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Wesley a Caldwell Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$6k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Health$905kRecreation & Sports$147kEducation$135kHousing & Shelter$125kHuman Services$43kPhilanthropy$42kAnimals$36kReligion$31kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$6,156
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF MISSISSIPPI$6,156
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 (FY17–22, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 66% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOSPICE MINISTRIES: $1k → 11%HOSPICE MINISTRIES: $1k → 11%HOSPICE MINISTRIES: $1k → 11%HOSPICE MINISTRIES: $1k → 11%HOSPICE MINISTRIES: $1k → 11%SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $2k → 23%SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $2k → 23%SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $2k → 23%SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $2k → 23%SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $1k → 23%SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN SERVICES: $1k → 23%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.
$1.5M · 29 repeat orgs$72k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against -34% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 29 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
7

Total granted

$1.5M
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
-34%

Still filing today

48%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationAnimalsHuman ServicesHealthPublic BenefitFood & NutritionOther
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

  • MS
    MAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOL
    6× · 2017–2022 · $800k · revenue +50% · 25% of their budget
  • SC
    STEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $37k · revenue +95%
  • MA
    MISSISSIPPI ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE
    6× · 2017–2022 · $29k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • TD
    THE DEL RENDON FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • MP
    MISSISSIPPI PRISON CHAPEL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue -34% · 25% of their budget
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
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
Mission Mississippi

To encourage and demonstrate grace in the body of christ across racial lines, so that communities throughout mississippi can see practical evidence of the gospel message.

Civil Rights
2
Humane Society of South Mississippi

The mission of the humane society is to save and enhance the lives of pets through cooperative and innovative approaches to adoption, spay/neuter, sheltering and community engagement.

Animals
3
Methodist Foundation of Mississippi Inc

The foundation exists to cultivate and administer current and deferred gifts for the benefit of ms united methodist related institutions, agencies, local churches, and other ministries for charitable purposes and support and to educate…

Religion
4
Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting Inc

MCIR is an independent nonprofit news organization, tasked with educating and informing the people of Mississippi with in-depth, fact-based, nonpartisan information. MCIR focuses on institutionalized injustice and generational poverty.

Arts & Culture
5
Working Together Mississippi

Seeking to build relationships with diverse institutions around the state to build the power to effect political change in a non-partisan way while strengthening the institutions we engage with to help execute their institution's mission…

Education
6
Habitat for Humanity Mississippi Capital Area

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity mississippi capital area brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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7
Mississippi Center for Legal Services Corporation

MCLSCs mission is to provide quality legal services to eligible persons in central and southern Mississippi

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8
Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project

Mississippi volunteer lawyers project enables volunteer attorneys to provide equal access to justice for mississippians of low income and limited means through high quality pro bono legal assistance.

Crime & Legal
9
Mississippi Methodist Senior Services Inc

Mississippi methodist senior services is dedicated to providing housing and personal care services to the elderly or disabled in the spirit of christian love.

Human Services
10
Jobs for Mississippi Graduates Inc

Jmg's mission is to keep young people in school through graduation and provide work-based learning experiences that will lead to career advancement opportunities or to enroll in a postsecondary institution that leads to a rewarding career.

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11
Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce Inc

Mississippi gulf coast chamber of commerce, inc., a mississippi non-profit corporation (the "chamber") connects, informs, advocates and develops. the chamber is a membership organization that fosters leadership and the advancement of the…

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12
Mississippi State Medical Association Foundation Inc

The organization provides funding for medical research, educational programs for physicians and others as well as educational assistance for medical students. in addition, the organization provides grants to medical professionals whose…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southern Christian Services for Children and Youth Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kiva Microfunds. 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

20 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. 20 of the 39 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOL: $800,000 · HealthMAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOLMISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY BULLDOG CLUB: $147,400 · OtherMISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY BULLDOG CLUBJACKSON ACADEMY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE: $99,000 · OtherJACKSON ACADEMY DEVELOPMENT OFFICEST DOMINIC'S HOSPITAL: $75,000 · OtherST DOMINIC'S HOSPITALSTEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $36,500 · OtherSTEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INCSALVATION ARMY: $33,500 · OtherSALVATION ARMYHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $31,000 · OtherCANOPY SERVICES: $31,000 · OtherTHE DEL RENDON FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherMISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $21,000 · Other+20 more: $116,800 · Other+20 moreGATEWAY RESCUE MISSION INC: $23,500 · Human ServicesSOUTHERN CHRISTIAN SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH INC: $9,500 · Human ServicesHOSPICE MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesMISSISSIPPI ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $29,000 · AnimalsANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF MISSISSIPPI: $6,156 · Animals+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsMISSISSIPPI PRISON CHAPEL FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · ReligionNASBA CENTER FOR THE PUBLIC TRUST: $24,500 · Public BenefitEXTRA TABLE FEEDS INC: $22,500 · Food & Nutrition
Health$800,000Other$621,200Human Services$38,000Animals$36,156Religion$30,000Public Benefit$24,500Food & Nutrition$22,500

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 budgetMAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOL: $800,000 over 6y, 25% of budgetSTEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $36,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMISSISSIPPI PRISON CHAPEL FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetMISSISSIPPI ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $29,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetNASBA CENTER FOR THE PUBLIC TRUST: $24,500 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetGATEWAY RESCUE MISSION INC: $23,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetEXTRA TABLE FEEDS INC: $22,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI: $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN CHRISTIAN SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH INC: $9,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Mustard Seed Inc: $7,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFRENCH CAMP ACADEMY: $7,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF MISSISSIPPI: $6,156 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHOSPICE MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMillsaps College: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKIVA MICROFUNDS: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MISSISSIPPI GIRLCHOIR INC: $2,800 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetMississippi College: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRESCUE REVOLUTION OF MISSISSIPPI: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWESLEY BIBLICAL SEMINARY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMISSISSIPPI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $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 MAGNOLIA SPEECH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds STEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI PRISON CHAPEL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds NASBA CENTER FOR THE PUBLIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds GATEWAY RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds EXTRA TABLE FEEDS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MISSISSIPPI ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds The Mustard Seed Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRENCH CAMP ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF MISSISSIPPI ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Millsaps College ↗
  • Who funds KIVA MICROFUNDS ↗
  • Who funds THE MISSISSIPPI GIRLCHOIR INC ↗
  • Who funds Mississippi College ↗
  • Who funds RESCUE REVOLUTION OF MISSISSIPPI ↗
  • Who funds WESLEY BIBLICAL SEMINARY ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗

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 …Ergon Foundation IncSelby and Richard McR…Van Devender Family F…Howard & Mary Eliza M…Feild Co-Operative As…Kathryn & Julian Wien…Century Club Charitie…Walker FoundationFountain Family Found…Hf McCarty Jr Family …T H Etheridge Trust
Community Foundation for MississippiMS32.3× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Mississippi · Ergon Foundation Inc · Selby and Richard McRae Foundation · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Howard & Mary Eliza McMillan Foundation · Feild Co-Operative Association · Kathryn & Julian Wiener Fund · Century Club Charities Inc · Walker Foundation · Fountain Family Foundation · Hf McCarty Jr Family Foundation · T H Etheridge Trust

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 Wesley a Caldwell Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wesley a Caldwell Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 Wesley a Caldwell Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Wesley a Caldwell 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 39 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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