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Hirt Family Foundation Inc

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.

$63k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fund
0194% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Education$48kHousing & Shelter$43kReligion$42kHuman Services$38kPhilanthropy$33kRecreation & Sports$29kEnvironment$25kAnimals$14kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DENISON UNIVERSITY$25,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BLOOMINGTON AND MONROE COUNTY$10,000
SYCAMORE LAND TRUST$10,000
OWEN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$5,000
NEW HOPE FOR FAMILIES$5,000
YMCA OF MICHIANA CAMP EBERHART$5,000
USA INTERNATIONAL HARP COMPETITION$1,000
PALS$1,000
RAILS TO TRAILS$1,000
Individual grant recipient$200
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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%UNBOUND: $980 → 16%UBOUND: $500 → 16%UNBOUND: $480 → 16%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.

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.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$165k · 13 repeat orgs$152k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +54% since the first grant, against +19% for the ones you funded once.

13 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
19

Total granted

$165k
$121k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+19%

Still filing today

38%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationFood & NutritionAnimalsHousing & ShelterEnvironmentHuman ServicesOther

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

  • NH
    NEW HOPE FAMILY SHELTER INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $58k · revenue +563%
  • SL
    SYCAMORE LAND TRUST INCORPORATED
    4× · 2020–2024 · $25k · revenue +54%
  • OC
    OWEN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +184%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
  • YC
    YMCA CAMP EBERHART AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2020 · $10k

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
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
2
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…

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
Feeding Indiana's Hungry Inc

By drawing on varied resources within public agencies and the private sector, we hope to provide hunger relief for those in need throughout Indiana.

Human Services
5
Indiana University Health Bloomington Inc

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

Health
6
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
7
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
8
University of Indianapolis

The University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.

Education
9
Franklin College of Indiana

Franklin College empowers students through an experiential education, grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, promoting impactful careers and meaningful lives.

Education
10
Illinois College

Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…

Education
11
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
12
Humane Society for Hamilton County

Humane Society for Hamilton County (HSHC) is saving lives, educating communities and completing families by providing a compassionate and healthy environment for the homeless animals of Hamilton County, Indiana, until they can be placed…

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hoosier Hills Food Bank Inc and the most unlike its peers is Owen County Humane Society 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

14 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. 14 of the 37 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Individual grant recipient — $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMERCY CONSULTATION CENTER OF DALLAS — $20,000 · OtherMERCY CONSULTATION CENTER OF DALLASST PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH — $16,000 · OtherST PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCHIndividual grant recipient — $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSIMON BRUTE COLLEGE SEMINARY — $10,000 · OtherSIMON BRUTE COLLEGE SEMINARYYMCA CAMP EBERHART AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION — $10,000 · OtherYMCA CAMP EBERHART AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONST MARY'S COLLEGE — $10,000 · OtherST MARY'S COLLEGEST PIUS X CHURCH — $6,000 · OtherMARIAN HIGH SCHOOL — $6,000 · Other+16 more — $35,153 · Other+16 moreNEW HOPE FAMILY SHELTER INC — $58,000 · Housing & ShelterNEW HOPE FAMILY SH…DENISON UNIVERSITY — $25,000 · EducationDENISON UNIVE…CAMP EBERHART ALUMNI ASSOCIATION — $10,000 · EducationCAMP EBERHART…Indiana University Foundation — $5,000 · EducationIndiana Unive…+1 more — $1,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BLOOMINGTON AND MONROE COUNTY INC — $30,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY…SYCAMORE LAND TRUST INCORPORATED — $24,500 · EnvironmentOWEN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $9,500 · AnimalsBrown County Humane Society Inc — $2,000 · AnimalsHOOSIER HILLS FOOD BANK INC — $1,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS INC — $1,000 · Food & NutritionUnbound — $1,960 · Human Services
Other$178,153Housing & Shelter$58,000Education$41,000Philanthropy$30,000Environment$24,500Animals$11,500Food & Nutrition$2,000Human Services$1,960

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNEW HOPE FAMILY SHELTER INC — $58,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BLOOMINGTON AND MONROE COUNTY INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDENISON UNIVERSITY — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYCAMORE LAND TRUST INCORPORATED — $24,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMERCY CONSULTATION CENTER OF DALLAS — $20,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetCAMP EBERHART ALUMNI ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetOWEN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $9,500 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetIndiana University Foundation — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrown County Humane Society Inc — $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnbound — $1,960 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOOSIER HILLS FOOD BANK INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetU S A INTERNATIONAL HARP COMPETITION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOberlin College — $1,000 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 NEW HOPE FAMILY SHELTER INC
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BLOOMINGTON AND MONROE COUNTY INC
  • Who funds DENISON UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds SYCAMORE LAND TRUST INCORPORATED
  • Who funds MERCY CONSULTATION CENTER OF DALLAS
  • Who funds CAMP EBERHART ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds OWEN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds Indiana University Foundation
  • Who funds Brown County Humane Society Inc
  • Who funds Unbound
  • Who funds HOOSIER HILLS FOOD BANK INC
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS INC
  • Who funds U S A INTERNATIONAL HARP COMPETITION INC
  • Who funds Oberlin College

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.

The Smithville Charitable Foundation IncIN15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Smithville Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County Inc · Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Hirt Family Foundation Inc 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%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%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 · 0–5%
    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 Hirt Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Hirt Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 37 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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