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Leo & Mildred Bringwald Family Fdn at a glance

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Leo & Mildred Bringwald Family Fdn

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$15k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0181% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$45kHuman Services$13kEducation$10kRecreation & Sports$6kEnvironment$4kHealth$3kArts & Culture$3kYouth Development$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$134k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH$3,000
Individual grant recipient$1,860
FAMILY BIBLE CHURCH$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,300
INDIANA MILITARY MUSEUM$1,200
ISAIAH 117 HOUSE$1,200
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH$1,200
HOLT INTERNATIONAL$1,018
WARRIOR BOOSTER CLUB$1,000
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLE$454
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA$204
Individual grant recipient$155
VINCENNES EDUCATION FOUNDATION$150
VINCENNES ROTARY FOUNDATION$104
FOP LODGE 62$100
02The need
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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:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOLT INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 15%HOLT INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 15%THE VILLAGES: $2k → 15%THE VILLAGES: $2k → 15%HEART TO HEART INC: $200 → 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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$104k · 30 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
24

Total granted

$104k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+12%

Still filing today

27%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesReligionEnvironmentHealthEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TV
    The Villages of Indiana Inc
    2× · 2019–2022 · $4k · revenue +22%
  • ISAIAH 117 HOUSE
    2× · 2020–2024 · $3k · revenue +550%
  • IM
    INDIANA MILITARY MUSEUM INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $3k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • RC
    RILEY CHEER GUILD INC
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +12%
  • G
    GFA
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • DC
    Dream Center Evansvillegraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +109%
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
Hoosier Outreach Inc the Hoosier Outreach Project
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2
Indiana War Memorials Foundation Inc

Honoring hoosier veterans

Arts & Culture
3
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Indiana-Michiana Inc

The mission of ronald mcdonald house charities of indiana - michiana is to provide a "home-away-from-home" for families of seriously ill children.

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4
Veterans of Foreign Wars Indiana Whiteland Vfw 6978

Fraternal, patriotic, historic, and educational mission to preserve, strengthen, and assist Comrades, their Families, and the Community through activities at a common location.

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5
Brickhouse Family Ministries Inc

House of Hope of Northeast Indiana is organized to reconcile dysfunctional families by nurturing the physical, spiritual and emotional needs of troubled teenagers (ages 12 to 17 years) within their families, as well as provide counseling…

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6
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
7
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Indiana

Veterans service Org assist veterans, military active duty, families & communities in VA representation, educational & historical programs, patriotism, community service & welfare.

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8
Knights of Columbus Indiana State Council

Catholic men dedicated to the principles of charity, unity, fraternity and patriotism along with the encouragement to those who have chosen a vocation to the religious life.

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9
Indiana Air Search & Rescue Inc

To provide air relief and historical preservation and education to our community.

Education
10
Healing Room of Knoxville

To bring and perpetuate healing to the body of christ so that the body of christ can bring healing to the world.

Membership Benefit
11
Donnar Memorial Inc

Provide support to children in need, with special attention to those who require medical attention.

Health
12
Indy Honor Flight Inc

To provide transportation of veterans to Washington DC War Memorial

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Villages of Indiana Inc; the most unlike its peers is Revelation Media Inc. 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

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 57 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/18
Grantees still filing
11/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH: $23,150 · OtherST JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $9,730 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFAMILY BIBLE CHURCH: $8,700 · OtherFAMILY BIBLE CHURCHVINCENNES LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL: $8,025 · OtherVINCENNES LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $6,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $4,500 · OtherYMCA: $4,000 · OtherLINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT: $3,950 · OtherCHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH INC: $3,800 · OtherCFC: $3,500 · Other+34 more: $18,619 · Other+34 moreThe Villages of Indiana Inc: $3,500 · Human ServicesThe Village…ISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $3,200 · Human ServicesISAIAH 117 …HOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $2,420 · Human ServicesHOLT INTERN…ALBION FELLOWS BACON CENTER INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesALBION FELL…Holly's House Inc: $1,500 · Human ServicesHolly's Hou…+1 more: $200 · Human ServicesWesselman Nature Society Inc: $4,250 · EnvironmentDream Center Evansville: $1,700 · ReligionGODS NOT DEAD FOUNDATION: $1,000 · ReligionREVELATION MEDIA INC: $200 · ReligionINDIANA MILITARY MUSEUM INC: $2,700 · Arts & CultureRILEY CHEER GUILD INC: $2,400 · HealthWARRIOR BOOSTER CLUB INC: $1,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$94,474Human Services$12,320Environment$4,250Religion$2,900Arts & Culture$2,700Health$2,400Recreation & Sports$1,000

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 budgetWesselman Nature Society Inc: $4,250 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Villages of Indiana Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $3,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINDIANA MILITARY MUSEUM INC: $2,700 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $2,420 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRILEY CHEER GUILD INC: $2,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDream Center Evansville: $1,700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALBION FELLOWS BACON CENTER INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHolly's House Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGODS NOT DEAD FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWreaths Across America: $524 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVINCENNES ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $312 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetREVELATION MEDIA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART TO HEART INC: $200 over 1y, 0.2% 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 Wesselman Nature Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Villages of Indiana Inc ↗
  • Who funds ISAIAH 117 HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA MILITARY MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds HOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds RILEY CHEER GUILD INC ↗
  • Who funds Dream Center Evansville ↗
  • Who funds ALBION FELLOWS BACON CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Holly's House Inc ↗
  • Who funds WARRIOR BOOSTER CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds GODS NOT DEAD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Wreaths Across America ↗
  • Who funds VINCENNES ROTARY FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Duke Energy FoundationThe McCormick Family …Cecil a and Mabel Len…Baird Foundation IncLilly Endowment IncEvansville Endowment …Welborn Baptist Found…Indiana Youth Institu…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…
Community Foundation Alliance IncIN21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation Alliance Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The McCormick Family Foundationinc · Cecil a and Mabel Lene Hamman Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Evansville Endowment Fund Inc · Welborn Baptist Foundation Inc · Indiana Youth Institute Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Leo & Mildred Bringwald Family Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leo & Mildred Bringwald Family Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 57 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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