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James K and Mary Jo Risk Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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James K and Mary Jo Risk Family Foundation Inc

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.

$169k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$27k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$181kHealth$127kArts & Culture$122kFood & Nutrition$108kYouth Development$83kEducation$76kHuman Services$76kCommunity Improvement$63kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $142k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Lafayette Park Foundation$27,000
Individual grant recipient$25,600
Food Finders Food Bank$17,500
Mental Health America -Wabash Valley Region$11,500
Willowstone Family Services$10,820
Heartford House$10,000
Christamore House Guild$10,000
Lyn Treece Boys & Girls Club$10,000
Leadership Lafayette$10,000
Junior Achievement of Greater Lafayette$10,000
Wabash Center$9,000
Brightlane Learning$5,000
Children's Museum of Indianapolis$5,000
Catherine Peachey Fund$3,000
The Arts Federation$2,500
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 (FY19–25, $87k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Willowstone Family Services: $12k → 19%Willowstone Family Services: $11k → 19%Wabash Center: $10k → 19%Wabash Center: $9k → 19%Willowstone Family Services: $7k → 19%Willowstone Family Services: $5k → 19%Wabash Center: $5k → 19%YWCA: $8k → 19%YWCA: $5k → 19%Thomas Duncan Hall Inc: $5k → 19%Heartford House: $10k → 19%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.
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$947k · 25 repeat orgs$60k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
12

Total granted

$947k
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+40%

Still filing today

80%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther
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

  • LT
    LYN TREECE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $70k · revenue +73%
  • LL
    LEADERSHIP LAFAYETTE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $63k · revenue +48%
  • MH
    MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA WABASH VALLEY REGION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $52k · revenue +535%

Funded once

  • PF
    Purdue Foundation-PALS
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • YM
    YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF LAFAYETTE
    one grant, 2019 · $7k · revenue +18%
  • SV
    SPRING VALE CEMETERY
    one grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue -10%
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
Lafayette Work Center Inc

The mission of lafayette industries is to provide meaningful employment opportunities to persons with developmental disabilities and to persons with other disabilities who are 18 years or older.

Employment
2
Laporte County Habitat for Humanity

The purpose of the organization is to build houses for families who are financially distressed. this is a local affiliate of habitat for humanity international.

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3
New Hope of Indiana Inc

New hope of indiana, inc. is a leader in providing holistic services and resources to persons with disabilities and their families while advocating to advance the opportunities for those in need of support.

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4
Lafayette Urban Enterprise Associat

Direct enterprise zone activities and reinvestment in the city of lafayette, indiana.

Community Improvement
5
Habitat for Humanity of Lapeer - Tuscola

To eliminate sub-standard housing and homelessness from lapeer county.

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6
New Hope Services Inc

Provide services in response to individual need

Human Services
7
Leadership Indianapolis Inc

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

Public Benefit
8
Lafayette Industries North Inc

The mission of lafayette industries is to provide meaningful employment opportunities to persons with developmental disabilities and to persons with other disabilities who are 18 years or older.

Employment
9
Greater Lafayette Family Shelter Inc

To provide temporary housing and other support services to homeless families in the greater Lafayette area of Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Food & Nutrition
10
Hoosier Families Inc

Hoosier Families is a non-profit organization that provides Community Based programs for Indiana children and families. Hoosier Families is committed to utilizing evidence-based practices to strengthen, rebuild and reunite the individuals…

Human Services
11
Lifetime Housing Group Inc

Plan, coordinate and provide affordable housing to low-income individuals and families in Southeastern Indiana.

Food & Nutrition
12
Greater Laporte Chamber of Commerce Inc

Chamber of commerce for laporte, indiana

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ywca of Evansville Indiana Inc; the most unlike its peers is Spring Vale Cemetery. 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

