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Cannstatter Foundation Inc

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.

$250k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$75k
Largest
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.

Health$465kArts & Culture$395kHuman Services$180kEducation$130kCivil Rights$35kHousing & Shelter$10k
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $125k
$20,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$819k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GERMAN SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA$75,000
VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$50,000
OASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN$25,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$25,000
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE$20,000
NATIONAL PARKINSON FOUNDATION$20,000
LIEDERKRANZ FOUNDATION$10,000
PROJECT ALS$10,000
DEUTSCHE SPRACHSCHULE$5,000
GERMAN AMERICAN COMMITTEE OF GREATER NY$5,000
SCHWAEBISCHER SAENGERBUND INC$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $190k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FAMILY PROMISE OF HUNTERDON COUNTY INC: $5k → 4%OASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $30k → 12%FAMILY PROMISE OF HUNTERDON COUNTY INC: $5k → 4%OASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $30k → 12%OASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $30k → 12%OASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $25k → 12%OASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $25k → 12%OASIS: $15k → 12%OASIS: $15k → 12%OASIS: $10k → 12%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 12 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
0

Total granted

$1.2M
$0

Still filing today

58%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • TG
    THE GERMAN SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $310k · revenue +10%
  • OASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $180k · revenue +143%
  • TV
    THE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $150k · revenue +39%

Funded once

    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
    German International School New York

    To provide pre-kindergarten through grade 12 college preparatory education, growing students into socially and environmentally aware global citizens in a multi-lingual, cross-cultural setting.

    Arts & Culture
    2
    German-American School Association

    German-American School has been teaching German to children since l892. In the late l9th century the schools students came from German immigrant community and the schools purpose was to teach German literature, history, and culture (in…

    —
    3
    German Language School of Morris County Nj

    To provide year round instruction in the German language to residents of Morris County, NJ.

    Arts & Culture
    4
    German International School of Silicon Valley

    The school has committed itself to ensuring students reach their full academic potential in a nuturing environment that fosters critical and imaginative thinking, a passion for lifelong learning, and an appreciation for cultural diversity.

    Education
    5
    The Diller-Von Furstenberg Family Foundation
    Philanthropy
    6
    South Bay Deutscher Schulverein

    The German School is an inclusive learning community that welcomes students of all cultures and abilities. As an inclusion school, we support learners with diverse backgrounds and special educational needs, ensuring that every student has…

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    7
    American Historical Society of Germans From Russia

    An international organization dedicated to the discovery, collection, preservation, and dissemination of information related to the history, cultural heritage and genealogy of germanic settlers in the russian empire and their descendants.

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    8
    Deutscher Schulverein Washington Dc

    The german school washington dc offers its students in preschool through grade 12 a challenging, multi-lingual and cross-cultural learning environment, as well as a strong community committed to social and personal responsibility,…

    Education
    9
    German School of Monmouth Countyinc

    The German School of Monmouth County's (GSMC) Mission is to provide a superior educational experience based on cognitive, creative, and social learning skills. By using these skills our students will enhance and advance their ability to…

    Education
    10
    Germania of Poughkeepsie Inc

    Since 1871, germainia of poughkeepsie has been dedicated to the preservation of, and the education of the public about german and german american heritage and culture.

    Arts & Culture
    11
    German School Brooklyn

    Gsb is a preschool through 8th grade international school where students learn through either a german-english or a spanish-english immersion program. we strive to cultivate intellectual curiosity, critical thinking skills, and a deep…

    Education
    12
    German American Chamber of Commerce Inc

    The German American Chamber of Commerce ("GACC") fosters the economic ties between Germany and the United States of America. Founded in 1947 it now also comprises of representation in Philadelphia and California. The GACC offers a wide…

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    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Liederkranz Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Deutsche Sprachschule 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

    8 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. 8 of the 12 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)
    3
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    7/8
    Grantees still filing
    7/8
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    THE GERMAN SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $310,000 · OtherTHE GERMAN SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIANATIONAL PARKINSON FOUNDATION INC: $135,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARKINSON FOUNDATION INCST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $100,000 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITALGERMAN AMERICAN COMMITTEE OF GREATER NY: $35,000 · OtherGERMAN AMERICAN COMMITTEE OF GREATER NYSCHWAEBISCHER SAENGERBUND INC: $35,000 · OtherSCHWAEBISCHER SAENGERBUND INCTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · HealthTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL F…PROJECT ALS INC: $80,000 · HealthPROJECT ALS INCOASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $180,000 · Human ServicesOASIS - A HAVEN F…Family Promise of Hunterdon County Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesLIEDERKRANZ FOUNDATION INC: $65,000 · Arts & CultureLIEDERKRA…DEUTSCHE SPRACHSCHULE INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureDEUTSCHE …President and Fellows of Middlebury College: $80,000 · Education
    Other$615,000Health$230,000Human Services$190,000Arts & Culture$100,000Education$80,000

    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 GERMAN SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $310,000 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetOASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $180,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPROJECT ALS INC: $80,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLIEDERKRANZ FOUNDATION INC: $65,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetDEUTSCHE SPRACHSCHULE INC: $35,000 over 7y, 5.1% 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.

    • Who funds THE GERMAN SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
    • Who funds OASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC ↗
    • Who funds THE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
    • Who funds PROJECT ALS INC ↗
    • Who funds President and Fellows of Middlebury College ↗
    • Who funds LIEDERKRANZ FOUNDATION INC ↗
    • Who funds DEUTSCHE SPRACHSCHULE INC ↗
    • Who funds Family Promise of Hunterdon County Inc ↗

    How much its grantees rely on government

    Each dot is one organization Cannstatter Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cannstatter Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
    • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Cannstatter Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Cannstatter Foundation 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 12 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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