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Mac Fehsenfeld Family Foundation at a glance

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Mac Fehsenfeld Family 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.

$110k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Religion$71kFood & Nutrition$56kHuman Services$32kPhilanthropy$20kAnimals$18kHealth$17kYouth Development$12kInternational$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $56k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$647k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LITTLE ANGELS SERVICE DOGS$18,000
GLEANERS FOOD BANK$18,000
VILLAGES OF INDIANA$10,000
CALL OF LOVE$10,000
FREEDOM MINISTRIES$8,000
JOY'S HOUSE$5,000
PATACHOU FOUNDATION INC$5,000
TRAINING LEADERS INTERNATIONAL$5,000
ROSE HULMAN FOUNDATION$5,000
SHELTERING WINGS$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
METANOIA CENTER$5,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
NATIONAL NETWORK OF YOUTH MINISTRIES$3,000
ARUNA PROJECT$3,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $66k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LITTLE ANGELS SERVICE DOGS: $18k → 11%SHELTERING WINGS: $5k → 5%SHELTERING WINGS: $2k → 5%PATACHOU FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 16%PATACHOU FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 16%JOY'S HOUSE: $5k → 16%JOY'S HOUSE: $5k → 16%WHEELER MISSION: $6k → 16%VILLAGES OF INDIANA: $10k → 16%VILLAGES OF INDIANA: $5k → 16%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
IN
OH
CA
CO
MO
FL
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$217k · 15 repeat orgs$44k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
5

Total granted

$217k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+5%

Still filing today

67%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesReligionHealthInternationalPublic Safety & DisasterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CO
    CALL OF LOVE INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $15k · revenue +13%
  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1D
    3× · 2021–2023 · $12k · revenue +35%
  • SHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC
    2× · 2022–2025 · $7k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • WM
    WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue -9%
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    one grant, 2022 · $4k · revenue +18%
  • AA
    ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
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
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
2
L I F E Ministries Inc Community Pregnancy Center

Our mission is to affirm life through evangelism, education, counseling and practical assistance.

Health
3
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
4
Biglife International Inc

Biglife international inc. empowers believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people for jesus christ.

Recreation & Sports
5
Tyndale Bible Translators

Bible Translation and acts of Christian Services

Religion
6
Timothy Two Project International

Reaching and teaching pastors in the majority world.

Religion
7
Life Network

Life Network provides support and mentoring to women and men facing unexpected pregnancies; offers parenting support, material resources, and referrals; and promotes sexual risk avoidance through education to foster a culture that values…

Health
8
Lifechangers Outreach

We are a 12-month residential Christian ministry for men and women ages 18 and up who have drug and alcohol addictions or other life controlling issues. We seek to help men and women overcome those life controlling issues.

Health
9
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
10
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
11
Global Outreach Ministries

Global outreach ministries exists to bring transformation to the nations of latin america by training influential leaders, planting relevant churches, and mobilizing christ-followers to transform their communities.

Religion
12
Leadership Revolution Inc

Leadership Revolution is a ministry founded to develop leaders globally who will spread the gospel and make disciples in their arena of influence.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. 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

16 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. 16 of the 23 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)
16/16
Grantees still filing
7/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $46,000 · OtherGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INCFREEDOM MINISTRIES: $41,000 · OtherFREEDOM MINISTRIESROSE HULMAN FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherROSE HULMAN FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $12,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNATIONAL NETWORK OF YOUTH MINISTRIES: $7,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · Other+3 more: $5,500 · OtherLITTLE ANGELS SERVICE DOGS: $18,000 · Human ServicesLITTLE ANGELS SERVICE DOGSThe Villages of Indiana Inc: $15,000 · Human ServicesThe Villages of Indiana IncA LONGER TABLE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesA LONGER TABLE INCTMP Enterprises Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesTMP Enterprises IncSHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesSHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR …WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES I…CALL OF LOVE INC: $15,000 · ReligionCALL OF LOVE …METANOIA CENTER: $10,000 · ReligionMETANOIA CENT…Training Leaders International: $5,000 · ReligionTraining Lead…BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $12,000 · HealthLIFE INTERNATIONAL: $1,500 · HealthARUNA PROJECT: $8,000 · InternationalYOUNG LIFE: $4,000 · Youth DevelopmentTRAINING FOR LIFE INC: $2,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$136,500Human Services$66,000Religion$30,000Health$13,500International$8,000Youth Development$4,000Public Safety & Disaster$2,000

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 budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $46,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCALL OF LOVE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe Villages of Indiana Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA LONGER TABLE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTMP Enterprises Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMETANOIA CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetARUNA PROJECT: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRAINING FOR LIFE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLIFE INTERNATIONAL: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Network of Youth Ministries: $500 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 J E Fehsenfeld Fa…Lilly Endowment IncUnited Way of Central…Central Indiana Commu…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…
The J E Fehsenfeld Family Foundation IncIN15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The J E Fehsenfeld Family Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving 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 Mac Fehsenfeld Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mac Fehsenfeld Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Mac Fehsenfeld Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Mac Fehsenfeld Family 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 23 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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