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Modern Woodmen of America

To improve the quality of life for our members

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$102k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Human Services$999kYouth Development$602kHealth$509kArts & Culture$355kCommunity Improvement$293kPublic Safety & Disaster$252kEducation$226kHousing & Shelter$160kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 24 grants below total $662,833 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,465,779 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $802,946 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $289k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $332k
$18,280
Median grant
2
States reached
$18.2B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRINITY HEALTH FOUNDATION$102,110
AMERICAN RED CROSS$74,840
ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY$55,000
VERA FRENCH COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER$50,000
NIABI ZOO FOUNDATION$50,000
BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES$43,333
QUAD CITIES GOLF CLASSIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$35,000
FRIENDSHIP MANOR$34,000
CHRISTIAN FRIENDLINESS ASSOCIATION - YOUTHHOPE$31,665
RIVER BEND FOOD BANK$28,155
BALLET QUAD CITIES$20,000
CENTER FOR ACTIVE SENIORS INC$18,280
GILDA'S CLUB OF QUAD CITIES$17,165
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY QC$14,665
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS$12,895
02The need
03

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:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $583k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $34k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $21k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $20k → 14%FRIENDSHIP MANOR INC: $41k → 15%FRIENDSHIP MANOR: $34k → 15%FRIENDSHIP MANOR: $34k → 15%FRIENDSHIP MANOR INC: $10k → 15%FRIENDSHIP MANOR INC: $10k → 15%FRIENDSHIP MANOR INC: $10k → 15%FRIENDSHIP MANOR INC: $9k → 15%YMCA OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY: $15k → 12%SCOTT COUNTY FAMILY YMCA: $15k → 12%PROJECT NOW INC: $7k → 15%FRIENDSHIP MANOR: $7k → 15%THE ARC OF THE QUAD CITIES AREA: $5k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $75k → 15%BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $43k → 15%BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $43k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 15%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $20k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 15%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $18k → 15%BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $10k → 15%BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $8k → 15%BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $8k → 15%BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $8k → 15%BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $8k → 15%BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $8k → 15%HAND IN HAND: $6k → 12%HAND IN HAND: $6k → 12%HAND-IN-HAND: $5k → 12%HAND IN HAND: $5k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
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 linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
IA
CT
CO
NE
VA
DC
HI
FL

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 — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.3M · 38 repeat orgs$290k to everyone else

38 repeat relationships — 21 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
9

Total granted

$3.3M
$87k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+65%

Still filing today

95%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $202k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • YO
    YWCA OF THE QUAD CITIES
    6× · 2018–2023 · $256k · revenue +267%
  • TR
    Two Rivers YMCA Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $237k · revenue +65%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    8× · 2017–2024 · $227k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • PC
    PALMER COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +17%
  • WI
    Western Illinois University Foundation
    one grant, 2019 · $11k · revenue +17%
  • NC
    NAMI COLORADO
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +8%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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.

1
Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce

The quad cities chamber of commerce is a combined chamber of commerce, economic, and community development organization serving the greater quad cities region. the quad cities chamber of commerce's mission is to strengthen and enhance the…

Community Improvement
2
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
3
Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce

Our mission is to inspire the iowa city area to be greater by: 1) elevating business, 2) investing in strategic initiatives, and 3) advocating for the economic resiliency of the greater community.

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4
State University of Iowa Foundation

The university of iowa center for advancement's mission is to advance the university of iowa through engagement and philanthropy. we serve our alumni and friends in the state and the region, throughout the country, and around the world. we…

Education
5
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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6
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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7
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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8
Dubuque Area Convention and Visitors Bureau

The Dubuque Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) will lead tourism destination promotion and development to enhance and expand the Dubuque Area experience.

Community Improvement
9
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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10
Council Apartments Inc

Provide high quality living and services to enable lower income older adult residents of the managed apartment buildings to flourish independently; and create inspiring programming to enable both residents and community seniors to maintain…

Housing & Shelter
11
Sinnissippi Centers Inc

It is the mission of sinnissippi centers, inc. to provide quality, coordinated and responsive behavioral healthcare services to individuals, families and the communities we serve.

Health
12
Mid-Iowa Community Action Inc

Mica helps families experencing poverty meet their needs, build on their strengths, and achieve their goals.

