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Michael E Horn Family Foundation Inc Ima at a glance

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Michael E Horn Family Foundation Inc Ima

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$679k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$489kReligion$185kArts & Culture$143kHealth$76kRecreation & Sports$75kHousing & Shelter$70kHuman Services$54kYouth Development$45kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 29 grants below total $635,635, the rows itemized in this filing. The $678,635 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $43,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $314k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $275k
$15,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Owensboro Catholic High School$100,000
Pleasant Valley Community Church$72,500
Grace Christian Academy$52,000
Whitesville Lions Club$50,000
Trinity High School$40,000
St Mary of the Woods Catholic School$35,000
Bluegrass Music Museum$30,000
Carenet$25,000
Cliff Hagan Boys & Girls Club$25,000
St. Benedict Joseph Homeless Shelter$25,000
Family Y of Owensboro$25,000
Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts$20,000
Borrowed Hearts$20,000
St. Bernard Prep School$20,000
Maximilian Montessori Academy$15,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$835k · 14 repeat orgs$226k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue 0% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
6

Total granted

$835k
$80k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
-1%

Still filing today

71%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $146k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’24
Arts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentHealthEnvironmentHousing & 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

  • OM
    OWENSBORO MUSEUM OF FINE ART INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $60k · revenue +21%
  • PC
    PREGNANCY CENTER OF OWENSBORO INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $40k · revenue +14%
  • MM
    MAXIMILIAN MONTESSORI ACADEMY INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $25k · revenue +192% · 37% of their budget

Funded once

  • DP
    DANIEL PITINO SHELTER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -40%
  • KENTUCKY WESLEYAN COLLEGE
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +12%
  • FF
    FAITHFUL FRIENDS KY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue -1% · 36% of their budget
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.

03Its 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
Owensboro Area Museum of Science and History Inc

The Museum is an institution that collects, conserves and exhibits information and artifacts with an emphasis on the Western Kentucky area.

Arts & Culture
2
Faith Mountain Mission of Kentucky Inc
Youth Development
3
House of Hope of Kentucky Inc

To reach and help women who struggle with alcohol and chemical dependency; to offer assistance and resources to women while going through the rehabilitation process; to provide a safe environment and shelter to homeless women; to provide…

Health
4
Preservation Kentucky Inc

Preservation kentucky's mission is to build support for and protect kentucky's historic structures and resources.

Arts & Culture
5
Owensboro Museum of Fine Art Foundation Inc

Owensboro museum of fine art foundation, inc. is organized exclusively for the purpose of perpetuating growth and development of the owensboro museum of fine art, inc., the preservation and enhancement of the museum's permanent collections…

Philanthropy
6
Kentucky Classic Arts At Centre Square Inc

Provide cultural events for the community.

Arts & Culture
7
Kentucky Intensive Family Services Inc

To provide a safe environment for children.

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8
Kentucky Golf Association Inc

To foster, promote and advance the interests and the true spirit of the game of golf throughout the commonwealth of kentucky, and in conjunction therewith to lend its cooperation and assistance to the united states golf association, and to…

Recreation & Sports
9
Oldham County Historical Society Inc

The mission of the Oldham County History Center is to collect, record and share the rich history of Oldham County and its communities, and to create a sense of place and connect its residents and visitors

Arts & Culture
10
Kentucky Mountain Mission of Eastern Kentucky

The organization engages in evangelistic and discipleship ministries in rural churches in eastern kentucky.

Recreation & Sports
11
Free & Accepted Masons of Kentucky

None

—
12
Bluegrass Heritage Museum Inc

To conduct, promote and preserve the history of the winchester, ky area and to educate the public about the heritage of our region.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Owensboro Area Shelter Information and Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Benedictine College. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 27 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
8/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE: $362,751 · OtherUNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCEPLEASANT VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH: $130,000 · OtherPLEASANT VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCHFamily Y of Owensboro-Daviess Co: $35,000 · OtherFamily Y of Owensboro-Daviess CoDANIEL PITINO SHELTER INC: $25,000 · Other+8 more: $84,000 · Other+8 moreOWENSBORO MUSEUM OF FINE ART INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureOWENSBORO MUSEU…INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC MUSEUM: $60,000 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL B…OWENSBORO DANCE THEATRE INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureOWENSBORO DANCE…OWENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureOWENSBORO SYMPH…GRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF OWENSBORO INC: $52,000 · EducationGRACE CHRI…KENTUCKY WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $20,000 · EducationKENTUCKY W…RIGHT TO LIFE OF OWENSBORO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 · EducationRIGHT TO L…Benedictine College: $10,000 · EducationBenedictin…Whitesville Lions Club: $55,000 · Recreation & SportsPREGNANCY CENTER OF OWENSBORO INC: $40,000 · HealthFAITHFUL FRIENDS KY INC: $15,000 · HealthCLIFF HAGAN BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $45,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentMAXIMILIAN MONTESSORI ACADEMY INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentWESTERN KENTUCKY BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $5,000 · Environment
Other$636,751Arts & Culture$142,500Education$95,000Recreation & Sports$55,000Health$55,000Youth Development$46,000Environment$30,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOWENSBORO MUSEUM OF FINE ART INC: $60,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetINTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSIC MUSEUM: $60,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetWhitesville Lions Club: $55,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetGRACE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF OWENSBORO INC: $52,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetCLIFF HAGAN BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $45,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPREGNANCY CENTER OF OWENSBORO INC: $40,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetFamily Y of Owensboro-Daviess Co: $35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDANIEL PITINO SHELTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMAXIMILIAN MONTESSORI ACADEMY INC: $25,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetKENTUCKY WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOWENSBORO AREA SHELTER INFORMATION AND SERVICES INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFAITHFUL FRIENDS KY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetAmerican Legion Baseball Post 9: $15,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetRIGHT TO LIFE OF OWENSBORO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetOWENSBORO DANCE THEATRE INC: $12,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetOWENSBORO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFRESH START FOR WOMEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBenedictine College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN KENTUCKY BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHELP OFFICE OF OWENSBORO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCOMMONWEALTH POLICY FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMENTOR KIDS KENTUCKY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 Community Foundat…Owensboro Health IncMarilyn & William You…Baird Foundation IncLester E Yeager Chari…United Way of the Ohi…Honorable Order of Ke…The Community Foundat…Impact 100 - Owensbor…B J Killian FoundationPublic Life Foundatio…The Community Foundat…
The Community Foundation of Louisville IncKY28.8× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Owensboro Health Inc · Marilyn & William Young Charitable Foundation Inc C/O Sara Hemingway Ex Di · Baird Foundation Inc · Lester E Yeager Charitable Trust B · United Way of the Ohio Valley Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Impact 100 - Owensboro Inc · B J Killian Foundation · Public Life Foundation of Owensboro · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository 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.

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 27 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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