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationKipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc: $17,500 · EducationFCS URBAN MINISTRIES INC: $35,000 · Community ImprovementATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $17,500 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$136,000Religion$120,000Other$104,000Public Benefit$46,000Education$37,500Community Improvement$35,000Food & Nutrition$17,500

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 budgetWellspring Living Inc: $52,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMust Ministries Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $42,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION: $38,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEast Cooper Community Outreach: $37,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFCS URBAN MINISTRIES INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $27,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSHELTERBOX USA INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCITY OF REFUGE: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WARRIOR ALLIANCE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBlue Skies Ministries Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF MIDDLE GEORGIA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Georgia Power Foundat…The Community Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Georgia Power Foundation IncGA13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 McKenney Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The McKenney Family Foundation Inc. 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.
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    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The McKenney Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The McKenney Family 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 23 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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