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John P Mentzer Tw at a glance

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John P Mentzer Tw

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$47k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$703
Median grant
2
States reached
$162k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY$2,810
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA$703
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA$703
ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY$703
GANNON UNIVERSITY$703
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $703 → 12%UNIVERSITY OF IOWA: $703 → 15%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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$28k · 5 repeat orgs$19k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
10

Total granted

$28k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+23%

Still filing today

40%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

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

  • IS
    IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2025 · $10k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
    5× · 2017–2025 · $10k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
    3× · 2023–2025 · $3k

Funded once

  • SU
    STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
    one grant, 2019 · $4k
  • SL
    ST LOUIS UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue +38%
  • WC
    WARTBURG COLLEGE
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue -36%
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
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
2
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
3
Union College

Union college is a seventh-day adventist community of higher education, inspired by jesus christ, and dedicated to empowering students to learn, serve, and lead.

Education
4
Augustana University Association

Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.

Education
5
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
6
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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7
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
8
Luther College

Founded by the norwegian evangelical lutheran church in 1861, luther college is a four-year, residential liberal arts institution. luther welcomes students of all backgrounds to engage in a way of learning that moves beyond immediate…

Education
9
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
10
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
11
Augsburg University

Augsburg university educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its…

Education
12
Dordt University

As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Ambrose University; the most unlike its peers is Coe College. 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

12 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. 12 of the 17 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,310 · OtherIOWA STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF IOWA: $9,703 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF IOWASTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA: $4,388 · OtherSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWAUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA: $3,005 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWAEMMAUS BIBLE COLLEGE: $1,302 · OtherKIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $1,000 · OtherCOE COLLEGE: $2,750 · EducationCOE COLLEGEST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $2,604 · EducationST LOUIS UNIVERSITYMOUND FARM HOLDINGS INC: $2,500 · EducationMOUND FARM HOLDINGS INCWARTBURG COLLEGE: $1,750 · EducationWARTBURG COLLEGETREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $1,500 · EducationTREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITYDRAKE UNIVERSITY: $1,500 · EducationDRAKE UNIVERSITYCORNELL COLLEGE: $1,500 · EducationCORNELL COLLEGEClarke University of Dubuque Iowa: $1,000 · EducationClarke University of Dubuque IowaCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO: $1,000 · EducationCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGOST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $703 · EducationGANNON UNIVERSITY: $703 · Education
Other$29,708Education$17,510

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOE COLLEGE: $2,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $2,604 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUND FARM HOLDINGS INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWARTBURG COLLEGE: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDRAKE UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORNELL COLLEGE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMMAUS BIBLE COLLEGE: $1,302 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClarke University of Dubuque Iowa: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY: $703 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGANNON UNIVERSITY: $703 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.

The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC11.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 John P Mentzer Tw funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John P Mentzer Tw. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’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
    7report 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 17 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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