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Modestus Bauer Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
136
Grants FY2025still arriving
25
States reached
$102k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$1.6MPhilanthropy$995kEducation$615kArts & Culture$539kFood & Nutrition$435kInternational$374kHuman Services$304kCivil Rights$204kOther$0
02FY2025 · 136 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k98 grants · $322k
  • $10k–50k37 grants · $592k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $102k
$5,000
Median grant
25
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH UNITED FUND$101,600
NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM$45,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ILLINOIS$35,000
ISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND$28,000
HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$25,500
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$21,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHENS INC$20,000
MAYO FOUNDATION$20,000
NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK$20,000
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$20,000
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$20,000
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY$19,500
MORAINE TOWNSHIP FOOD PANTRY$18,000
FRIENDS OF THE IDF$18,000
REAL OPTIONS FOR CITY KIDS$15,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $263k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 46% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $2k → 13%ST LOUIS ARC: $5k → 11%ST LOUIS ARC: $5k → 11%ST LOUIS ARC: $5k → 11%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $2k → 14%MOTHERS TRUST FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%MOTHERS TRUST FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%MOTHERS TRUST FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%MOTHERS TRUST FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%MOTHERS TRUST FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%MOTHERS TRUST FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%MOTHERS TRUST FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $2k → 14%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $2k → 14%ASPIRITECH NFP: $15k → 8%ASPIRITECH NFP: $13k → 8%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $5k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $5k → 14%ASPIRITECH NFP: $10k → 8%RESPOND NOW INC: $10k → 8%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $4k → 14%ASPIRITECH NFP: $10k → 8%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $4k → 14%ASPIRITECH NFP: $10k → 8%ASPIRITECH NFP: $10k → 8%TRICON CHILD CARE CENTER: $5k → 8%TRICON CHILD CARE CENTER: $5k → 8%TRICON CHILD CARE CENTER: $5k → 8%TRICON CHILD CARE CENTER: $5k → 8%TRICON CHILD CARE CENTER: $5k → 8%RESPOND NOW INC: $5k → 8%THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $5k → 14%TRICON CHILD CARE CENTER: $5k → 8%THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $5k → 14%RESPOND NOW INC: $3k → 8%THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $3k → 14%RESPOND NOW INC: $3k → 8%THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $3k → 14%RESPOND NOW INC: $3k → 8%THE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE: $3k → 14%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF CHICAGO: $2k → 14%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $10k → 14%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $10k → 14%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $10k → 14%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $5k → 14%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $5k → 14%COUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $5k → 14%CHICAGO FURNITURE BANK: $2k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
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IL
WI
MI
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MA
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IA
OH
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NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
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TX
FL
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.6M · 164 repeat orgs$163k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

164 repeat relationships: 117 still active in FY2025, 47 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

164
49

Total granted

$5.6M
$121k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+8%

Still filing today

65%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalEnvironmentOther
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

  • JU
    JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
    6× · 2020–2025 · $498k · revenue +13%
  • EH
    Endeavor Health Clinical Operations
    6× · 2020–2025 · $280k · revenue +25%
  • PP
    Planned Parenthood of Illinois
    6× · 2020–2025 · $235k · revenue +77%

Funded once

  • BM
    BRYN MAWR COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +34%
  • AC
    AMERICAN COMMITTEE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
  • AW
    AMER WEIZMANN INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2020 · $7k
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.

1
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
2
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
5
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
6
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
7
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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8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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9
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
10
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
11
University of Chicago

The mission of the university of chicago has been to sustain at the highest level of excellence, the communication of knowledge, the creation of knowledge and the fostering of a dynamic community of scholars and students.

Education
12
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Action Against Hunger - Usa; the most unlike its peers is Camp Nebagamon Foundation. 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

