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Ehlers Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Ehlers Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$756k
Granted FY2022
10
Grants FY2022
8
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Health$810kEducation$294kPhilanthropy$96kCivil Rights$65kArts & Culture$28kSocial Science$17kHousing & Shelter$7kEnvironment$6kOther$0
02FY2022 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k7 grants · $24k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $232k
  • $250k+2 grants · $500k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOHNS HOPKINS-WILMER EYE INSTITUTE$250,000
JERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$250,000
NCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM$232,345
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$5,000
YOUNG AMERICA'S FOUNDATION$5,000
GROVE CITY COLLEGE$5,000
THE ASPEN INSTITUTE$5,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$2,500
MORTON PLANT MEASE FOUNDATION$1,000
COLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$100
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 (FY17–20, $7k) 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%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 → 14%COVENANT HOUSE OF NEW JERSEY: $5k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY: $1k → 16%COVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY: $1k → 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

MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
VA
MD
TN
DC
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.

18%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$232k · 14 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2022, 11 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
17

Total granted

$232k
$349k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+32%

Still filing today

57%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $740k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
HealthEducationPublic BenefitSocial ScienceArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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

  • YA
    Young America's Foundation
    5× · 2017–2022 · $65k · revenue +67%
  • GC
    GROVE CITY COLLEGE
    2× · 2017–2022 · $15k · revenue +68%
  • FC
    FLORIDA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $9k · revenue +115%

Funded once

  • JH
    JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $250k
  • WE
    WILMER EYE INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2017 · $60k
  • CB
    CLARE BOOTHE LUCE CENTER FOR CONSERVATIVE WOMEN
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -7%
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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
4
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
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
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
8
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
11
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is John P and Anne Welsh Mcnulty Foundation. 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

25 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. 25 of the 38 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
21/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $250,000 · OtherJERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIONJOHNS HOPKINS-WILMER EYE INSTITUTE: $250,000 · OtherJOHNS HOPKINS-WILMER EYE INSTITUTEJOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $250,000 · OtherJOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNCH CENTER FOR PHILANTHROPY: $95,000 · OtherNCH CENTER FOR PHILANTHROPYYoung America's Foundation: $65,000 · OtherYoung America's FoundationWILMER EYE INSTITUTE: $60,000 · OtherWILMER EYE INSTITUTE+14 more: $45,250 · OtherNCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC: $232,345 · HealthNCH HEALTHCARE SYSTE…+4 more: $10,035 · HealthGROVE CITY COLLEGE: $15,000 · EducationSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EducationCLARE BOOTHE LUCE CENTER FOR CONSERVATIVE WOMEN: $10,000 · Arts & CultureARTIS-NAPLES INC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureFLORIDA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION INC: $9,000 · Social ScienceTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 · Social ScienceCOVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY INC: $7,000 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $2,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $500 · Public BenefitUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $250 · Public Benefit
Other$1,015,250Health$242,380Education$27,500Arts & Culture$17,500Social Science$14,000Human Services$7,100Public Benefit$2,750

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYoung America's Foundation: $65,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGROVE CITY COLLEGE: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLARE BOOTHE LUCE CENTER FOR CONSERVATIVE WOMEN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFLORIDA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION INC: $9,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetARTIS-NAPLES INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHope For The Warriors: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE TO PROTECT NANTUCKET SOUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $35 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN10× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Ehlers Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ehlers Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Covenant House New Jersey Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Florida Sheriffs Association Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
3report 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.

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 38 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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By state
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