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Covert Family Foundation

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.

$757k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Animals$451kHuman Services$236kEducation$81kEnvironment$75kInternational$45kReligion$25kHousing & Shelter$20kFood & Nutrition$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $140k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $606k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOW COST SPAY NEUTER CLINIC$125,000
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF INDPLS$125,000
HUMANE SOCIETY FOR HAMILTON CO$100,932
INDYHUMANE$95,000
INDIANA CANINE ASSISTANCE NETWORK$60,000
THE JULIAN CENTER$50,000
THE WATERSHED FOUNDATION$50,000
CARMEL CLAY SCHOOLS$49,636
BHI FOUNDATION$20,000
WESTFIELD WASHINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY$10,000
GRACE COLLEGE SEMINARY$10,000
HEIFER INTERNATIONAL$10,000
EXOTIC FELINE RESCUE CENTER$10,000
BLACK PINE ANIMAL SHELTER$10,000
AMERICARES$10,000
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 (FY21–25, $93k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE JULIAN CENTER: $50k → 16%THE JULIAN CENTER: $14k → 16%The Julian Center: $7k → 16%The Julian Center: $7k → 16%The Julian Center: $7k → 16%Coburn Place: $3k → 16%Shepherd Community Center: $5k → 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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$790k · 12 repeat orgs$167k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
9

Total granted

$790k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+43%

Still filing today

75%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $131k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AL
    Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $138k · revenue +100%
  • LC
    LOW COST SPAY-NEUTER CLINIC INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $135k · revenue +11%
  • HS
    Humane Society for Hamilton County
    4× · 2022–2025 · $109k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • GS
    Grace Schoolsgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue ×20
  • CF
    Carmel Fire Dept Auxiliary
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • GS
    Good Samaritan Network of Hamilton County Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -27%
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
Spay Neuter Services of Indiana

Pet friendly services of indiana saves animal lives and prevents suffering. we provide free and low-cost spay/neuter surgery certificates to animal shelters, rescue groups and limited-income families. our lifesaving services address the…

Animals
2
Animal Samaritans

At Animal Samaritans we champion compassion and respect for all living creatures, with a primary focus on dogs, cats, and the people who love them. We view pets not merely as animals, but as members of our families. As their guardians and…

Animals
3
Humane Animal Partners

Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…

Animals
4
Humane Society of Charlotte Inc

Humane Society of Charlotte mission is to champion the wellbeing of companion animals and strengthen their bond with the people who know, love, and need them.

Animals
5
Frieds Cat Shelter Inc

No-kill cat shelter. Cats are provided housing, food, and medical treatments if necessary and then adopted back to the public.

Animals
6
Feeding Indiana's Hungry Inc

By drawing on varied resources within public agencies and the private sector, we hope to provide hunger relief for those in need throughout Indiana.

Human Services
7
Pet Network Humane Society

Pet Network rescues adoptable animals from euthanasia, connects abandoned animals with loving families, instills respect for animals through humane education, and enhances lives through animal companionship.

Animals
8
Valley Humane SocietyInc

Valley Humane Society (VHS) creates a brighter future for cats and dogs by encouraging and strengthening the bond between people and pets. VHS rescues and rehabilitates companion animals, champions responsible caretaking, shares pets'…

Animals
9
Felines Inc

Providing a safe and loving shelter to cats and dogs until their permanent adoptive home is found.

Animals
10
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
11
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
12
Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter Inc

Provide shelter for homeless animals and prevent animal cruelty

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Humane Society of Indianapolis; the most unlike its peers is Cystic Fibrosis 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

19 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. 19 of the 31 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOW COST SPAY-NEUTER CLINIC INC: $135,000 · AnimalsLOW COST SPAY-NEUTER CLINIC INCHumane Society for Hamilton County: $109,432 · AnimalsHumane Society for Hamilton CountyHUMANE SOCIETY OF INDIANAPOLIS: $107,500 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF INDIANAPOLIS+3 more: $13,000 · AnimalsTHE WATERSHED FOUNDATION: $75,000 · OtherTHE WATERSHED FOUNDATIONCARMEL CLAY SCHOOL CORPORATION: $49,636 · OtherCARMEL CLAY SCHOOL CORPORAT…GRACE COLLEGE SEMINARY: $25,000 · OtherGRACE COLLEGE SEMINARYHEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherBLACK PINE ANIMAL SHELTER: $10,000 · OtherWESTFIELD WASHINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY: $10,000 · OtherGrace Schools: $10,000 · Other+8 more: $34,500 · Other+8 moreAssistance League of Indianapolis Inc: $138,000 · Community ImprovementAssistance Leagu…THE JULIAN CENTER INC: $85,000 · Human ServicesTHE JULIAN …Shepherd Community Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesShepherd Co…+1 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesINDIANA CANINE ASSISTANT NETWORK INC: $70,500 · Health+2 more: $1,500 · HealthAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · InternationalBHI FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Housing & Shelter
Animals$364,932Other$234,136Community Improvement$138,000Human Services$93,000Health$72,000International$35,000Housing & Shelter$20,000

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 budgetAssistance League of Indianapolis Inc: $138,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetLOW COST SPAY-NEUTER CLINIC INC: $135,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society for Hamilton County: $109,432 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF INDIANAPOLIS: $107,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JULIAN CENTER INC: $85,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetINDIANA CANINE ASSISTANT NETWORK INC: $70,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGrace Schools: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGood Samaritan Network of Hamilton County Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShepherd Community Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHamilton County Harvest Food Bank Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCOBURN PLACE SAFEHAVEN II INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROFESSIONAL ANIMAL RETIREMENT CENTER INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWESTFIELD YOUTH ASSISTANCE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetVESTED INTEREST IN K9S INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MARGARET'S HOSPITAL GUILD INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

Lilly Endowment IncThe Brave Heart Found…Hamilton County Commu…United Way of Central…The Indianapolis Foun…Central Indiana Commu…Duke Energy FoundationNicholas H Noyes Jr M…Nina Mason Pulliam Ch…Lumina Foundation for…Salesforce FoundationMar C Richards Char F…
Lilly Endowment IncIN26.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Salesforce Foundation · Mar C Richards Char Found Inc Dba McR 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 Covert Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Covert Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 Covert Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Covert Family 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 31 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home