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Freedom 22 Operating Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$41k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$423kYouth Development$13kHealth$9kReligion$6kPhilanthropy$2kHuman Services$250Animals$100Food & Nutrition$100Other$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $604
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
$500
Median grant
1
States reached
$79k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GOOD SHEPHARD MONTESSORI SCHOOL$40,000
EARLHAM COLLEGE$500
TEMPLE BETH-EL$104
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 (FY19–20, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MITZVAH CIRCLE: $100 → 7%CHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $150 → 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
NY
MA
IN
PA
CA
NC
DC
OK
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$451k · 11 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +102% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
16

Total granted

$451k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+102%
+39%

Still filing today

55%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $604 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • GS
    GOOD SHEPHERD MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $376k · revenue +70%
  • AC
    A Childrens Habitat Inc
    4× · 2017–2020 · $30k · revenue +238%
  • IC
    INDIANA CANINE ASSISTANT NETWORK INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $459 · revenue +183%

Funded once

  • L
    LEAP
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
  • RC
    RILEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $379
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OH KY & INgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $300 · revenue +39%
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
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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2
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc

Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.

Human Services
3
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
4
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
5
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
6
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
7
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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8
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
9
Kids in Need Foundation

We believe every child in america should have equal opportunity and resources to engage in a quality education. by partnering with teachers and students in under-resourced schools, we provide the support needed to create equitable learning…

Education
10
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

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11
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

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12
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Oh Ky & in; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United 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

15 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. 15 of the 30 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)
15/15
Grantees still filing
9/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GOOD SHEPHERD MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC: $376,000 · EducationGOOD SHEPHERD MONTESSORI SCHOOL INCJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ASSOCIATION OF INDIANAPOLIS INCORPORATED: $15,893 · Education+2 more: $756 · EducationA Childrens Habitat Inc: $30,100 · OtherA Childrens Hab…BIG SHOULDERS: $13,192 · OtherBIG SHOULDERSINDIANAPOLIS HEBREW CONGREGATION INC: $5,743 · OtherINDIANAPOLIS HE…ALS ASSOCIATION: $4,640 · OtherALS ASSOCIATIONDR ANGIES DENTAL HEALTH EXCHANGE INC: $2,800 · Other+11 more: $4,077 · Other+11 moreJewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc: $1,922 · PhilanthropyINDIANA CANINE ASSISTANT NETWORK INC: $459 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $350 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OH KY & IN: $300 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $100 · HealthCHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $150 · Human ServicesMITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $100 · Human ServicesB'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION: $180 · Youth DevelopmentFOOD BANK OF NORTHERN INDIANA INC: $100 · Food & Nutrition
Education$392,649Other$60,552Philanthropy$1,922Health$1,309Human Services$250Youth Development$180Food & Nutrition$100

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGOOD SHEPHERD MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC: $376,000 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetA Childrens Habitat Inc: $30,100 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ASSOCIATION OF INDIANAPOLIS INCORPORATED: $15,893 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Inc: $1,922 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEarlham College Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANA CANINE ASSISTANT NETWORK INC: $459 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OH KY & IN: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $256 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetB'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF NORTHERN INDIANA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMITZVAH CIRCLE FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $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.

Lilly Endowment IncMaurer Family Foundat…Eugene & Marilyn Glic…Central Indiana Commu…Charities Aid Foundat…The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Lilly Endowment IncIN14.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Freedom 22 Operating Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Freedom 22 Operating Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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

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    How do I get to Freedom 22 Operating Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Freedom 22 Operating Foundation 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 30 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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