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DSJK Roberts Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$603k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$500k
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 2024.

Education$5.4MArts & Culture$500kHealth$106kPublic Safety & Disaster$70kPublic Benefit$46kReligion$38kPhilanthropy$34kAnimals$28kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $94k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$700k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) Foundation$500,000
The Heros Club$30,000
Ascension St Vincent Foundation$30,000
Evernham Family-Racing for a Reason$20,000
Marine Corps League - Department of Indiana$13,500
Gary Sinise Foundation$5,000
Judicial Watch$4,000
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 (FY22–22, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%IN Blind Children's Foundation: $4k → 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

IN
OH
PA
CA
VA
TN
NC
DC
OK
AL
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.4M · 8 repeat orgs$814k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against -7% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
16

Total granted

$5.4M
$309k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
-7%

Still filing today

88%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $505k 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
PhilanthropyAnimalsEducationPublic BenefitHealthReligionOther
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

  • Indiana University Foundation
    4× · 2020–2023 · $5.2M · revenue +162%
  • TH
    THE HEROES CLUB INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $70k · revenue +11% · 25% of their budget
  • SV
    ST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $60k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • Purdue Research Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $200k · revenue -4%
  • FP
    FIFTY PLUS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue -128%
  • ZL
    ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
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
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.

Health
2
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

Accelerate the discovery of drugs to prevent, treat and cure alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

Social Science
3
Indiana State University Foundation Inc

The foundation's mission is to secure and preserve private resources for the betterment of indiana state university and its students, while providing donors with opportunities to witness and experience the results of their philanthropy.

Education
4
Indiana University Health Arnett Foundation Inc

As a public charity and supporting organization, the mission of indiana university health arnett foundation, inc. ("iu health arnett foundation") is to benefit, perform and carry out the charitable, educational, scientific and other exempt…

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5
The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund

The intrepid fallen heroes fund serves military personnel suffering traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress, and other severe injuries.the intrepid fallen heroes fund serves military personnel suffering traumatic brain injury,…

Philanthropy
6
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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7
University of South Florida Foundation Inc

University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…

Education
8
The Foundation for Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Iup)

To provide philanthropic support to indiana university of pennsylvania.

Education
9
Indiana Healthcare Foundation

To advance healthcare through philanthropy, innovation, education, and advocacy.

Health
10
Indiana University Health Paoli Hospital Foundation Inc

Provide philanthropic support to help provide services, equipment, resources and education for indiana university health paoli, inc. ("iu health paoli") to meet the healthcare needs of our community well into the future.

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11
Eskenazi Health Foundation Inc

Eskenazi Health Foundation inspires, energizes and promotes a vital, healthy Indianapolis community by providing strategic guidance and philanthropic resources to Eskenazi Health.

Health
12
The Indianapolis Foundation Inc

To mobilize people, ideas, and investments to make this a community where all individuals have equitable opportunity to reach their full potential - no matter place, race or identity.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Evernham Family - Racing for a Reason. 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

20 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. 20 of the 27 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
12/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Indiana University Foundation: $5,176,000 · EducationIndiana University FoundationPurdue Research Foundation: $200,000 · EducationINDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · OtherINDIANAPOL…Marine Corps League - Department of Indiana: $22,900 · Other+10 more: $67,500 · Other+10 moreST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · HealthFIFTY PLUS FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · HealthTHE HEROES CLUB INC: $70,000 · ReligionEvernham Family - Racing For A Reason: $33,100 · PhilanthropyCURING RETINAL BLINDNESS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $15,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $6,500 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute: $2,000 · Public BenefitPUPPY HAVEN RESCUE INC: $12,500 · AnimalsOKLAHOMA ALLIANCE FOR ANIMALS INC: $5,000 · AnimalsSAPULPA FURRY FRIENDS INC: $5,000 · Animals
Education$5,376,000Other$590,400Health$80,000Religion$70,000Philanthropy$49,100Public Benefit$23,500Animals$22,500

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 budgetIndiana University Foundation: $5,176,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetPurdue Research Foundation: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HEROES CLUB INC: $70,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEvernham Family - Racing For A Reason: $33,100 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPUPPY HAVEN RESCUE INC: $12,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetAUTISM SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCURING RETINAL BLINDNESS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetERLANGER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAGUNA SECA RACEWAY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetOKLAHOMA ALLIANCE FOR ANIMALS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAPULPA FURRY FRIENDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetINDIANA BLIND CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLeadership Institute: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO3.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 DSJK Roberts Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from DSJK Roberts Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 DSJK Roberts Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to DSJK Roberts 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 27 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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