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Mn Osborne Charitable Foundation Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$254k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$208k
Largest
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Philanthropy$3.5MReligion$1.5MEnvironment$525kPublic Benefit$52kInternational$39kEducation$28kCivil Rights$22kHuman Services$22kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $46k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $208k
$30,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$344k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Timothy V Dixon Ministry Inc$208,000
New Creation Ministries$30,000
Preparing the Way Ministries$16,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 36% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Runnin WJ Ranch: $2k → 19%Reeces Rainbow: $4k → 7%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
MI
CA
MO
VA
AZ
AR
TN
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
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.

35%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 15 repeat orgs$3.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
38

Total granted

$2.1M
$3.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+22%

Still filing today

33%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Public BenefitReligionHuman ServicesCivil RightsEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • JUDICIAL WATCH INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $18k · revenue +78%
  • AC
    AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $17k · revenue +33%
  • TP
    TURNING POINT USA INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $10k · revenue +190%

Funded once

  • AC
    ABG Charitable Trust
    one grant, 2022 · $3.4M · 100% of their budget
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $55k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF TUNISIA
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
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.

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Plain Truth Ministries Worldwide

Ptm worldwide publishes christianity without the religion magazine and plain truth magazine. ptm further serves with daily radio programs, blogs, bible surveys and many other free inspirational resources on its website, www.ptm.org

Religion
2
Foundation for Conservative Judiasm of South Florida
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3
Explore God Network
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4
Open Technology Fund

The open technology fund aims to advance internet freedom globally by supporting the research, development, implementation, and maintenance of technologies that provide secure and uncensored access to the internet.

Arts & Culture
5
Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism Inc

The center is specifically dedicated to the ideal that religious freedom and freedom of speech are inalienable, god given rights. the center's purpose is to educate, promulgate, conciliate and where necessary, litigate, to ensure that…

Civil Rights
6
Paul White Ministries

Present the gospel

Religion
7
Good News Publishers

Crossway is a not-for-profit Christian publishing ministry of Good News Publishers that exists to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ through publishing and other means, in order, by God's grace: to bring people to Christ as their Lord and…

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8
Answers in Genesis Inc

We proclaim the absolute truth and authority of the bible with boldness. we relate the relevance of a literal genesis to the church and world today with creativity. we obey god's call to deliver the message of the gospel, individually and…

Religion
9
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
10
Witness Inc

Witness helps people use video and technology to protect and defend human rights. witness is working towards a world where the communities we center, serve, and support can safely and effectively use video and technology to end human…

International
11
Global Faith Network
Human Services
12
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Abg Charitable Trust. 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

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 55 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ABG Charitable Trust: $3,428,566 · PhilanthropyABG Charitable TrustWATERWAZE EQUIPPING CENTER INC: $497,019 · OtherWATERWAZE EQUIPPING CENTER I…Timothy V Dixon Ministry Inc: $355,000 · OtherTimothy V Dixon Ministry IncPreparing the Way Ministries: $100,000 · OtherPreparing the Way MinistriesChurch on the Rock: $89,746 · OtherChurch on the RockAR Community Fdn Inc: $67,786 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $55,000 · Other+36 more: $322,405 · Other+36 moreSOW RICHLY: $810,873 · ReligionSOW RICHLY+2 more: $25,295 · ReligionJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $18,295 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $10,295 · Public BenefitCONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA: $8,400 · Public BenefitEARTH INTELLIGENCE NETWORK: $3,000 · Public BenefitAMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC: $17,495 · Civil RightsCONDUIT FOR COMMERCE INC: $5,000 · Civil RightsIN HIS IMAGE INTERNATIONAL INC: $11,000 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE OUACHITA TRAIL INC: $10,800 · Recreation & Sports
Philanthropy$3,428,566Other$1,486,956Religion$836,168Public Benefit$39,990Civil Rights$22,495Education$13,000Recreation & Sports$10,800

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 budgetABG Charitable Trust: $3,428,566 over 1y, 100% of budgetSOW RICHLY: $810,873 over 4y, 76% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $18,295 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC: $17,495 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDUTCH SHEETS MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetIN HIS IMAGE INTERNATIONAL INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $10,295 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $10,295 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC: $10,295 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA: $8,400 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCONDUIT FOR COMMERCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXARKANA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEARTH INTELLIGENCE NETWORK: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJ127 Ministry Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE NEW ORLEANS: $1,200 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.

  • Who funds ABG Charitable Trust ↗
  • Who funds SOW RICHLY ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds DUTCH SHEETS MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds IN HIS IMAGE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE OUACHITA TRAIL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds CONDUIT FOR COMMERCE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗

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.

Servant FoundationKS14.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Mn Osborne Charitable Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mn Osborne Charitable Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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

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    How do I get to Mn Osborne Charitable Foundation Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Mn Osborne Charitable Foundation Trust 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 55 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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