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Frederick a Vollbrecht Foundation at a glance

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Frederick a Vollbrecht Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$95k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$203kHuman Services$182kYouth Development$135kEducation$130kHealth$109kPhilanthropy$22kEmployment$10kRecreation & Sports$5k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $90k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAR CONSERVATORY OF THERAPEUTIC ART$30,000
VARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY$30,000
THE RAINBOW CONNECTION$10,000
MICHIGAN ARTS ACCESS$10,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TROY$10,000
MARY & CHARLES PARKHILL FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%RIVER HOUSE INC: $10k → 14%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.
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$684k · 8 repeat orgs$112k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +67% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
10

Total granted

$684k
$102k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+17%

Still filing today

63%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
HealthEducationHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TROY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $75k · revenue +67%
  • TR
    THE RAINBOW CONNECTION
    6× · 2019–2025 · $65k · revenue +19%
  • ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS
    2× · 2017–2020 · $20k · revenue +150%

Funded once

  • VARIETY CLUB CHARITY FOR CHILDREN DBA VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -27%
  • FC
    FAR CONSERVATORY OF THERA
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
  • FC
    FAR CONSERVATORY OF THERAPEUTIC AND PERFORMING ARTSgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +86%
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
Crossroads Industries Inc

Provides work activity for the mentally and physically disabled.

Employment
2
Macomb Residential Opportunities Inc

To serve individuals with disabilities by providing residential and personal support in a manner that promotes individual dignity, community integration and quality of life

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3
Arc Michigan

Arc michigan empowers local chapters to assure that citizens with disabilites and their families participate fully in and contribute to the life of their community.

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4
Special Olympics Michigan Inc

The special olympics movement uses sport as a vehicle for acceptance, respect, inclusion, dignity, and joy. we provide year-round sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

Recreation & Sports
5
Michigan Assoc of Community Mental Health Boards

Assisting the community mental health boards of michigan in developing methods for mental health planning, care and treatment.

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6
The Arc Shiawassee County Inc

Empower people with developmental disabilities in mid-michigan to participate in and be fully included in the community.

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7
The Ability Center of Greater Toledo

To assist people with disabilities to live, work and socialize within a fully accessible community.

Human Services
8
Arc of Wabash County Inc

The mission of arc of wabash county, inc. is to challenge, empower, and support individuals with disabilities to reach their highest level of independence. arc of wabash is dedicated to: 1) preserve, protect, and promote the dignity of…

Human Services
9
Association for Children's Mental Health

To ensure all michigan children and youth with emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges and their families live in a safe, welcoming community with access to needed services and supports.

Health
10
Family Outreach Center

Leading the way in promoting healthy family living by reaching out to underserved populations and those who are in our community.

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11
Michigan Family Resources

Michigan Family Resources mission is to deliver holistic family-centered services to children that promote their well-being and development.

Education
12
The Arc of the Capital Area

We empower central texans with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families through compassionate case management and innovative programs.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alternatives for Girls; the most unlike its peers is Michigan Arts Access. 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

13 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. 13 of the 19 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY: $185,000 · OtherVARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITYFAR CONSERVATORY OF THERAPEUTIC ART: $177,500 · OtherFAR CONSERVATORY OF THERAPEUTIC ARTBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TROY: $75,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TROYMARY & CHARLES PARKHILL FOUNDATION: $22,000 · OtherVARIETY CLUB CHARITY FOR CHILDREN DBA VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY: $20,000 · Other+6 more: $52,000 · Other+6 moreWalsh College of Accountancy & Business Administration: $130,000 · EducationWalsh College of A…THE RAINBOW CONNECTION: $65,000 · HealthTHE RAINBOW C…WILLIAMS SYNDROME ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · HealthWILLIAMS SYND…Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $10,000 · HealthDetroit Rescu…ON MY OWN OF MICHIGAN: $9,000 · HealthON MY OWN OF …ALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterMICHIGAN ARTS ACCESS: $10,000 · Arts & CultureRIVER HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Human Services
Other$531,500Education$130,000Health$94,000Housing & Shelter$20,000Arts & Culture$10,000Human Services$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWalsh College of Accountancy & Business Administration: $130,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TROY: $75,000 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetTHE RAINBOW CONNECTION: $65,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetVARIETY CLUB CHARITY FOR CHILDREN DBA VARIETY THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetALTERNATIVES FOR GIRLS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFAR CONSERVATORY OF THERAPEUTIC AND PERFORMING ARTS: $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMICHIGAN ARTS ACCESS: $10,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetNEW HORIZONS REHABILITATION SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILLIAMS SYNDROME ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetON MY OWN OF MICHIGAN: $9,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetGRACE CENTERS OF HOPE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Community Foundation …Enterprise Holdings F…Charities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Frederick a Vollbrecht Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frederick a Vollbrecht Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–50%
    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.

    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 19 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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