151 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 151 of the 235 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
146/151
Grantees still filing
110/151
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $164,500 · OtherISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INCMAYO FOUNDATION: $120,000 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $120,000 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $103,000 · OtherCAMP NEBAGAMON: $96,000 · Other+116 more: $2,184,050 · Other+116 moreEndeavor Health Clinical Operations: $280,000 · HealthEndeavor Health Cli…Planned Parenthood of Illinois: $235,000 · HealthPlanned Parenthood …PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $105,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH …NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $71,000 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE S…Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $60,000 · HealthRehabilitation Inst…AUTISM SPEAKS INC: $60,000 · HealthAUTISM SPEAKS INCCANCER WELLNESS CENTER: $45,000 · Health+15 more: $180,200 · Health+15 moreJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $498,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FU…Highland Park Community Foundation: $160,000 · PhilanthropyHighland Park Co…MORAINE TOWNSHIP CHARITABLE FUND CHARITABLE FUND: $111,700 · PhilanthropyMORAINE TOWNSHIP…Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $60,000 · PhilanthropyJupiter Medical …+3 more: $60,500 · Philanthropy+3 moreLake Forest College: $82,000 · EducationREAL OPTIONS FOR CITY KIDS: $60,000 · EducationREADY READERS: $42,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · EducationCOLLEGE BOUND OPPORTUNITIES: $31,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $23,000 · EducationFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $18,000 · Education+8 more: $45,500 · EducationGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $124,500 · Food & NutritionNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $106,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $36,000 · Food & NutritionWEST DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP FOOD PANTRY: $28,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $21,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $2,000 · Food & NutritionWriters Theatre Inc: $85,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHLIGHT THEATRE INC: $66,000 · Arts & CultureRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $60,000 · Arts & CultureHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $33,000 · Arts & CultureMALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC: $18,000 · Arts & CultureSTEPPENWOLF THEATRE COMPANY: $12,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PALM BEACH SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $12,000 · Arts & CultureWINDOW TO THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC: $11,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $19,500 · Arts & CultureASPIRITECH NFP: $67,500 · Human ServicesCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $45,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $41,000 · Human ServicesTRI-CON CHILD CARE CENTER INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesRESPOND NOW: $23,500 · Human ServicesTHE CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $20,500 · Human ServicesTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $18,000 · Human ServicesMothers Trust Foundation: $17,000 · Human ServicesST LOUIS ARC INC: $15,000 · Human Services+7 more: $27,000 · Human Services
Other$2,787,550Health$1,036,200Philanthropy$890,200Education$366,500Food & Nutrition$317,500Arts & Culture$316,500Human Services$304,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $498,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEndeavor Health Clinical Operations: $280,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $235,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $164,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetHighland Park Community Foundation: $160,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $124,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMORAINE TOWNSHIP CHARITABLE FUND CHARITABLE FUND: $111,700 over 6y, 15% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK: $106,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $105,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $103,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP NEBAGAMON: $96,000 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $87,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWriters Theatre Inc: $85,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetLake Forest College: $82,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $71,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetASPIRITECH NFP: $67,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHLIGHT THEATRE INC: $66,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY ACTION NETWORK: $62,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $60,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetREAL OPTIONS FOR CITY KIDS: $60,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY: $57,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $50,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetART ENCOUNTER: $50,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $50,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER WELLNESS CENTER: $45,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $45,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $44,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $43,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetREADY READERS: $42,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $41,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHorizons for Youth: $40,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF LAKE COUNTY: $36,300 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFeeding America: $36,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $34,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL FOUNDATION OF ILLINOIS INC: $33,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES SECTION NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN: $33,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCOLLEGE BOUND OPPORTUNITIES: $31,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHWOODS LAND TRUST INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTRI-CON CHILD CARE CENTER INC: $30,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWEST DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP FOOD PANTRY: $28,000 over 6y, 3.5% 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 JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds Endeavor Health Clinical Operations ↗
  • Who funds Planned Parenthood of Illinois ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Highland Park Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
  • Who funds MORAINE TOWNSHIP CHARITABLE FUND CHARITABLE FUND ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP NEBAGAMON ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds Writers Theatre Inc ↗
  • Who funds Lake Forest College ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ASPIRITECH NFP ↗
  • Who funds NORTHLIGHT THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY ACTION NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM SPEAKS INC ↗
  • Who funds RAVINIA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds REAL OPTIONS FOR CITY KIDS ↗
  • Who funds CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
  • Who funds ART ENCOUNTER ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds CANCER WELLNESS CENTER ↗

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.

Jewish Federation of …First Bank Chicago Fo…AbbVie FoundationThe Chicago Community…Circle of Service Fou…Highland Park Communi…United Way of Metropo…Richard & Patricia Co…Leva Family FoundationUnited Way of Lake Co…John and Kathleen Sch…St Louis Community Fo…
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoIL27.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · First Bank Chicago Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Circle of Service Foundation · Highland Park Community Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Richard & Patricia Cohn Family Foundation · Leva Family Foundation · United Way of Lake County Inc · John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy · St Louis Community Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Palm Beach Symphony Society Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Children's Golf Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 Modestus Bauer Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Modestus Bauer Foundation 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 235 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home