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· Private foundation
MICRON INDUSTRIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
This foundation does not accept unsolicited requests — it funds preselected organizations.
$65k
Granted FY2021
15
Grants
7
Communities
$15k
Largest
01What you fund
01FY2021 · 15 grants
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k13 grants · $35k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
$3,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
- Fellowship of Companies for Christ$15,000
- Hillsdale College$15,000
- Greater Sterling Development Corp$4,000
- Illinois Family Institute$4,000
- First Liberty Institute$4,000
- Fuller Theological Seminary$3,000
- Salvation Army$3,000
- Semper Fi$3,000
- Pacific Garden Mission$3,000
- Northern Illinois Food Bank$2,500
- Sterling Rock Falls Family YMCA$2,500
- Turning Point USA$2,000
- Museum of the Bible$2,000
- Our Daily Bread Ministires$1,500
- DuPage Veterans Foundation$500
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
show:
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY21–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 12% — the area typically sits at 9%. 80% of your dollars reach neighborhoods with above-average need. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
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; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA, United Way ALICE — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
03Your field
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
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Lake Forest College
Lake Forest College is a National Residential Liberal Arts College, accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Education
2
The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Moody exists to proclaim the gospel and equip people to be biblically grounded, practically trained, and to engage the world through gospel-centered living. In short, we prepare people for their purpose and calling!
Education
3
Wheaton College
Wheaton College serves Jesus Christ and advances his Kingdom through excellence in liberal arts and graduate programs that educate the whole person to build the church and benefit society worldwide.
Education
4
North Central College
We are a diverse community of learners dedicated to preparing students to be curious, engaged, ethical, and purposeful citizens and leaders in local, national and global contexts.
Education
5
Illinois Institute of Technology
To provide distinctive and relevant education in an environment of scientific, technological, and professional knowledge creation and innovation.
Education
6
Franklin College of Indiana
Franklin College empowers students through an experiential education, grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, promoting impactful careers and meaningful lives.
Education
7
Trinity International University
Trinity international university offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees through four schools at locations in illinois, florida, and california.
Education
8
Rockford University
To educate men & women to lead responsible lives by means of a curriculum grounded in liberal arts learning and completed and extended by professional and practical experience. through the total academic and co-curricular experience,…
Education
9
North Park University
North Park University is an accredited institution of higher education. Our mission is to prepare students for lives of significance and service through liberal arts and theological studies.
Education
10
Evangel University
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god.
Education
11
North Central University
To train and prepare leaders to serve their community, church, and world according to their vocation and gifts.
Education
12
Loyola University of Chicago
We are one of the nation's largest jesuit, catholic universities with over 17,000 students. we work to expand knowledge through learning, justice, and faith.
Education
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Turning Point Usa Inc and the most unlike its peers is Hillsdale 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
10 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue.
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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
10/10
Grew since you first funded
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Other$32,000Education$18,000Civil Rights$4,000Religion$4,000Community Improvement$4,000Food & Nutrition$2,500Public Benefit$500
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Hillsdale College ↗
- Who funds Fellowship of Companies for Christ ↗
- Who funds First Liberty Institute ↗
- Who funds Illinois Family Institute ↗
- Who funds Greater Sterling Development Corp ↗
- Who funds Fuller Theological Seminary ↗
- Who funds Sterling Rock Falls Family YMCA ↗
- Who funds Northern Illinois Food Bank ↗
- Who funds Turning Point USA ↗
- Who funds DuPage Veterans Foundation ↗
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organisation MICRON INDUSTRIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
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. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.
04Through Plinth
Through Plinth
Your grantmaking, live and operational
This dossier was generated cold from public filings. In Plinth it’s a working system — every applicant assessed and every grant monitored. Here’s a taste, run on one of your grantees: DuPage Veterans Foundation.
Agentic due diligence · confidence × risk
Financial management
insufficient risk
Limited financial data in public filings.
Track record & reputation
medium risk
4 years of Form 990 filings, still active; revenue up 10.5× since.
Legal standing
low risk
US 501(c)(3); EIN 320353381 on file with current IRS Form 990 filings.
Governance
Live in Plinth
Board composition & governance documents — verified live in Plinth from the applicant.
Compliance & sanctions
Live in Plinth
OFAC / UN sanctions screening — run live in Plinth at assessment.
Program capacity
Live in Plinth
Staffing, M&E and activity alignment — assessed live in Plinth from submitted proposals.
Live · Plinth’s real DD engine
Run the actual assessment on DuPage Veterans Foundation, cold from public data.
Generated live from public IRS filings + open web sources by Plinth’s agentic engine. Shown as an illustration of the product, not a formal assessment.
Post-award monitoring · continuous checks
- Awaiting reportFinancial stability— Runway not derivable from filings.
- On trackSustained operations— Filing through 2024; revenue grew over the period.
- On trackReliance on your funding— Your grants peaked at 37% of their budget — diversified.
- Awaiting reportEvidence of delivery— Plinth collects the grantee's own monitoring reports post-award.
What you see here is static and public. In Plinth it’s operational — the full six-pillar framework on every applicant (with their own documents + live registry and sanctions checks), monitoring dashboards on every award, custom board reports, and eligibility routing for intake.
Agentic due diligenceMonitoring dashboardsCustom board reportsEligibility routing
Preview generated from this grantee’s public IRS filings and independent reporting. Pillars marked “live in Plinth” require the applicant’s submitted documents. Shown as illustration, not a formal assessment.
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPro
How do I get to Micron Industries Charitable Foundation?
Find your warmest path to Micron Industries Charitable Foundation through people who sit on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the introduction across shared trustees and officers.
Every link is a documented governance overlap in public IRS 990 filings — not a personal network — and each hop carries its own confidence tier. Low-confidence or distant paths are held back rather than guessed.
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines