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Association of the Open Mind and Spirit Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Association of the Open Mind and Spirit Inc

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.

$137k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.3MArts & Culture$94kInternational$75kCivil Rights$49kEnvironment$43kPhilanthropy$25kHealth$13kPublic Benefit$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$912k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ILLINOIS COLLEGE$100,000
THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS$25,000
WILSON SCHOOL$7,000
ILLINOIS CENTER FOR AUTISM$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 (FY24–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ILLINOIS CENTER FOR AUTISM: $5k → 16%ILLINOIS CENTER FOR AUTISM: $5k → 16%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

VT
IL
NY
MA
CA
CO
MO
NC
DC
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 19 repeat orgs$69k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
11

Total granted

$1.6M
$69k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+16%

Still filing today

84%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationInternationalArts & CulturePublic BenefitEnvironmentCivil 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

  • IC
    ILLINOIS COLLEGE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $745k · revenue +28%
  • WS
    WHITFIELD SCHOOL INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $370k · revenue +62%
  • TW
    THE WILSON SCHOOL
    7× · 2018–2025 · $194k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • HE
    HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AND ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR STRATEGIES
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • MF
    M F K FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +16%
  • KC
    KNOX COLLEGE
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +6%
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
Webster University

Founded in 1915, webster is a private non-profit and global university that is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.

Education
2
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
3
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
4
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
5
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
6
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
7
Thomas Jefferson School

Thomas jefferson school engages its students in the education necessary to live as responsible citizens of the world. through the strongest possible college-prepatory program and within a nurturing community, students develop a…

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8
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
9
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
10
Claremont Lincoln University

Delivers affordable, accessible, and relevant higher education programs.

Education
11
Washington & Jefferson College

To graduate people of uncommon integrity, competence, and maturity, who are effective lifelong learners and responsible citizens, and who are prepared to contribute substantially to the world in which they live.

Education
12
Sarah Lawrence College

At sarah lawrence college, our mission is to graduate citizens of the world who are diverse in every definition of the word, who take intellectual and creative risks, and who are able to focus exceptional intellectual discipline (continued…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for Justice and Democracy; the most unlike its peers is M F K Foundation 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

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 30 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
18/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ILLINOIS COLLEGE: $745,000 · EducationILLINOIS COLLEGETHE WILSON SCHOOL: $193,500 · EducationTHE WILSON SCHOOL+1 more: $10,000 · EducationWHITFIELD SCHOOL INC: $370,000 · OtherWHITFIELD SCHOOL INCACLU: $30,000 · OtherACLUHEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AND ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR STRATEGIES: $25,000 · OtherHEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AND ENDOCRIN…LANDMARK COLLEGE INC: $20,000 · Other+12 more: $23,650 · OtherTHE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS: $70,000 · Arts & CultureST LOUIS CLASSICAL GUITAR: $12,000 · Arts & CultureSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $11,500 · Arts & CultureMEDS & FOOD FOR KIDS: $75,000 · International+2 more: $850 · InternationalM F K FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyPUBLIC CITIZEN INC: $15,000 · Public BenefitPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Public BenefitNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $3,000 · Environment
Education$948,500Other$468,650Arts & Culture$93,500International$75,850Philanthropy$25,000Public Benefit$20,000Environment$18,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetILLINOIS COLLEGE: $745,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetWHITFIELD SCHOOL INC: $370,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetTHE WILSON SCHOOL: $193,500 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetMEDS & FOOD FOR KIDS: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS: $70,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetM F K FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetLANDMARK COLLEGE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC CITIZEN INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS CLASSICAL GUITAR: $12,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ILLINOIS CENTER FOR AUTISM: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKNOX COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY: $4,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUNT FOR BRIGHTER SKIES NFP: $350 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetCATHOLIC URBAN PROGRAMS NFP: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $100 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.

United Way of Greater…St Louis Community Fo…St Louis Community Fo…Commerce Bancshares F…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …Raymond James Charita…The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…
United Way of Greater St Louis IncMO17.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Association of the Open Mind and Spirit Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Association of the Open Mind and Spirit Inc. 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Landmark College Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–90%
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 Association of the Open Mind and Spirit Inc?

Find your warmest path to Association of the Open Mind and Spirit 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 30 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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