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Rex and Alice A Martin Foundation Inc at a glance

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Rex and Alice A Martin Foundation Inc

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.

$997k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$7.2MHealth$2.2MArts & Culture$1.7MEnvironment$1.0MEducation$860kPhilanthropy$416kHuman Services$195kHousing & Shelter$182kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $2k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $195k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $400k
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$35,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$7.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Illinois Foundation$400,000
University of Notre Dame$100,000
Hubbard Hill Estates Inc$50,000
Middlesex School$50,000
Culver Educational Foundation$50,000
ADEC Inc$50,000
Logan Community Resources Inc$50,000
Wellfield Botanic Garden Inc$50,000
Premier Arts$36,500
Elkhart Festivals Inc$35,000
The E3 Robotics Center$25,000
Cultivate Food Rescue$25,000
Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc$20,000
Friends of the New York Central Railroad Museum Inc$18,000
Stanley Clark School$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 (FY25–25, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%ADEC Inc: $50k → 13%Owls Club: $10k → 13%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.4M · 17 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
29

Total granted

$5.4M
$622k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+14%

Still filing today

82%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $639k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentAnimalsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • WB
    WELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +71% · 59% of their budget
  • PA
    Premier Arts Inc
    8× · 2017–2025 · $332k · revenue +474%
  • EI
    ETHOS INC
    2× · 2019–2022 · $125k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • TH
    THE HOME DEPOT FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $125k
  • AH
    Ace Hardware Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $60k · revenue +34%
  • TS
    THE SAMARITAN CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $55k
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
Elkhart General Hospital Inc

We deliver outstanding care, inspire health, and connect with heart.

Health
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
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.

Health
4
Elkhart County Board of Realtors

To promote the professional standards of realtors.

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5
Economic Development Corporation of Elkhart County Inc

To create an economically vibrant community by recruiting, retaining, and strengthening our economic base; being a catalyst for diversification, innovation, and economic change. we accomplish our mission by working with companies looking…

Unclassified
6
Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare Group

The elmhurst memorial healthcare group follows the mission of endeavor health (f/k/a ns-ee holdings). the mission of endeavor health is to "help everyone in our communities be their best." central to this mission is a commitment to…

—
7
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
8
Edward Hospital

Edward Hospital follows the mission of Endeavor Health to "help everyone in our communities be their best."

Health
9
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
10
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
11
Edward Foundation

Edward foundation follows the mission of endeavor health to "help everyone in our communities be their best."

—
12
Indiana University Health Frankfort Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ace Hardware 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

41 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. 41 of the 59 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/41
Grantees still filing
20/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Notre Dame du Lac: $7,125,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du LacUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $400,000 · Education+5 more: $308,200 · EducationGoshen Health Foundation Inc: $2,000,000 · HealthGoshen Health Fo…+2 more: $15,000 · HealthELKHART AMP GROUP INC: $990,000 · Arts & CultureELKHART AMP G…Premier Arts Inc: $331,500 · Arts & CulturePremier Arts …MICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $255,000 · Arts & CultureMICHIANA PUBL…+3 more: $93,000 · Arts & Culture+3 moreWELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $1,008,499 · EnvironmentTHE HOME DEPOT FOUNDATION: $125,000 · OtherElkhart Community Schools: $100,000 · OtherLogan Community Resources Inc: $65,000 · OtherAce Hardware Foundation: $60,000 · OtherTHE SAMARITAN CENTER: $54,835 · OtherJA Biztown Elkhart County: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $44,000 · OtherTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $45,000 · OtherADEC INC: $50,000 · OtherHubbard Hill Estates Inc: $50,000 · OtherELKHART FESTIVALS INC: $45,000 · Other+28 more: $350,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $415,500 · PhilanthropyTHE FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTER FOR HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyETHOS INC: $125,000 · Science & Tech
Education$7,833,200Health$2,015,000Arts & Culture$1,669,500Environment$1,008,499Other$1,038,835Philanthropy$465,500Science & Tech$125,000

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 budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $7,125,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGoshen Health Foundation Inc: $2,000,000 over 5y, 33% of budgetWELLFIELD BOTANIC GARDENS INC: $1,008,499 over 6y, 59% of budgetELKHART AMP GROUP INC: $990,000 over 2y, 60% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $415,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $400,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPremier Arts Inc: $331,500 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetMICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $255,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetSTANLEY CLARK SCHOOL INC: $165,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetETHOS INC: $125,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetMIDDLESEX SCHOOL: $83,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLogan Community Resources Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCulver Educational Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTER FOR HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetADEC INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHubbard Hill Estates Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetELKHART FESTIVALS INC: $45,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $45,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCOUNCIL ON AGING OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $30,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTHE E3 ROBOTICS CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTH BEND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCULTIVATE CULINARY SCHOOL AND CATERING INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALL 4 ANIMALS RESCUE INCORPORATED: $23,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetYWCA NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOAKLAWN FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAHC Community Health Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF INDIANA-MICHIANA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetELKHART EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF ELKHART COU: $6,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LERNER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetLOVEWAY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPET REFUGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHURCH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE EDWARDSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.4% 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 …Welter Foundation Inc1st Source Bank Found…Bill Deputy FoundationIrions Foundation IncCrossroads United Way…University of Notre D…Community Foundation …American Electric Pow…Corson Family Foundat…Ron and Lisa Fenech F…Memorial Hospital of …
Community Foundation of Elkhart County IncIN53.7× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc · Welter Foundation Inc · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Bill Deputy Foundation · Irions Foundation Inc · Crossroads United Way Inc · University of Notre Dame du Lac · Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · American Electric Power Foundation · Corson Family Foundation Inc(25) · Ron and Lisa Fenech Foundation · Memorial Hospital of South Bend 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 Rex and Alice A Martin Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rex and Alice A Martin Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Rex and Alice A Martin Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Rex and Alice A Martin 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 59 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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