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Ideal Industries 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
95
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$344k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Housing & Shelter$746kYouth Development$724kHuman Services$707kCrime & Legal$280kFood & Nutrition$272kEducation$188kPhilanthropy$134kCommunity Improvement$107kOther$0
02FY2025 · 95 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k78 grants · $106k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $288k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $353k
  • $250k+1 grant · $344k
$1,500
Median grant
14
States reached
$6.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$343,513
PHILADEPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL$125,000
REBUILDING TOGETHER$100,000
FAMILY SERVICES AGENCY$77,545
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT$50,000
LOWES FOUNDATION$49,500
THE HOME DEPOT FOUNDATION$44,000
HOPE HAVEN$26,000
Individual grant recipient$26,000
SAFE PASSAGE INC$20,916
DEKALB COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP$20,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB FINCHBURG LEOMINSTER$18,502
Individual grant recipient$18,500
Individual grant recipient$18,500
ADVERTURE WORKS$18,500
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $424k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Cradles to Crayons: $13k → 8%YOUTH IN NEED: $1k → 5%VETERANS OUTREACH OF WI: $21k → 10%Dave Krache Foundation: $1k → 8%EQUINE DREAMS: $3k → 6%CHILDREN'S HOME & AID: $6k → 11%EQUINE DREAMS: $8k → 13%CHILDREN'S HOME & AID: $6k → 11%EQUINE DREAMS: $8k → 13%CHILDREN'S HOME & AID: $5k → 11%EQUINE DREAMS: $5k → 13%CHILDREN'S HOME & AID: $5k → 11%EQUINE DREAMS: $5k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $26k → 14%CHILDREN'S HOME & AID: $5k → 11%EQUINE DREAMS: $5k → 13%KISHWAUKEE FAMILY YMCA: $19k → 13%IBEW Local 701 Needy Members Fund: $500 → 7%Kishwaukee Family YMCA: $17k → 13%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $5k → 14%CHILDREN'S HOME & AID: $3k → 14%KISHWAUKEE FAMILY YMCA: $16k → 13%KISHWAUKEE FAMILY YMCA: $15k → 13%KISHWAUKEE FAMILY YMCA: $15k → 13%KISHWAUKEE FAMILY YMCA: $15k → 13%KISHWAUKEE FAMILY YMCA: $15k → 13%KISHWAUKEE FAMILY YMCA: $15k → 13%SAFE PASSAGE: $25k → 13%SAFE PASSAGE INC: $21k → 13%Safe Passage: $19k → 13%SAFE PASSAGE: $19k → 13%SAFE PASSAGE: $18k → 13%SAFE PASSAGE: $18k → 13%SAFE PASSAGE: $18k → 13%SAFE PASSAGE: $12k → 13%SAFE PASSAGE: $12k → 13%4-C COMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE: $5k → 13%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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MN
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CA
CO
MO
MD
AZ
AR
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NC
DC
HI
GA
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FL

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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.2M · 47 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +27% since the first grant, against +14% for the ones you funded once.

47 repeat relationships — 12 still active in FY2025, 35 since wound down; 81 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
51

Total granted

$2.2M
$445k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+14%

Still filing today

72%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $827k 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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationAnimalsPhilanthropyHealthHousing & ShelterOther

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

  • PY
    PHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $250k · revenue +8%
  • SP
    SAFE PASSAGE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $162k · revenue +129%
  • HH
    HOPE HAVEN OF DEKALB COUNTY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $139k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • FS
    FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF DEKALB COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $69k · revenue +3%
  • RC
    RACINE COUNTY PROJECT EMERGENCY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +48%
  • HA
    HOMELESS ASSISTANCE LEADERSHIP ORG
    one grant, 2020 · $40k

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
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
2
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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3
Feeding Illinois

Feeding illinois is a coalition of eight feeding america food banks that provide food to over 2,400 food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters that feed nearly 1.4 million residents across the entire state of illinois.

