· Public charity
The Randolph W & Dr Lael C Melville Family Foundation
We exist to improve the lives of black and brown children in the southern sector of Dallas via economic stability, food security, and academic excellence.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $6k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $56k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $160k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| North Texas Food Bank | $95,737 |
| Kroger | $64,257 |
| Girl Scouts of Netx | $18,031 |
| Mercy Street | $15,103 |
| Cowboys Golf Club | $12,747 |
| Network of Community Mini | $10,300 |
| Uplift Education | $6,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UEUPLIFT EDUCATION7× · 2019–2025 · $799k · revenue +57%
- NTNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK7× · 2019–2025 · $349k · revenue +89%
- CMCHOCOLATE MINT FOUNDATION5× · 2020–2024 · $241k · revenue +18%
Funded once
- PFPEPSICO FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2020 · $37k · revenue -6%
- BTBig Thought - Prtshp Donationone grant, 2019 · $30k
- UIUpfrom Incone grant, 2024 · $23k
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.
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.
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Cincinnati Youth Collaborative ("CYC") empowers young people to overcome barriers and excel in education, career, and life.
North texas lead creates a bridge between company partners and qualified job-seekers. we build a growing community of leaders by connecting top talent with top employers. north texas lead works with employers and community leaders…
Building educator excellence to give all students the opportunity for success.
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How this is measured
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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 UPLIFT EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds CHOCOLATE MINT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTHEAST TEXAS ↗
- Who funds BIG THOUGHT ↗
- Who funds LEAD PROGRAM IN BUSINESS ↗
- Who funds MERCY STREET ↗
- Who funds PEPSICO FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HIS BRIDGEBUILDERS INC ↗
- Who funds NETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES 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.
Open a dossier: The Rees-Jones Foundation · Hoblitzelle Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Randolph W & Dr Lael C Melville Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Randolph W & Dr Lael C Melville Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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