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Sagamore Inc

An indianapolis-based nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization or "think tank." it is our mission to research and analyze difficult issues and to connect the best ideas with leaders who can transform them into smarter policy and improved practice.

$13M
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$888k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Science & Tech$2.7MCommunity Improvement$2.6MPublic Benefit$2.1MYouth Development$766kReligion$388kPhilanthropy$352kHuman Services$272kInternational$251kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $2,180,949, the rows itemized in this filing. The $13,263,951 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $11,083,002 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $391k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.8M
$67,360
Median grant
5
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE$888,000
CENTER FOR SERVING LEADERSHIP$521,511
DUKE UNIVERSITY$370,000
DECLARE WORSHIP COMMUNITY$146,682
COMMON TABLE COLLABORATIVE INC$67,360
COMMONWEALTH IMPACT FND$66,800
INDIA COLLECTIVE$60,000
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$50,000
FAMILY HOPE INC$10,596
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 (FY17–25, $405k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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%GATEWAY (LIFECARE INC): $15k → 12%OSPREY RELIEF FOUNDATION: $10k → 19%FAMILY HOPE: $180k → 5%THE AMERICAN PURPOSE INC: $38k → 8%PRAY FOR COLUMBUS: $74k → 15%FAMILY HOPE: $77k → 16%FAMILY HOPE INC: $11k → 16%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

WI
MI
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
MD
NC
SC
DC
GA
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.3M · 14 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
17

Total granted

$7.3M
$859k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+54%

Still filing today

57%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M 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
EducationHuman ServicesReligionHealthInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • EI
    Elevate Indianapolis Inc
    4× · 2017–2020 · $766k · revenue +645% · 73% of their budget
  • IC
    India Collective Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $330k · revenue +20% · 42% of their budget
  • FH
    FAMILY HOPE INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $268k · revenue +38% · 55% of their budget

Funded once

  • PG
    PRACTICAL GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS
    one grant, 2021 · $309k
  • CI
    CATALYST INITIATIVES (HIGHLAND REAL ESTATE GROUP)
    one grant, 2017 · $189k
  • NeighborHealth Center Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +543%
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
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
Global City Missions Initiative Incorporated

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evanglism, disciplemaking, church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities reaching out evangelistically to start multiply churches, training believers to…

Religion
3
For Charlotte Inc

To unite the Church to transform the city through the power of the Gospel.

Religion
4
The Collaborative Inc

Our mission is to participate in Gods redemption of culture by educating, training, and leading Christ-centered individuals in the public square.

Religion
5
Crossing Cultures International Inc

Crossing Cultures International, Inc. exists to glorify God by equipping Christ followers globally with comprehensive training for effective ministry.

Religion
6
Center of Theological Inquiry

The Center of Theological Inquiry is an independent research institution with an international visiting scholar program which convenes researchers in an ideal setting for interdisciplinary inquiries where theology casts light on global…

Religion
7
Christians for Impact Usa Inc

We are a global community of Christians committed to serving others as well as possible, using evidence and reason. We inspire and equip others to do likewise. Our activities aim to promote effective giving, support high-impact career…

Religion
8
Lakelight Institute

Lakelight Institute equips Christians with timeless wisdom for modern life.

Religion
9
Next Worldwide Inc

With a desire to see the Gospel proclaimed in all nations, we exist to make and multiply disciples of the next generation through the vehicles of church-planting missions and missional leadership training.

—
10
International Commission Inc

Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.

Religion
11
National Christian Foundation -- Wisconsin Inc

Equipping followers of christ to give wisely to advance his kingdom by inspiring biblical stewardship and generosity.

Religion
12
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc; the most unlike its peers is Osprey Relief 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

25 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. 25 of the 37 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SECRETARIES INNOVATION GROUP: $2,735,478 · OtherSECRETARIES INNOVATION GROUPCENTER FOR SERVING LEADERSHIP: $2,302,795 · OtherCENTER FOR SERVING LEADERSHIPSOUTHERN COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE: $888,000 · OtherSOUTHERN COMMUNITIES INITIATIVEPRACTICAL GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS: $308,750 · Other+14 more: $603,268 · Other+14 moreCOMMONWEALTH IMPACT FOUNDATION INC: $2,626,941 · Community ImprovementCOMMONWEALTH IMPACT FOUN…+1 more: $6,700 · Community ImprovementElevate Indianapolis Inc: $766,337 · EducationElevate Ind…DUKE UNIVERSITY: $370,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVER…Clapham Education Group: $109,244 · EducationClapham Edu…+2 more: $44,105 · EducationDECLARE WORSHIP COMMUNITY: $335,386 · ReligionAT WORK ON PURPOSE: $99,000 · ReligionCollege Golf Fellowship: $66,750 · ReligionCIRCLE CITY FELLOWS INC: $26,289 · ReligionIndia Collective Inc: $329,958 · PhilanthropyNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $192,900 · PhilanthropyFAMILY HOPE INC: $268,016 · Human ServicesFOR COLUMBUS: $73,513 · Human ServicesAMERICAN PURPOSE LLC: $38,000 · Human ServicesLIFECARE INC: $15,000 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesNeighborHealth Center Inc: $100,000 · Health
Other$6,838,291Community Improvement$2,633,641Education$1,289,686Religion$527,425Philanthropy$522,858Human Services$404,529Health$100,000

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 budgetCOMMONWEALTH IMPACT FOUNDATION INC: $2,626,941 over 4y, 41% of budgetElevate Indianapolis Inc: $766,337 over 4y, 73% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $370,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDECLARE WORSHIP COMMUNITY: $335,386 over 2y, 39% of budgetIndia Collective Inc: $329,958 over 5y, 42% of budgetFAMILY HOPE INC: $268,016 over 3y, 55% of budgetNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $192,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetClapham Education Group: $109,244 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetAT WORK ON PURPOSE: $99,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetCollege Golf Fellowship: $66,750 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $56,665 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PURPOSE LLC: $38,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $33,325 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIFECARE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOSPREY RELIEF FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE GEORGE EDWARD DURELL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEX OPERATIONS INC: $6,700 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetURBAN REVIVAL INC: $5,250 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

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.

Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA9.9× affinity13 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Sagamore Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sagamore Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%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
    2get no government money at all
    2report 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.

    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 37 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 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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