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Arendsee Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$481k
Granted FY2025still arriving
39
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01FY2025 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $280k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $130k
$7,500
Median grant
11
States reached
$9.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORKSHOP FOR WARRIORS$80,000
UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS$50,000
THE VILLAGE CHURCH$25,000
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER$25,000
BRIGHTSTONE$25,000
FWCD SHOOTING SPORTS$25,000
TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION$25,000
MISSION ARLINGTON$25,000
TENNESSEE PERFORMING ARTS$15,200
JOURNEY HOME$15,000
VETERANS CENTER OF NORTH TEXAS INC$15,000
NORTH DALLAS SHARED MINISTRIES INC$15,000
DICKSON COUNTY HELP CENTER$10,000
PRAGERU$10,000
HOUSING CONNECTOR$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY25–25, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ONE SAFE PLACE: $8k → 14%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $8k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 14%PROJECT HEAL: $5k → 7%NORTH DALLAS SHARED MINISTRIES INC: $15k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
NJ
CT
CA
VA
TN
DC
LA
GA
TX
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 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.

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Tulsa Area United Way

The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.

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2
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council

The mission of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council is to drive evidence-based improvement in patient care and health equity throughout the region.

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3
VolunteerNow

VolunteerNow transforms lives through volunteers. As the hub of volunteerism in North Texas, and a national thought leader, VolunteerNow provides a wide range of programs and services to build capacity for nonprofit and community…

Philanthropy
4
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
Lighthouse for the Homeless

The only free day shelter in the area comprised of a collection of community agencies and service providers, all focused on a single mission: ending homelessness in tarrant county.

Human Services
7
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition

Tirrc is a statewide, immigrant and refugee-led collaboration. our mission is to build power, amplify our voices, and organize communities to advocate for our rights. our vision is a stronger, more inclusive tennessee where people of all…

Civil Rights
8
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
9
Methodist Medical Center

Methodist Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health regardless of a patient's ability to pay.

Health
10
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

The neighborhood reinvestment corporation (d.b.a neighborworks america) is a congressionally chartered public non-profit corporation that creates opportunities for people to live in affordable homes, improve their lives, and strengthen…

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11
Banner Health

Banner health's nonprofit mission is "making health care easier, so life can be better".

Health
12
Research Triangle Institute

Research Triangle Institute is one of the world's leading research institutes, dedicated to improving the human condition by turning knowledge into practice. Our staff of more than 5,300 provides research and technical (continued on…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Entryway; the most unlike its peers is Veterans Center of North Texas Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

27 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. 27 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
10/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FWCD SHOOTING SPORTS: $25,000 · OtherFWCD SHOOTING SPORTSMISSION ARLINGTON INC: $25,000 · OtherMISSION ARLINGTON INCTHE VILLAGE CHURCH: $25,000 · OtherTHE VILLAGE CHURCHTENNESSEE PERFORMING ARTS: $15,200 · OtherTENNESSEE PERFORMING ARTSJOURNEY HOME INC: $15,000 · OtherJOURNEY HOME INCDICKSON COUNTY HELP CENTER INC: $10,000 · OtherDICKSON COUNTY HELP CENTER INCENTRYWAY: $10,000 · OtherENTRYWAYCAMP JOHN MARC: $7,500 · OtherTarrant Area Food Bank: $7,500 · Other+10 more: $19,500 · Other+10 moreUNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS: $50,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF REDLANDSBRIGHTSTONE INC: $25,000 · EducationBRIGHTSTONE INCPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUN…MANNA CAFE MINISTRIES: $10,000 · EducationMANNA CAFE MINISTRIESWORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS INC: $80,000 · EmploymentWORKSHOPS FOR WARR…Vanderbilt University Medical Center: $25,000 · HealthVanderbilt …VETERANS CENTER OF NORTH TEXAS INC: $15,000 · HealthVETERANS CE…SCRIPPS HEALTH: $10,000 · HealthSCRIPPS HEA…TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTENNESSEE…Nashville Symphony Association: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNashville…SINACA STUDIOS - SCHOOL OF GLASS AND GALLERY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSINACA ST…FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE LOUISIANE: $3,200 · Arts & CultureFESTIVAL …+1 more: $1,010 · Arts & CultureNORTH DALLAS SHARED MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $7,500 · Human ServicesSHASTA WOMEN'S REFUGE INC DBA ONE SAFE PLACE: $7,500 · Human ServicesPROJECT HEAL INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY GATEWAY INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING CONNECTOR: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$159,700Education$95,000Employment$80,000Health$50,000Arts & Culture$39,210Human Services$37,500Housing & Shelter$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTSTONE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH DALLAS SHARED MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANNA CAFE MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDICKSON COUNTY HELP CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetENTRYWAY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHASTA WOMEN'S REFUGE INC DBA ONE SAFE PLACE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNashville Symphony Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,500 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.

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.

The Community Foundat…Nashville Predators F…United Way of Middle …United Way of Metropo…The Blackbaud Giving …Communities Foundatio…Renaissance Charitabl…Charities Aid Foundat…Raymond James Charita…Natl Christian Charit…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN15.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Nashville Predators Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Arendsee Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arendsee Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Arendsee Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Arendsee Family 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 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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