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Adams Thermal Systems Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4k
Granted FY2021
2
Grants FY2021
2
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2021.

Religion$126kHousing & Shelter$45kAnimals$15kFood & Nutrition$15kEducation$8kHealth$5kInternational$4k
02FY2021 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$817k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST LUKE'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION$3,000
ETHIOPIAN EVANGELICAL CHURCHES FELLOWSHIP INC$1,000
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 (FY17–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%KINGDOM BOUND MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 13%DESTINY YOUTH RANCH: $8k → 7%RISE MINISTRIES: $725 → 8%ETHIOPIAN EVANGELICAL CHURCHES FELLOWSHIP: $2k → 5%ST LUKE'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%SIOUX FALLS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $5k → 5%LIFELIGHT COMMUNICATIONS: $75k → 9%KINGDOM BOUND MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 13%DESTINY YOUTH RANCH: $8k → 7%ETHIOPIAN EVANGELICAL CHURCHES FELLOWSHIP INC: $1k → 5%SIOUX FALLS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $3k → 5%LIFELIGHT COMMUNICATIONS: $20k → 9%CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: $500 → 5%THE BANQUET: $6k → 9%CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: $185 → 5%THE BANQUET: $5k → 9%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $45k → 9%THE BANQUET: $4k → 9%SIOUX FALLS PRAYER BREAKFAST: $2k → 9%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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$159k · 7 repeat orgs$58k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2021, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
6

Total granted

$159k
$54k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+88%
+3537%

Still filing today

86%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21
ReligionAnimalsFood & NutritionEducationCrime & LegalHealthOther
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

  • LC
    LIFELIGHT COMMUNICATIONS INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $95k · revenue +90%
  • KB
    KINGDOM BOUND MINISTRIES INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue +37%
  • DY
    DESTINY YOUTH RANCH INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $15k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
    one grant, 2017 · $45k
  • MR
    MEDICARE RESOURCES LIMITED
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • EE
    ETHIOPIAN EVANGELICAL CHURCHES FELLOWSHIP
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
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
Greg Fritz Ministries Inc

To proclaim gospel of jesus.

Religion
2
Lou Engle Ministries

Advancing the kingdom of god through prayer,preaching and teaching.

Religion
3
Leadership Revolution Inc

Leadership Revolution is a ministry founded to develop leaders globally who will spread the gospel and make disciples in their arena of influence.

Religion
4
Gull Lake Ministries

Gull lake ministries provides bible based, christian retreats year-round for families, churches and organizations where we exalt jesus and share his truth.

Religion
5
Jim King Ministries Inc

Proclaim the gospel of jesus christ

Religion
6
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
7
Hope Full Gospel Family Church

To empower this generation to serve God by equiping them with biblical knowledge of who they are, what they have,and what they are

Religion
8
Trinity Christian Fellowship Inc

Gospel mission

Religion
9
Faith Warrior Ministry

To reach gods elect with the gospel

Religion
10
Basic Gospel Inc

Christian radio ministry through daily radio broadcasts, online streaming, conferences, and distribution of publications.

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11
Convention of Full Gospel Churches

The Convention of Full Gospel Churches exists to be a Holy Spirit-empowered, Christ-centered fellowship of churches, faithfully proclaiming the Word of God, ministering in the power of the Holy Spirit, equipping the saints for service, and…

Religion
12
Dean Bible Ministries Inc

Spread the gospel of jesus christ through sound teachings of the bible.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifelight Communications Inc; the most unlike its peers is Restoration Generation 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

9 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. 9 of the 15 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
9/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LIFELIGHT COMMUNICATIONS INC: $95,000 · ReligionLIFELIGHT COMMUNICATIONS INCKINGDOM BOUND MINISTRIES INC: $20,491 · ReligionKINGDOM BOUND MINISTRIES INC+2 more: $2,225 · ReligionHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $45,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYMEDICARE RESOURCES LIMITED: $4,800 · OtherMEDICARE RESOURCES LIMITED+4 more: $3,786 · Other+4 moreDESTINY YOUTH RANCH INC: $15,000 · AnimalsTHE BANQUET: $15,000 · Food & NutritionSIOUX FALLS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION: $7,500 · EducationRestoration Generation Inc: $5,000 · Crime & LegalSt Luke's Health Care Foundation: $3,000 · Health
Religion$117,716Other$53,586Animals$15,000Food & Nutrition$15,000Education$7,500Crime & Legal$5,000Health$3,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLIFELIGHT COMMUNICATIONS INC: $95,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetKINGDOM BOUND MINISTRIES INC: $20,491 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDESTINY YOUTH RANCH INC: $15,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetTHE BANQUET: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSIOUX FALLS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRestoration Generation Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSt Luke's Health Care Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRISE MINISTRIES INC: $725 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Sioux Falls Area Comm…The Blackbaud Giving …Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation IncSD13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 Adams Thermal Systems Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Adams Thermal Systems Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–50%
    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 Adams Thermal Systems Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Adams Thermal Systems 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 15 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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