29 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. 29 of the 39 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/29
Grantees still filing
19/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $67,095 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBrees Dream Foundation (PALS - Purdue Athletes Lif: $45,246 · OtherBrees Dream Foundation (PALS - Purdue Athletes LifLong Center for Performing Arts: $40,800 · OtherLong Center for Performing ArtsCHRISTAMORE HOUSE GUILD INC: $29,000 · OtherCHRISTAMORE HOUSE GUILD INCHOME WITH HOPE INC: $24,500 · OtherHOME WITH HOPE INCJunior Achievement of Greater Lafayette: $23,967 · OtherLAFAYETTE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING CENTER INC: $34,442 · OtherLAFAYETTE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING CENTER INCHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF LAFAYETTE INC: $19,045 · OtherThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $45,000 · OtherThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis IncBRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORP: $41,500 · OtherBRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORPLAFAYETTE TREE FUND INC: $15,935 · Other+13 more: $64,249 · Other+13 moreLAFAYETTE PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $133,050 · PhilanthropyLAFAYETTE PARK…FOOD FINDERS FOOD BANK INC: $107,865 · Food & NutritionFOOD FINDERS…FAMILY SERVICES INC: $35,425 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERV…WABASH CENTER INC: $23,700 · Human ServicesWABASH CENT…BAUER FAMILY RESOURCES INC: $13,000 · Human ServicesBAUER FAMIL…YWCA OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA INC: $12,900 · Human ServicesYWCA OF EVA…Heartford House Inc: $12,000 · Human ServicesHeartford H…THOMAS DUNCAN HALL INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA WABASH VALLEY REGION INC: $51,500 · HealthCATHERINE PEACHEY FUND INC: $17,000 · HealthHEROES FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · Health+1 more: $2,000 · HealthLYN TREECE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY: $70,000 · Youth DevelopmentLEADERSHIP LAFAYETTE INC: $63,250 · Community Improvement+1 more: $1,000 · Community Improvement
Other$450,779Philanthropy$133,050Food & Nutrition$107,865Human Services$102,025Health$78,500Youth Development$70,000Community Improvement$64,250

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLAFAYETTE PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $133,050 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetFOOD FINDERS FOOD BANK INC: $107,865 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLYN TREECE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY: $70,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetLEADERSHIP LAFAYETTE INC: $63,250 over 9y, 6.1% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA WABASH VALLEY REGION INC: $51,500 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $45,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORP: $41,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES INC: $35,425 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetLAFAYETTE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING CENTER INC: $34,442 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCHRISTAMORE HOUSE GUILD INC: $29,000 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetHOME WITH HOPE INC: $24,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetWABASH CENTER INC: $23,700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF LAFAYETTE INC: $19,045 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCATHERINE PEACHEY FUND INC: $17,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetLAFAYETTE TREE FUND INC: $15,935 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetBAUER FAMILY RESOURCES INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA INC: $12,900 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHeartford House Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHEROES FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA SAGAMORE COUNCIL 162: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF LAFAYETTE: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPRING VALE CEMETERY: $6,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTHOMAS DUNCAN HALL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $4,658 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARTS FEDERATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWEST LAFAYETTE PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION INC: $2,473 over 1y, 6.7% 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 LAFAYETTE PARKS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FINDERS FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds LYN TREECE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds LEADERSHIP LAFAYETTE INC ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA WABASH VALLEY REGION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORP ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds LAFAYETTE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTAMORE HOUSE GUILD INC ↗
  • Who funds HOME WITH HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds WABASH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF LAFAYETTE INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHERINE PEACHEY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds LAFAYETTE TREE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds BAUER FAMILY RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds YWCA OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds Heartford House Inc ↗
  • Who funds HEROES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA SAGAMORE COUNCIL 162 ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF LAFAYETTE ↗
  • Who funds SPRING VALE CEMETERY ↗
  • Who funds Natalies Second Chance Dog Shelter ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS DUNCAN HALL INC ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ARTS FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST LAFAYETTE PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JOYFUL JOURNEY INC ↗
  • Who funds DEAF KIDS CODE ↗

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.

Greater Lafayette Com…United Way of Greater…North Central Health …Alfred J McAllister a…Arconic FoundationSia Foundation IncThe Scheumann Foundat…Indiana University He…Duke Energy FoundationLilly Endowment IncThe McAllister Founda…Coffin Family Foundat…
Greater Lafayette Community FoundationIN40.9× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Lafayette Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Lafayette · North Central Health Services Inc · Alfred J McAllister and Dorothy N McAllister Foundation · Arconic Foundation · Sia Foundation Inc · The Scheumann Foundation Inc · Indiana University Health Arnett Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Lilly Endowment Inc · The McAllister Foundation · Coffin Family 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 James K and Mary Jo Risk Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James K and Mary Jo Risk Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    10report 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.

    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 39 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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