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Cecil a and Mabel Lene Hamman Foundation Inc at a glance

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Cecil a and Mabel Lene Hamman 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.

$2.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
119
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$115k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$1.9MYouth Development$1.3MEnvironment$1.1MArts & Culture$959kRecreation & Sports$839kHuman Services$710kReligion$519kAnimals$509kOther$0
02FY2025 · 119 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k53 grants · $218k
  • $10k–50k54 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $771k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EVSC Foundation Inc$115,000
University of Southern Indiana Foun$107,000
Evansville Area Tennis Patrons$82,000
Dream Center Evansville Inc$60,000
Vanderburgh County Humane Society$55,000
Boys and Girls Club of Evansville$52,000
Ivy Tech Foundation$50,000
Youth First Inc$50,000
Childrens Center for Dance Educatio$50,000
Tri-State Food Bank Inc$50,000
Community Foundation Alliance$50,000
United Way of Southwestern Indiana$50,000
Young Mens Christian Association$43,200
Sisters of St Benedict of Ferdinand$40,000
Golfmoor Baseball Association$37,500
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 (FY20–25, $552k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GEM Ministries: $12k → 7%GEM Ministries: $11k → 7%GEM Ministries: $8k → 7%Evansville Christian Life Center In: $37k → 15%Evansville Christian Life Center: $15k → 15%Binding Thread Inc: $7k → 15%Binding Thread Inc: $2k → 15%Southwestern Indiana Regional Counc: $60k → 15%Southwestern Indiana Regional Counc: $25k → 15%Aurora Inc: $20k → 15%Evansville ARC Inc: $15k → 15%Evansville ARC Inc: $14k → 15%Evansville ARC Inc: $13k → 15%Evansville Association for the Blin: $7k → 15%Aurora Inc: $6k → 15%Aurora Inc: $5k → 15%Hollys House Inc: $5k → 15%Carver Community Organization Inc: $32k → 15%Carver Community Organization Inc: $30k → 15%Carver Community Organization Inc: $28k → 15%Carver Community Organization Inc: $20k → 15%Memorial Community Development Corp: $20k → 15%Carver Community Organization Inc: $20k → 15%Evansville Christian Life Center: $18k → 15%Carver Community Organization Inc: $18k → 15%Immigrant Welcome and Resource Cent: $5k → 15%Memorial Community Development Corp: $4k → 15%United Methodist Youth Home: $11k → 15%Jacobs Village Inc: $20k → 15%Jacobs Village: $17k → 15%United Methodist Youth Home Inc: $5k → 15%Jacob's Village Inc: $13k → 15%Jacob's Village Inc: $13k → 15%Jacobs Village Inc: $9k → 15%YWCA of Evansville Indiana Inc: $9k → 15%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
NY
IN
PA
CO
MO
KY
MD
TN
NC
SC
OK
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.0M · 132 repeat orgs$960k to everyone else

132 repeat relationships: 94 still active in FY2025, 38 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

132
67

Total granted

$9.0M
$564k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+25%

Still filing today

61%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $396k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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

  • EF
    EVSC FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $687k · revenue +97%
  • YF
    YOUTH FIRST
    6× · 2020–2025 · $395k · revenue +60%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF EVANSVILLE INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $266k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • EL
    English Language Institute
    one grant, 2020 · $40k
  • ME
    MARIAN EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH
    one grant, 2024 · $35k · revenue +17%
  • PE
    Public Education Foundation of Evan
    one grant, 2021 · $26k
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
Evansville Sports Corporation

To help enhance southwestern indiana's culture, image, economy & quality of life through the attraction, promotion and development of family oriented and national sporting events.

Community Improvement
2
Evansville Regional Economic Partnership Foundation

Promote business growth and activities in evansville, indiana.

—
3
For Evansville Inc

We believe citywide flourishing happens when every person in the city flourishes, and we pursue the flourishing of every person by bringing people together to solve our citys (Evansville, IN) most pressing needs.

Religion
4
Indiana Innovation Council Inc

Promote and educate indiana residents on the state's economic success and positive gains.

