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Bartels Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Bartels Family Charitable 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.

$45k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Religion$151kHealth$71kEnvironment$60kArts & Culture$20kCommunity Improvement$20kYouth Development$15kCrime & Legal$11kHuman Services$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$593k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UTHEALTH HOUSTON$20,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$15,000
MICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION DBA WNIT PUBLIC TELEVISION$10,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Rethink Identity Medicine Ethics: $1k → 11%UTHEALTH HOUSTON: $20k → 16%HOLY MOTHER'S SACRED FAMILY OF PARISHES: $6k → 12%NATIONAL FIRE SAFETY COUNCIL INC: $900 → 13%FREE A GIRL FOUNDATION USA INCORPORATED: $11k → 8%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART: $5k → 13%Sunnyside Presbyterian Church: $65k → 13%PAWS CHICAGO: $8k → 14%The Barstool Fund co 30 Day Fund: $20k → 8%UT Health: $10k → 16%Sunnyside Presbyterian Church: $65k → 13%North Shore Country Day School: $5k → 14%UT Health: $10k → 16%Sunnyside Presbyterian Church: $15k → 13%MIDWEST ADOPTION CENTER INC: $5k → 14%UT Health: $10k → 16%BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA LASALLE COUNCIL: $5k → 13%Midwest Adoption Center Inc: $3k → 14%Beacon Health Foundation: $20k → 13%MICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION DBA WNIT PUBLIC TELEVISION: $10k → 13%Heroes Camp: $5k → 13%Heroes Camp: $5k → 13%NATURE CONSERVANCY: $15k → 13%Nature Conservancy: $15k → 13%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $15k → 13%Nature Conservancy: $15k → 13%South Bend Education Foundation: $80 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
IN
PA
UT
VA
DE
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$216k · 6 repeat orgs$98k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
11

Total granted

$216k
$78k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+1%

Still filing today

50%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalAnimalsOther
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

  • MP
    MICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION
    2× · 2017–2024 · $15k · revenue +22%
  • HC
    HEROES CAMP INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $10k · revenue +13%
  • MA
    MIDWEST ADOPTION CENTER INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $8k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • TB
    The Barstool Fund co 30 Day Fund
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • BH
    Beacon Health Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +439%
  • FA
    FREE A GIRL FOUNDATION USA INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2023 · $11k · revenue +0%
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
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
2
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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3
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
4
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
5
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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6
National Cable Satellite Corporation

Provide the public access to the live gavel-to-gavel proceedings of both houses of the us congress, and other forums where public policy is discussed, debated, and decided - all without editing, commentary or analysis and with a balanced…

Arts & Culture
7
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
8
New Century Careers

Furthering economic development and education through training unemployed and underemployed individuals for careers in the manufacturing sector.

Employment
9
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
10
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

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11
North Shore Health System Medical Faculty Group Practice

North shore health system medical faculty group practice (the corporation) functions as an extension of the northwell health hospitals by bringing medical care to community settings, providing care to medicare, medicaid, and other…

Health
12
Npr International Operations Inc

Npr international operations, inc. ("nprio") supports the international newsgathering activities of national public radio, inc. through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rethink Identity Medicine Ethics 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

13 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. 13 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SUNNYSIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $145,000 · OtherSUNNYSIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $60,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYUT Health: $30,000 · OtherUT HealthUTHEALTH HOUSTON: $20,000 · OtherUTHEALTH HOUSTONThe Barstool Fund co 30 Day Fund: $20,000 · OtherThe Barstool Fund co 30 Day Fund+8 more: $30,287 · Other+8 moreBeacon Health Foundation Inc: $20,000 · HealthRETHINK IDENTITY MEDICINE ETHICS INC: $1,000 · HealthMICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $15,000 · Arts & CultureFREE A GIRL FOUNDATION USA INCORPORATED: $11,000 · Crime & LegalHEROES CAMP INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentMIDWEST ADOPTION CENTER INC: $8,000 · Housing & ShelterPAWS CHICAGO: $8,000 · Animals
Other$305,287Health$21,000Arts & Culture$15,000Crime & Legal$11,000Youth Development$10,000Housing & Shelter$8,000Animals$8,000

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 budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBeacon Health Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFREE A GIRL FOUNDATION USA INCORPORATED: $11,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHEROES CAMP INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMIDWEST ADOPTION CENTER INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLASALLE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #165: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FIRE SAFETY COUNCIL INC: $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $807 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.

Community Foundation …1st Source Bank Found…University of Notre D…Renaissance Charitabl…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of St Joseph County IncIN15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · University of Notre Dame du Lac · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Bartels Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bartels Family Charitable 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.

    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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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