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Mdm 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.

$29k
Granted FY2022
8
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

94% of Mdm Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Greater Grand Island Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Mdm Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $29k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

5
’19
6
’20
7
’21
6
’22
4
’23
4
’24
2
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Philanthropy$826kReligion$81kHealth$36kHousing & Shelter$27kEducation$13kArts & Culture$12kScience & Tech$10kHuman Services$5kOther$0
02FY2022 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k7 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLLAGE CENTER$10,000
HOPE HARBOR$4,200
CALLAWAY GOOD LIFE CENTER$3,000
CENTRAL CATHOLIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION$2,500
FIRST LIGHT CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER$2,500
PIERCE CHAPEL CHURCH$2,500
GREATER GRAND ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$2,000
STUHR MUSEUM FOUNDATION$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $5k → 14%HOPE HARBOR: $10k → 12%HOPE HARBOR: $5k → 12%HOPE HARBOR: $4k → 12%HOPE HARBOR: $3k → 12%Hope Harbor: $2k → 12%HOPE HARBOR: $1k → 12%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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$150k · 7 repeat orgs$46k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +50% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2022, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
10

Total granted

$150k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+50%

Still filing today

57%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
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

  • CC
    COLLAGE CENTER
    6× · 2019–2024 · $31k · revenue +122%
  • HH
    HOPE HARBOR INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $25k · revenue +46%
  • SM
    STUHR MUSEUM FOUNDATION
    3× · 2019–2022 · $5k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • FO
    FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +48%
  • MF
    Merrick FoundationInc
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • ST
    STATE THEATER FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -24%
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
Goodwill Industries of South Central Wisconsin Inc

Goodwill of south central wisconsin's mission is to help people in our community to live, work and thrive through housing, employment and supportive services. see schedule o for continuationsupported employment and job skills training are…

Employment
2
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc

Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.

Human Services
3
Cathedral Center

Cathedral center is dedicated to helping seniors live meaningful lives with dignity from the active to the homebound, improving their quality of life by assisting all seniors.

Human Services
4
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

—
5
Hospice of Holland Inc

The mission of hospice of holland is to provide the most compassionate and highest quality end-of-life care through physical, emotional, and spiritual support.

Human Services
6
United Way of Clinton County Iowa

To provide leadership in our communities to 1) identify our most pressing human care needs, 2) to work together to direct the time, energy and resources towards addressing those needs to improve our quality of life.

—
7
Columbus Neighborhood Health Center Inc

To serve the central ohio community with affordable, easy to access healthcare services.

Health
8
Martin Luther Home Corporation

To provide healthcare and other related services for aging persons regardless of the ability of residents to pay for these services.

—
9
Good Samaritan Hospice Inc

It is the mission of good samaritan hospice to affirm life in the midst of illness and grief. we accomplish this objective by providing quality patient care, family support, community education and counseling services through an…

Health
10
Great Lakes Community Action Partnership

The mission of great lakes community action partnership is to create partnerships and opportunites to help individuals, families and communities thrive.

Human Services
11
Gw Homeless Services of Northern Michigan Inc

The mission of gw homeless services of northern michigan, inc is to provide safe, supportive shelter to individuals experiencing homelessness.the 2023 990 was for 10/1-12/31/23 due to an accounting period change.

Human Services
12
The Foundation for Health Care Continuums

The mission of the foundation for health care continuums is to strengthen each community we serve by providing a wide spectrum of housing and health care services that honor the evolving, aging population.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Project Hunger. 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

15 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. 15 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER GRAND ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $819,813 · PhilanthropyGREATER GRAND ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHIRD CITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $69,250 · OtherTHIRD CITY C…EPIC DISCOVERY CENTER: $10,000 · OtherEPIC DISCOVE…PIERCE CHAPEL CHURCH: $8,500 · OtherPIERCE CHAPE…Merrick FoundationInc: $5,000 · OtherSTUHR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $4,800 · Other+7 more: $13,900 · Other+7 moreCOLLAGE CENTER: $30,965 · HealthCALLAWAY GOOD LIFE CENTER INC: $3,000 · HealthHOPE HARBOR INC: $24,900 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationCENTRAL CATHOLIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EducationSTATE THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCROSSROADS CENTER INC: $2,500 · Housing & Shelter
Philanthropy$820,813Other$111,450Health$33,965Human Services$29,900Education$12,500Arts & Culture$5,000Housing & Shelter$2,500

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 budgetGREATER GRAND ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $819,813 over 2y, 15% of budgetCOLLAGE CENTER: $30,965 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetHOPE HARBOR INC: $24,900 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTATE THEATER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTUHR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $4,800 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCALLAWAY GOOD LIFE CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSROADS CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL CATHOLIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFIRST LIGHT CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPROJECT HUNGER: $1,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNEBRASKA GREATS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEARTLAND UNITED WAY INC: $1,000 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.

Edgar & Frances Reyno…Greater Grand Island …First Interstate Banc…Sn Bud and Gloria Wol…Fred & Amanda Glade F…Taylor Vern & Esther …Virgil Eihusen Founda…Renaissance Charitabl…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Edgar & Frances Reynolds Foundation IncNE20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Edgar & Frances Reynolds Foundation Inc · Greater Grand Island Community Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Sn Bud and Gloria Wolbach Charitable Foundati · Fred & Amanda Glade Foundation · Taylor Vern & Esther Char Trust · Virgil Eihusen Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable 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 Mdm Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mdm Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report 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 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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