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Howard & Sara Fleming Charitable 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.

$20k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
15
Grants FY2025
18
Organizations funded FY2024
17%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$200
Largest grant, FY2025
$13,900
Organizations funded a year
17 to 30
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$780k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Howard & Sara Fleming Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsHuman ServicesReligionEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving14$20k21%
FY202418$29k17%
FY202323$33k30%
FY202217$23k53%
FY202124$35k46%
FY202019$22k53%
FY201930$54k47%
FY201829$42k62%
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$149kEducation$24kCommunity Improvement$23kHealth$14kYouth Development$14kArts & Culture$12kHuman Services$12kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
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WY
OH
CA
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CO
MO
VA
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NC
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GA
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FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Trinity United Methodist Church$131,1009n/a
Oats Inc$10,45610%
Homecare of Mid-Missouri$10,0001n/a
Northern Missouri Community Foundat$5,0001n/a
Moberly Area Council on the Arts$3,0002n/a
Delta Gamma Foundation$3,00090%
Randolph County Historical Society$1,7504n/a
Casa de Salud$1,50020%
Samaritan's Purse$1,30020%
Moberly Public Schools Foundation$1,1503n/a
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All grantees of Howard & Sara Fleming Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Trinity United Methodist Church$131,1009n/a
Oats Inc$10,45610%
Homecare of Mid-Missouri$10,0001n/a
Northern Missouri Community Foundat$5,0001n/a
Moberly Area Council on the Arts$3,0002n/a
Delta Gamma Foundation$3,00090%
Randolph County Historical Society$1,7504n/a
Casa de Salud$1,50020%
Samaritan's Purse$1,30020%
Moberly Public Schools Foundation$1,1503n/a
Missouri Dental Association Foundation$1,00010%
Great Circle$1,00010%
Missouri Prairie Foundation$82540%
Conservation Federation of Missouri$80040%
Mobility Worldwide$75030%
Forest and Woodland Association of Missouri$50010%
Barnabas Center$5001n/a
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$50010%
McDowell Arts Council Association$50011%
Christos Center$45040%
Wyoming Wildlife Federation$35040%
Mission 34$30010%
The Fletcher School Inc$30010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$30010%
Central Christian Church$2503n/a
National Deer Association$20020%
St Pius X Church$2002n/a
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri$20020%
Cairo Baptist Church$1503n/a
Church at Charlotte$1001n/a
Sjogren's Foundation Inc$10010%
Zion Ev Lutheran Church$1001n/a
Southmont Baptist Church$1001n/a
First Baptist Church Moberly$1001n/a
The Timber Lake Christian Church$1001n/a
Disabled American Veterans 17 Oliver Buehrle Chapter$10010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$10010%
Run for Her Life$1001n/a
Mule Deer Foundation$10010%
Missouri Baptist Children's Home$10010%
United Way of Randolph County Inc$10010%
PKD Foundation$10010%
Shiloh Christian Children's Ranch$10010%
Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre Inc$6010%
Carpenter Street Baptist Church$501n/a
North Park Baptist Church$501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 51 recipients with no EIN on record ($107k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Howard & Sara Fleming Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOats Inc: $10,456 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDelta Gamma Foundation: $3,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCasa de Salud: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Dental Association Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGreat Circle: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Prairie Foundation: $825 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetConservation Federation of Missouri: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMobility Worldwide: $750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetForest and Woodland Association of Missouri: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSt Baldrick's Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMcDowell Arts Council Association: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetChristos Center: $450 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWyoming Wildlife Federation: $350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMission 34: $300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Fletcher School Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Deer Association: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSjogren's Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans 17 Oliver Buehrle Chapter: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMule Deer Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Baptist Children's Home: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Randolph County Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPKD Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShiloh Christian Children's Ranch: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArrow Rock Lyceum Theatre Inc: $60 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 28.

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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.

Orscheln Industries Foundation IncMO28× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orscheln Industries Foundation Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Duke Energy Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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.

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About Howard & Sara Fleming Charitable Foundation

How much does Howard & Sara Fleming Charitable Foundation give?
Howard & Sara Fleming Charitable Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $20,375 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Howard & Sara Fleming Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (52%), Education (9%), Community Improvement (8%).
Who are Howard & Sara Fleming Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Trinity United Methodist Church ($131k), Oats Inc ($10k), Homecare of Mid-Missouri ($10k).
Does Howard & Sara Fleming Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Howard & Sara Fleming Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Howard & Sara Fleming Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orscheln Industries Foundation Inc, Commerce Bancshares Foundation, Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc.
Where is Howard & Sara Fleming Charitable Foundation based?
Howard & Sara Fleming Charitable Foundation is based in NC.

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 97 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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