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Horace Mann Educators 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.

$567k
Granted FY2024still arriving
58
Grants FY2024still arriving
21
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 FY2021–2024.

Education$774kPhilanthropy$501kFood & Nutrition$89kHuman Services$75kYouth Development$55kHealth$33kCommunity Improvement$8kArts & Culture$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 58 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k42 grants · $145k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $223k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
$5,000
Median grant
21
States reached
$817k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE NEA FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION$100,000
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IL$100,000
SPRINGFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT 186$30,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA$30,000
DONORS CHOOSE$20,000
MADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$20,000
CENTRAL IL FOODBANK$20,000
CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD$15,000
FIREFIGHTER CANCER SUPPORT NETWORK$15,000
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION$12,500
RISD EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION$10,000
ACTIVE MINDS INC$10,000
COMPASS FOR KIDS$10,000
UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS$10,000
FISK UNIVERSITY$10,000
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 (FY22–24, $67k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $5k → 12%READ AND FEED: $500 → 8%BLESS YOUR HEART NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $15k → 17%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $5k → 12%FIREFIGHTER CANCER SUPPORT NETWORK: $15k → 14%BANCROFT: $3k → 12%SPRINGFIELD IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY NETWORK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%ACCESS TO INDEPENDENCE INC: $3k → 10%METROCREST SERVICES: $5k → 14%THE OUTLET: $8k → 11%THE OUTLET: $3k → 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

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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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.1M · 26 repeat orgs$446k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships — 16 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 42 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
35

Total granted

$1.1M
$140k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-5%
+1%

Still filing today

77%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $306k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionHealthOther

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

  • MP
    MADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $60k · revenue +18%
  • CF
    Compass for Kids Inc
    2× · 2022–2024 · $17k · revenue +120%
  • NT
    NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK
    3× · 2021–2024 · $13k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • LL
    LINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +1%
  • BY
    Bless Your Heart Nonprofit Corporation
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue -36%
  • GC
    GRANVILLE CO SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2022 · $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
United Way of North Central Iowa

Seeking to build a stronger, more caring community by forming partnerships with businesses, community experts, education & health & human service agencies to achieve targeted outcomes & sustained changes in community conditions which will…

Philanthropy
2
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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3
Deans for Impact

See Schedule ODeans for Impact supports educator-preparation programs to bring the science of learning into teaching practice; partners with policymakers to ensure pathways into teaching are accessible, practice-based, and…

Education
4
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
5
Goodwill Industries of Northern Il and Wi Stateline Area Inc

The mission of goodwill is to create opportunities for individuals with barriers to enhance their lives. barriers include physical or mental disabilities, lack of education and job preparation, socio-economic disadvantages, and others.…

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6
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
7
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
8
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
9
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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10
Leadership Indianapolis Inc

Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.

Public Benefit
11
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
12
United Way of Cleveland County Inc

The United Way of Cleveland County helps people by uniting resources and programs to responsibly meet the needs of our community.

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Read and Feed and the most unlike its peers is Springfield Immigrant Advocacy Network Charitable 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 backsteadyCommunity FoundationsVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Military Veterans SupportSchool District FoundationsAnimal Rescue and ShelterLgbtq+ Community SupportDevelopmental Disabilities …School Parent OrganizationsCommunity Arts CentersElementary Literacy TutoringYouth Sports ProgramsIndependent K-12 SchoolsCommunity FoundationsFood Banks and PantriesUnited Way Affiliates
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 35 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%10%10–20yr16%28%20–35yr13%33%35–55yr16%17%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%3%10–20yr16%23%20–35yr13%10%35–55yr16%61%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% 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 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/71
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,494

