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Mberr Foundation at a glance

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Mberr 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.

$14k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$37kHealth$31kReligion$21kHuman Services$8kPhilanthropy$6kCivil Rights$5kRecreation & Sports$4kHousing & Shelter$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$152k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARBOR WOMENS HEALTH$10,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
RENEWAL MINISTRIES$1,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GUADALUPE WORKERS: $2k → 8%CHADTOUGH FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$74k · 11 repeat orgs$39k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +57% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
14

Total granted

$74k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+78%
+57%

Still filing today

45%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
HealthReligionHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • SP
    ST PAUL CENTER FOR BIBLICAL THEOLOGY
    2× · 2020–2024 · $11k · revenue +78%
  • AX
    ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission
    2× · 2019–2020 · $4k · revenue +128%
  • KIDS KICKING CANCER INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • PP
    PRO-LIFE PARTNERS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +13%
  • EH
    EMMAUS HEALTH PARTNERSgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +34%
  • AW
    ANOTHER WAY PREGNANCY CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +105%
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
Paulist Press Inc

The Paulist Press was founded to provide Catholic literature and resources for the the religious use of parishes, institutions, individuals and other religious bodies to further the educational and mission goals of the Christian faith and…

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2
Living His Life Abundantly International

To inform, instruct and inspire people through the media about the sacred scriptures and teachings of the roman catholic church

Religion
3
Childrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute

To make all childhood cancers universally survivable by delivering new treatments to clinical trials through scientific discovery.

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4
The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Co

Ncr connects catholics to church, faith and the common good with independent news, analysis and spiritual reflection.

Religion
5
Priests for Life
Youth Development
6
Catholic Answers Inc

Catholic answers is an apostolate dedicated to serving christ by bringing the fullness of catholic truth to the world. we help good catholics become better catholics, bring former catholics home, and lead non-catholics into the fullness of…

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7
Institute for Christian Renewal

Fostering the christian faith

Religion
8
Ave Maria Communications

Ave Maria Communications (AMC)employs radio, internet and other media to offer news, analysis, teaching, devotion and music to demonstrate Catholic values.

Religion
9
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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10
Calvary Hospital Inc

The mission of calvary hospital is to care for the medical, emotional and spiritual needs of our adult patients with advanced cancer and other life-limiting illnesses. it is the only fully accredited acute care hospital in the u.s. devoted…

Health
11
Protect Life Michigan

Protect life michigan (plm) is organized to:promote a culture of life on college campuses in michigan. the organization's mission is to end abortion by (1) recruiting and training students for pro-life leadership, (2) educating youth on…

Civil Rights
12
Prayers From Maria Children's Glioma Cancer Foundation

The prayers from maria foundation was established to fight a specific form of childhood brain cancer commonly referred to as "gliomas." the foundation's purpose is to find a cure for this tragic family of diseases, while also providing…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Miracle League of Plymouth Inc; the most unlike its peers is Guadalupe Workers. 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, 2017–2025.

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. 18 of the 29 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
17/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FR GABRIEL RICHARD HIGH SCHOOL: $28,000 · OtherFR GABRIEL RICHARD HIGH SCHOOLARBOR WOMENS HEALTH: $10,000 · OtherARBOR WOMENS HEALTHALL SAINTS CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $7,000 · OtherALL SAINTS CATHOLIC SCHOOLPRO-LIFE PARTNERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherPRO-LIFE PARTNERS FOUNDATIONARBORWOMAN: $4,500 · OtherARBORWOMANIndividual grant recipient: $3,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF PLYMOUTH GP: $3,000 · Other+10 more: $13,000 · Other+10 moreST PAUL CENTER FOR BIBLICAL THEOLOGY: $11,000 · ReligionST PAUL CENTER F…ACTS XXIX - Mobilizing for Mission: $4,000 · ReligionACTS XXIX - Mobi…RENEWAL MINISTRIES INC: $1,500 · ReligionRENEWAL MINISTRI…KIDS KICKING CANCER INC: $3,000 · HealthKIDS KICK…EMMAUS HEALTH PARTNERS: $2,500 · HealthEMMAUS HE…ANOTHER WAY PREGNANCY CENTER: $2,500 · HealthANOTHER W…Courageous Kids Inc: $2,000 · HealthCourageou…KELLYS KIDZ FOUNDATION: $6,500 · PhilanthropyGUADALUPE WORKERS: $2,000 · Human ServicesCHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Human ServicesCARDINAL NEWMAN SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF CATHOLIC HGR ED: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterMIRACLE LEAGUE OF PLYMOUTH INC: $2,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$74,000Religion$16,500Health$10,000Philanthropy$6,500Human Services$3,000Housing & Shelter$2,000Recreation & Sports$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$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetST PAUL CENTER FOR BIBLICAL THEOLOGY: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKELLYS KIDZ FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetPRO-LIFE PARTNERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetEMMAUS HEALTH PARTNERS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANOTHER WAY PREGNANCY CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCARDINAL NEWMAN SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF CATHOLIC HGR ED: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGUADALUPE WORKERS: $2,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCANTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIRACLE LEAGUE OF PLYMOUTH INC: $2,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetPLYMOUTH PARC INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHADTOUGH DEFEAT DIPG FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF ANN ARBOR: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMadonna University: $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.

Community Foundation …Timothy and Sheila Pa…Ann Arbor Area Commun…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Natl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI18.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Timothy and Sheila Patton Family Charitable Trust · Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Mberr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mberr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 Mberr Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Mberr 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 29 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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