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Boerger Fam Charitable Trust at a glance

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Boerger Fam Charitable Trust

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.

$380k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$435kAnimals$260kPublic Safety & Disaster$260kHuman Services$220kFood & Nutrition$210kEducation$160kArts & Culture$115kReligion$70kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $285k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
$10,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN RED CROSS$70,000
ASPCA$35,000
ST LABRE INDIAN SCHOOL$30,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES$25,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$25,000
PHILABUNDANCE$20,000
GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC$20,000
ST JOHNSBURY ATHENAEUM$20,000
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$20,000
MARA ELEPHANT PROJECT USA$10,000
PHILLY HOUSE$10,000
COVENANT HOUSE$10,000
TRENTON AREA SOUP KITCHEN (TASK)$10,000
MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA$10,000
LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF$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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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $350k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Guiding Eyes For The Blind Inc: $25k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $70k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $25k → 14%THE SEEING EYE INC: $10k → 4%WOODS SERVICES INC: $25k → 6%Guiding Eyes For The Blind Inc: $25k → 9%THE SEEING EYE INC: $10k → 4%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $20k → 9%COVENANT HOUSE: $10k → 17%THE SEEING EYE INC: $10k → 4%WOODS SERVICES INC: $20k → 6%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $20k → 9%WOODS SERVICES INC: $10k → 6%Guiding Eyes For The Blind Inc: $20k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $20k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $20k → 9%PHILLY HOUSE: $10k → 22%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
MT
MI
NY
IA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CO
VA
MD
DE
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 17 repeat orgs$400k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
12

Total granted

$1.5M
$290k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+30%

Still filing today

76%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesAnimalsFood & NutritionInternationalArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    6× · 2020–2025 · $240k · revenue +38%
  • Philabundance
    7× · 2019–2025 · $150k · revenue +83%
  • GE
    GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $150k · revenue +97%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • FA
    FEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $40k · revenue 0%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +53%
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
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
2
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
3
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
4
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
5
Lawrence Humane Society

The lawrence humane society nurtures the human-animal bond by providing shelter, care and advocacy for homeless and abused animals, as well as resource for the pets and people in our community

Animals
6
New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To save the lives of animals through rescue, rehabilitation and adoption; to promote learning, eliminate animal cruelty and be a leader in advancing the highest standards in animal welfare.

Animals
7
Veterinarians Without Borders Usa

Our mission is to strengthen animal health and welfare to build more resilient communities. we do this by enhancing veterinary care, bolstering community disaster response and recovery, championing sustainable livelihoods, and improving…

International
8
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
9
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc

Protection of animal rights

Animals
10
Humane Fort Wayne Inc

Humane fort wayne is a trusted partner providing comprehensive, lifesaving resources to pets and their people.

Animals
11
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

Lucky dog animal rescue is a volunteer-powered nonprofit dedicated to rescuing homeless, neglected, and abandoned animals from certain euthanasia and finding them loving forever homes. we educate the community and all pet owners on…

Animals
12
Puppies Behind Bars Inc

Puppies behind bars trains incarcerated individuals to raise service dogs for wounded war veterans and first responders, facility dogs for police departments, and explosive-detecton canines for law enforcement.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Seeing Eye Inc; the most unlike its peers is Addisville Legacy 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

31 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. 31 of the 38 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
21/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $240,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & It…GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INCWoods Services Inc: $55,000 · Human ServicesWoods Services IncTHE SEEING EYE INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE SEEING EYE INCWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $25,000 · Human Services+2 more: $20,000 · Human ServicesST LABRE INDIAN SCHOOL: $160,000 · OtherST LABRE INDIAN SCHOOLTHE SALVATION ARMY: $125,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYTHE ADDISVILLE REFORMED CHURCH: $60,000 · OtherTHE ADDISVILLE REFORMED CHURCHTHE SALVATION ARMY: $50,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYSunday Breakfast Mission: $40,000 · OtherSunday Breakfast MissionANGEL ON A LEASH: $25,000 · OtherA WOMAN'S PLACE: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherWoods Services Foundation: $25,000 · OtherAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $25,000 · OtherNEWTOWN FIRE ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 · Other+3 more: $30,000 · OtherMORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $70,000 · AnimalsMORRIS ANIMAL…Humane World for Animals Inc: $50,000 · AnimalsHumane World …THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $35,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN …PROJECT K9 HERO: $25,000 · AnimalsPROJECT K9 HE…GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD: $20,000 · AnimalsGENTLE GIANTS…Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $20,000 · AnimalsPeaceful Vall…+1 more: $5,000 · AnimalsPhilabundance: $150,000 · Food & NutritionPhilabundanc…FEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $40,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING AMER…MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $10,000 · Food & NutritionNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $105,000 · HealthNATIONAL …MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $50,000 · HealthMULTIPLE …ST JOHNSBURY ATHENAEUM INC: $110,000 · Arts & CultureWHYY INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $25,000 · InternationalLUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC: $10,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $10,000 · International
Human Services$540,000Other$600,000Animals$225,000Food & Nutrition$200,000Health$155,000Arts & Culture$115,000International$45,000

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 budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $240,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $150,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $150,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetST JOHNSBURY ATHENAEUM INC: $110,000 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $105,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWoods Services Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEEING EYE INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSunday Breakfast Mission: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWoods Services Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT K9 HERO: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetA WOMAN'S PLACE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEWTOWN FIRE ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetPeaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSUNDAY BREAKFAST RESCUE MISSION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMARA ELEPHANT PROJECT USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAddisville Legacy Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHYY INC: $5,000 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.

Aetna Foundation IncThe Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Aetna Foundation IncCT12.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aetna Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · 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 Boerger Fam Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Boerger Fam Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
  • St Johnsbury Athenaeum Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 38 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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