Missouri · Private foundation
John W Plansoen Trust
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.
- $330k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $55,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations John W Plansoen Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $220k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $330k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $280k | 71% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $280k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $225k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $220k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $200k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $200k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $200k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master's Academy of Vero Beach Inc | $192,000 | 3 | 3% |
| First Presbyterian Church at Caldwell | $150,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Elawa Farm Foundation | $105,000 | 3 | 5% |
| The Presbyterian Church at New Providence | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Animal Aid Inc | $85,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Gideons International | $81,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The CROYA Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 51% |
| Youth for Christ Indian River Countyinc | $75,000 | 2 | 13% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master's Academy of Vero Beach Inc | $192,000 | 3 | 3% |
| First Presbyterian Church at Caldwell | $150,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Elawa Farm Foundation | $105,000 | 3 | 5% |
| The Presbyterian Church at New Providence | $105,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Animal Aid Inc | $85,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Gideons International | $81,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The CROYA Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 51% |
| Youth for Christ Indian River Countyinc | $75,000 | 2 | 13% |
| Shiloh Tabernacle Ministries Inc | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Church of Vero Beach | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope College | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Indian River County Volunteer Ambulance Squad Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Lake Forest Country Day School | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Riverside Theatre Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gordon College | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vero Beach Museum of Art Inc | $23,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Atrium Health Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wheaton College | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Hope for Families Center Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Arc of Indian River Countyinc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Willow Creek Community Church Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Critter Haven of Vero Beach Inc | $8,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Verona Rescue Squad Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($456k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John W Plansoen Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Louis Plansoen Fdn Co-Ttee · Louis M Plansoen Char Tr U10th Par · Indian River Community Foundation Inc · Archie S Wingfield Jr Charitable Trust U/A/D 5/15/1995 · The John's Island Foundation Inc · Sad Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
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About John W Plansoen Trust
- How much does John W Plansoen Trust give?
- John W Plansoen Trust reported 7 grants totaling $330,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does John W Plansoen Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (48%), Education (17%), Health (10%).
- Who are John W Plansoen Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Master's Academy of Vero Beach Inc ($192k), First Presbyterian Church at Caldwell ($150k), Elawa Farm Foundation ($105k).
- Does John W Plansoen Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John W Plansoen Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John W Plansoen Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Louis Plansoen Fdn Co-Ttee, Louis M Plansoen Char Tr U10th Par, Indian River Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is John W Plansoen Trust based?
- John W Plansoen Trust is based in MO.
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