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Raymond Foundation Inc at a glance

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Raymond Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$550k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.2MPhilanthropy$1.7MScience & Tech$1.1MEnvironment$931kArts & Culture$515kFood & Nutrition$130kPublic Safety & Disaster$80kRecreation & Sports$70kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $629k
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.6M
$200,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BLOOMINGTON AND MONROE COUNTY INC$550,000
CONSERVATION LAW CENTER INC$500,000
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY$290,620
MIDWAY UNIVERSITY$290,619
WONDERLAB MUSEUM OF SCIENCE HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY INC$200,000
BLOOMINGTON COMMUNITY RADIO DBA WFHB$125,000
LOTUS EDUCATION AND ARTS FOUNDATION$120,000
INDIANA UNIVERSITY$118,811
CARBON NEUTRAL INDIANA$65,000
ROBOBOOSTERS INC$25,000
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 (FY20–24, $288k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%NEWTON'S ATTIC: $33k → 15%NEW OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL FOR WOMEN: $100k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $30k → 14%NEWTON'S ATTIC: $25k → 15%NEW OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL FOR WOMEN: $20k → 16%MIDDLE WAY HOUSE INC: $20k → 18%MIDDLE WAY HOUSE INC: $10k → 18%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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of Raymond Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Raymond Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.3M · 19 repeat orgs$761k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
7

Total granted

$4.3M
$261k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+20%

Still filing today

84%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentEducationFood & NutritionPublic BenefitOther
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

  • MU
    MIDWAY UNIVERSITY INC FKA MIDWAY COLLEGE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $491k · revenue +51%
  • BC
    Bloomington Community Radio Inc dba WFHB
    6× · 2020–2025 · $305k · revenue +89%
  • SL
    SYCAMORE LAND TRUST INCORPORATED
    3× · 2020–2022 · $300k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • Indiana University Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +21%
  • FA
    FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL & MECHANICAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $84k
  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $38k
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
Leadership Indianapolis Inc

Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.

Public Benefit
2
Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc

Trusted journalism, inspiring stories and lifelong learning.

Arts & Culture
3
The Indianapolis Foundation Inc

To mobilize people, ideas, and investments to make this a community where all individuals have equitable opportunity to reach their full potential - no matter place, race or identity.

Community Improvement
4
Tri-State Food Bank

Tri-state food bank, inc solicits, warehouses, and disburses donated and purchased food products to other not-for-profit entities in indiana, illinois, and kentucky.

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5
Indianapolis - Marion County Public Library Foundation Inc

Partner with donors to enrich lives, foster lifelong learning and engage our diverse community through the indianapolis public library.

Education
6
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
7
Illinois College

Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…

Education
8
Early Learning Indiana Inc

Early learning indiana (eli) is on a mission to ensure every child is empowered with essential skills to thrive in kindergarten and beyond. (see schedule o for continuation)

Human Services
9
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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10
Indiana University Alumni Association Inc

The indiana university alumni association activates and supports the global alumni network- encouraging alumni to grow a lifelong connection with indiana university, and inspiring their ongoing generosity toward each other and the…

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11
Indiana State University Foundation Inc

The foundation's mission is to secure and preserve private resources for the betterment of indiana state university and its students, while providing donors with opportunities to witness and experience the results of their philanthropy.

Education
12
Waynesburg University

Waynesburg university educates students to make connections between faith, learning and serving so they might faithfully transofrm their communiities and the world. see continuation on schedule o.as a christian comprehensive university, we…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pathways Inc; the most unlike its peers is RoboBoosters Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

21 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. 21 of the 28 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
13/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BLOOMINGTON AND MONROE COUNTY INC: $1,730,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BLOO…THE WONDERLAB MUSEUM OF SCIENCE HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY INC: $1,051,440 · Arts & CultureTHE WONDERLAB MUSEUM OF SC…Bloomington Community Radio Inc dba WFHB: $305,000 · Arts & CultureBloomington Community Radi…Lotus Education and Arts Foundation Inc: $207,500 · Arts & CultureLotus Education and Arts F…UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY: $490,620 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKYIndiana University School of Medicine: $446,449 · OtherIndiana University School o…FOUNDATION OF THE MONROE COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC: $304,450 · OtherFOUNDATION OF THE MONROE CO…FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL & MECHANICAL FOUNDATION: $84,000 · OtherHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $65,000 · OtherHOOSIER HILLS FOOD BANK INC: $65,000 · Other+8 more: $212,745 · Other+8 moreMIDWAY UNIVERSITY INC FKA MIDWAY COLLEGE: $490,619 · EducationMIDWAY UN…Indiana University Foundation: $100,000 · EducationIndiana U…THE CONSERVATION LAW CENTER INC: $500,000 · Crime & LegalSYCAMORE LAND TRUST INCORPORATED: $300,000 · EnvironmentCARBON NEUTRAL INDIANA INC: $122,400 · Environment+1 more: $9,000 · EnvironmentNEW OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL FOR WOMEN INC: $120,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $80,000 · Human ServicesNewton's Attic Inc: $57,934 · Human ServicesMIDDLE WAY HOUSE INC: $30,000 · Human Services
Philanthropy$1,730,000Arts & Culture$1,563,940Other$1,668,264Education$590,619Crime & Legal$500,000Environment$431,400Human Services$287,934

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 budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BLOOMINGTON AND MONROE COUNTY INC: $1,730,000 over 5y, 10% of budgetTHE WONDERLAB MUSEUM OF SCIENCE HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY INC: $1,051,440 over 6y, 33% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION LAW CENTER INC: $500,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetMIDWAY UNIVERSITY INC FKA MIDWAY COLLEGE: $490,619 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetBloomington Community Radio Inc dba WFHB: $305,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetFOUNDATION OF THE MONROE COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INC: $304,450 over 3y, 37% of budgetSYCAMORE LAND TRUST INCORPORATED: $300,000 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetLotus Education and Arts Foundation Inc: $207,500 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetCARBON NEUTRAL INDIANA INC: $122,400 over 3y, 36% of budgetNEW OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL FOR WOMEN INC: $120,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOOSIER HILLS FOOD BANK INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNewton's Attic Inc: $57,934 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetRoboBoosters Inc: $55,000 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetPATHWAYS INC: $45,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetPathways Early Education Center of Immokalee Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMIDDLE WAY HOUSE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF LAKE MONROE INC: $9,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetU S A INTERNATIONAL HARP COMPETITION INC: $2,700 over 1y, 1.3% 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.

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.

Community Foundation …The Smithville Charit…Duke Energy FoundationBaxter International …Hirt Family Foundatio…Houston Family Founda…Community Foundation …Lilly Endowment IncBaird Foundation IncNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…
Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County IncIN32.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County Inc · The Smithville Charitable Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Baxter International Foundation · Hirt Family Foundation Inc · Houston Family Foundation · Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Raymond Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Raymond Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%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
    0get no government money at all
    10report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Raymond Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Raymond Foundation Inc 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 28 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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