Food & Nutrition
4
Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin Inc

Eliminating barriers to employment by providing pathways for those who are underserved, underrepresented and disadvantaged who have a goal of building skills that lead to sustained employment and improved financial stability.

Human Services
5
Goodwill Industries of Metropolitan Chicago Inc

Goodwill industries of metropolitan chicago, inc. ("goodwill-chicago") is a nonstock, not-for-profit illinois corporation, whose sole member is goodwill industries of southeastern wisconsin, inc. ("goodwill"), a wisconsin nonstock,…

Human Services
6
United Way of Central Iowa

To improve lives by uniting the caring power of our community

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7
United Way of Dane County Inc

Unite the community to achieve measurable results that change lives.

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8
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
9
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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10
United Way of Central Illinois Inc

The united way of central illinois, inc. is a not-for-profit corporation with a mission to improve lives by uniting our community to adress the basic needs, education, financial stability and health of every person. vision: building…

Philanthropy
11
United Way of East Central Iowa

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

Philanthropy
12
Decatur Memorial Hospital

Decatur memorial hospital (dmh) serves the healthcare needs of the people of central illinois through operation of a 280-bed acute care hospital and related facilities providing comprehensive inpatient, outpatient and physician services.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc and the most unlike its peers is United Way of Illinois. 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 backsteadyAffordable Housing Construc…Youth Sports ProgramsChristian Missionary Organi…Domestic Violence ServicesUnited Way AffiliatesAnimal Rescue and ShelterCommunity FoundationsSchool District FoundationsSenior Support ServicesOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Ymca Youth DevelopmentLocal History MuseumsAffordable Housing Developm…Equine Therapy ProgramsLgbtq+ Community SupportCommunity FoundationsFood Banks and Pantries
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 38 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%2%<5yr13%2%5–10yr18%19%10–20yr15%19%20–35yr14%26%35–55yr22%31%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%8%<5yr13%1%5–10yr18%24%10–20yr15%14%20–35yr14%33%35–55yr22%20%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 8% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/98
the rest of the field
12%
8,890/72,261

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

90 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. 90 of the 181 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
87/90
Grantees still filing
55/90
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FAMILY SERVICES AGENCY — $353,386 · OtherFAMILY SERVICES AGENCYHABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $343,513 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYCASA — $117,715 · OtherCASADEKALB COUNTY YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU INC — $83,000 · OtherDEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY GARDENS — $90,715 · OtherNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK — $77,500 · Other+140 more — $1,070,744 · Other+140 moreSAFE PASSAGE INC — $161,826 · Human ServicesSAFE PASSAGE …KISHWAUKEE FAMILY YMCA — $127,318 · Human ServicesKISHWAUKEE FA…EQUINE DREAMS INC — $32,500 · Human ServicesEQUINE DREAMS…CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL — $30,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HO…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $25,770 · Human ServicesAmerican Nati…Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin — $21,000 · Human Services+6 more — $25,515 · Human Services+6 moreHOPE HAVEN OF DEKALB COUNTY INC — $138,795 · Housing & ShelterHOPE HAVE…REBUILDING TOGETHER INC — $100,000 · Housing & ShelterREBUILDIN…OPPORTUNITY HOUSE — $39,900 · Housing & ShelterOPPORTUNI…+2 more — $7,250 · Housing & ShelterPHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC — $250,000 · Recreation & SportsADVENTURE WORKS OF DEKALB COUNTY INC — $121,715 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH OUTLOOK — $55,000 · Youth DevelopmentFuture Construction Leaders Foundation — $9,519 · Youth Development+1 more — $3,750 · Youth DevelopmentVOLUNTARY ACTION CENTER OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS — $50,250 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF RACINE COUNTY INC — $42,627 · PhilanthropyDEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $16,378 · PhilanthropyBARB FOOD MART NFP — $15,000 · Philanthropy+4 more — $5,537 · PhilanthropyJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CHICAGO — $121,000 · International+4 more — $1,821 · International
Other$2,136,573Human Services$423,929Housing & Shelter$285,945Recreation & Sports$250,000Youth Development$189,984Philanthropy$129,792International$122,821

