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Arthur J Decio Foundation at a glance

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Arthur J Decio Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$55k
Granted FY2019
3
Grants FY2019
1
States reached
$30k
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 2019.

Recreation & Sports$155kReligion$108kArts & Culture$75kHuman Services$68kHealth$60kPhilanthropy$45kEducation$44kYouth Development$10kOther$0
02FY2019 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Salvation Army Elkhart IN$30,000
United Way of Elkhart County$20,000
St Thomas the Apostle Church$5,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%Women's Care Center Foundation Inc: $3k → 13%ADEC INC: $5k → 13%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.

29%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$125k · 3 repeat orgs$300k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2019, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
16

Total granted

$125k
$300k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-7%
+53%

Still filing today

33%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationCivil RightsOther
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

  • TS
    The Salvation Army Elkhart IN
    2× · 2017–2019 · $65k
  • CU
    CROSSROADS UNITED WAY INC
    2× · 2017–2019 · $45k · revenue -7%
  • ST
    St Thomas the Apostle Church
    2× · 2017–2019 · $15k

Funded once

  • SP
    St Pius X Church
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • MH
    Memorial Health Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • NI
    NORTHERN INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $40k · revenue +14%
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
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
2
University of Indianapolis

The University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.

Education
3
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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4
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
5
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.

Health
6
La Roche University

La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.

Education
7
Indiana University Health Bedford Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
8
Franklin College of Indiana

Franklin College empowers students through an experiential education, grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, promoting impactful careers and meaningful lives.

Education
9
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
10
The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame

The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)

Education
11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Adec Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Ruthmere Foundation. 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 20 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
8/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Salvation Army Elkhart IN: $65,000 · OtherThe Salvation Army Elkhart INSt Pius X Church: $50,000 · OtherSt Pius X ChurchMemorial Health Foundation Inc: $50,000 · OtherMemorial Health Foundation IncCROSSROADS UNITED WAY INC: $45,000 · OtherCROSSROADS UNITED WAY INCThe Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend: $25,000 · OtherThe Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South BendSnite Museum of Art: $20,000 · OtherSnite Museum of ArtOur Lady of the Lake Catholic Church: $18,000 · OtherOur Lady of the Lake Catholic ChurchSt Thomas the Apostle Church: $15,000 · Other+5 more: $40,000 · Other+5 moreUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $150,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du LacIndiana University Foundation: $34,000 · EducationIndiana University FoundationNORTHERN INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureThe Ruthmere Foundation: $5,000 · Arts & Culture100 BLACK MEN OF GREATER SOUTH BEND: $10,000 · Civil RightsADEC INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesST JOSEPH THE PROTECTOR FDN INC: $2,500 · Human Services
Other$328,000Education$184,000Arts & Culture$45,000Civil Rights$10,000Human Services$7,500

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 budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS UNITED WAY INC: $45,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNORTHERN INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $40,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $34,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget100 BLACK MEN OF GREATER SOUTH BEND: $10,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetLASALLE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #165: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetADEC INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ruthmere Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetST JOSEPH THE PROTECTOR FDN INC: $2,500 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.

1st Source Bank Found…Community Foundation …Community Foundation …Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-XxxxIN17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Arthur J Decio Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arthur J Decio Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–5%
    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.
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    How do I get to Arthur J Decio Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Arthur J Decio 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 20 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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