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Herbert and Marilyn Gettelfinger Foundation Inc at a glance

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Herbert and Marilyn Gettelfinger Foundation Inc

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$56k
Granted FY2020
1
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$56k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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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 2020.

Education$297kPhilanthropy$66kHuman Services$27kReligion$15kEnvironment$11kCommunity Improvement$10kArts & Culture$1kYouth Development$500
02FY2020 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$55,951
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHWAB CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$55,951
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 (FY17–18, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%RAUCH INC: $14k → 10%100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS: $500 → 16%RAUCH INC: $14k → 10%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.

22%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$90k · 5 repeat orgs$327k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2020, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
9

Total granted

$90k
$271k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+97%

Still filing today

80%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20
EducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • SJ
    ST JOHN THE BAPTIST SCHOOL
    2× · 2017–2018 · $34k
  • RI
    RAUCH INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $27k · revenue +38%
  • YD
    YEW DELL INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $11k · revenue -45%

Funded once

  • Indiana University Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $170k · revenue +97%
  • SA
    ST ALOYSIUS CATHOLIC SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $40k
  • SE
    ST EDWARD CATHOLIC SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $40k
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
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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2
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
3
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.

Health
4
Indiana University Health Frankfort Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
5
Indiana University Alumni Association Inc

The indiana university alumni association activates and supports the global alumni network- encouraging alumni to grow a lifelong connection with indiana university, and inspiring their ongoing generosity toward each other and the…

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6
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
7
Enroll Indy Inc

Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…

Education
8
Indiana University Health Bedford Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
9
The Indianapolis Foundation Inc

To mobilize people, ideas, and investments to make this a community where all individuals have equitable opportunity to reach their full potential - no matter place, race or identity.

Community Improvement
10
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
11
Cicp Foundation Inc

Cicp foundation, inc. (the foundation) operates exclusively for the benefit of and carries out the mission of central indiana corporate partnership, inc. (cicp) by engaging in and supporting activities in furtherance of purposes that are…

Community Improvement
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Education Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is 100 Black Men of Indianapolis 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

9 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. 9 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
6/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCHWAB CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $55,951 · OtherSCHWAB CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDST ALOYSIUS CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $40,400 · OtherST ALOYSIUS CATHOLIC SCHOOLST EDWARD CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $40,000 · OtherST EDWARD CATHOLIC SCHOOLST JOHN THE BAPTIST SCHOOL: $33,500 · OtherST JOHN THE BAPTIST SCHOOLST ALOYSIUS SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherST ALOYSIUS SCHOOL+2 more: $4,500 · OtherIndiana University Foundation: $170,000 · EducationIndiana University FoundationCATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $8,500 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationRAUCH INC: $27,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesYEW DELL INC: $11,000 · EnvironmentDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyOSI FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementTHE FILSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$184,351Education$183,500Human Services$27,500Environment$11,000Philanthropy$10,000Community Improvement$10,000Recreation & Sports$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIndiana University Foundation: $170,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRAUCH INC: $27,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYEW DELL INC: $11,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $8,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FILSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget100 BLACK MEN OF INDIANAPOLIS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Saint Michael Archang…Morgan Stanley Global…Baird Foundation IncAmerican Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Saint Michael Archangel Charities IncTX17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Michael Archangel Charities Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Herbert and Marilyn Gettelfinger Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Herbert and Marilyn Gettelfinger Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%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
    0get no government money at all
    2report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to Herbert and Marilyn Gettelfinger Foundation Inc 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 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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