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Huhn Family 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.

$47k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Education$40kHealth$27kRecreation & Sports$18kEnvironment$9kInternational$5kYouth Development$5kHuman Services$5kAnimals$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DELTA GAMMA CENTER$8,000
JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL$6,530
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION$5,000
US SAILING$5,000
WARRIOR SAILING$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
CELIAC DISEASE FOUNDATION$2,500
ST LOUIS ZOO$2,000
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN$1,500
SIGMA TAU GAMMA FOUNDATION$1,000
AIM HIGH ST LOUIS$1,000
THE BUDDY FUND$1,000
WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF$1,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF MO$1,000
THE MUNY$1,000
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 (FY22–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%TEEN CHALLENGE OF ST LOUIS: $3k → 9%PROJECT NOELLE: $200 → 11%THE BUDDY FUND: $1k → 21%THE BUDDY FUND: $1k → 21%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

MN
IL
IN
OH
RI
CA
MO
TN
DC
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$88k · 17 repeat orgs$30k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
10

Total granted

$88k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+22%

Still filing today

94%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEnvironmentPublic BenefitOther
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

  • University of Illinois Foundation
    3× · 2023–2025 · $18k · revenue +37%
  • JB
    JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL
    4× · 2022–2025 · $11k · revenue +49%
  • CD
    CELIAC DISEASE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $5k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • BM
    Bella Mente Quantum Racing Association
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -46%
  • TC
    TEEN CHALLENGE OF ST LOUIS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue +65%
  • DF
    Dogs For Our Brave Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue 0%
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
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
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
3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
4
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
7
Webster University

Founded in 1915, webster is a private non-profit and global university that is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.

Education
8
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
9
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
10
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

—
11
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
12
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees; the most unlike its peers is Bella Mente Quantum Racing 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

26 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. 26 of the 34 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
15/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Illinois Foundation: $17,500 · EducationUniversity of Illinois FoundationJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL: $11,203 · EducationJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOLTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITYREADY READERS: $2,428 · EducationREADY READERSSIGMA TAU GAMMA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Education+1 more: $100 · EducationDelta Gamma Center for Children with Vis: $20,500 · HealthDelta Gamma Center for C…CELIAC DISEASE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthCELIAC DISEASE FOUNDATIO…+2 more: $350 · HealthIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recip…Individual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recip…ROSSMAN SCHOOL: $2,050 · OtherROSSMAN SCHOOLAIM HIGH ST LOUIS: $2,000 · OtherAIM HIGH ST LOUISOUR LITTLE HAVEN: $2,000 · OtherOUR LITTLE HAVENST LOUIS ZOO: $2,000 · OtherST LOUIS ZOOMAKE A WISH: $1,000 · OtherBUDDY FUND STL: $1,000 · OtherWINGS OF HOPE: $3,018 · OtherWINGS OF HOPEWORLD BICYCLE RELIEF NFP: $2,000 · OtherWORLD BICYCLE RELIEF N…MUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUIS: $1,600 · OtherMUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSO…HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $1,000 · Other+3 more: $540 · OtherBella Mente Quantum Racing Association: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsBella Mente Qu…UNITED STATES SAILING ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES …MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $4,275 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $2,000 · EnvironmentTEEN CHALLENGE OF ST LOUIS INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesTHE BUDDY FUND: $2,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT NOELLE: $200 · Human ServicesWARRIOR SAILING INC: $2,500 · Public BenefitDogs For Our Brave Inc: $1,000 · Public Benefit
Education$38,231Health$25,850Other$23,708Recreation & Sports$15,000Environment$6,275Human Services$4,700Public Benefit$3,500

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 budgetDelta Gamma Center for Children with Vis: $20,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL: $11,203 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBella Mente Quantum Racing Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCELIAC DISEASE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES: $4,275 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWINGS OF HOPE: $3,018 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWARRIOR SAILING INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetREADY READERS: $2,428 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetROSSMAN SCHOOL: $2,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAIM HIGH ST LOUIS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD BICYCLE RELIEF NFP: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIGMA TAU GAMMA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOUR LITTLE HAVEN: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUDDY FUND: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMUNICIPAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF ST LOUIS: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDogs For Our Brave Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT NOELLE: $200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $100 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.

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.

St Louis Community Fo…St Louis Community Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …Sander FoundationJordan Mary R & Ettie…Youthbridge Community…Moneta Group Charitab…World Wide Technology…Commerce Bancshares F…Edward Jones Foundati…Enterprise Holdings F…The Bank of America C…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO17.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Sander Foundation · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · Youthbridge Community Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Huhn Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Huhn Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’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
    4report 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.

    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 34 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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