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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 FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What it funds
0193% 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
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
$200
Median grant
7
States reached
$780k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$13,900
Individual grant recipient$2,000
CRU$1,250
Individual grant recipient$1,000
YOUNG LIFE AFRICAMIDDLE EAST$500
FOREST & WOODLAND ASSOCIATION$500
DELTA GAMMA FOUNDATION$300
COATES STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$200
MISSOURI PRAIRIE FOUNDATION$125
CARING HEARTS AND HANDS$100
THE FOOD BANK FOR CENTRAL AND NE MO$100
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH$100
SOUTHMONT BAPTIST CHURCH$100
NATIONAL DEER ASSOCIATION$100
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$100
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 (FY19–22, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SHILOH CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S RANCH: $100 → 15%OATS TRANSIT: $10k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
WY
OH
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
GA
TX
FL
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$244k · 41 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

41 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
53

Total granted

$244k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+13%

Still filing today

24%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $700 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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HealthReligionEnvironmentAnimalsHuman ServicesArts & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • DELTA GAMMA FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3k · revenue +9%
  • CD
    CASA DE SALUD
    2× · 2017–2022 · $2k · revenue +109%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    2× · 2020–2024 · $1k · revenue +106%

Funded once

  • OI
    OATS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +27%
  • HO
    HOMECARE OF MID-MISSOURI
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • BS
    BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - GREAT RIVER
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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.

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Missouri State Medical Association

Msma's mission is to serve its members through promotion of the science & art of medicine, protection of the health of the public & betterment of the medical profession in missouri.

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2
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
3
Munson Healthcare Manistee Hospital Foundation

The mission of the munson healthcare manistee hospital foundation is to raise, manage,and grant funds to support munson healthcare manistee hospital's mission to provide accessible, quality, compassionate healthcare services to improve the…

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4
Methodist Health Inc

Methodist health provides quality healthcare services with a compassionate and caring spirit to persons, families and communities of the tri-state. at methodist health, our values are based on our commitment to quality. we define quality…

Health
5
Methodist Medical Center of Illinois

To be the trusted partner in all healthcare decisions and to improve health by providing highly accessible, world-class care and services.

Health
6
Missouri Corn Growers Association

The Missouri Corn Growers Association is a grassroots organization directed by its members dedicated to increasing the profitability of corn production by developing and expanding corn markets; collecting and distributing information;…

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7
Munson Healthcare Charlevoix Hospital Foundation

The mission of the munson healthcare charlevoix hospital foundation is to raise, manage,and grant funds to support munson healthcare charlevoix hospital's mission to provide accessible, quality, compassionate healthcare services to improve…

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8
Missouri Partnership

In its role as the principal business recruitment and marketing organization for missouri, the missouri partnership attracts new jobs and business investments to the state through collaborative efforts with other state and local economic…

Community Improvement
9
Missouri Coalition for Oral Health Inc

The mission of the missouri coalition for oral health is to improve oral health with all missourians by advocating for sound public policy.

Health
10
Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital Foundation

The mission of the munson healthcare otsego memorial hospital foundation is to provide a comprehensive program of fund development that supports the mission and vision of munson healthcare otsego memorial hospital.

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11
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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12
Missouri Veterinary Medical Association

The mvma mission is to serve the members, promote the veterinary medical profession, and enhance the veterinarian's ability to advance animal and human health.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Delta Gamma Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Mcdowell Arts Council Association. 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

31 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. 31 of the 97 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
29/31
Grantees still filing
21/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $131,100 · OtherTRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCHSIGMA NU FRATERNITY: $25,000 · OtherSIGMA NU FRATERNITYDAVID STAMPER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: $17,000 · OtherDAVID STAMPER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPHOMECARE OF MID-MISSOURI: $10,000 · OtherMACC FOUNDATION: $9,600 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $9,600 · Other+76 more: $58,686 · Other+76 moreOATS INC: $10,456 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesNORTHERN MISSOURI COMMUNITY FOUNDAT: $5,000 · Community ImprovementDELTA GAMMA FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationCASA DE SALUD: $1,500 · HealthMISSION 34: $300 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $300 · HealthSJOGREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $100 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 · HealthMissouri Prairie Foundation: $825 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION FEDERATION OF MISSOURI: $800 · EnvironmentFOREST AND WOODLAND ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI: $500 · EnvironmentSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,300 · ReligionBARNABAS CENTER: $500 · ReligionMISSOURI BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME: $100 · Religion
Other$260,986Human Services$10,556Community Improvement$5,000Education$3,000Health$2,300Environment$2,125Religion$1,900

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

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
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.

  • Who funds OATS INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMECARE OF MID-MISSOURI ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN MISSOURI COMMUNITY FOUNDAT ↗
  • Who funds DELTA GAMMA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CASA DE SALUD ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds MISSOURI DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREAT CIRCLE ↗
  • Who funds Missouri Prairie Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION FEDERATION OF MISSOURI ↗
  • Who funds MOBILITY WORLDWIDE ↗
  • Who funds FOREST AND WOODLAND ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI ↗
  • Who funds BARNABAS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MCDOWELL ARTS COUNCIL ASSOCIATION ↗

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Howard & Sara Fleming Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Howard & Sara Fleming Charitable Foundation. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report 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
    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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    How do I get to Howard & Sara Fleming Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Howard & Sara Fleming Charitable 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 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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