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The Middlebrooks-Camp Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$13k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$71kHuman Services$19kArts & Culture$4kHealth$3kPhilanthropy$2kCommunity Improvement$2kEnvironment$2kRecreation & Sports$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$215k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UGA FOUNDATION$7,500
FRIENDS OF SOUTH CUMBERLAND$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
931 CARES$1,000
BLUE MONARCH$1,000
A STEP AHEAD CHATTANOOGA$500
MOUNTAIN GOAT TRAIL ALLIANCE$500
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%A STEP AHEAD CHATTANOOGA: $1k → 12%931 CARES: $1k → 13%MONTEAGLE-SEWANEE ROTARY: $1k → 14%GIRL SCOUTS OF HISTORIC GEORGIA: $500 → 16%SAMARITAN CENTER FOR COUNCELLING: $5k → 27%A STEP AHEAD CHATTANOOGA: $1k → 12%SEWANEE PARENT ORGANIZATION: $2k → 13%MONTEAGLE-SEWANEE ROTARY: $1k → 14%SAMARITAN CENTER FOR COUNCELLING: $5k → 27%A STEP AHEAD CHATTANOOGA: $500 → 12%SEWANEE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $2k → 13%MOUNTAIN GOAT TRAIL ALLIANCE: $1k → 14%UGA FOUNDATION: $10k → 27%SEWANEE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $2k → 13%BLUE MONARCH: $1k → 14%UGA FOUNDATION: $10k → 27%SEWANEE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $2k → 13%MOUNTAIN GOAT TRAIL ALLIANCE: $500 → 14%UGA FOUNDATION: $9k → 27%SAINT ANDREWS SEWANEE SCHOOL: $1k → 13%UGA FOUNDATION: $9k → 27%SEWANEE ELEMENTARY PTA: $1k → 13%UGA FOUNDATION: $8k → 27%SEWANEE COMMUNITY CHEST: $1k → 13%UGA FOUNDATION: $8k → 27%SAINT ANDREWS SEWANEE SCHOOL: $1k → 13%UGA FOUNDATION: $5k → 27%SAINT ANDREWS SEWANEE SCHOOL: $1k → 13%UGA FOUNDATION: $3k → 27%SEWANEE ELEMENTARY PTA: $1k → 13%UGA FOUNDATION: $1k → 27%SEWANEE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $1k → 13%SEWANEE COMMUNITY CHEST: $1k → 13%SAINT ANDREWS SEWANEE SCHOOL: $1k → 13%SAINT ANDREWS SEWANEE SCHOOL: $1k → 13%SEWANEE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $1k → 13%SEWANEE ELEMENTARY PTA: $1k → 13%SAINT ANDREWS SEWANEE SCHOOL: $1k → 13%FRIENDS OF SOUTH CUMBERLAND: $1k → 13%SEWANEE ELEMENTARY PTA: $1k → 13%COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE: $500 → 13%FRIENDS OF SOUTH CUMBERLAND: $500 → 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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$99k · 11 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
3

Total granted

$99k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+7%

Still filing today

64%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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
EducationPhilanthropyHealthRecreation & SportsEmploymentOther
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

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $61k · revenue +112%
  • SC
    SEWANEE CHILDRENS CENTER
    5× · 2017–2021 · $7k · revenue +50%
  • SA
    ST ANDREW'S-SEWANEE SCHOOL
    6× · 2017–2022 · $6k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • SP
    SEWANEE PARENT ORGANIZATION
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • GS
    Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue +7%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE
    one grant, 2023 · $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
The Sequoyah Educational Center

Sequoyah School is a community of learners. A Sequoyah education challenges the mind, nurtures the heart and celebrates human dignity.

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2
The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc

The foundation enriches the lives of the students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the university of tennessee through alumni engagement, financial stewardship and private gift support.

Education
3
University of the South

The College of Arts and Sciences is committed to the development of the whole person through a liberal arts education of the highest quality. The School of Theology educates women and men to serve the broad whole of the Episcopal Church in…

Education
4
South Carolina Education Association

To defend the political, economic and legal rights of educational workers in south carolina

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5
South Georgia Medical Education and Research Consortium Inc

The education, placement, and retention of resident physicians in south georgia.

Health
6
The Southern Assoc of Independent Schools Inc

The mission of sais is to strengthen member schools by providing high quality accreditation processes, comprehensive professional growth opportunities, and visionary leadership development programs.

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7
Sylacauga City Schools Foundation Inc

To help the sylacauga city schools meet their financial needs for students.

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8
St George's Independent School

Co-educational private school for grades pre-k trough twelve on 3 campuses in memphis, tn.

Education
9
Tennesseans for Quality Early Education

To advance state policies and practices that ensure all tennessee children from birth through 3rd grade get the high quality early education they need to power our state's future.

Education
10
United Way of South Central Tennessee

The united way of south central tennessee's mission is to improve lives by advancing opportunities for education, health, and financial stability for all. its vision is to be the primary community solutions leader for human services.

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11
The Maggie L Walker Governor's School Govt & Intl Studies Foundation

The Governor's School Foundation cultivates resources to enhance the educational experience of all students at Maggie L. Walker Governor's School.

Education
12
Southwest Georgia Stem Charter Inc

Provide distinguished and integrated instruction in an environment that cultivates respect, is inclusive of all, and lays the foundation for excellence and life-long learning.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Andrew's-Sewanee School; the most unlike its peers is Books for Keeps 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

10 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. 10 of the 16 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)
9/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $61,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION+2 more: $3,550 · Education+2 moreSAMARITAN CENTER FOR COUNCELLING: $10,000 · OtherSAMARITAN CENTER FOR COUNCELLINGSEWANEE CHILDRENS CENTER: $6,500 · OtherSEWANEE CHILDRENS CENTERST ANDREW'S-SEWANEE SCHOOL: $6,250 · OtherST ANDREW'S-SEWANEE SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFRIENDS OF SOUTH CUMBERLAND: $1,500 · Other+3 more: $2,000 · Other+3 moreA STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC: $2,500 · HealthSEWANEE COMMUNITY CHEST: $2,000 · PhilanthropyMountain Goat Trail Alliance Inc: $1,500 · Recreation & SportsBLUE MONARCH: $1,000 · Employment
Education$64,550Other$32,250Health$2,500Philanthropy$2,000Recreation & Sports$1,500Employment$1,000

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 budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $61,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSEWANEE CHILDRENS CENTER: $6,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetST ANDREW'S-SEWANEE SCHOOL: $6,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetA STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSEWANEE COMMUNITY CHEST: $2,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBOOKS FOR KEEPS INC: $1,800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMountain Goat Trail Alliance Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLUE MONARCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of Historic Georgia Inc: $500 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.

  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEWANEE CHILDRENS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ST ANDREW'S-SEWANEE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds A STEP AHEAD FOUNDATION CHATTANOOGA INC ↗
  • Who funds SEWANEE COMMUNITY CHEST ↗
  • Who funds BOOKS FOR KEEPS INC ↗
  • Who funds SEWANEE PARENT ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds Mountain Goat Trail Alliance Inc ↗
  • Who funds BLUE MONARCH ↗
  • Who funds Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia 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.

Community Foundation of Greater Memphis IncTN13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · 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 Middlebrooks-Camp Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Middlebrooks-Camp 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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

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    How do I get to The Middlebrooks-Camp Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Middlebrooks-Camp 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 16 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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