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Freeman-Spicer Charities

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
28
Grants FY2024
32
Organizations funded FY2023
28%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$203
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 32
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$291k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 28% of the organizations Freeman-Spicer Charities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving28$6k39%
FY202332$12k28%
FY202227$11k48%
FY202131$14k68%
FY202029$13kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$10kReligion$8kAnimals$7kFood & Nutrition$6kArts & Culture$4kCivil Rights$4kHealth$3kHuman Services$3kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
IL
MI
NY
IN
CT
CA
CO
VA
TN
DC
OK

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 51 grantees
All grantees of Freeman-Spicer Charities by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Temple Beth-El$7,6804n/a
South Bend Alumni Association Inc$2,76331%
Food Bank of Northern Indiana Inc$2,50030%
Humane Society for Hamilton County$1,75040%
Mother Hubbards Cupboard Inc$1,50940%
Foundation of the Monroe County Community Schools Inc$1,50030%
Candles$1,35050%
Exotic Feline Rescue Center$1,25020%
Studebaker National Museum Inc$1,15010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,00030%
Little Wish Foundation Inc$80640%
Together Rising$75020%
United States Fund for Unicef$60020%
New Leaf New Life$50010%
Carters Crew Inc$5001n/a
Save The Children Federation Inc$50010%
Dismas House of Indiana Inc$45020%
Indy Book Project Inc$40020%
Dress for Success Indianapolis$35020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$30220%
Humane Society of St Joseph County$30030%
Pantry 279 Inc$25010%
YWCA North Central Indiana Inc$25010%
No Shame on U Inc$25010%
Kindness to Prevent Blindness Inc$25010%
Indiana Canine Assistant Network Inc$25010%
Drews Gift of Music & Stuff Inc$2501n/a
Ocean Conservancy$25010%
Youth Service Bureau of St Joseph County Inc$25010%
People & Animal Learning Services$25010%
BISSELL Pet Foundation$25010%
Shelterbox USA Inc$25010%
Polar Bears International$25010%
Brightlane Learning Corp$25010%
Team Rubicon Inc$25010%
The Conscious Kid$2501n/a
Christmas Commandos$20010%
Midwest Food Bank Nfp$20010%
The World Union for Progressive Judaism Ltd$2001n/a
Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc$20020%
Michiana Jewish Historical Society Inc$2002n/a
Underground Railroad Society of Cass County$15030%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$14010%
Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington Inc$10410%
Sappy Moffit Field Foundation Inc$10010%
Unity Gardens$10010%
My Sisters Closet of Monroe County$10010%
St Margarets House$10010%
Potawatomi Zoological Society Inc$10010%
La Casa de Amistad Inc$10010%
Stand for the Silent Inc$3110%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Freeman-Spicer Charities supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSouth Bend Alumni Association Inc: $2,763 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetFood Bank of Northern Indiana Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society for Hamilton County: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMother Hubbards Cupboard Inc: $1,509 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation of the Monroe County Community Schools Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCandles: $1,350 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetExotic Feline Rescue Center: $1,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetStudebaker National Museum Inc: $1,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Wish Foundation Inc: $806 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTogether Rising: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew Leaf New Life: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDismas House of Indiana Inc: $450 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIndy Book Project Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDress for Success Indianapolis: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $302 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of St Joseph County: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPantry 279 Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA North Central Indiana Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNo Shame on U Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKindness to Prevent Blindness Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetIndiana Canine Assistant Network Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Service Bureau of St Joseph County Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeople & Animal Learning Services: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBISSELL Pet Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShelterbox USA Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPolar Bears International: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrightlane Learning Corp: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristmas Commandos: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMidwest Food Bank Nfp: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnderground Railroad Society of Cass County: $150 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $140 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Bloomington Inc: $104 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSappy Moffit Field Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUnity Gardens: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMy Sisters Closet of Monroe County: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Margarets House: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPotawatomi Zoological Society Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLa Casa de Amistad Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStand for the Silent Inc: $31 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 45.

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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 of St Joseph County IncIN36.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · Asante Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · University of Notre Dame du Lac · Lilly Endowment Inc · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Judd Leighton Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County Inc · Fields Foundation Irr Tua · Duke Energy Foundation · Hayes Family Foundation Inc · Carroll F V Char Tr-Main

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.

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Find your warmest path to Freeman-Spicer Charities through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Freeman-Spicer Charities

How much does Freeman-Spicer Charities give?
Freeman-Spicer Charities reported 28 grants totaling $6,073 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 32 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Freeman-Spicer Charities fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (18%), Religion (14%), Animals (13%).
Who are Freeman-Spicer Charities's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Temple Beth-El ($8k), South Bend Alumni Association Inc ($3k), Food Bank of Northern Indiana Inc ($3k).
Does Freeman-Spicer Charities fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Freeman-Spicer Charities accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Freeman-Spicer Charities?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc, Asante Foundation Inc, Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Freeman-Spicer Charities based?
Freeman-Spicer Charities is based in IN.

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 84 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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