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Cruse Lee H Trust Dtd 04301987

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.

$2.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$650k
Largest
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202025.

Education$2.8MHuman Services$2.6MHealth$2.4MFood & Nutrition$2.0MReligion$475kCrime & Legal$336kYouth Development$225kPhilanthropy$75kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k9 grants · $245k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $925k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.6M
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$32M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OZARK FOOD HARVEST$650,000
CARDINAL RITTER COLLEGE PREP HIGH SCHOOL$550,000
DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION$350,000
OTC FOUNDATION$125,000
OZARK AREA COMMUNITY ACTION$125,000
SPRINGFIELD VICTORY MISSION$115,000
MAYO CLINIC$100,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SW MISSOURI$75,000
COUNCIL OF CHURCHES$75,000
MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION$60,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
HOSPICE FOUNDATION$50,000
BREAST CANCER FOR OZARK$50,000
THE VICTIM CENTER$50,000
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES$50,000
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $2.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MARK D HOUSTON MEMORIAL FUND: $125k → 10%MARK D HOUSTON MEMORIAL FUND: $100k → 10%DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION: $350k → 15%MARK D HOUSTON MEMORIAL FUND: $50k → 10%DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION: $250k → 15%OZARK AREA COMMUNITY ACTION: $125k → 15%OZARK AREA COMMUNITY ACTION: $125k → 15%OZARK AREA COMMUNITY ACTION: $125k → 15%DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION: $100k → 15%DREW LEEWIS FOUNDATION: $55k → 15%OZARK AREA COMMUNITY ACTION: $50k → 15%OZARK AREA COMMUNITY ACTION: $50k → 15%SPRINGFIELD VICTORY MISSION: $115k → 15%SPRINGFIELD VICTORY MISSION: $100k → 15%SPRINGFIELD VICTORY MISSION: $90k → 15%SPRINGFIELD VICTORY MISSION: $90k → 15%SPRINGFIELD VICTORY MISSION: $90k → 15%SPRINGFIELD VICTORY MISSION: $90k → 15%HELP GIVE HOPE: $85k → 15%HELP GIVE HOPE: $75k → 15%HELP GIVE HOPE: $75k → 15%HELP GIVE HOPE: $25k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$11M · 28 repeat orgs$75k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +25% since the first grant, against -64% for the ones you funded once.

28 repeat relationships — 23 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
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Total granted

$11M
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
-64%

Still filing today

50%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 ServicesHealthPhilanthropyFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • OF
    OZARKS FOOD HARVEST INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +26%
  • OT
    OZARKS TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $800k · revenue +290%
  • DL
    DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $755k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $75k · revenue -64%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Arc of the Ozarks

To be a leader in service delivery for persons with disabilities by providing an array of supports and services to integrate them into their communities and to enhance the quality of their lives.

2
Douglas County Public Health Svcs Group Inc

It is the mission of the douglas county public health services group, inc. dba/missouri ozarks community health, to provide quality, affordable primary medical, dental, and behavioral health care to all.

Health
3
Ozarks New Hope Inc

Provide integrated, patient-centered health services designed to meet the needs of all patients, regardless of ability to pay; help the healthcare industry better serve patients & community by promoting public health; supporting…

Health
4
North Central Missouri Mental Health Center

Nc mo mental health center delivers high quality trauma-informed behavioral health services in a caring and compassionate atmosphere that promotes dignity, builds on natural supports, encourages consumer choice, embraces cultural…

Health
5
Jefferson Community Counseling Cent Dba Discovery Behavioral Healthcare

Discovery behavioral healthcare is a community based health treatment center dedicated to providing state of the art services to foster recovery and resilience in an accessible, respective and caring environment.

Youth Development
6
Mental Health Center of East Central Kansas

To provide dynamic, culturally-sensitive, high quality behavioral healthcare to residents of chase, coffey, greenwood, lyon, morris, osage and wabaunsee counties in the most effective, caring and efficient manner.

Health
7
Ozark Center

To improve the health of the communities we serve through contemporary, innovative, evidence-based, trauma-informed, quality behavioral healthcare solutions.

Health
8
Missoula Interfaith Collaborative

Missoula interfaith collaborative builds relationships and action across differences to strengthen community, generate leaders, and foster meaningful connection so missoula can thrive.

Religion
9
Recovery St Louis
Health
10
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
11
Clark Community Mental Health Center

Reduce the stigma and promote awareness surrounding mental health within the communities we serve, promote wellness, and provide individualized care with an integrated approach.

