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Micron Industries Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Micron Industries Charitable Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$65k
Granted FY2021
15
Grants FY2021
7
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2021 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k13 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
$3,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$4k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Fellowship of Companies for Christ$15,000
Hillsdale College$15,000
First Liberty Institute$4,000
Illinois Family Institute$4,000
Greater Sterling Development Corp$4,000
Semper Fi$3,000
Fuller Theological Seminary$3,000
Salvation Army$3,000
Pacific Garden Mission$3,000
Sterling Rock Falls Family YMCA$2,500
Northern Illinois Food Bank$2,500
Museum of the Bible$2,000
Turning Point USA$2,000
Our Daily Bread Ministires$1,500
DuPage Veterans Foundation$500
02The need
02

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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Semper Fi: $3k → 11%First Liberty Institute: $4k → 5%Museum of the Bible: $2k → 14%Hillsdale College: $15k → 14%Fellowship of Companies for Christ: $15k → 13%DuPage Veterans Foundation: $500 → 7%Northern Illinois Food Bank: $3k → 8%Sterling Rock Falls Family YMCA: $3k → 13%Illinois Family Institute: $4k → 14%Greater Sterling Development Corp: $4k → 7%Salvation Army: $3k → 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 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.

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Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
2
The Fund for American Studies

The fund for american studies (tfas) seeks to create a brighter, more prosperous future by preparing young people for leadership and teaching them the ideas of freedom and a free-market economy. founded in 1967, tfas organizes programs for…

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3
John Jay Institute for Faith Society and Law Inc

To prepare principled leaders for faith-informed public service.

Religion
4
The Institute On Religion and Public Life Inc

The institute on religion and public life is an interreligious, nonpartisan research and educational 501(c)(3) organization. the institute's mission is to articulate a governing consensus that supports: (see schedule o)- a religiously…

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5
The Trustees of Grinnell College

To educate students in the liberal arts through free inquiry and the open exchange of ideas.when grinnell college framed its charter in the iowa territory of the united states in 1846, it set forth a mission to educate its students "for…

Education
6
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
7
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
8
William Jessup University

In partnership with the church, the purpose of william jessup university is to educate transformational leaders for the glory of god.

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9
Northern Illinois University Foundation

The niu foundation's mission is to energize and connect the private sector with the niu community to secure and steward resources that support the future and growth of niu.

Education
10
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
11
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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12
Benedictine College

Benedictine college's mission as a catholic, benedictine, liberal arts, residential college is the education of men and women within a community of faith & scholarship.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Turning Point Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dupage Veterans Foundation. 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

11 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. 11 of the 15 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Fellowship of Companies For Christ: $15,000 · OtherFellowship of Companies For ChristPACIFIC GARDEN MISSION: $3,000 · OtherPACIFIC GARDEN MISSIONTHE SALVATION ARMY: $3,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYSemper Fi: $3,000 · OtherSemper FiSTERLING-ROCK FALLS FAMILY YMCA: $2,500 · OtherSTERLING-ROCK FALLS FAMILY YMCATURNING POINT USA INC: $2,000 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INCMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $2,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF THE BIBLEOur Daily Bread Ministires: $1,500 · OtherHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $15,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGEFULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $3,000 · EducationFULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARYGREATER STERLING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $4,000 · Community ImprovementFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $4,000 · Civil RightsILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE: $4,000 · ReligionNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $2,500 · Food & NutritionDUPAGE VETERANS FOUNDATION: $500 · Public Benefit
Other$32,000Education$18,000Community Improvement$4,000Civil Rights$4,000Religion$4,000Food & Nutrition$2,500Public Benefit$500

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 budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFellowship of Companies For Christ: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGREATER STERLING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTERLING-ROCK FALLS FAMILY YMCA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUPAGE VETERANS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 37% 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Micron Industries Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Micron Industries Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–5%
    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 15 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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