—
5
Evansville Community Developers Inc
Community Improvement
6
Enroll Indy Inc

Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…

Education
7
Elevate Indianapolis Inc

Our mission is to build long-term, life-changing relationships with Indianapolis urban youth, equipping them to thrive and contribute to their community

Education
8
Electical Workers Indianapolis Motorcycle Group Inc
Human Services
9
Evans Scholars Foundation - Indiana

Educational

Education
10
Evansville Regional Economic Partnership

The evansville regional economic partnership serves its members and leads the region by fostering an innovative business, educational, cultural and entrepreneurial environment that excels in a global economy.

—
11
International Violin Competition of Indianapolis Inc

The international violin competition of indianapolis (ivci) recognizes, rewards and promotes the world's finest young classical violinists and encourages understanding, appreciation and support of the violin repertoire by a large and…

Arts & Culture
12
Evansville-Vanderburgh County Convention & Visitors Commission Sp

The organization was created to foster national amateur sports competitions by operating the heckel road sports complex in vanderburgh county, indiana on behalf of the evansville-vanderburgh county convention and visitors commission, a…

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Evsc Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Clayton Roberson Family 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

127 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. 127 of the 226 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
122/127
Grantees still filing
74/127
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Southern Indiana Foun: $400,000 · OtherUniversity of Southern Indiana FounEvansville Area Tennis Patrons Foun: $338,000 · OtherEvansville Area Tennis Patrons FounYoung Men's Christian Association: $284,400 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF EVANSVILLE INC: $266,250 · OtherTRI-STATE FOOD BANK: $225,000 · OtherVANDERBURGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $242,000 · OtherDream Center Evansville: $201,250 · Other+136 more: $3,771,595 · Other+136 moreWesselman Nature Society Inc: $825,000 · EnvironmentWesselman N…ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST: $90,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENT…KEEP EVANSVILLE BEAUTIFUL INC: $71,000 · EnvironmentKEEP EVANSV…+2 more: $23,000 · EnvironmentEVSC FOUNDATION INC: $686,870 · PhilanthropyEVSC FOUND…UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA INC: $105,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLIANCE INC: $52,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY …WELBORN BAPTIST FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $21,250 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S CENTER FOR DANCE EDUCATION: $244,500 · Arts & CultureEVANSVILLE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $176,125 · Arts & CultureEVANSVILLE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRAL: $107,500 · Arts & CultureEVANSVILLE P-47 FOUNDATION INC: $92,000 · Arts & CultureRIVER CITY PRIDE INC: $52,500 · Arts & CultureBALLET INDIANA: $43,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $47,000 · Arts & CultureCARVER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION INC: $148,250 · Human ServicesSOUTHWESTERN INDIANA REGIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC DBA SWIRCA & MORE: $85,000 · Human ServicesJacobs Village Inc: $72,200 · Human ServicesEVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesEVANSVILLE ARC INC: $41,500 · Human ServicesAURORA INC: $31,000 · Human ServicesALBION FELLOWS BACON CENTER INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesOLD EVANSVILLE HISTORIC ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesGEM MINISTRIES INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesMEMORIAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $24,000 · Human Services+7 more: $80,500 · Human ServicesYOUTH FIRST: $394,500 · HealthGRANTED INC: $43,000 · HealthCHEMO BUDDIES: $35,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $29,000 · HealthEASTER SEALS REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $20,000 · HealthFOREFRONT COMMUNITY THERAPY INC: $20,000 · Health+5 more: $31,300 · HealthIVY TECH FOUNDATION INC: $184,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE: $118,000 · EducationHARCUM COLLEGE: $35,000 · EducationOakland City University: $27,000 · EducationTRI STATE HOT STOVE BASEBALL LEAGUE INC: $26,000 · EducationIndiana University Foundation: $20,000 · EducationJOSHUA ACADEMY INC: $16,000 · Education+3 more: $15,000 · Education
Other$5,728,495Environment$1,009,000Philanthropy$910,120Arts & Culture$762,625Human Services$642,450Health$572,800Education$441,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWesselman Nature Society Inc: $825,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetEVSC FOUNDATION INC: $686,870 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetYOUTH FIRST: $394,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF EVANSVILLE INC: $266,250 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S CENTER FOR DANCE EDUCATION: $244,500 over 6y, 30% of budgetVANDERBURGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $242,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetTRI-STATE FOOD BANK: $225,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetDream Center Evansville: $201,250 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetIVY TECH FOUNDATION INC: $184,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetEVANSVILLE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $176,125 over 6y, 17% of budgetCARVER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION INC: $148,250 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ONE INC: $120,500 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE: $118,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetEVANSVILLE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRAL: $107,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA