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Grant Family Foundation at a glance

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Grant Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$916k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$806k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

88% of Grant Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’20
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’21
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’22
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’23
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’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Philanthropy$5.9MPublic Safety & Disaster$75kHuman Services$41kHealth$24kArts & Culture$15kEducation$10kFood & Nutrition$1kCommunity Improvement$1k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $806k
$25,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING$806,000
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$50,000
BABY2BABY$25,000
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$25,000
DENVER RESCUE MISSION$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–25, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 12%LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%FATHERS SUPPORT CENTER ST LOUIS: $5k → 21%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.
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
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.

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Greater St Louis Inc

Greater st. louis, inc. brings together business and civic leaders to create jobs, drive inclusive economic growth, and increase the st. louis metro area's global competitiveness. we speak with a unified voice, lead with a bold agenda, and…

Community Improvement
2
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
3
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
4
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
5
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
6
Northern Illinois Blood Bank Inc D/B/a Rock River Valley Blood Center

Rock river valley blood center, in partnership with our community, is dedicated to providing safe, high value blood products and services to people in need.

Health
7
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
8
The Minneapolis Foundation

The foundation cultivates generosity by taking action on the greatest civic, social, and economic needs partnering with nonprofits, facilitating grantmaking, driving research and advocacy, and providing services to donors seeking to make a…

Philanthropy
9
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

Purpose: we inspire, advocate and invest to advance community visions. continued on sch o

Philanthropy
10
St Louis Community Foundation

To promote the possibilities of charitable giving, helping charitable citizens understand how they can effectively provide for the community they love and the causes they care deeply about.

Philanthropy
11
Mission St Louis

Mission: st. louis empowers individuals for social and economic growth through relationships and opportunity.

Community Improvement
12
Union Hospital Inc

We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Denver Rescue Mission; the most unlike its peers is Royal Conservatoire of Scotland International Advisory Board 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 17 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
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Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $5,815,302 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC+2 more: $56,000 · PhilanthropyAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $75,000 · Human ServicesDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesFATHERS SUPPORT CENTER ST LOUIS: $5,000 · Human ServicesBABY2BABY: $25,000 · OtherVARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS: $12,500 · OtherROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND INT ADVISORY BOARD: $5,000 · Other+2 more: $2,000 · OtherSTARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE: $5,000 · HealthGATEWAY TO HOPE: $5,000 · HealthST LUKES EPISCOPAL-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITALS: $1,000 · HealthROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMain Street Steamboat Springs Inc: $1,000 · Education
Philanthropy$5,871,302Human Services$100,000Other$44,500Health$11,000Arts & Culture$10,000Education$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 budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $5,815,302 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD INC: $10,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYAMPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGATEWAY TO HOPE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFATHERS SUPPORT CENTER ST LOUIS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMain Street Steamboat Springs Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetST LUKES EPISCOPAL-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITALS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $1,000 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.

Centene FoundationEdward Jones Foundati…World Wide Technology…Employees Community F…St Louis Community Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Centene FoundationMO15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Centene Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Grant Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Grant Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 Grant Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Grant Family 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 17 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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