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Hartmann 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.

$188k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20212025.

Religion$278kEducation$40kHealth$5kHuman Services$3kCommunity Improvement$2kAnimals$2kRecreation & Sports$2kHousing & Shelter$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
$500
Median grant
10
States reached
$254k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH$150,000
CHRIST MEMORIAL LUTHERAN CHURCH$15,350
LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH$7,195
CORNERSTONE LUTHERAN CHURCH$6,000
LAMBDA CHI ALPHA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC$1,500
MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$1,000
LUTHERAN INDIAN MINISTRIES$1,000
THE LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD$750
ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL$710
LUTHERAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION$500
LAKEVIEW MINISTRIES$500
WORDRUS CO CHRIST MEMORIAL LUTHERAN CHURCH$500
CONCORDIA SEMINARY$500
ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION$300
STRAY RESCUE OF ST LOUIS$300
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY21–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ASCENT 121: $250 → 16%ASCENT 121: $250 → 16%FEED MY PEOPLE: $500 → 11%FEED MY PEOPLE: $250 → 11%FEED MY PEOPLE: $250 → 11%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $500 → 11%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $500 → 11%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $500 → 11%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $500 → 11%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.

Which US states your grants reach

WI
MI
IN
CA
MO
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
GA

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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$181k · 29 repeat orgs$153k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +22% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

29 repeat relationships — 17 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
7

Total granted

$181k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
0%

Still filing today

48%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthPublic BenefitReligionHousing & ShelterOther

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

  • LC
    Lambda Chi Alpha Educational Foundation
    5× · 2021–2025 · $18k · revenue +161%
  • CF
    Christian Friends of New Americans
    3× · 2021–2024 · $4k · revenue +91%
  • MC
    MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $3k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • UG
    Urban Golf of Greater St Louis
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue 0%
  • GS
    GREATER ST LOUIS BOY SCOUT TRUST FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $250 · revenue +283%
  • BS
    BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 312 - GREATER ST LOUIS AREA COUNCIL
    one grant, 2024 · $250 · revenue 0%

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
Concordia University Chicago

Steadfast in jesus christ as revealed in the holy scriptures, concordia university chicago promotes academic rigor in its liberal arts and professional programs; grounds students in objective truth, integrity, and excellence; and practices…

Education
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
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
4
Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc

Lutheran family services of nebraska, inc.'s (lfs) mission is to express god's love for all people by providing quality human care services that build and strengthen individual, family and community life. our vision is saftey, hope and…

Human Services
5
Grand View University

Engages, equips and empowers learners to explore their vocations, fulfill their potential and serve the world.

Education
6
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
7
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

Lake Forest Graduate School of Management's mission is to bring the real world to business education and leadership development.

8
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
9
Lake Forest Academy

Lake forest academy strives to embody in its practices - and to cultivate in its students -excellence of character, scholarship, citizenship, and responsibility.

Education
10
Taylor University

The mission of Taylor University is to develop servant-leaders marked with a passion to minister Christ's redemptive love, grace, and truth to a world in need.

Education
11
Lutheran Family Services Foundation Inc

To educate, inspire, motivate and assist stakeholders in developing gifts supporting the human care provided by lutheran family services of nebraska, inc.

Human Services
12
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ascent 121 Inc and the most unlike its peers is Movember Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyVeteran Support ServicesLegal Aid & Immigration Ser…Child and Family ServicesFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Government Accountability R…Land Conservation Organizat…Cancer Support OrganizationsDomestic Violence Crisis Se…Animal Rescue and Adoption
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 44 years old; the field is 24. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr12%4%5–10yr16%18%10–20yr15%18%20–35yr16%18%35–55yr24%43%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr12%1%5–10yr16%5%10–20yr15%4%20–35yr16%4%35–55yr24%86%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/30
the rest of the field
12%
4,544/39,461

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

23 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. 23 of the 40 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
15/23
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ST PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH — $150,000 · OtherST PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCHCHRIST MEMORIAL LUTHERAN CHURCH — $79,320 · OtherCHRIST MEMORIAL LUTHERAN CHURCHCARMEL LUTHERAN CHURCH — $27,418 · OtherCARMEL LUTHERAN CHURCH+23 more — $38,907 · Other+23 moreLambda Chi Alpha Educational Foundation — $17,500 · EducationMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 · EducationLutheran Elementary School Association — $2,100 · Education+1 more — $250 · EducationPEDAL THE CAUSE — $2,000 · Human ServicesTHE O'CONNOR HOUSE — $1,250 · Human ServicesFEED MY PEOPLE — $1,000 · Human ServicesASCENT 121 INC — $750 · Human ServicesChristian Friends of New Americans — $3,800 · ReligionARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC — $1,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $850 · HealthMOVEMBER FOUNDATION — $250 · HealthLUTHERAN DEVELOPMENT GROUP — $2,000 · Housing & ShelterStray Rescue of St Louis — $1,900 · Animals
Other$295,645Education$22,850Human Services$5,000Religion$3,800Health$2,600Housing & Shelter$2,000Animals$1,900

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 budgetLambda Chi Alpha Educational Foundation — $17,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLUTHERAN ASSOCIATION OF MISSIONARIES AND PILOTS US — $3,800 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Friends of New Americans — $3,800 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLutheran Elementary School Association — $2,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPEDAL THE CAUSE — $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHERAN DEVELOPMENT GROUP — $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetStray Rescue of St Louis — $1,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC — $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE O'CONNOR HOUSE — $1,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUrban Golf of Greater St Louis — $1,100 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFEED MY PEOPLE — $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetASCENT 121 INC — $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc — $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER ST LOUIS BOY SCOUT TRUST FUND — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 312 - GREATER ST LOUIS AREA COUNCIL — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR LITTLE HAVEN — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC — $100 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.

  • Who funds Lambda Chi Alpha Educational Foundation
  • Who funds LUTHERAN ASSOCIATION OF MISSIONARIES AND PILOTS US
  • Who funds Christian Friends of New Americans
  • Who funds MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds Lutheran Elementary School Association
  • Who funds PEDAL THE CAUSE
  • Who funds LUTHERAN DEVELOPMENT GROUP
  • Who funds Stray Rescue of St Louis
  • Who funds ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds THE O'CONNOR HOUSE
  • Who funds Urban Golf of Greater St Louis
  • Who funds FEED MY PEOPLE
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
  • Who funds ASCENT 121 INC
  • Who funds Forest Park Forever Inc
  • Who funds GREATER ST LOUIS BOY SCOUT TRUST FUND
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 312 - GREATER ST LOUIS AREA COUNCIL
  • Who funds MOVEMBER FOUNDATION
  • Who funds OUR LITTLE HAVEN
  • Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR FRATERNAL EXCELLENCE INC

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.

Thrivent Financial for LutheransMN22.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Edward Jones Foundation · The Neeb Family Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation

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 Hartmann Family Foundation 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 · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–10%
    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.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Hartmann Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Hartmann 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 40 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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