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Freeman Foundation

$226k
Granted FY2020
28
Grants FY2020
10
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Education$190kReligion$125kArts & Culture$72kHuman Services$45kAnimals$29kHealth$25kCrime & Legal$10kMembership Benefit$10kOther$0
02FY2020 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k21 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $90k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$2,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY$100,000
GRACE CHURCH$20,000
GREAT COMMISSION BAPTIST CHURCH$20,000
KIRKSVILLE ARTS ASSOCIATION$20,000
AT STILL UNIVERSITY$10,000
SALVATION ARMY$10,000
ADAIR CO HUMANE SOCIETY$10,000
SHANNONDALE COMMUNITY CHURCH$8,000
CHILD SERVE$5,000
K-LIFE$5,000
STMARYS CEMETERY ASSOCIATION$2,500
FRIENDS OF STMARYS$2,500
THE PANTRY FOR ADAIR CO$2,000
BRASHEAR HIGH SCHOOL$2,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MISSOURI$1,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 24%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%GREAT COMMISSION BAPTIST CHURCH: $20k → 11%CHILDSERVE: $5k → 10%K-LIFE: $5k → 5%SHANNONDALE COMMUNITY CHURCH: $8k → 18%ADAIR COUNTY R-II SCHOOL: $9k → 28%CHICAGO CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP: $20k → 7%CHILDSERVE: $5k → 10%SHANNONDALE COMMUNITY CHURCH: $8k → 18%ADAIR CO R-II SCHOOL: $3k → 28%CHILD SERVE: $5k → 10%SHANNONDALE COMMUNITY CHURCH: $8k → 18%FRIENDS OF ST MARYS: $3k → 28%CHILDSERVE: $3k → 10%SHANNONDALE COMMUNITY CHURCH: $8k → 18%ST MARYS CEMETERY ASSOCIATION: $3k → 28%STMARYS CEMETERY ASSOCIATION: $3k → 28%FRIENDS OF ST MARYS: $3k → 28%FRIENDS OF STMARYS: $3k → 28%FRIENDS OF ST MARYS: $3k → 28%ST MARYS CEMETERY ASSOCIATION: $3k → 28%ST MARYS CEMETERY ASSOCIATION: $3k → 28%ADAIR COUNTY R-II SCHOOL: $2k → 28%BRASHEAR HIGH SCHOOL: $2k → 28%TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $100k → 28%TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $30k → 28%TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $25k → 28%TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 28%KIRKSVILLE ARTS ASSOCIATION: $20k → 28%AT STILL UNIVERSITY: $10k → 28%KIRKSVILLE ARTS ASSOCIATION: $10k → 28%ADAIR CO HUMANE SOCIETY: $10k → 28%SALVATION ARMY: $10k → 28%SALVATION ARMY: $10k → 28%SALAVATION ARMY: $10k → 28%SALVATION ARMY: $10k → 28%TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $6k → 28%KIRKSVILLE ARTS ASSOCIATION: $5k → 28%VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES: $5k → 28%K LIFE: $5k → 28%AT STILL UNIVERSITY: $5k → 28%ADAIR CO HUMANE SOCIETY: $5k → 28%VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES: $5k → 28%AT STILL UNIVERSITY MUSEUM: $5k → 28%AT STILL UNIVERSITY MUSEUM: $5k → 28%ADAIR COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $5k → 28%K-LIFE: $5k → 28%KIRKSVILLE ARTS ASSOCIATION: $5k → 28%ADAIR COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $5k → 28%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
OR
IA
IN
PA
CA
CO
MO
KS
AR
GA
TX
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$440k · 29 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2020, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
8

Total granted

$440k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-2%
0%

Still filing today

34%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
ReligionAnimalsEducationInternationalOther
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

  • CI
    CHILDSERVE INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $18k · revenue +203%
  • AT
    A T Still University of Health Sciences
    2× · 2017–2020 · $15k · revenue +58%
  • CF
    CROWN FINANCIAL MINISTRIES INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $2k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • CC
    CHICAGO CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue 0%
  • SA
    SALAVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • AC
    ADAIR CO R-II SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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
Chain of Hope Kc

Outreach to help animals suffering in the urban core of kansas city.

