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David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation at a glance

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David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$14M
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$7.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Environment$27MHealth$14MEducation$6.6MAnimals$2.6MScience & Tech$680kPublic Benefit$560kRecreation & Sports$475kPhilanthropy$205kOther$0
02FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $70k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $775k
  • $250k+6 grants · $13M
$10,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$162M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DUCKS UNLIMITED INC$7,500,200
MAYO CLINIC$3,000,000
MAX MCGRAW WILDLIFE FNDTN$1,000,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$500,000
FIELD SCHOOL$300,000
WETLANDS INITIATIVE$250,000
SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES$125,000
PURDUE FOUNDATION$100,000
US SPORTSMEN'S ALLIANCE$100,000
MORRIS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$100,000
KIPP FOUNDATION$100,000
DELTA WATERFOWL FOUNDATION$100,000
THE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE$100,000
ILLINOIS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION$50,000
THE PHOENIX CHILDRENS FOUNDATION$30,000
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 (FY20–24, $42k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $2k → 17%THE CARING CENTER: $5k → 5%MISSION MID DEL INC: $10k → 16%LEAH'S HOPE: $5k → 16%MISSION MID DEL INC: $5k → 16%THE JULIAN CENTER: $3k → 16%THE DAMIEN CENTER: $3k → 16%WHEELER MISSION: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ND
MN
IL
MI
NY
WY
IN
OH
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
OK
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$35M · 46 repeat orgs$556k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

46 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
19

Total granted

$35M
$279k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+26%

Still filing today

67%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $277k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentAnimalsEducationPublic BenefitOther
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

  • DU
    Ducks Unlimited Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $25M · revenue +105%
  • TW
    THE WETLANDS INITIATIVE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +42%
  • TS
    The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    5× · 2020–2024 · $575k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • PF
    PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -60%
  • NC
    NRA CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENSE FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +36%
  • NF
    NRA FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +34%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
3
Wetlands America Trust Inc

Wetlands america trust, inc. is a nonprofit organization formed in 1985 to expand ducks unlimited, inc's mission to provide leadership in the protection of the natural balance of wetlands ecosystems ensuring the future viability of…

Environment
4
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
5
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
6
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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7
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
8
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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9
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
10
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
11
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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12
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Adult Actors with Special Needs Inc. 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

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

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 61 of the 83 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/61
Grantees still filing
41/61
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Ducks Unlimited Inc: $25,000,600 · EnvironmentDucks Unlimited IncTHE WETLANDS INITIATIVE: $1,350,000 · Environment+4 more: $270,000 · EnvironmentMAYO CLINIC: $13,000,000 · HealthMAYO CLINIC+8 more: $791,000 · Health+8 moreUniversity of Colorado Boulder: $3,000,000 · OtherUniversity of …MAX MCGRAW WILDLIFE FNDTN: $2,000,000 · OtherMAX MCGRAW WIL…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $360,000 · OtherTHE UNITED STATES SPORTSMEN'S ALLIANCE INC: $250,000 · Other+48 more: $1,141,400 · Other+48 moreHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $3,000,000 · EducationTHE FIELD SCHOOL: $400,000 · Education+4 more: $42,000 · EducationDelta Waterfowl Foundation: $400,000 · AnimalsTHE UNITED STATES SPORTSMEN'S ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · Animals+3 more: $13,000 · AnimalsThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $575,000 · Science & TechLeadership Institute: $500,000 · Public BenefitCATO INSTITUTE: $30,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $5,000 · Public Benefit
Environment$26,620,600Health$13,791,000Other$6,751,400Education$3,442,000Animals$613,000Science & Tech$575,000Public Benefit$565,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetMAYO CLINIC: $13,000,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $3,000,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WETLANDS INITIATIVE: $1,350,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $575,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLeadership Institute: $500,000 over 5y, 0.4% 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 budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $360,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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 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.

Eugene & Marilyn Glic…United Way of Central…Enterprise Holdings F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Duke Energy FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…The Blackbaud Giving …Network for GoodThe Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: 16% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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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