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Gerald D and Edna E Mann Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Gerald D and Edna E Mann Family Foundation Inc

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.

$904k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$795kScience & Tech$400kReligion$95kRecreation & Sports$50kCommunity Improvement$20kInternational$16kArts & Culture$10kHuman Services$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $425k
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PURDUE UNIVERSITY$400,000
NC STATE ENGINEERING FOUNDATION$200,000
UNION UNIVERSITY$100,000
ST LUKE'S CHURCH$75,000
BOILMAKER ALLIANCE$50,000
NEWPORT CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$30,000
ROTARY FOUNDATION OF INDIANAPOLIS$20,000
NEWPORT CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION$7,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ST JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$5,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$2,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS$1,240
INDIANAPOLIS HUMANE SOCIETY$1,000
WAWASEE AREA CONSERVANCY FOUNDATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WHEELER MISSION: $1k → 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
IN
OH
MO
KY
VA
TN
NC
FL
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.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$799k · 9 repeat orgs$618k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
7

Total granted

$799k
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
-2%

Still filing today

67%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $582k 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
EducationCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalArts & CultureHuman ServicesReligionOther
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

  • NS
    NC STATE ENGINEERING FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $400k · revenue +162%
  • UC
    UNION COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2022–2023 · $140k · revenue +10%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $16k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • NH
    NEWPORT HISTORICAL MUSEUM
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -28%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
3
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
4
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
5
Colgate University

Colgate university's mission is to provide a demanding, expansive educational experience to a select group of diverse, talented, intellectually sophisticated students who are capable of challenging themselves, their peers and their…

Education
6
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
7
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
8
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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9
Southern Wesleyan University

Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.

Education
10
Trevecca Nazarene University

Trevecca nazarene university is a private, co-educational, christian liberal arts university. the university exists to carry out the educational mission of the church by means of academic programs that promote scholarship, critical…

Education
11
LeTourneau University

Letourneau university is a comprehensive institution of christian higher education where educators engage learners to nurture christian virtue, to develop competency and ingenuity in their professional fields, to integrate faith and work,…

Education
12
Union College

Union college is a seventh-day adventist community of higher education, inspired by jesus christ, and dedicated to empowering students to learn, serve, and lead.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Union Theological Seminary; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

16 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. 16 of the 25 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)
16/16
Grantees still filing
8/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $400,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITYNEWPORT CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $139,000 · OtherNEWPORT CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INCST LUKE'S CHURCH: $90,000 · OtherST LUKE'S CHURCH+9 more: $38,550 · Other+9 moreNC STATE ENGINEERING FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 · EducationNC STATE ENGINEERING FOUNDATION INCUNION COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $140,000 · EducationUNION COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITYUNION UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationUNION UNIVERSITY+4 more: $16,240 · EducationBOILERMAKER ALLIANCE INC: $50,000 · Community ImprovementROTARY FOUNDATION OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $20,000 · Community ImprovementSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $16,000 · ReligionST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,000 · HealthWAWASEE AREA CONSERVANCY FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EnvironmentWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$667,550Education$656,240Community Improvement$70,000Religion$16,000Health$4,000Environment$2,000Human Services$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNC STATE ENGINEERING FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetUNION COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $140,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUNION UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOILERMAKER ALLIANCE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetROTARY FOUNDATION OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES YACHT CLUB BLUE GAVEL SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $4,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWAWASEE AREA CONSERVANCY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLaw Enforcement Legal Defense Fund: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,240 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLandmark Legal Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FORT TICONDEROGA ASSOCIATION: $50 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.

Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA10.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Gerald D and Edna E Mann Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gerald D and Edna E Mann Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–20%
    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 25 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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