Health
12
The Center for Women and Families Inc

To help victims of intimate partner abuse or sexual violence become survivors through supportive services, community education and cooperative partnerships that foster hope, promote self-sufficiency and rebuild lives.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of the Ozarks Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Mark D Houston Memorial Fund. 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

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CARDINAL RITTER COLLEGE PREP HIGH SCHOOL — $1,825,000 · OtherCARDINAL RITTER COLLEGE PREP HIGH SCHOOLPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SW MISSOURI — $450,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SW MISSOURICOUNCIL OF CHURCHES OF THE OZARKS INC — $325,000 · OtherCOUNCIL OF CHURCHES OF THE OZARKS INCMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION — $310,000 · OtherMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATIONREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES — $300,000 · OtherREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICESBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE — $225,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $205,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $195,000 · OtherHOSPICE FOUNDATION — $150,000 · OtherTHE K G WELLS JR ACADEMY FOR KIDS — $150,000 · Other+5 more — $341,000 · Other+5 moreDREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC — $755,000 · Human ServicesDREW LEWIS FOUNDATION IN…SPRINGFIELD VICTORY MISSION INC — $575,000 · Human ServicesSPRINGFIELD VICTORY MISS…Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation — $475,000 · Human ServicesOzarks Area Community Ac…The Mark D Houston Memorial Fund — $275,000 · Human ServicesThe Mark D Houston Memor…HELP GIVE HOPE — $260,000 · Human ServicesHELP GIVE HOPERECOVERY FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES INC — $150,000 · Human ServicesRECOVERY FELLOWSHIP MINI…OZARKS FOOD HARVEST INC — $2,050,000 · Food & NutritionOZARKS FOOD HARVEST …MAYO CLINIC — $625,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICTHE VICTIM CENTER — $300,000 · HealthTHE VICTIM C…GATEWAY TO HOPE — $240,000 · HealthGATEWAY TO H…NAMI OF MISSOURI — $60,000 · HealthOZARKS TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $800,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC — $75,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CROWN CENTER INC — $235,000 · Housing & ShelterHOME WORKS - THVP — $50,000 · Education
Other$4,476,000Human Services$2,490,000Food & Nutrition$2,050,000Health$1,225,000Philanthropy$875,000Housing & Shelter$235,000Education$50,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetOZARKS FOOD HARVEST INC — $2,050,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetOZARKS TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $800,000 over 6y, 8.5% of budgetDREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC — $755,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetMAYO CLINIC — $625,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSPRINGFIELD VICTORY MISSION INC — $575,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetOzarks Area Community Action Corporation — $475,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE VICTIM CENTER — $300,000 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetHELP GIVE HOPE — $260,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetGATEWAY TO HOPE — $240,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetTHE CROWN CENTER INC — $235,000 over 6y, 6.2% of budgetRECOVERY FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES INC — $150,000 over 6y, 22% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC — $75,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNAMI OF MISSOURI — $60,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetHOME WORKS - THVP — $50,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC — $50,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds OZARKS FOOD HARVEST INC
  • Who funds OZARKS TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds DREW LEWIS FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC
  • Who funds SPRINGFIELD VICTORY MISSION INC
  • Who funds Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation
  • Who funds THE VICTIM CENTER
  • Who funds The Mark D Houston Memorial Fund
  • Who funds HELP GIVE HOPE
  • Who funds GATEWAY TO HOPE
  • Who funds THE CROWN CENTER INC
  • Who funds RECOVERY FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES INC
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC
  • Who funds NAMI OF MISSOURI
  • Who funds HOME WORKS - THVP
  • Who funds THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC
  • Who funds SMITTYS MIDWEST BOXING GYM & YOUTH CENTER INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Charlie & Mary Beth O'Reilly Family FoundationMO24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Charlie & Mary Beth O'Reilly Family Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc · The Turner Family Foundation · Robert M - Bobby - Allison Charitable Tr · The Hulston Family Foundation · Arvest Foundation · Ozarks Health Advocacy Foundation · Roy W Slusher Charitable Foundation · Dr Nancy O'Reilly Family Foundation · Stanley & Elaine Ball Charitable Tr · Musgrave Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Cruse Lee H Trust Dtd 04301987 funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%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 · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Cruse Lee H Trust Dtd 04301987?

    Find your warmest path to Cruse Lee H Trust Dtd 04301987 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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