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David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$14M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
42
Grants FY2024
38
Organizations funded FY2023
39%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$7,500,200
Organizations funded a year
32 to 38
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
15
Total assets, FY2024
$162M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 39% of the organizations David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
HealthEducationAnimalsEnvironmentInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving39$9.9M36%
FY202338$9.7M39%
FY202233$9.4M27%
FY202132$3.6M25%
FY202033$2.9Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$27MHealth$14MEducation$6.6MAnimals$2.6MScience & Tech$680kPublic Benefit$560kRecreation & Sports$475kPhilanthropy$205kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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OK
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ducks Unlimited Inc$25,000,60052%
The Wetlands Initiative$1,350,000513%
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies$575,00050%
Morris Hospital Foundation$450,000520%
The Field School$400,00023%
Delta Waterfowl Foundation$400,00041%
Illinois Conservation Foundation$250,00056%
The United States Sportsmen's Alliance Inc$250,000310%
The United States Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation Inc$200,00023%
Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation$200,00022%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$120,00020%
Partnership for Inner City Education Dba Partnership Schools$100,00010%
Mark Staehely Pediatric Cancer Foundation$75,000381%
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation$75,00040%
NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund$50,00012%
NRA Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Phoenix Children's Hospital$50,00030%
St James Catholic Church$41,5004n/a
Cato Institute$30,00030%
The Heritage Foundation$30,00030%
National Park Foundation$24,00050%
EdChoice Inc$20,00010%
Young Life$20,00020%
Mid-Del Youth and Family Center Inc$20,00025%
Mission Mid-Del Inc$15,00024%
Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer Inc$15,00021%
Second Helpings Inc$10,00020%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$10,00010%
Hope Ignites Phoenix$10,0001n/a
Sierra Club Foundation$10,00020%
Hamilton County Community Tennis Association Inc$10,00022%
Wheeler Mission Ministries Inc$10,00010%
Direct Relief$10,00020%
Usta Midwest Tennis & Education Foundation Inc$10,00020%
Christ Church School Inc$10,00010%
Hvaf of Indiana Inc$10,00020%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$8,00010%
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc$8,00040%
Lucky Lab Rescue Inc$5,00014%
Luke's Wings$5,00010%
The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc$5,00050%
Cool Earth Action USA Inc$5,00010%
United Way of Greater Houston$5,00010%
South East Association for Special Parks and Recreation$5,00050%
Veterans Community Project$5,00010%
Nc State University$5,0001n/a
Best Friends Animal Society$5,00050%
Leahs Hope Inc$5,00014%
Project Help Inc$5,00011%
Nashville Food Project Inc$4,00010%
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago$4,00010%
Birdability$3,00011%
Wind River Development Fund$3,00010%
The Damien Center$2,50010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,50010%
The Julian Center Inc$2,50010%
COTA - Children's Organ Transplant Association$2,50010%
Adult Actors with Special Needs Inc$2,0001n/a
Puppies Behind Bars Inc$2,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 55 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $25,000,600 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetThe Wetlands Initiative: $1,350,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $575,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMorris Hospital Foundation: $450,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetThe Field School: $400,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetDelta Waterfowl Foundation: $400,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetIllinois Conservation Foundation: $250,000 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetThe United States Sportsmen's Alliance Inc: $250,000 over 3y, 10.0% of budgetThe United States Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetMax McGraw Wildlife Foundation: $200,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $120,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPartnership for Inner City Education Dba Partnership Schools: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMark Staehely Pediatric Cancer Foundation: $75,000 over 3y, 81% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital Foundation: $75,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNRA Civil Rights Defense Fund: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNRA Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCato Institute: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $24,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEdChoice Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Life: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMid-Del Youth and Family Center Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetMission Mid-Del Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetVera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSecond Helpings Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHamilton County Community Tennis Association Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetWheeler Mission Ministries Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDirect Relief: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUsta Midwest Tennis & Education Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetChrist Church School Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHvaf of Indiana Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Foundation of America Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLucky Lab Rescue Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetLuke's Wings: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCool Earth Action USA Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouth East Association for Special Parks and Recreation: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVeterans Community Project: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLeahs Hope Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetProject Help Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNashville Food Project Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBig Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 55.

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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.

Eugene & Marilyn Glick FoundationIN13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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.

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About David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation

How much does David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation give?
David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $13,505,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 38 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (52%), Health (26%), Education (13%).
Who are David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Ducks Unlimited Inc ($25M), The Wetlands Initiative ($1.4M), The Salk Institute for Biological Studies ($575k).
Does David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation, United Way of Central Indiana Inc, Enterprise Holdings Foundation.
Where is David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation based?
David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation is based in IL.

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 83 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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