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 budgetPHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC — $250,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSAFE PASSAGE INC — $161,826 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetHOPE HAVEN OF DEKALB COUNTY INC — $138,795 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetKISHWAUKEE FAMILY YMCA — $127,318 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetADVENTURE WORKS OF DEKALB COUNTY INC — $121,715 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CHICAGO — $121,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetDEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY GARDENS — $90,715 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetDEKALB COUNTY YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU INC — $83,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK — $77,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDEKALB COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $71,200 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF DEKALB COUNTY INC — $68,867 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetYOUTH OUTLOOK — $55,000 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetVOLUNTARY ACTION CENTER OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS — $50,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRACINE COUNTY PROJECT EMERGENCY INC — $50,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetLowes Foundation — $49,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF RACINE COUNTY INC — $42,627 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetOPPORTUNITY HOUSE — $39,900 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetDeKalb County History Center — $33,500 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetEQUINE DREAMS INC — $32,500 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DEKALB COUNTY — $32,072 over 3y, 9.1% of budgetREGIONAL ACCESS & MOBILIZATION PROJECT INC — $30,020 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL — $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMIDWEST MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $26,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $25,770 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCassandra Banks Foundation Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetVeterans Outreach of Wisconsin — $21,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetDURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKISHWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $18,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetDEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $16,378 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBARB FOOD MART NFP — $15,000 over 3y, 9.7% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC — $13,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC — $12,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc — $11,580 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADES — $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFuture Construction Leaders Foundation — $9,519 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetSYCAMORE EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $9,500 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetBLACKHAWK AREA COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC — $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORCESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK INC — $5,102 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITY HOUSE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMetropolitan Family Services — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS ILLINOIS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA WORKS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC FAIR HILL INC — $4,808 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBarb City Manor Inc — $4,750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHREE FIRES COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA #127 — $3,750 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds PHILADELPHIA YOUTH BASKETBALL INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFE PASSAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HAVEN OF DEKALB COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds KISHWAUKEE FAMILY YMCA ↗
  • Who funds ADVENTURE WORKS OF DEKALB COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds REBUILDING TOGETHER INC ↗
  • Who funds DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY GARDENS ↗
  • Who funds DEKALB COUNTY YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds DEKALB COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF DEKALB COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH OUTLOOK ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTARY ACTION CENTER OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds RACINE COUNTY PROJECT EMERGENCY INC ↗
  • Who funds Lowes Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF RACINE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds DeKalb County History Center ↗
  • Who funds EQUINE DREAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DEKALB COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds REGIONAL ACCESS & MOBILIZATION PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL ↗
  • Who funds MIDWEST MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Cassandra Banks Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin ↗
  • Who funds DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds URBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Dekalb County Communi…Northwestern Memorial…Douglas C & Lynn M Ro…George E& Betty Bdutt…Sycamore Charities In…Kishwaukee United WayNebraska Community Fo…The Bersted FoundationNorthern Illinois Foo…Katz Family FoundationHorizons Unlimited Fo…Me Stevens-Acct A-Chu…
Dekalb County Community FoundationIL64.9× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dekalb County Community Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · Douglas C & Lynn M Roberts Family Foundation · George E& Betty Bdutton Foundation · Sycamore Charities Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Kishwaukee United Way · Nebraska Community Foundation · The Bersted Foundation · Northern Illinois Food Bank · Katz Family Foundation · Horizons Unlimited Foundation · Me Stevens-Acct A-Church Fund Xxx-Xx-Xxxx

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 Ideal Industries 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 · 30%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Epilepsy Foundation of America — 22% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Wgbh Educational Foundation — 1% of income from government
  • Worcester County Food Bank Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Friends of Mvyradio Inc — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
26report 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 Ideal Industries Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ideal Industries 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 181 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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