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Cressy Foundation Inc

The Cressy Foundation supports charitable, educational, and religious purposes benefitting citizens of St.

$79k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$843kHealth$150kHousing & Shelter$135kHuman Services$121kPhilanthropy$99kRecreation & Sports$70kCommunity Improvement$63kAnimals$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $45,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $78,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $33,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$35,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Mishawaka Parks and Recreation Foundation Inc$35,000
United Way of St Joseph County$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Youth Service Bureau: $10k → 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.
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.

36%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$451k · 6 repeat orgs$815k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
10

Total granted

$451k
$780k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+27%

Still filing today

83%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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
Recreation & SportsEducationHealthPhilanthropyAnimalsArts & CultureOther
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

  • WC
    WOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $145k · revenue +115%
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $135k · revenue +20%
  • TM
    THE MONTESSORI ACADEMY AT EDISON LAKES INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $10k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Daytongraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $608k · revenue +27%
  • TC
    THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF ST JOSE COUNTY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $63k · revenue +152%
  • LC
    Logan Community Resources Incgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +47%
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
The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame

The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)

Education
2
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center- South Bend Campus Inc

We, saint joseph regional medical center and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.sjrmc-south bend is a member of saint joseph regional…

Health
3
Mount St Joseph University

Mount st. joseph university is a catholic academic community grounded in the spiritual values and vision of its founders, the sisters of charity. the university educates its students through interdisciplinary liberal arts and professional…

Education
4
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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5
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
6
Mount Mary University Inc

Mount mary university, an urban catholic university for women sponsored by the school sisters of notre dame, provides an environment for the development of the whole person. the university encourages leadership, integrity, and a deep sense…

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7
Saint John's University

To foster the vitality of community through learning and the pursuit of wisdom.

—
8
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center Inc

We, saint joseph regional medical center (sjrmc) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.sjrmc is a member of trinity health.

Health
9
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
10
Marquette University

As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.

Education
11
Marian University

To be a great catholic university dedicated to excellence in learning, achieved by teaching, research, & scholarly activities in franciscan & liberal arts tradition.

Education
12
St Jude House Inc

MISSION - ST. JUDE HOUSE, Inc. (St. Jude House) IS a family violence prevention center and shelter; our mission is TO CELEBRATE LIFE AND SERVE WITH JOY. Vision - St. Jude House is a catalyst in Northwest Indiana for the prevention,…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of St Joseph County Inc; the most unlike its peers is St Margarets House. 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

18 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. 18 of the 19 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)
17/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Dayton: $607,500 · EducationUniversity of DaytonUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $200,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac+1 more: $25,000 · EducationTHE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $135,452 · OtherTHE CENTER FOR THE HOMELE…YWCA NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $91,000 · OtherYWCA NORTH CENTRAL INDIAN…THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF ST JOSE COUNTY INC: $62,500 · OtherTHE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE O…Logan Community Resources Inc: $25,000 · OtherLogan Community Resources…+3 more: $25,000 · Other+3 moreWOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC: $145,000 · HealthWOMEN'S CA…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $63,882 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY…UNITED WAY OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $60,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…MISHAWAKA PARKS & RECREATION FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · Recreation & SportsSOUTH BEND YOUTH HOCKEY INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsSt Margarets House: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsPOTAWATOMI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $25,000 · AnimalsYOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesMICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$832,500Other$338,952Health$145,000Philanthropy$123,882Recreation & Sports$50,000Animals$25,000Human Services$10,000Arts & Culture$5,000

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 budgetUniversity of Dayton: $607,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC: $145,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $135,452 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetYWCA NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $91,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $63,882 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF ST JOSE COUNTY INC: $62,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetLogan Community Resources Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOTAWATOMI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCAMP EBERHART ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetTHE MONTESSORI ACADEMY AT EDISON LAKES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTH BEND YOUTH HOCKEY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSt Margarets House: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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 …University of Notre D…Asante Foundation IncCommunity Foundation …1st Source Bank Found…Carroll F V Char Tr-M…Judd Leighton Foundat…The Leep Foundation I…United Way of St Jose…The Pokagon Fund IncOliver & Cunningham F…Memorial Hospital of …
Community Foundation of St Joseph County IncIN34.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · University of Notre Dame du Lac · Asante Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Carroll F V Char Tr-Main · Judd Leighton Foundation Inc · The Leep Foundation Inc · United Way of St Joseph County Inc · The Pokagon Fund Inc · Oliver & Cunningham Fam Fdn-Main · Memorial Hospital of South Bend Inc

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 Cressy Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cressy Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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

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    How do I get to Cressy Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Cressy 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 19 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 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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