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Friends of Univ of Notre Dame

Friends of the university of notre dame, inc (fund) is a nonprofit corporation organized and operated exclusively for exempt purposes that promotes charitable organizations and their missions by using the name, image, and likeness of universtiy of notre dame student-athletes.

$120k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$37k
Largest
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20222024.

Food & Nutrition$74kHuman Services$48kHousing & Shelter$34kYouth Development$27kHealth$18kEducation$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 9 grants below total $112,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $120,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $8,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $81k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CULTIVATE FOOD RESCUE$36,500
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF MICHIANA$11,500
SB ALUMNI ASSOC$11,500
FOOD OF NORTHERN INDIANA$11,500
LOGAN CENTER$10,000
CTR FOR HOMELESS$9,000
UPLIFTING ATHLETES$8,000
FIRST TEE$7,500
YMCA OF MICHIANA$6,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY22–22, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%YMCA of Greater Michigan: $7k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$174k · 6 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
2

Total granted

$174k
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+88%

Still filing today

83%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EmploymentYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CC
    CULTIVATE CULINARY SCHOOL AND CATERING INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $62k · revenue +174%
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $34k · revenue +1%
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF INDIANA-MICHIANA INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $27k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • M
    MISCELLANEOUS
    one grant, 2023 · $32k
  • TY
    The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019)graduated
    one grant, 2022 · $7k · revenue +88%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis

The mission of the ymca is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.

Human Services
2
Boys and Girls Clubs of Indianapolis Inc

Bgci believes that every young person deserves to live a life filled with hope and opportunity. because we care about our young people, we provide a safe, educational, and positive atmosphere where they can prosper and reach their full…

3
Boys & Girls Clubs in Indiana Inc

Mission and significant activities to promote exclusively the social welfare of boys and girls in indiana; to provide guidance and to promote the health, social, educational, vocational, character, and cultural development of boys and…

4
Young Men's Christian Association

The burbank community ymca (burbank y) is committed to strengthening the foundation of our community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. we work within our community to ensure that everyone, regardless of…

Human Services
5
Young Men's Christian Association

We build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities with a primary focus on youth activities and programs.

Human Services
6
Brothers United Inc

The mission of brothers united is to enhance the health and wellness of black communities in indiana.

Health
7
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…

8
Summit Area Young Men's Christian Association a Nj Nonprofit Corporation

The mission of the summit area ymca is to strengthen the foundations of community by nurturing and developing the potential of every child, promoting healthy living and fostering a sense of social responsibility in the community.

Human Services
9
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
10
Young Men's Christian Association

To put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.

Human Services
11
Nexus Youth and Families

Restoring hope, building futures, and strengthening our communities through programs with youth, young adults and families. we support the behavioral health of at-risk and in-crisis youth across the greater south king county area. we take…

Human Services
12
Decatur Shelby County Ymca Inc

The decatur shelby county ymca is a charitable, community service organization that includes men, women, and children of all ages, abilities, income, races and religions. our mission is to put christian principles into practice through…

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Men's Christian Association of Michiana Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019). 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

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 12 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC — $34,400 · OtherTHE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INCMISCELLANEOUS — $31,700 · OtherMISCELLANEOUSRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF INDIANA-MICHIANA INC — $26,500 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF INDIANA-MICHIANA INCSOUTH BEND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC — $17,500 · OtherSOUTH BEND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INCYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MICHIANA INC — $14,500 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MICHIANA INCLogan Community Resources Inc — $10,000 · OtherLogan Community Resources IncCULTIVATE CULINARY SCHOOL AND CATERING INC — $62,000 · EmploymentCULTIVATE CULINARY SCHOOL AN…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA — $19,000 · Youth DevelopmentFOOD BANK OF NORTHERN INDIANA INC — $11,500 · Food & NutritionUPLIFTING ATHLETES INC — $8,000 · HealthPGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC — $7,500 · Recreation & SportsThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019) — $7,375 · Human Services
Other$134,600Employment$62,000Youth Development$19,000Food & Nutrition$11,500Health$8,000Recreation & Sports$7,500Human Services$7,375

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCULTIVATE CULINARY SCHOOL AND CATERING INC — $62,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC — $34,400 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF INDIANA-MICHIANA INC — $26,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA — $19,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH BEND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC — $17,500 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetFOOD BANK OF NORTHERN INDIANA INC — $11,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLogan Community Resources Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPLIFTING ATHLETES INC — $8,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Grand Rapids (3019) — $7,375 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Leep Foundation IncIN17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Leep Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc · University of Notre Dame du Lac · United Way of St Joseph County Inc · Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Radiology Inc Foundation · The Garatoni-Smith Family Foundation · Memorial Hospital of South Bend Inc · The Specialized Staffing Charitable Foundation Inc · Asante Foundation Inc · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Friends of Univ of Notre Dame funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your 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
    5report 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, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 12 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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