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Boerstler Foundation Inc at a glance

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Boerstler Foundation 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.

$25k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$145kHealth$48kReligion$9kArts & Culture$8kInternational$6kAnimals$3kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$4,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$605k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMON GROUND CONNECTION$6,500
ROCKWALL TEXAS ISD FOUNDATION$4,250
ZETA TAU ALPHA FOUNDATION$4,250
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO$4,000
DELTA TAU DELTA FOUNDATION$2,000
PUTNAM CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$2,000
GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION$2,000
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 68% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ROCKWALL TEXAS ISD FOUNDATION: $6k → 5%TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3k → 12%YMCA OF DALLAS: $3k → 14%FUREVER FRIENDS FUND: $3k → 13%MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION: $2k → 15%BETHANY IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION: $6k → 16%COMMON GROUND CONNECTION: $7k → 19%OSU FOUNDATION: $4k → 19%IMANI MILELE CHILDREN: $6k → 12%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITA: $5k → 17%GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%ZETA TAU ALPHA FOUNDATION: $4k → 5%RISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 5%YMCA OF DALLAS: $3k → 14%WESTERN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO: $3k → 16%OSU FOUNDATION: $4k → 19%ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $3k → 17%GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%ZETA TAU ALPHA FOUNDATION: $3k → 5%RISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 5%WESTERN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO: $3k → 16%OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO: $4k → 19%ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $3k → 17%GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%DELTA TAU DELTA FOUNDATION: $2k → 5%RISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5k → 5%WESTERN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO: $3k → 16%OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO: $4k → 19%ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $3k → 17%ROCKWALL TEXAS ISD FOUNDATION: $4k → 5%OSU FOUNDATION: $4k → 19%ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $3k → 17%ROCKWALL TEXAS ISD FOUNDATION: $3k → 5%OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO: $4k → 19%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITA: $3k → 17%ROCKWALL TEXAS ISD FOUNDATION: $3k → 5%IST BAPTIST CHURCH CHOCKTAW OK: $2k → 16%OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO: $4k → 19%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITA: $3k → 17%OSU FOUNDATION: $4k → 19%ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $2k → 17%OSU FOUNDATION: $4k → 19%PUTNAM CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATI: $7k → 16%PUTNAM CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATI: $3k → 16%FRIENDS OF PUTNAM CITY WEST FOUNDAT: $5k → 16%FRIENDS OF PUTNAM CITY WEST FOUNDAT: $2k → 16%PUTNAM CITY WEST HIGH SCHOOL PTO: $3k → 16%PUTNAM CITY WEST HIGH SCHOOL PTO: $3k → 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.
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$201k · 17 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
7

Total granted

$201k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
0%

Still filing today

29%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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
EducationHealthInternationalAnimalsOther
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

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $26k · revenue +145%
  • OS
    Oklahoma State University Foundation
    5× · 2017–2021 · $20k · revenue +46%
  • PC
    PUTNAM CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $15k · revenue +159%

Funded once

  • IM
    Imani Milele Children Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue 0%
  • FF
    FUREVER FRIENDS
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
  • TJ
    TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +23%
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
Breakthrough T1D

Breakthrough t1d is the leading global t1d organization working to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat t1d and its complications.

Health
2
The Isthmus Foundation

The isthmus foundation (tif) is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming stem cell discoveries into cures for unmet medical needs. through our alliances we bridge the gap between academic and scientific research and the…

Health
3
Pediatric Cancer Foundation

Pediatric cancer foundation is a nonprofit charitable organization that raises funds for groundbreaking research and early phase clinical trials to eradicate childhood cancer. these trials are conducted by world renowned doctors at the…

Health
4
University Foundation
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5
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
6
University of Hawaii Foundation

To unite donors' passions with the university of hawai'i's (uh) aspirations by raising philanthropic support and managing investments to benefit uh, the people of hawai'i and our future generations.

Education
7
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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8
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
9
American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities Inc

American lebanese syrian associated charities, inc. (alsac) was founded in 1957 and exists solely to raise funds and build awareness to sustain and grow the mission of st. jude children's research hospital, inc. to advance cures, and means…

Religion
10
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
11
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation

The lustgarten foundation is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world. see schedule o.the lustgarten foundation is boldly leading the way through hope and innovation, turning fear into action through education…

Human Services
12
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oklahoma State University Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Furever Friends. 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

10 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. 10 of the 25 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)
9/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL MS SOCIETY: $19,333 · OtherNATIONAL MS SOCIETYRISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $17,000 · OtherRISD EDUCATION FOUNDATIONOKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO: $16,000 · OtherOKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIOROCKWALL TEXAS ISD FOUNDATION: $15,750 · OtherROCKWALL TEXAS ISD FOUNDATIONGAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION: $13,000 · OtherGAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATIONWESTERN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO: $8,500 · OtherWESTERN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL PTOBETHANY IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION: $8,000 · OtherBETHANY IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATIONDELTA TAU DELTA FOUNDATION: $8,000 · OtherDELTA TAU DELTA FOUNDATIONFRIENDS OF PUTNAM CITY WEST FOUNDAT: $7,300 · OtherCOMMON GROUND CONNECTION INC: $6,500 · OtherPUTNAM CITY WEST HIGH SCHOOL PTO: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,500 · OtherDELTA TAU DELTA EDUCATION FOUNDATIO: $5,000 · Other+4 more: $10,233 · Other+4 moreOklahoma State University Foundation: $20,000 · EducationOklahoma State Univers…PUTNAM CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $15,268 · EducationPUTNAM CITY PUBLIC SCH…ZETA TAU ALPHA FOUNDATION: $7,250 · EducationZETA TAU ALPHA FOUNDAT…TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EducationTYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE F…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $25,566 · HealthST JUDE CHILD…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 · HealthImani Milele Children Inc: $6,000 · InternationalFUREVER FRIENDS: $3,300 · Animals
Other$146,116Education$45,018Health$26,566International$6,000Animals$3,300

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 budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $25,566 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOklahoma State University Foundation: $20,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPUTNAM CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $15,268 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetGAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION: $13,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetZETA TAU ALPHA FOUNDATION: $7,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetImani Milele Children Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Oklahoma State University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PUTNAM CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GAMMA PHI BETA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ZETA TAU ALPHA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Imani Milele Children Inc ↗
  • Who funds FUREVER FRIENDS ↗
  • Who funds TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PASSION KIDS CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗

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 Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC8.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable 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 Boerstler Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Boerstler Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 25 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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