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Freeborn 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.

$6k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

International$10kEducation$5kFood & Nutrition$4kPhilanthropy$3kEnvironment$2kHuman Services$2kAnimals$2kRecreation & Sports$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$81k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MILLBROOK SCHOOL$1,500
ROOTED IN WYOMING$1,000
WE ARE FAMILY$1,000
SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE INC$1,000
WINGS WOMEN OF DISCOVERY$1,000
TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND$500
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 (FY17–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $1k → 8%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $2k → 16%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $1k → 8%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $2k → 16%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $500 → 8%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $2k → 16%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $1k → 16%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $500 → 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

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IL
NY
MA
WY
KY
KS
SC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Freeborn Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Freeborn Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$23k · 9 repeat orgs$10k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
14

Total granted

$23k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+24%

Still filing today

67%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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

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Arts & CultureAnimalsRecreation & SportsEducationEnvironmentHuman 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

  • TT
    THE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $10k · revenue +35%
  • RI
    ROOTED IN WYOMING
    4× · 2022–2025 · $4k · revenue +17%
  • SC
    South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc
    2× · 2023–2025 · $2k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • WP
    WINGS PROGRAM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +69%
  • GE
    GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $700
  • CG
    CHARLESTON GAILLARD MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue +24%
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
Wyoming Outdoor Council

The wyoming outdoor council's mission is to protect wyoming's environment and quality of life now and for future generations.

Environment
2
Wyoming Wildlife Federation

Wyoming wildlife federation delivers leadership in conservation for the state's wildlife, hunters, anglers, and conservationists through policy, education, advocacy, and habitat.

Animals
3
The Wyldlife Fund

To unite people to advance wyoming wildlife habitat, research, and education.

Animals
4
Cowiche Canyon Conservancy

Protecting our shrub-steppe and connecting people to this vanishing landscape.

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5
Washington Wildlife & Recreation Coalition

Creating a greener, healthier, more equitable, and better Washington for all through community outreach, network building, and advocacy for conservation and outdoor recreation funding.

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6
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
7
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
8
Washington Wild

Washington wild protects and restores wild lands and waters in washington state through advocacy, education and civic engagement.

Animals
9
Wilton Land Conservation Trust

Protecting, enhancing and conserving open spaces encompassing meadows, woodlands, wetlands, and waterways in the town of wilton ct.

Environment
10
Wild Rockies Field Institute Inc

To broaden the nature of a liberal arts education; teach critical thinking about social & environmental issues; foster understanding of & respect for natural & human communities; & cultivate a sense of place that encourages personal,…

Education
11
Wyoming State Fair Foundation

To ensure that the Wyoming State Fair serves as a vibrant celebration of our states agriculture, youth, education, heritage, and industry, while evolving to meet the needs of future generations. WSFF is the fundraising arm of the WSF,…

Recreation & Sports
12
Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce

The mission of the Jackson hole chamber of commerce is to champion the interest of local businesses, enhance their prosperity and strengthen the economic climate of teton county

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wyoming Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Antelope Butte Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

19 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. 19 of the 28 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $9,700 · Human ServicesTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND I…SHERIDAN JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $2,000 · OtherSHERIDAN JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COL…SHERIDAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,100 · OtherSHERIDAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONWE ARE FAMILY: $1,000 · OtherWE ARE FAMILYWINGS WOMEN OF DISCOVERY: $1,000 · OtherWINGS WOMEN OF DISCOVERYGRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $700 · OtherGRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCHSHERIDAN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (SHERIDAN RELIEF FUND): $500 · OtherBUFFALO BILL CENTER OF THE WEST: $500 · OtherSHERIDAN JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (ROPE FOR KNOWLEDGE): $500 · OtherWyoming Coaches Foundation: $1,000 · OtherWyoming Coaches FoundationANTELOPE BUTTE FOUNDATION INC: $500 · OtherCHARLESTON GAILLARD MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: $500 · OtherINTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $500 · OtherSafe Passage: $1,000 · OtherSafe Passage+4 more: $875 · Other+4 moreROOTED IN WYOMING: $4,000 · EducationROOTED IN WYOMINGMILLBROOK SCHOOL: $1,500 · EducationMILLBROOK SCHOOLWYOMING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 · PhilanthropyBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $500 · PhilanthropySouth Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc: $2,000 · EnvironmentSHERIDAN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $450 · EnvironmentSouth Carolina Aquarium: $1,600 · AnimalsSt Francis Animal Shelter Inc: $300 · AnimalsDOG & CAT SHELTER INC: $250 · AnimalsWINGS PROGRAM INC: $1,650 · Housing & Shelter
Human Services$9,700Other$11,675Education$5,500Philanthropy$2,500Environment$2,450Animals$2,150Housing & Shelter$1,650

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 budgetTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $9,700 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetROOTED IN WYOMING: $4,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSouth Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWYOMING COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWINGS PROGRAM INC: $1,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Carolina Aquarium: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMILLBROOK SCHOOL: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWyoming Coaches Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSafe Passage: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLESTON GAILLARD MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTELOPE BUTTE FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHERIDAN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRINTON MUSEUM ENDOWMENT FUND: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Francis Animal Shelter Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWYOMING COACHES ASSOCIATION: $250 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDOG & CAT SHELTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Wyoming Inc: $100 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.

Dan & Jeanne Scott Fa…Wyoming Community Fou…First Interstate Banc…Homer A Scott & Mildr…The Frederick & Patri…Homer A Jr & Janet Sc…The Shaw & Betty Walk…American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Dan & Jeanne Scott Family FoundationMT20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dan & Jeanne Scott Family Foundation · Wyoming Community Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Homer A Scott & Mildred S Scott Foundation · The Frederick & Patricia Supper Foundation Inc · Homer A Jr & Janet Scott Family Foundation · The Shaw & Betty Walker Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Freeborn Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Freeborn Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–25%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Freeborn Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Freeborn Foundation Inc 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 28 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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