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The McLeigh Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$25k
Granted FY2026still arriving
12
Grants FY2026still arriving
3
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Religion$16kInternational$12kEducation$6kHealth$900Animals$732Human Services$700Arts & Culture$250Other$0
02FY2026 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k11 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
$1,200
Median grant
3
States reached
$115k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SEACOAST CHURCH$13,700
THE COUNSELING CENTER OF SEACOAST$2,400
EPWORTH CHILDRENS HOME$2,000
RESURRECTION HEALTH$2,000
CORNERSTONE CHURCH$1,200
FRANCIS ASBURY SOCIETY$1,200
CATCH THE VISION INTERNATIONAL$1,000
SONG SERMON MINISTRIES$600
CAMP HAPPY DAYS$258
Individual grant recipient$250
Individual grant recipient$200
ST PAUL METHODIST CHURCH$200
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–26, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%EPWORTH CHILDRENS HOME: $2k → 16%HEALING SPECIES: $200 → 25%EPWORTH CHILDRENS HOME: $700 → 16%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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$55k · 8 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2026, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
7

Total granted

$55k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+54%

Still filing today

50%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25’26
Human ServicesHealthReligionAnimalsArts & CultureOther
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

  • SC
    SEACOAST CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH INCORPORATED
    4× · 2022–2026 · $21k
  • CT
    CATCH THE VISION INTERNATIONAL
    5× · 2021–2026 · $13k · revenue +32%
  • FA
    FRANCIS ASBURY SOCIETY INC
    6× · 2021–2026 · $7k · revenue -8%

Funded once

  • FS
    FIRST SCOTS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • PH
    PET HELPERS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $532 · revenue +30%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $500
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
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.

Animals
2
Child Evangelism Fellowship of Sc Inc

Child evangelism fellowship is a bible centered organization composed of born again believers whose purpose is to evangelize children with the gospel of the lord jesus christ and to establish them in the word of god.

Youth Development
3
Safe Haven for Cats

The mission of safe haven for cats is to use no-kill principles and education to save cats' lives through rescue, adoption, spay/neuter services and community programs.

Animals
4
Charleston Animal Society

Since its founding, our mission has always stayed the same: the prevention of cruelty to animals. in 1874, charleston animal society became the first animal organization in south carolina and one of the first in the nation and has never…

Animals
5
Presbyterian College

The compelling purpose of presbyterian college, as a church-related college, is to develop within the framework of christian faith the mental, physical, moral, and spiritual capacities of each student in (see schedule o)

Housing & Shelter
6
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
7
East Texas Baptist University

East texas baptist university (etbu) was founded in 1912 as a fully accredited institution of higher education. affiliated with the baptist general convention of texas, etbu educates students by integrating biblical faith and learning to…

Education
8
Connie Maxwell Children's Ministries

A Baptist ministry for children and families of South Carolina that provides residential care for children in need along with counseling, educational, and referral services while developing and strengthening positive relationships in a…

Human Services
9
Episcopal School of Jacksonville Inc

The mission of episcopal school of jacksonville is to provide a superior college-preparatory education in an environment marked by high expectation, christian nurture, and social diversity. through a balanced program of academics, arts and…

Education
10
Columbia College

Columbia college provides educational opportunities that develop students' capacity for critical thought and expression, life-long learning, acceptance of personal responsibilty, and commitment to service and social justice.

Education
11
Southern Wesleyan University

Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.

Education
12
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Francis Asbury Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Catch the Vision International. 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

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

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 20 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SEACOAST CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH INCORPORATED: $21,304 · OtherSEACOAST CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH INCORPORATEDFRANCIS ASBURY SOCIETY INC: $7,200 · OtherFRANCIS ASBURY SOCIETY INCWOFFORD COLLEGE: $6,000 · OtherWOFFORD COLLEGETHE COUNSELING CENTER OF SEACOAST: $3,000 · OtherTHE COUNSELING CENTER OF SEACOASTRESURRECTION HEALTH: $2,000 · OtherCORNERSTONE CHURCH: $1,500 · Other+8 more: $3,758 · Other+8 moreCATCH THE VISION INTERNATIONAL: $12,500 · ReligionCATCH THE VISION INTERN…EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $2,700 · Human ServicesHEALING SPECIES INC: $200 · Human ServicesPET HELPERS INC: $532 · AnimalsST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $300 · HealthETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc: $250 · Arts & Culture
Other$44,762Religion$12,500Human Services$2,900Animals$532Health$300Arts & Culture$250

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 budgetCATCH THE VISION INTERNATIONAL: $12,500 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetFRANCIS ASBURY SOCIETY INC: $7,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWOFFORD COLLEGE: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $2,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPET HELPERS INC: $532 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALING SPECIES INC: $200 over 1y, 0.2% 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 CATCH THE VISION INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds FRANCIS ASBURY SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds WOFFORD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME ↗
  • Who funds PET HELPERS INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP HAPPY DAYS INC ↗
  • Who funds ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds HEALING SPECIES 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.

Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA8.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 McLeigh Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The McLeigh Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 20 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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