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Growing the Vison of Light Foundation at a glance

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Growing the Vison of Light Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$250k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$150k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$886kReligion$798kHealth$538kFood & Nutrition$375kPhilanthropy$75kHousing & Shelter$70kEducation$25k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$150,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$773k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PUEBLO$150,000
SAINT PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH$100,000
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 (FY17–24, $886k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE O: $270k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PUEBLO: $165k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PUEBLO: $125k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PUEBLO: $100k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PUEBLO: $80k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PUEBLO: $75k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PUEBLO: $46k → 15%WICHITA WOMEN'S INITIATIVE NETWORK: $25k → 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.
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 12 repeat orgs$540k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +74% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
11

Total granted

$2.2M
$390k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+74%
+7%

Still filing today

42%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionOther
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

  • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
    3× · 2017–2020 · $190k · revenue +74%
  • DN
    DEAR NEIGHBOR MINISTRIES INC
    3× · 2018–2021 · $165k · revenue +245%
  • CD
    CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PUEBLO FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $131k · revenue +412% · 26% of their budget

Funded once

  • OH
    OKLAHOMA HEART HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -10%
  • DEAN MCGEE EYE INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +1%
  • CD
    CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF WICHITA
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
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
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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2
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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3
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
4
Catholic Charities North Dakota

Guided by our values, Catholic Charities North Dakota serves people in need and advocates for the common good of all.

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5
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
6
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
7
Dominican Hospital Foundation

The mission of the dominican hospital foundation is to ensure that philanthropic resources are available to respond to and support the changing health care needs of the people within the area served by dignity health dba dominican…

Health
8
Chs Physician Partners Pc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
9
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Omaha Inc

In response to god's call to love our neighbor, catholic charities of the archdiocese of omaha enables the works of mercy to be received and lived.

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10
Catholic Charities Foundation

Support the mission and social services programs of catholic charities of the archdiocese of omaha, inc.

Religion
11
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
12
Catholic Charities Bloomington Inc

Catholic Charities Bloomington is committed to enhancing the availability of quality mental health services in the communities it serves. We do this through the delivery of professional mental health education and counseling on a sliding…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pueblo Inc; the most unlike its peers is Newman University 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

12 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. 12 of the 24 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $203,000 · OtherTHE CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATIONDEAR NEIGHBOR MINISTRIES INC: $165,000 · OtherDEAR NEIGHBOR MINISTRIES INCKANSAS FOOD BANK CHS HARVEST FOR HUNGER: $160,000 · OtherKANSAS FOOD BANK CHS HARVEST FOR HUNGERCATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PUEBLO: $150,000 · OtherCATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PUEBLOCATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PUEBLO FOUNDATION INC: $131,100 · OtherCATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PUEBLO FOUNDATION INCSAINT PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH: $125,000 · OtherSAINT PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCHST PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH: $120,000 · OtherST PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCHDIOCESE OF PUEBLO: $111,000 · OtherDIOCESE OF PUEBLOSUSAN G KOMEN FOUNDATION: $75,000 · OtherCenter of Hope Inc: $70,000 · OtherCATHOLIC DIOCESE OF WICHITA: $50,000 · Other+4 more: $111,000 · Other+4 moreCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PUEBLO INC: $860,500 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF…+1 more: $25,000 · Human ServicesOklahoma Medical Research Foundation: $190,000 · HealthOklahoma Medi…OKLAHOMA HEART HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · HealthOKLAHOMA HEAR…DEAN MCGEE EYE INSTITUTE: $50,000 · HealthDEAN MCGEE EY…GREELEY COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES INC: $25,000 · HealthGREELEY COUNT…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $20,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANC…KANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionNEWMAN UNIVERSITY INC: $25,000 · Education
Other$1,471,100Human Services$885,500Health$335,000Food & Nutrition$50,000Education$25,000

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 budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PUEBLO INC: $860,500 over 7y, 7.4% of budgetOklahoma Medical Research Foundation: $190,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDEAR NEIGHBOR MINISTRIES INC: $165,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetCATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PUEBLO FOUNDATION INC: $131,100 over 2y, 26% of budgetDEAN MCGEE EYE INSTITUTE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWICHITA WOMEN'S INITIATIVE NETWORK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetGREELEY COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEWMAN UNIVERSITY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $20,000 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.

  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PUEBLO INC ↗
  • Who funds Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DEAR NEIGHBOR MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PUEBLO FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Center of Hope Inc ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA HEART HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DEAN MCGEE EYE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS FOODBANK WAREHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds WICHITA WOMEN'S INITIATIVE NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds GREELEY COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds NEWMAN UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗

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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 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 Growing the Vison of Light Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Growing the Vison of Light Foundation. 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 31%
  • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation: 31% of income from government
  • Dean Mcgee Eye Institute: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–50%
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 24 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home