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Charles & Kimberly Hemmer Foundation at a glance

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Charles & Kimberly Hemmer 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.

$117k
Granted FY2024still arriving
44
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$21k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0179% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$241kFood & Nutrition$47kHuman Services$31kEducation$30kInternational$29kCivil Rights$13kCommunity Improvement$8kHousing & Shelter$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k42 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $42k
$1,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH$21,400
GRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$21,030
Individual grant recipient$7,000
OLIVET UNIVERSITY$5,000
TRU INTERNATIONAL$5,000
MIDWEST FOOD BANK$5,000
SALVATION ARMY$5,000
EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH CANTON$5,000
WILLIAMSWOOD MINISTRY$4,200
APOSTOLIC SKYLINE HOMES$4,200
POINT OF VIEW MINISTRIES$4,000
PATHWAY MINISTRIES$3,000
SPACE FOR YOUR SOUL$3,000
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM FUND$3,000
IMPACT FUND$2,200
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 (FY20–24, $57k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PEORIA RESCUE MINISTRIES: $4k → 14%MIDWEST FOOD BANK: $28k → 13%PEORIA RESCUE MINISTRIES: $1k → 14%MIDWEST FOOD BANK: $13k → 13%PEORIA RESCUE MINISTRIES: $550 → 14%MIDWEST FOOD BANK: $5k → 13%MIDWEST FOOD BANK: $250 → 13%MIDWEST FOOD BANK: $200 → 13%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 14%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 14%PATHWAY MINISTRIES: $3k → 14%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

WA
IL
NY
IN
PA
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
TN
NC
OK
AL
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$406k · 37 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
18

Total granted

$406k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
-2%

Still filing today

43%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionHuman ServicesInternationalEducationCivil RightsPublic BenefitOther
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

  • MF
    MIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP
    5× · 2020–2024 · $47k · revenue +38%
  • SF
    SPACE FOR YOUR SOUL INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $33k · revenue +156%
  • ON
    OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2020–2021 · $20k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • RC
    RESONATE CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $4k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
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
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
International Commission Inc

Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.

Religion
3
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
4
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
5
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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6
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
7
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
8
Ason International Inc

Assisting national Christian leaders around the world.

Human Services
9
Christian Leadership Alliance

Christian leadership alliance exists to equip and unite leaders called to transform the world for christ.

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10
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
11
Insight for Living

Insight for living is a christian radio ministry that teaches the practical application of the bible. insight for living reaches audiences through radio sermons, compact disc recordings, dvd's, podcasts, internet access, books,…

Religion
12
Lou Engle Ministries

Advancing the kingdom of god through prayer,preaching and teaching.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is World Vision Inc; the most unlike its peers is Team Up Against Cancer. 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

29 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. 29 of the 73 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)
28/29
Grantees still filing
18/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $90,700 · OtherAPOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCHGRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $44,620 · OtherGRACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHEVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH CANTON: $22,000 · OtherEVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH CANTONTHE SALVATION ARMY: $20,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYIndividual grant recipient: $14,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+46 more: $70,455 · Other+46 moreMIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP: $46,650 · Human ServicesMIDWEST FOOD BANK …TRU INTERNATIONAL: $15,000 · Human ServicesTRU INTERNATIONALPATHWAY MINISTRIES: $8,600 · Human ServicesPATHWAY MINISTRIES+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesSPACE FOR YOUR SOUL INC: $33,000 · ReligionSPACE FOR YOU…POINT OF VIEW MINISTRIES INC: $9,300 · ReligionPOINT OF VIEW…THE CHRISTIAN CENTER: $5,500 · ReligionTHE CHRISTIAN…The Colson Center for Christian Worldview: $3,300 · ReligionThe Colson Ce…+3 more: $2,500 · ReligionOLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationIF Charities: $7,700 · Education+1 more: $100 · EducationLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC: $10,000 · InternationalSOLID ROCK MISSIONS DBA SOLID ROCK INTERNATIONAL: $1,400 · InternationalALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS INC: $1,000 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $500 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $500 · InternationalALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $12,000 · Civil RightsLIVE ACTION: $500 · Civil RightsJUBILEE MINISTRIES INC: $1,600 · Housing & Shelter
Other$261,875Human Services$72,250Religion$53,600Education$27,800International$13,400Civil Rights$12,500Housing & Shelter$1,600

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 budgetMIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP: $46,650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSPACE FOR YOUR SOUL INC: $33,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetOLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRU INTERNATIONAL: $15,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOINT OF VIEW MINISTRIES INC: $9,300 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPATHWAY MINISTRIES: $8,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetIF Charities: $7,700 over 5y, 18% of budgetTHE CHRISTIAN CENTER: $5,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPEORIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $4,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Colson Center for Christian Worldview: $3,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUBILEE MINISTRIES INC: $1,600 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF ABUSE: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOLID ROCK MISSIONS DBA SOLID ROCK INTERNATIONAL: $1,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAPOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN COUNSELING AND FAMILY SERVICES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $830 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIVE ACTION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTONECROFT MINISTRIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLight House Academy: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEAM UP AGAINST CANCER: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrairie Christian School: $50 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 MIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP ↗
  • Who funds SPACE FOR YOUR SOUL INC ↗
  • Who funds OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TRU INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
  • Who funds LIFESONG FOR ORPHANS INC ↗
  • Who funds POINT OF VIEW MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAY MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds IF Charities ↗
  • Who funds THE CHRISTIAN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PEORIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds The Colson Center for Christian Worldview ↗
  • Who funds SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds JUBILEE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR PREVENTION OF ABUSE ↗
  • Who funds SOLID ROCK MISSIONS DBA SOLID ROCK INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds ALLEGRO ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS 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.

Natl Christian Charit…Hedden Charitable Tru…Share FoundationRenaissance Charitabl…Raymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA13.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Hedden Charitable Trust · Share Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Charles & Kimberly Hemmer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles & Kimberly Hemmer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–50%
    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 Charles & Kimberly Hemmer Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Charles & Kimberly Hemmer Foundation 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 73 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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