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Saeman Family Foundation a Charitable Trust

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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$312k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.6MHuman Services$1.1MReligion$965kPhilanthropy$568kHealth$352kPublic Benefit$172kYouth Development$25kCivil Rights$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $122k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $675k
  • $250k+1 grant · $312k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$5.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Papal Foundation$312,373
Loras College$200,000
Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation$200,000
Seeds of Hope$100,000
ACE Scholarships$100,000
Catholic Charities$75,000
Catholic Laity and Clergy for Renewal$25,000
Abbey of St Walburga$25,000
Carmelite Sisters of Most Sacred Heart$25,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
Bella Natural Women's Care$12,000
Birth Choice of the Desert$10,000
Faith & Reason Institute$10,000
St Francis Xavier$5,000
FOCUS$1,000
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 (FY17–21, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Martha's Village and Kitchen: $30k → 12%Martha's Village and Kitchen: $3k → 11%Families of Character: $5k → 8%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

MN
WI
SD
IA
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
MD
DC
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.1M · 25 repeat orgs$736k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
33

Total granted

$4.1M
$451k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+8%

Still filing today

44%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $285k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthReligionEducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitPhilanthropyOther
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

  • LC
    LORAS COLLEGE
    6× · 2017–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +11%
  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $200k · revenue +27%
  • CL
    CATHOLIC LAITY AND CLERGY FOR RENEWAL INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $125k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • CO
    COLORADO OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • CF
    Colorado Family Action Foundation
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • Augustine Institute Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +167%
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
Catholic Leadership Institute

Catholic leadership institute provides bishops, priests,religious, deacons and lay persons in the roman catholic church with world-class, pastoral leadership formation and consulting services that strengthen their confidence and competence…

Religion
2
Catholic Answers Inc

Catholic answers is an apostolate dedicated to serving christ by bringing the fullness of catholic truth to the world. we help good catholics become better catholics, bring former catholics home, and lead non-catholics into the fullness of…

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3
The Catholic Foundation No Colorado

The foundation is called by jesus christ: to promote the mission of the church in northern colorado by encouraging financial stewardship; to faithfully steward and distribute funds entrusted to the foundation; and to cooperate with…

Religion
4
The Catholic Charities Foundation of the Archdiocese of Washington

Catholic charities foundation invests endowment assets and provides financial support to catholic charities of the archdiocese of washington, an affiliated organization, which is a leading provider of comprehensive human services, serving…

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5
The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Co

Ncr connects catholics to church, faith and the common good with independent news, analysis and spiritual reflection.

Religion
6
The Foundation of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus

Support of religious, educational, and charitable activities in furtherance of the catholic church and catholic diocese of columbus.

Religion
7
The Catholic Alliance

Fundraising for our customers in such a way to allow donors to experience the joy, power, and grace of giving so that others can encounter jesus christ.

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8
Catholic Charities North Dakota

Guided by our values, Catholic Charities North Dakota serves people in need and advocates for the common good of all.

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9
Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota

The mission of the catholic community foundation of minnesota is to support financially the spiritual, educational, and social needs of our catholic community.

Philanthropy
10
Christian Care Holding Company Inc

Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve.

Human Services
11
Catholic Community Foundation of San Diego

The purpose of this organization is to foster a culture of catholic stewardship, providing a platform where people can connect, learn, and actively contribute to the well being of our society through catholic principles. the mission of the…

Religion
12
Catholic Education Foundation Inc

The catholic education foundation is dedicated to the growth and vitality of catholic education in the archdiocese of louisville. the foundation advances its mission primarily through tuition assistance grants to families who cannot afford…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ethics and Public Policy Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Vine 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

27 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. 27 of the 66 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/27
Grantees still filing
15/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LORAS COLLEGE: $1,335,000 · OtherLORAS COLLEGESEEDS OF HOPE: $600,000 · OtherSEEDS OF HOPETHE PAPAL FOUNDATION: $531,536 · OtherTHE PAPAL FOUNDATIONCatholic Foundation: $500,000 · OtherCatholic FoundationCatholic Charities: $380,000 · OtherCatholic CharitiesEisenhower Medical Center Foundation: $200,000 · Other+45 more: $620,600 · Other+45 moreALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $200,000 · EducationAugustine Institute Inc: $50,000 · EducationCOLORADO UPLIFT INC: $15,000 · EducationCATHOLIC LAITY AND CLERGY FOR RENEWAL INC: $125,000 · ReligionTHE VINE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · ReligionOne Simple Voice: $15,000 · ReligionFAITH AND REASON: $10,000 · ReligionCOLORADO OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Civil RightsETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC: $72,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $500 · Public BenefitNATIONAL CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · PhilanthropyHAVEN OF HOPE: $27,500 · PhilanthropySOUTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyMARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesFAMILIES OF CHARACTER: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$4,167,136Education$265,000Religion$200,000Civil Rights$100,000Public Benefit$72,500Philanthropy$67,500Human Services$37,500

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 budgetLORAS COLLEGE: $1,335,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $200,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC LAITY AND CLERGY FOR RENEWAL INC: $125,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetCOLORADO OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC: $72,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAugustine Institute Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE VINE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBELLA NATURAL WOMEN'S CARE: $42,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN INC: $32,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHAVEN OF HOPE: $27,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCFA FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetOne Simple Voice: $15,000 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetCOLORADO UPLIFT INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR HOME FOR THE AGED: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetENDOW: $11,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFAITH AND REASON: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN YOUTH MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILIES OF CHARACTER: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetDOMUS PACIS FAMILY RESPITE INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR BALTIMORE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF OUR ARMED FORCES WALT VANBENTHYSEN: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 LORAS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC LAITY AND CLERGY FOR RENEWAL INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Augustine Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE VINE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BELLA NATURAL WOMEN'S CARE ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds CFA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds One Simple Voice ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO UPLIFT INC ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR HOME FOR THE AGED ↗
  • Who funds ENDOW ↗
  • Who funds FAITH AND REASON ↗
  • Who funds BIRTH CHOICE OF THE DESERT ↗
  • Who funds HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION ↗

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.

The Catholic Foundati…The Martin Family Fou…Colorado Gives Founda…The Denver FoundationKnights of Columbus C…Heider Family Foundat…John & Florence Fortu…Jk Mullen FoundationNational Philanthropi…Schmitz Family Founda…Priester FoundationWeckbaugh Foundation
The Catholic Foundation No ColoradoCO42.6× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Catholic Foundation No Colorado · The Martin Family Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · Heider Family Foundation Co Susan H Coleman · John & Florence Fortune Foundation · Jk Mullen Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Schmitz Family Foundation CO Ann McBournie · Priester Foundation · Weckbaugh 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 Saeman Family Foundation a Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Saeman Family Foundation a Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 Saeman Family Foundation a Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Saeman Family Foundation a Charitable 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 66 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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