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Forszt Brothers Charitable Foundation In

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.

$150k
Granted FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Animals$126kHousing & Shelter$90kHuman Services$70kHealth$46kEmployment$15kPublic Safety & Disaster$13kYouth Development$11kPublic Benefit$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k26 grants · $85k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $65k
$3,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHELDRICK WILD LIFE TRUST USA$20,000
HAROLD HAL KELLEY RESPITE FOUNDATION$15,000
HILLTOP NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC$10,000
CANINE COMPANIONS$10,000
VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF PORTER COUNTY INDIANA INC$10,000
SHIRLEY HEINZE LAND TRUST$5,000
OPPORTUNITY ENTERPRISES INC$5,000
CARING PLACE INCORPORATED$5,000
SHRINERS CHILDRENS$5,000
HUMANE INDIANA$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$5,000
ST AGNES ADULT DAY SERVICE CENTER$5,000
LAKESHORE PAWS INC$5,000
TUNNELS TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$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 (FY23–25, $47k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CANINE COMPANIONS: $10k → 9%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DOV: $2k → 11%CANINE COMPANIONS: $10k → 9%HILLTOP NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $10k → 9%HILLTOP NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $5k → 9%NEW CREATION BUSINESS ADVOCATES INC: $5k → 9%HILLTOP NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $5k → 9%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

NY
IN
CA
VA
DC
GA
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$304k · 21 repeat orgs$101k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue 0% since the first grant, against -8% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
11

Total granted

$304k
$71k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
-8%

Still filing today

71%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterEmploymentInternationalOther
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

  • TD
    THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $35k · revenue +31%
  • HN
    HILLTOP NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $20k · revenue +5%
  • VN
    VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF PORTER COUNTY INDIANA INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $20k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • K9S FOR WARRIORS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -4%
  • HT
    HOME TEAM VALPO INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -5%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF PORTER COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -20%
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
Humane Society for Hamilton County

Humane Society for Hamilton County (HSHC) is saving lives, educating communities and completing families by providing a compassionate and healthy environment for the homeless animals of Hamilton County, Indiana, until they can be placed…

Animals
2
Central Indiana Land Trust Incorporated

The central indiana land trust, inc. preserves the best of central indiana's natural areas, protecting plants and animals, so hoosiers can experience the wonder of the state's natural heritage.

Environment
3
Lakeshore Humane Society Inc

The mission of the organization is to aid, advocate and adopt to enhance the lives of companion animals.

Animals
4
Humane Animal Partners

Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…

Animals
5
Laurels House

Laurel's House strengthens the human animal bond improves public health decreases the number of companion animal euthanasia due to overpopulation and diminishes human impact on native wildlife species by providing unprecedented access to…

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6
Humane Pennsylvania

Humane pennsylvania empowers the people in our communities to increase their capacity to care for animals so that all animals are healthy, safe, and treated humanely.

Animals
7
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland

The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland nurtures the connection between people and pets to advance animal welfare and improve the quality of life in our community.

Animals
8
Lake Norman Humane Inc

To rescue, rehabilitate and rehome homeless pets

Animals
9
Halo Helping Animals Live On Inc

Dog and cat rescue and rehousing; humane care and treatment of these animals.

Animals
10
Portage Trail Care Center Inc

Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors.

Health
11
Homeward Animal Shelter Inc

To care for, protect and place animals for adoption in life long homes, and to prevent cruelty to animals by educating our community in the proper and humane care of all animals.

Animals
12
Indiana Statewide Independent Living Council Inc

To empower its peers with disabilities to lead and control their own lives.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Canine Companions for Independence Inc; the most unlike its peers is Home Team Valpo 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

31 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. 31 of the 42 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
9/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $35,000 · AnimalsTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIF…K9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $20,000 · AnimalsK9S FOR WARRIORS INCLakeshore Paws Inc: $15,000 · AnimalsLakeshore Paws IncIndependent Cat Society Inc: $10,000 · AnimalsIndependent Cat Society IncHUMANE INDIANA INC: $7,500 · AnimalsHUMANE INDIANA INCAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Animals+2 more: $5,500 · Animals+2 moreSALVATION ARMY: $10,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYST AGNES DAY SERVICE CENTER: $10,000 · OtherST AGNES DAY SERVICE CENTERTHE CARING PLACE INC: $10,000 · OtherTHE CARING PLACE INCIndividual grant recipient: $8,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPT OF IN AUXILIARY: $7,500 · OtherVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DEPT…LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S ANIMAL CONTROL: $7,500 · OtherLAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S ANIMAL …HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF PORTER COUNTY INC: $5,000 · OtherHousing Opportunities Inc: $5,000 · OtherSHRINERS CHILDRENS: $5,000 · OtherSUNSHINE CENTER: $5,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $10,500 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER…Porter County Parks Foundation Inc: $5,000 · OtherSHIRLEY HEINZE LAND TRUST INC: $5,000 · OtherSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Other+5 more: $8,500 · Other+5 moreHarold Hal Kelly Respite House Foundation Inc: $65,000 · Housing & ShelterHarold Hal Kelly Respi…HOME TEAM VALPO INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterHOME TEAM VALPO INCPINES VILLAGE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterPINES VILLAGE RETIREME…HILLTOP NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesHILLTOP NEIGH…CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPAN…New Creation Business Advocates Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesNew Creation …CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF VENICE INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesVISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF PORTER COUNTY INDIANA INC: $20,000 · HealthVISITING N…ABUSE COUNSELING & TREATMENT INC: $7,500 · HealthABUSE COUN…TRUE NORTH TRAINING STABLES INC: $5,000 · HealthTRUE NORTH…PROJECT ALS INC: $5,000 · HealthPROJECT AL…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthOPPORTUNITY ENTERPRISES INC: $15,000 · EmploymentLARC INC: $7,000 · EmploymentWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $12,500 · International
Animals$98,000Other$106,500Housing & Shelter$80,000Human Services$47,000Health$38,500Employment$22,000International$12,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHarold Hal Kelly Respite House Foundation Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHILLTOP NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetVISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF PORTER COUNTY INDIANA INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPPORTUNITY ENTERPRISES INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLakeshore Paws Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetIndependent Cat Society Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHOME TEAM VALPO INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetTHE CARING PLACE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetABUSE COUNSELING & TREATMENT INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE INDIANA INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLARC INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF PORTER COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPINES VILLAGE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Creation Business Advocates Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPorter County Parks Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetHousing Opportunities Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT ALS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuardians of Florida Animal Rescue Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF VENICE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $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.

Porter County Communi…John W Anderson Found…Nisource Charitable F…1st Source Bank Found…The Cleveland-Cliffs …United Way of Northwe…The Gutenstein Herita…Legacy Foundation IncShell USA Company Fou…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…Charities Aid Foundat…
Porter County Community Foundation IncIN41× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Porter County Community Foundation Inc · John W Anderson Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation · United Way of Northwest Indiana Inc · The Gutenstein Heritage Foundation · Legacy Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Forszt Brothers Charitable Foundation In funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Forszt Brothers Charitable Foundation In. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Larc Inc: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Forszt Brothers Charitable Foundation In 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 42 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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