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Corson Family Foundation Inc(25) at a glance

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Corson Family Foundation Inc(25)

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.0M
Granted FY2023
9
Grants FY2023
4
States reached
$2.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$4.0MHealth$812kEducation$385kPhilanthropy$141kRecreation & Sports$28kYouth Development$18kHousing & Shelter$14kReligion$14kOther$0
02FY2023 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $58k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $360k
  • $250k+3 grants · $3.6M
$135,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS$2,404,815
MAYO CLINIC$750,000
THE NAPLES PLAYERS$400,000
GOSHEN COLLEGE$225,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY$135,000
CENTER FOR HOSPICE CARE$30,000
Individual grant recipient$17,750
CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS-MILLER VETERANS$10,000
LOVEWAY INC$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ADEC: $2k → 13%ADEC: $1k → 13%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

MN
MI
IN
OH
NC
DC
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.3M · 33 repeat orgs$215k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +106% since the first grant, against +69% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2023, 29 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
41

Total granted

$4.3M
$158k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+106%
+69%

Still filing today

48%
17%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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

  • TN
    THE NAPLES PLAYERS INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $508k · revenue +106%
  • GC
    Goshen College Inc
    6× · 2017–2023 · $277k · revenue +193%
  • TR
    The Ruthmere Foundation
    3× · 2018–2020 · $18k · revenue +219%

Funded once

  • Indiana University Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +97%
  • MH
    MIDDLEBURY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • IT
    IVY TECH
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.

Health
2
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
3
Indiana University Health White Memorial Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
4
Indiana University Health Bedford Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
5
Indiana University Health Frankfort Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
6
Indiana University Health Care Associates Inc

To deliver preeminent medical care and service to our patients and communities through outstanding and innovative medical leadership and practice, while participating in and supporting excellence in education and research. We achieve this…

Health
7
Indiana University Health North Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
8
Elkhart General Hospital Inc

We deliver outstanding care, inspire health, and connect with heart.

Health
9
Indiana University Health Jay Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
10
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
11
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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12
Indiana University Health Bloomington Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Ruthmere 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

27 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. 27 of the 81 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
24/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $3,369,255 · Arts & CultureINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTSTHE NAPLES PLAYERS INC: $507,500 · Arts & CultureTHE NAPLES PLAYERS INC+5 more: $26,000 · Arts & CultureMAYO CLINIC: $750,000 · HealthMAYO CLINIC+3 more: $5,850 · HealthGoshen College Inc: $277,000 · EducationIndiana University Foundation: $50,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $15,000 · Education+1 more: $350 · EducationCENTER FOR HOSPICE CARE: $30,000 · OtherWNIT: $25,200 · OtherINDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND: $22,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $17,750 · OtherHospice Foundation: $12,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,500 · OtherMIDDLEBURY HISTORICAL MUSEUM: $10,000 · OtherIVY TECH: $10,000 · OtherMayo Clinic: $10,000 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherCENTER FOR THE HOMELESS-MILLER VETERANS: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · Other+48 more: $84,100 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $140,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyFIVE STAR LIFE INC: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentADEC INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $1,500 · Animals
Arts & Culture$3,902,755Health$755,850Education$342,350Other$271,650Philanthropy$140,500Youth Development$7,500Human Services$3,000Animals$1,500

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 budgetINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $3,369,255 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $750,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NAPLES PLAYERS INC: $507,500 over 5y, 4.8% of budgetGoshen College Inc: $277,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $140,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ruthmere Foundation: $18,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFIVE STAR LIFE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetINDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOVEWAY INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetADEC INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGoshen Health Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetELKHART CIVIC THEATRE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOAKLAWN FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAITH MISSION OF ELKHART INC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSWEET PEA FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLASALLE COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #165: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBeacon Health Foundation Inc: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLogan Community Resources Inc: $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 INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds THE NAPLES PLAYERS INC ↗
  • Who funds Goshen College Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Ruthmere Foundation ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds FIVE STAR LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ELKHART CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds LOVEWAY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
  • Who funds ADEC 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 …1st Source Bank Found…Bill Deputy FoundationWelter Foundation IncCommunity Foundation …Rex and Alice A Marti…The Specialized Staff…Radiology Inc Foundat…University of Notre D…Lilly Endowment IncEverwise Foundation I…American Electric Pow…
Community Foundation of Elkhart County IncIN38× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Bill Deputy Foundation · Welter Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · Rex and Alice A Martin Foundation Inc · The Specialized Staffing Charitable Foundation Inc · Radiology Inc Foundation · University of Notre Dame du Lac · Lilly Endowment Inc · Everwise Foundation Inc · American Electric Power 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 Corson Family Foundation Inc(25) funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Corson Family Foundation Inc(25). Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 Corson Family Foundation Inc(25)?

    Find your warmest path to Corson Family Foundation Inc(25) 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 81 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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