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Quad Cities Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is New Ground Theatre. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 44 years old; the field is 54. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number11%0%<5yr7%2%5–10yr12%6%10–20yr11%29%20–35yr17%27%35–55yr42%37%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value11%0%<5yr7%2%5–10yr12%3%10–20yr11%20%20–35yr17%24%35–55yr42%52%55yr+

The field is 11% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 8% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/52
the rest of the field
8%
194/2,529

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

49 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 49 of the 52 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/49
Grantees still filing
35/49
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

YWCA OF THE QUAD CITIES — $256,000 · OtherYWCA OF THE QUAD CITIESTwo Rivers YMCA Inc — $236,500 · OtherTwo Rivers YMCA IncYOUTHHOPE — $225,895 · OtherYOUTHHOPEQUAD CITIES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $165,000 · OtherQUAD CITIES CHAMBER OF COMMERCELIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION — $121,790 · OtherLIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY — $117,765 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEYHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - QUAD CITIES INC — $95,228 · OtherTHE FRIENDLY HOUSE OF DAVENPORT IOWA — $85,910 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INC — $68,170 · Other+18 more — $561,638 · Other+18 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $227,442 · Human ServicesAmerican National …FRIENDSHIP MANOR INC — $155,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDSHIP MANOR I…BETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES — $136,704 · Human ServicesBETHANY FOR CHILDR…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY — $30,000 · Human ServicesHAND IN HAND — $21,575 · Human Services+2 more — $12,000 · Human ServicesQUAD CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION — $92,000 · Arts & CultureQUAD CITY …PUTNAM MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER — $75,000 · Arts & CulturePUTNAM MUS…BALLET QUAD CITIES — $75,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET QUA…QUAD CITY ARTS INC — $53,500 · Arts & CultureQUAD CITY …THE MIDWEST WRITING CENTER — $30,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MIDWES…NEW GROUND THEATRE — $20,500 · Arts & CultureNEW GROUND…CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY IOWA & NW ILLINOIS — $124,355 · HealthCANCER SU…TRINITY HEALTH FOUNDATION — $102,110 · HealthTRINITY H…Vera French Community Mental Health Center Inc — $50,000 · HealthVera Fren…EMPOWERING ABILITIES — $20,370 · HealthEMPOWERIN…+2 more — $20,000 · Health+2 moreST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY — $155,500 · EducationAUGUSTANA COLLEGE — $50,000 · EducationPALMER COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $15,000 · EducationWestern Illinois University Foundation — $10,500 · EducationJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE HEARTLAND INC — $108,666 · InternationalRIVER BEND FOOD RESERVOIR — $88,695 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,933,896Human Services$582,721Arts & Culture$346,000Health$316,835Education$231,000International$108,666Food & Nutrition$88,695

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetYWCA OF THE QUAD CITIES — $256,000 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetTwo Rivers YMCA Inc — $236,500 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $227,442 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTHHOPE — $225,895 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY — $155,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDSHIP MANOR INC — $155,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBETHANY FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES — $136,704 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY IOWA & NW ILLINOIS — $124,355 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetLIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION — $121,790 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE HEARTLAND INC — $108,666 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetTRINITY HEALTH FOUNDATION — $102,110 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - QUAD CITIES INC — $95,228 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetQUAD CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION — $92,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetRIVER BEND FOOD RESERVOIR — $88,695 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FRIENDLY HOUSE OF DAVENPORT IOWA — $85,910 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetPUTNAM MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER — $75,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBALLET QUAD CITIES — $75,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INC — $68,170 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetCenter for Active Seniors Inc — $63,990 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetHUMILITY HOMES AND SERVICES INC — $54,545 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetQUAD CITY ARTS INC — $53,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S THERAPY CENTER OF THE QUAD CITIES NFP — $50,460 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetQUAD CITIES REGIONAL VISION — $50,000 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetVera French Community Mental Health Center Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetQUAD CITY BOTANICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetNIABI ZOO FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetQUAD CITIES GOLF CLASSIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — $46,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF ROCK ISLAND — $42,925 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE IOWA MISSISSIPPI VALLEY — $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MIDWEST WRITING CENTER — $30,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY — $25,097 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetQUAD CITIES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHAND IN HAND — $21,575 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetEMPOWERING ABILITIES — $20,370 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLL Global Inc — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPALMER COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCATINE CENTER FOR SOCIAL ACTION — $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY RESOURCES INC — $13,625 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWestern Illinois University Foundation — $10,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAMI COLORADO — $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR THE HOMELESS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE QUAD CITIES — $9,996 over 1y, 31% of budgetPROJECT NOW INC — $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF THE QUAD CITIES AREA — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Scott County Regional…Quad Cities Golf Clas…Quad Cities Community…Moline FoundationUnited Way Quad CitiesHubbell-Waterman FndnDoris & Victor Day Fo…Rauch Family Foundati…The Rock Island Commu…Grant & Virginia Bris…Roy J Carver Charitab…Mary Iva Gittins Knou…
Scott County Regional AuthorityIA63.5× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Scott County Regional Authority · Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation · Quad Cities Community Foundation · Moline Foundation · United Way Quad Cities · Hubbell-Waterman Fndn · Doris & Victor Day Foundation Inc · Rauch Family Foundation I Inc · The Rock Island Community Foundation · Grant & Virginia Brissman Foundation Nfp · Roy J Carver Charitable Trust · Mary Iva Gittins Knouse Tr Uw

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Modern Woodmen of America 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida Inc — 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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: 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 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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Modern Woodmen of America?

Find your warmest path to Modern Woodmen of America 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 52 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home