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

61 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 61 of the 104 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
61/61
Grantees still filing
30/61
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE NEA FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION — $300,000 · EducationTHE NEA FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT…DONORSCHOOSEORG — $80,000 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORGMADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC — $60,000 · EducationMADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INCTeach for America Inc — $30,000 · EducationTeach for America Inc+10 more — $53,250 · Education+10 moreUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IL — $100,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ILSPRINGFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT 186 — $65,000 · OtherSPRINGFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT 186RISD EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 · OtherRISD EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FO…CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD — $25,000 · OtherCARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISDCHERRY HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT — $20,000 · Other+54 more — $189,562 · Other+54 moreUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC — $345,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS…LINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $25,000 · PhilanthropyLINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE LAND OF LINCOLN INC — $16,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC — $15,500 · Philanthropy+3 more — $13,500 · PhilanthropyThe Outlet — $15,197 · Human ServicesFIREFIGHTER CANCER SUPPORT NETWORK INC — $15,000 · Human ServicesBless Your Heart Nonprofit Corporation — $15,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesSPRINGFIELD IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY NETWORK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Human ServicesOCCUPAWS GUIDE DOG ASSOCIATION — $5,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesMETROCREST SERVICES — $5,000 · Human ServicesBANCROFT A NEW JERSEY NON PROFIT CORPORATION — $3,000 · Human ServicesACCESS TO INDEPENDENCE INC — $3,000 · Human Services+1 more — $500 · Human ServicesCentral Illinois Foodbank Inc — $45,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI — $6,000 · Food & NutritionMANNA FOOD BANK INC — $5,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $1,000 · Food & NutritionCompass for Kids Inc — $17,127 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC — $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE REGION — $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentGirls on the Run of Central Illinois — $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentActive Minds Inc — $10,000 · HealthThe Phoenix Community Center — $5,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER — $5,000 · HealthRESOURCE CENTER OF DALLAS INC — $2,000 · Health
Education$523,250Other$429,562Philanthropy$415,000Human Services$81,697Food & Nutrition$57,000Youth Development$29,627Health$22,000

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC — $345,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetTHE NEA FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION — $300,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG — $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC — $60,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCentral Illinois Foodbank Inc — $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTeach for America Inc — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRISD EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetLINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCompass for Kids Inc — $17,127 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE LAND OF LINCOLN INC — $16,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC — $15,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Outlet — $15,197 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetFIREFIGHTER CANCER SUPPORT NETWORK INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBless Your Heart Nonprofit Corporation — $15,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK — $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation — $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF SOUTH JERSEY INC — $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThurgood Marshall College Fund — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFISK UNIVERSITY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetActive Minds Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY — $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARINDA T OBEIRNE CRISIS NURSERY — $6,742 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI — $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPRINGFIELD IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY NETWORK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOCCUPAWS GUIDE DOG ASSOCIATION — $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe Phoenix Community Center — $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMETROCREST SERVICES — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT ON EDUCATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUS Chamber of Commerce Foundation — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois — $3,852 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC — $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING HANDS OF SPRINGFIELD INC — $3,082 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HOPE SCHOOL FOUNDATION — $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBANCROFT A NEW JERSEY NON PROFIT CORPORATION — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACCESS TO INDEPENDENCE INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRANKLIN REGIONAL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PTO — $2,500 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetGreene County Local Educational Advancement Foundation — $2,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetSplendora Education ISD — $2,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSCHOOL DISTRICT 12 EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE REGION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Levi Ray & Shoup Foun…Green Family Charitab…United Way of Central…Community Foundation …Memorial Health Syste…M G Nelson Family Fou…Madison Gas and Elect…The Blackbaud Giving …Aa Harvey FoundationSonnentag American Fo…The Community Foundat…Madison Community Fou…
Levi Ray & Shoup FoundationIL30.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Levi Ray & Shoup Foundation · Green Family Charitable Foundation · United Way of Central Illinois Inc · Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln Inc · Memorial Health System Group · M G Nelson Family Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Aa Harvey Foundation · Sonnentag American Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Macon County · Madison Community 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 Horace Mann Educators 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Food Bank of South Jersey Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 Horace Mann Educators Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Horace Mann Educators 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 104 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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