INC: $105,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLEADERSHIP EVANSVILLE INC: $100,500 over 6y, 13% of budgetEVANSVILLE P-47 FOUNDATION INC: $92,000 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST: $90,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCANCER PATHWAYS MIDWEST: $88,250 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetWNIN TRI-STATE PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $88,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF EVANSVILLE: $88,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN INDIANA REGIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC DBA SWIRCA & MORE: $85,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetJacobs Village Inc: $72,200 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetKEEP EVANSVILLE BEAUTIFUL INC: $71,000 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetEVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER INC: $70,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetEVANSVILLE PARKS FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetEVANSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION D/B/A EVANSVILLE POLICE FOUNDATION: $66,700 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetEVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $62,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSanta Clothes Club Inc: $62,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetEvansville Trails Coalition Inc: $55,500 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetRIVER CITY PRIDE INC: $52,500 over 4y, 11% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $52,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION ALLIANCE INC: $52,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetECHO HOUSING CORPORATION: $50,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF WOODMERE DOG PARK INC: $50,000 over 5y, 7.9% of budgetOlivers Heros Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 39% of budgetWELBORN BAPTIST FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA: $45,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetTHE CLAYTON ROBERSON FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetGRANTED INC: $43,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetBALLET INDIANA: $43,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetEVANSVILLE ARC INC: $41,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJunior Achievement of SW Indiana Inc: $39,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetGolfmoor Baseball Association Inc: $37,500 over 1y, 17% of budgetMARIAN EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH: $35,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCHEMO BUDDIES: $35,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetHARCUM COLLEGE: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPARENTING TIME CENTER INC: $32,500 over 4y, 4.7% 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 Wesselman Nature Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds EVSC FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH FIRST ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF EVANSVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR DANCE EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds VANDERBURGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds TRI-STATE FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Dream Center Evansville ↗
  • Who funds IVY TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EVANSVILLE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds CARVER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ONE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE ↗
  • Who funds EVANSVILLE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRAL ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds LEADERSHIP EVANSVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds EVANSVILLE P-47 FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST ↗
  • Who funds CANCER PATHWAYS MIDWEST ↗
  • Who funds WNIN TRI-STATE PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF EVANSVILLE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA REGIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC DBA SWIRCA & MORE ↗
  • Who funds EVANSVILLE AREA TENNIS PATRONS FND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Jacobs Village Inc ↗
  • Who funds KEEP EVANSVILLE BEAUTIFUL INC ↗
  • Who funds EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds EVANSVILLE PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EVANSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION D/B/A EVANSVILLE POLICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 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.

Community Foundation …Centerpoint Energy Fo…Koch Foundation IncWelborn Baptist Found…Evansville Endowment …The Bower-Suhrheinric…Bussing-Koch Foundati…West Side Nut Club IncGerling Family Founda…Deaconess Hospital IncHoliday Management Fo…Braun Family Foundati…
Community Foundation Alliance IncIN113.9× affinity58 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation Alliance Inc · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Koch Foundation Inc · Welborn Baptist Foundation Inc · Evansville Endowment Fund Inc · The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third · Bussing-Koch Foundation Inc · West Side Nut Club Inc · Gerling Family Foundation Inc · Deaconess Hospital Inc · Holiday Management Foundation · Braun Family Foundation Inc co Jim Burger ONB Trust Co

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 Cecil a and Mabel Lene Hamman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cecil a and Mabel Lene Hamman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
37report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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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Find your warmest path to Cecil a and Mabel Lene Hamman 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 226 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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