Open Foundations · Tennessee

Maclellan Foundation Inc

Chattanooga, Tennessee · EIN 626041468. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $18.3M across 150 grants in 2024, a median of $8K each.

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$18.3M
paid in 2024
150
grants paid
$8K
median grant
91%
to first-time recipients
$167.4M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
DAVID G DENMARK
Address
820 BROAD STREET SUITE 300, CHATTANOOGA, TN, 37402
Phone
4237551051
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE PROVIDED UPON CONTACTING THE ABOVE NAMED PERSON.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202543219349103334. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

spiritual formationbuilding capacityformation buildingincluding spiritualorganizational capacitybuilding organizationaloutreach

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 150 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1International Generosity Foundation Trust (trustbridge)FL$4,000,000FOR VARIOUS CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING SPIRITUAL FORMATION, BUILDING CAPACITY.
2International Generosity Foundation Trust (trustbridge)FL$3,000,000FOR VARIOUS CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING SPIRITUAL FORMATION, BUILDING CAPACITY.
3International Generosity Foundation Trust (trustbridge)FL$2,000,000FOR VARIOUS CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING SPIRITUAL FORMATION, BUILDING CAPACITY.
4International Generosity Foundation Trust (trustbridge)FL$1,250,000FOR VARIOUS CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING SPIRITUAL FORMATION, BUILDING CAPACITY.
5International Generosity Foundation Trust (trustbridge)FL$890,000FOR VARIOUS CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING SPIRITUAL FORMATION, BUILDING CAPACITY.
6International Generosity Foundation Trust (trustbridge)FL$860,000FOR VARIOUS CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING SPIRITUAL FORMATION, BUILDING CAPACITY.
7Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation (the Generosity Trust)TN$600,000FOR VARIOUS CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING SPIRITUAL FORMATION, BUILDING CAPACITY.
8International Generosity Foundation Trust (trustbridge)FL$500,000FOR VARIOUS CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING SPIRITUAL FORMATION, BUILDING CAPACITY.
9Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation (the Generosity Trust)TN$400,000FOR VARIOUS CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING SPIRITUAL FORMATION, BUILDING CAPACITY.
10Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation (the Generosity Trust)TN$375,000FOR VARIOUS CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING SPIRITUAL FORMATION, BUILDING CAPACITY.
11Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation (the Generosity Trust)TN$340,000FOR VARIOUS CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING SPIRITUAL FORMATION, BUILDING CAPACITY.
12Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation (the Generosity Trust)TN$310,000FOR VARIOUS CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING SPIRITUAL FORMATION, BUILDING CAPACITY.
13Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation (the Generosity Trust)TN$250,000FOR VARIOUS CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING SPIRITUAL FORMATION, BUILDING CAPACITY.
14Mission IncreaseTN$245,000FOR BUILDING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY.
15Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation (the Generosity Trust)TN$223,000FOR VARIOUS CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING SPIRITUAL FORMATION, BUILDING CAPACITY.

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020332$19.6M
2021303$21.1M
2022286$21.7M
2023325$21.2M
2024150$18.3M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Tennessee57%
Florida12%
Georgia8%
Texas3%
Kansas2%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Ben FischerTRUSTEE · 2024
Catherine M HealdTRUSTEE · 2024
Christopher H MaclellanCHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD · 2024
Daryl J HealdASSOCIATE TRUSTEE · 2024
David G DenmarkEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · 2024
Dr Reid MaclellanTRUSTEE · 2024
Elizabeth LindquistTRUSTEE · 2024
Frances Heald SheffieldTRUSTEE · 2024
Hugh O Maclellan JrCHAIRMAN EMERITUS · 2024
Laurence PowellTRUSTEE · 2024
Lucien BeharCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER · 2024
Michael TremainTRUSTEE · 2024
Morgan MaclellanTRUSTEE · 2024
Robert H MaclellanVICE CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY AND TREASURER · 2024
Ronald W BlueTRUSTEE EMERITUS) · 2024
W Miller WelbornTRUSTEE · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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