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Ehret Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Ehret Family Foundation Inc

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.

$625k
Granted FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $44k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $221k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $360k
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$126k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CATHOLIC CHURCH INDIANAPOLIS INC$125,000
MARIAN UNIVERSITY INC$100,000
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL FOUNDATION$75,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF INDIANAPOLIS INC$60,005
SAINT MARY STAR OF THE SEA$38,333
THE CULTURE PROJECT INTERNATIONAL$30,000
WOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC$30,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES INDIANAPOLIS INC$20,010
PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL INC$20,000
ST MEINRAD ARCHABBEY$20,000
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL IN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF EVANSVILLE IN$18,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA FOUNDATION INC$15,000
SISTERS OF ST BENEDICT OF FERDINAND IND INC$10,000
MOTHER OF MERCY FOUNDATION INC$10,000
SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE CARE CENTERS INC$10,000
02The need
02

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 (FY25–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL IN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF EVANSVILLE IN: $18k → 11%ST MARY'S CHILD CENTER INC: $2k → 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

IL
WI
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
DC
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 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.

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Catholic Charities Bloomington Inc

Catholic Charities Bloomington is committed to enhancing the availability of quality mental health services in the communities it serves. We do this through the delivery of professional mental health education and counseling on a sliding…

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2
Catholic Charities Terre Haute Inc

Catholic Charities Terre Haute is a comprehensive, direct services agency whose purpose is to serve the poor, the homeless, the elderly, the neglected children and the needy.

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3
Our Lady of Fatima Retreat House Inc

Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Retreat House welcomes people of all faiths to come away and rest in God. We offer hospitality, a peaceful setting with a supportive environment for reflection, and programs for spiritual renewal.

Religion
4
Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank Inc

The mission of Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank is to feed the hungry in Clay, Greene, Knox, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo counties through a network of emergency food distribution member agencies and engage our community in…

Food & Nutrition
5
St Elizabeth Catholic Charities Inc

St. Elizabeth Catholic Charities exists to affirm the dignity of and respect for all human life by assisting individuals and families in need to achieve empowerment and self-sufficiency.

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6
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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7
Little Sisters of the Poor Chicago St Mary's Home

The little sisters of the poor operate st. mary's home, which provides nursing and residential care for the needy elderly. the home is part of the international congregation of the little sisters of the poor, which was founded in france in…

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8
Home for the Aged of Little Sisters of the Poor

Exclusively charitable, religious and benevolent. The Home is a part of the international Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Poor, which was founded in France in 1839 and serves the elderly in 32 countries.

Religion
9
Institute of Catholic Culture

The institute of catholic culture is an adult catechetical organization, faithful to the magisterium of the catholic church. the institute seeks to fulfill its mission by offering educational programs structured upon the classical liberal…

Religion
10
Sojourner Truth House Inc

Sojourner Truth House Inc operates a ministry of hope for homeless and at-risk women and their children in Gary, Indiana

Human Services
11
St Patrick Partnership Center

To transform lives through sustainable housing, employment and healthcare, following the compassion of jesus.

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12
St Jude House Inc

MISSION - ST. JUDE HOUSE, Inc. (St. Jude House) IS a family violence prevention center and shelter; our mission is TO CELEBRATE LIFE AND SERVE WITH JOY. Vision - St. Jude House is a catalyst in Northwest Indiana for the prevention,…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities Indianapolis Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sisters of Providence Care Centers Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

24 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. 24 of the 33 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
10/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CATHOLIC CHURCH INDIANAPOLIS INC: $125,000 · OtherST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CATHOLIC CHURCH INDIANAPO…SAINT MARY STAR OF THE SEA: $38,333 · OtherSAINT MARY STAR OF THE SEACatholic Charities Indianapolis Inc: $20,010 · OtherCatholic Charities Indianapolis IncPROVIDENCE CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL INC: $20,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL INCSAINT MEINRAD ARCH ABBEY: $20,000 · OtherSAINT MEINRAD ARCH ABBEYSISTERS OF PROVIDENCE CARE CENTERS INC: $10,000 · OtherSISTERS OF ST BENEDICT OF FERDINAND IND INC: $10,000 · Other+12 more: $23,000 · Other+12 moreMARIAN UNIVERSITY INC: $100,000 · EducationMARIAN UNIVERSITY INCOUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationOUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL FOUNDATIO…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA FOU…Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis Inc: $60,005 · ReligionCatholic Char…MOTHER OF MERCY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · ReligionMOTHER OF MER…ONE IN CHRIST INC: $3,000 · ReligionWOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC: $30,000 · HealthLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $5,000 · HealthSEEDS OF HOPE INC: $5,000 · HealthThe Culture Project International: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL IN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF EVANSVILLE IN: $18,000 · Human ServicesTHE O'CONNOR HOUSE: $1,500 · Human ServicesST MARY'S CHILD CENTER INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesTHOMAS MORE SOCIETY: $5,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$266,343Education$190,000Religion$73,005Health$40,000Youth Development$30,000Human Services$21,000Crime & Legal$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMARIAN UNIVERSITY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis Inc: $60,005 over 1y, 41% of budgetWOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Culture Project International: $30,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCatholic Charities Indianapolis Inc: $20,010 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL IN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF EVANSVILLE IN: $18,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHOMAS MORE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Becket Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE IN CHRIST INC: $3,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetST MARY'S CHILD CENTER INC: $1,500 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.

Lilly Endowment IncThe Indianapolis Foun…Central Indiana Commu…United Way of Central…St Vincent Health IncHamilton County Commu…Community Foundation …Lumina Foundation for…Amg Charitable Gift F…American Endowment Fo…Baird Foundation IncVanguard Charitable E…
Lilly Endowment IncIN23.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · St Vincent Health Inc · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation Alliance Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · 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 Ehret Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ehret Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 33 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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