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Plinth

· Private foundation

Florence M & Paul M Staehle Fdn

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$262k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$87k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Religion$751kHuman Services$695kHousing & Shelter$189kYouth Development$122kAnimals$66kEducation$54kHealth$50kRecreation & Sports$45kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $175k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST ANNE HOME RETIREMENT COMM$87,446
ST PATRICKS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH$87,446
Individual grant recipient$20,000
SHEPHERDS HOUSE$15,000
ST JOSEPH MISSIONS INC$10,000
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$10,000
MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA IN$10,000
NEW MERCIES MINISTRIES$8,000
BELIEVE IN A DREAM INC$6,445
LOVE FORT WAYNE INC$5,000
LEXIS VOICE$3,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $122k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $3k → 9%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $10k → 14%MIDWEST FOOD BANK: $7k → 16%LUTHERAN HOMES INC: $20k → 12%Summit Equestrian Center: $5k → 12%CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE INC: $3k → 12%EAST ALLEN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $6k → 12%EAST ALLEN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $3k → 12%LUTHERAN LIFE VILLAGES: $15k → 12%KATES KART INC: $3k → 12%BRIDGE OF GRACE INC: $32k → 12%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF: $15k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.6M · 16 repeat orgs$518k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
35

Total granted

$1.6M
$353k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+20%

Still filing today

63%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $165k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthAnimalsEducationPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • LH
    LUTHERAN HOMES INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $35k · revenue +25%
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $30k · revenue +106%
  • AW
    ANTHONY WAYNE AREA COUNCIL INC
    2× · 2017–2022 · $20k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • BO
    BRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $32k · revenue +114%
  • WB
    WORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +12%
  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $25k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New Hope of Indiana Inc

New hope of indiana, inc. is a leader in providing holistic services and resources to persons with disabilities and their families while advocating to advance the opportunities for those in need of support.

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2
New Hope Services Inc

Provide services in response to individual need

Human Services
3
Fort Wayne Rescue Mission Ministries Inc

To provide, through the power of jesus christ, a home for the homeless, food for the hungry, and hope for their future.

Housing & Shelter
4
Indiana United Methodist Children's Home Inc

To meet the special needs of each child and family served in order to help improve their quality of life. the board of trustees and staff members of the home are committed to bringing the highest quality resources available to the…

Human Services
5
Northeastern Indiana Casa Inc

Casa volunteers provide a voice for powerless children involved in judicial proceedings, advocate for the child's best interest, and strive to improve their circumstances and quality of life.

Crime & Legal
6
Little Thinkers Inc

Our mission is to prepare the children of our community for the road ahead. We take a whole-child approach that blends personalized care plans with physical play, social development, and academic readiness.

Human Services
7
The Brandon Foundation Incorporated

The brandon foundation is an organization where students are shown the power of their potential through individualized mentoring and family-focused support.

Youth Development
8
The Arc of Northwest Indiana Inc

Mission is to provide necessary resources to persons with disabilities in order to assist them in enhancing their daily lives. we provide pre-vocational training, habilitation services, individual support, and employment services based on…

Human Services
9
Indiana Youth Institute Inc

Our mission is to improve the lives of all indiana children by strengthening and connecting the people, organizations, and communities focused on kids and youth.

Human Services
10
Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin Inc

Eliminating barriers to employment by providing pathways for those who are underserved, underrepresented and disadvantaged who have a goal of building skills that lead to sustained employment and improved financial stability.

Human Services
11
Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana Michiana Inc

Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

Youth Development
12
Early Learning Indiana Inc

Early learning indiana (eli) is on a mission to ensure every child is empowered with essential skills to thrive in kindergarten and beyond. (see schedule o for continuation)

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bridge of Grace Compassionate Ministries Center Inc and the most unlike its peers is Lexis Voice. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 29 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr12%12%5–10yr16%22%10–20yr15%24%20–35yr15%24%35–55yr19%17%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr12%7%5–10yr16%25%10–20yr15%23%20–35yr15%23%35–55yr19%23%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/45
the rest of the field
10%
191/1,964

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

42 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 42 of the 60 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
23/42
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ST PATRICKS ROMAN CATHOLIC CH — $375,238 · OtherST PATRICKS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHST ANNE HOME & RETIREMENT COMM — $358,155 · OtherST ANNE HOME & RETIREMENT COMMST PATRICKS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH — $324,129 · OtherST PATRICKS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHSAINT ST ANNE HOME — $153,447 · OtherSAINT ST ANNE HOMEST ANNE HOME — $148,319 · OtherST ANNE HOMEST ANNE HOME RETIREMENT COMM — $87,446 · Other+28 more — $291,470 · Other+28 moreLUTHERAN HOMES INC — $35,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC — $32,440 · Human ServicesLutheran Social Services Inc — $15,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $10,000 · Human ServicesEAST ALLEN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC — $9,000 · Human ServicesMIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP — $7,134 · Human ServicesSUMMIT EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC — $5,000 · Human Services+3 more — $8,500 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND — $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentANTHONY WAYNE AREA COUNCIL INC — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH FOR CHRIST OF NORTHERN INDIANA INC — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentLEXIS VOICE — $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentSoarin Hawk Raptor Rehabilitation Inc — $32,500 · AnimalsFORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC — $25,000 · AnimalsLC NATURE PARK INC — $10,000 · AnimalsWORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY INC — $25,000 · Recreation & SportsEUELL A WILSON CENTER INC — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIALTY TUTORING INC — $12,501 · EducationTHE LITERACY ALLIANCE INC — $10,000 · EducationBelieve in a Dream Inc — $6,445 · EducationTHE SHEPHERD'S HOUSE INC — $15,000 · HealthVISITING NURSE & HOSPICE HOME INC — $8,463 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOPE INC — $3,000 · Health
Other$1,738,204Human Services$122,074Youth Development$73,000Animals$67,500Recreation & Sports$35,000Education$28,946Health$26,463

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetLUTHERAN HOMES INC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSoarin Hawk Raptor Rehabilitation Inc — $32,500 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetBRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC — $32,440 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND — $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANTHONY WAYNE AREA COUNCIL INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC — $20,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetPAUL'S PLACE SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES — $20,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetLutheran Social Services Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOOSIERS FEEDING THE HUNGRY INC — $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSOUTHEAST YOUTH COUNCIL INC — $13,916 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetTHE HONEYWELL FOUNDATION INC — $13,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIALTY TUTORING INC — $12,501 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetEUELL A WILSON CENTER INC — $10,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetALLEN COUNTY CASA COALITION — $10,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LITERACY ALLIANCE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLC NATURE PARK INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEAST ALLEN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC — $9,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetVISITING NURSE & HOSPICE HOME INC — $8,463 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW MERCIES MINISTRIES INC — $8,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP — $7,134 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEAST INDIANA FOUNDATION INC — $7,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetBelieve in a Dream Inc — $6,445 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASS HOUSING INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSUMMIT EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC — $5,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE INC — $3,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLEXIS VOICE — $3,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE INC — $2,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetAMANI FAMILY SERVICES — $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …English-Bonter-Mitche…M E Raker Foundation …Edward M Wilson Found…The Waterfield Founda…Dr Louis a and Anne B…The James Foundation …Flora Dale Krouse Fou…Lincoln Financial Fou…Howard P Arnold Found…Surack Family Foundat…Nisource Charitable F…
Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne IncIN77.1× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · M E Raker Foundation Inc · Edward M Wilson Foundation · The Waterfield Foundation Inc · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn · The James Foundation Inc · Flora Dale Krouse Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · Surack Family Foundation Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Florence M & Paul M Staehle Fdn funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 60 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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