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Groebner Family Foundation

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.

$39k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Education$33kHealth$26kHousing & Shelter$8kInternational$6kHuman Services$2kCommunity Improvement$2kArts & Culture$1kYouth Development$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$980k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION$10,000
HANDINHAND CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI HOMESCHOOL ACADEMY$10,000
GO2 FOUNDATION FOR LUNG CANCER$5,000
MALAIKA EARLY LEARNING CENTER INC$5,000
SAMARITANS PURSE$5,000
GUILD$2,500
WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL$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 (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%URBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%FRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS WILDERNESS: $1k → 14%GO2 FOUNDATION FOR LUNG CANCER: $5k → 14%CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%AGNESIAN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 9%MALAIKA EARLY LEARNING CENTER INC: $5k → 17%ELDERHEART INC: $1k → 13%SAMARITANS PURSE: $5k → 21%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES DUPAGE: $1k → 7%K9S FOR VETERANS NFP: $1k → 7%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CHICAGO: $1k → 14%NAMI NATIONAL: $200 → 7%GUILD: $5k → 14%GO2 FOUNDATION FOR LUNG CANCER: $5k → 14%CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION - HEART OF AMERICA CHAP: $5k → 15%MALAIKA EARLY LEARNING CENTER INC: $5k → 17%ELDERHEART INC: $200 → 13%GUILD: $3k → 14%MALAIKA EARLY LEARNING CENTER INC: $3k → 17%HANDINHAND CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI HOMESCHOOL ACADEMY: $10k → 14%HAND IN HAND CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI HOME SCHOOL ACAD: $10k → 14%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

MN
IL
WI
OR
MO
VA
NC
DC
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$51k · 5 repeat orgs$28k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
8

Total granted

$51k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-6%
+9%

Still filing today

100%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’23’24
HealthEducationInternationalAnimalsEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • HI
    HAND IN HAND CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +4%
  • MALAIKA EARLY LEARNING CENTER
    3× · 2021–2024 · $13k · revenue +94%
  • GF
    GO2 For Lung Cancer
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue -6%

Funded once

  • CF
    CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION - HEART OF AMERICA CHAP
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • UV
    URBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue -37%
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CHICAGOgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +27%
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
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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2
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
3
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
4
Good Samaritan Foundation

Partnering for healing and a healthy future through philanthropy.

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5
Advocate Health Care Network

The mission of advocate health care is to serve the health needs of individuals, families and communities through a wholistic philosophy rooted in our fundamental understanding of human beings as created in the image of god.

Health
6
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
7
Ecumen

We empower individuals and families to confidently navigate aging so that it is a purposeful journey filled with dignity and support.

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8
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
9
Pathways Hospice

Honoring every moment of life, pathways hospice provides compassionate, excellent, comprehensive care for those who have an advanced medical condition and those who are grieving.

Human Services
10
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
11
Highmark Health

As the parent entity of a blended health organization, highmark health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.

Health
12
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…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Water Missions International; 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

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 16 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
7/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HAND IN HAND CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI: $20,000 · EducationHAND IN HAND CHRISTIAN MONTESSORIMALAIKA EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $12,500 · EducationMALAIKA EARLY LEARNING CENTERCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATIONGO2 For Lung Cancer: $10,000 · HealthGO2 For Lung Cancer+1 more: $200 · HealthGuild: $7,500 · OtherGuildCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION - HEART OF AMERICA CHAP: $5,000 · OtherCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDAT…URBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $2,000 · OtherURBAN VENTURES LEADERSH…AGNESIAN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · OtherAGNESIAN HEALTHCARE FOU…Metropolitan Family Services DuPage: $1,000 · OtherMetropolitan Family Ser…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 · ReligionJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CHICAGO: $1,000 · InternationalWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 · InternationalELDERHEART INC: $1,200 · Arts & CultureK9S FOR VETERANS NFP: $1,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS WILDERNESS: $1,000 · Environment
Education$32,500Health$20,200Other$16,500Religion$5,000International$2,000Arts & Culture$1,200Animals$1,000Environment$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 budgetHAND IN HAND CHRISTIAN MONTESSORI: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMALAIKA EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $12,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGO2 For Lung Cancer: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGuild: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELDERHEART INC: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CHICAGO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetK9S FOR VETERANS NFP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAGNESIAN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services DuPage: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS WILDERNESS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $200 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.

Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA10.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Groebner Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Groebner Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%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
    2get no government money at all
    4report 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 16 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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