Animals
2
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
3
Humane Society of Southwest Missouri

The humane society of southwest missouri is one of the largest open admission, no kill shelters in southwest missouri. it is dedicated to helping sick, injured and abandoned dogs and cats find their forever homes. for over 60 years the…

Animals
4
Life International

To partner with leaders globally to boldly proclaim the biblical truth of the father's heart for life, champion the gospel of jesus christ, and establish life-giving ministries.

Health
5
Save One Soul Animal Rescue League

Specifically and primarily to provide a charitable and educational organization which will provide foster homes, veterinary care, and adoption services to animals in need of homes.

Animals
6
Alive Inc

Alive's mission is to provide counseling, emergency sanctuary and other critical services to adults and children impacted by domestic abuse, as well as to increase awareness in order to create a supportive community.

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7
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
8
Auburn Valley Humane Society

Auburn valley humane society enriches the lives of companion animals and people through animal sheltering, programs, services and community engagement

Animals
9
Nevada Humane Society

To care for pets, find them homes and save lives.

Animals
10
Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital Inc

Founded in 1973, dove lewis emergency animal hospital, inc. (dovelewis) is one of the premier veterinary medical service organizations in the us and the only 24/7 not-for-profit animal emergency, critical care, and specialty hospital in…

Animals
11
A Life to Live Animal Shelter and Adoption Center

We have a no-kill mission to save the lives of homeless cats and dogs abandoned and/or placed in kill shelters, while also providing life-saving programs and services to keep pets and their people together. through outreach, education and…

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Childserve Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hope for the Heart. 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

14 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. 14 of the 43 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/14
Grantees still filing
5/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $180,500 · OtherTRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITYKIRKSVILLE ARTS ASSOCIATION: $40,000 · OtherKIRKSVILLE ARTS ASSOCIATIONSHANNONDALE COMMUNITY CHURCH: $32,000 · OtherSHANNONDALE COMMUNITY CHURCHSALVATION ARMY: $30,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYGRACE CHURCH OF OVERLAND PARK: $20,000 · OtherGREAT COMMISSION BAPTIST CHURCH: $20,000 · OtherCHILDSERVE INC: $17,500 · Other+28 more: $130,304 · Other+28 moreCHICAGO CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC: $20,000 · ReligionCROWN FINANCIAL MINISTRIES INC: $2,000 · ReligionINSIGHT FOR LIVING: $2,000 · ReligionA T Still University of Health Sciences: $15,000 · EducationADAIR COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · AnimalsMEOW VILLAGE: $2,000 · AnimalsFIELD OF DREAMS RESCUE INC: $1,500 · AnimalsLIVING HOPE INTERNATIONAL INC: $500 · International
Other$470,304Religion$24,000Education$15,000Animals$13,500International$500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKIRKSVILLE ARTS ASSOCIATION: $40,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetCHILDSERVE INC: $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetA T Still University of Health Sciences: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetADAIR COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MISSOURI INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE FOR THE HEART: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCROWN FINANCIAL MINISTRIES INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINSIGHT FOR LIVING: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEOW VILLAGE: $2,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFIELD OF DREAMS RESCUE INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetThe American Legion: $1,000 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds KIRKSVILLE ARTS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO CHILD EVANGELISM FELLOWSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDSERVE INC ↗
  • Who funds A T Still University of Health Sciences ↗
  • Who funds VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds ADAIR COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MISSOURI INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FOR THE HEART ↗
  • Who funds CROWN FINANCIAL MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds INSIGHT FOR LIVING ↗
  • Who funds MEOW VILLAGE ↗
  • Who funds FIELD OF DREAMS RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds The American Legion ↗

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.

Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA7.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Freeman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Freeman Foundation. 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%1%3%4%5%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 · 0–5%
    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 43 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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