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Schoettmer Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Schoettmer Family 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.

$26k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$13k
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.

Religion$54kHealth$20kInternational$18kEducation$12kYouth Development$6kHuman Services$5kPhilanthropy$3kFood & Nutrition$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $24k
$11,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$553k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ARK CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES$12,700
IMPACT MINISTRIES$11,000
HCCO$1,500
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH$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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 55% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%BEHOLD: $2k → 11%CRU: $3k → 13%NINOS DE MEXICO: $3k → 9%SAMARITANS PURSE: $3k → 21%SELAH'S GRACE MINISTRIES: $4k → 5%PACKING HOPE: $3k → 5%WAYFINDERS INC: $5k → 5%IMPACT MINISTRIES: $11k → 7%ROCK PRAIRIE CHURCH: $3k → 10%HCCO: $3k → 11%AWAKEN CITY CHURCH: $1k → 13%Mission Indy: $2k → 16%THE ARK CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $13k → 19%WE CARE PREGNANCY CLINIC: $10k → 13%CICERO CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $3k → 5%PACKING HOPE: $2k → 5%ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION: $1k → 5%TEEN BLAST MINISTRIES: $6k → 10%HCCO: $2k → 11%POWERHOUSE CHURCH OF INDIANAPOLIS: $3k → 16%THE ARK CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $2k → 19%HOPE FAMILY CARE CENTER: $3k → 5%CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $1k → 11%THE SANCTUARY CHURCH INDY INC: $3k → 16%CICERO CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $3k → 5%GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA: $2k → 16%HOPE FAMILY CARE CENTER: $2k → 5%TCM INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE: $5k → 16%CICERO CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $1k → 5%TCM INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE: $3k → 16%MEPHIBOSHETH MINISTRIES INC: $1k → 5%TCM INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE: $2k → 16%MEPHIBOSHETH MINISTRIES INC: $1k → 5%TCM INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE: $1k → 16%HOPE FAMILY CARE CENTER: $250 → 5%TEACH ONE TO LEAD ONE: $5k → 5%LEGACY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $2k → 5%STUDENT IMPACT OF WESTFIELD: $5k → 5%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.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$48k · 7 repeat orgs$78k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
20

Total granted

$48k
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+7%

Still filing today

43%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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
ReligionHealthEducationFood & NutritionInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TA
    The Ark Christian Ministries
    2× · 2020–2025 · $15k · revenue +28%
  • HF
    HOPE FAMILY CARE CENTER
    3× · 2021–2024 · $6k · revenue +108%
  • MM
    Mephibosheth Ministries Inc
    2× · 2018–2022 · $2k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • WC
    WE CARE PREGNANCY CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -15%
  • TB
    TEEN BLAST MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue -16%
  • TO
    TEACH ONE TO LEAD ONE
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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
International Impact Ministries in
Religion
2
Pursue Ministries

Pursue Ministries has the mission to pursue an eternal impact by introducing others to Jesus Christ, teaching the Bible and training disciples through one-on-one meetings, small groups, resources, retreats and seminars.

Religion
3
India Connection Ministries Inc

Our mission is to reach the unreached and teach the untaught with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

International
4
Youth for Christ Southern Indiana

Youth for christ reaches young people everywhere, working together with the local church and other like-minded partners, to raise up life-long followers of jesus who lead by the godliness in lifestyle, devotion to the word of god and…

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5
Youth for Christ Usa Inc

Our mission is to radically love and bring hope to teens by serving weekly meals to hungry students, mentoring and equipping teen moms, providing healthy and life-giving relationships, and working with teens in the juvenile detention…

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6
In Christ Ministries Inc

In Christ Ministries exists to bring the message of Gods love grace and truth to children teens and adults. We do this through training and outreach events.

Religion
7
Harvest Connection

Bring connection to churches for ministry and education in local and global mission

Religion
8
Global Impact Ministries Inc Dba Love Life

Love Life is uniting and mobilizing the church to create a culture of love and life that will bring an end to abortion and the orphan crisis.

Religion
9
Student Impact International

Assist in evangelizing the youth and student culture, assist Christian students and leaders to achieve spiritual maturity and spread the Christian message.

Religion
10
Churches in Missions Inc

Mobilization of churches in America by taking pastors and laymen on vision and service trips overseas in fulfillment of Jesus command to go ye into all the world, making disciples...

Human Services
11
In His Image Ministry Inc

In his Image Ministrys purpose is to provide food for the hungry, safe child care for the working, and teaching the ministry of Jesus Crist.

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12
L I F E Ministries Inc Community Pregnancy Center

Our mission is to affirm life through evangelism, education, counseling and practical assistance.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Teen Blast Ministries; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

13 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. 13 of the 29 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IMPACT MINISTRIES INC: $11,000 · OtherIMPACT MINISTRIES INCTCM INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE INC: $10,500 · OtherTCM INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE INCCICERO CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $6,877 · OtherCICERO CHRISTIAN CHURCHTEACH ONE TO LEAD ONE: $5,000 · OtherTEACH ONE TO LEAD ONEPACKING HOPE INC: $4,632 · OtherPACKING HOPE INCHCCO: $4,000 · OtherHCCOSELAHS GRACE MINISTRIES INC: $4,000 · OtherSELAHS GRACE MINISTRIES INCIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherPOWERHOUSE CHURCH OF INDIANAPOLIS: $3,000 · OtherCRU: $2,500 · OtherTHE SANCTUARY CHURCH INDY: $2,500 · OtherROCK PRAIRIE CHURCH: $2,500 · Other+5 more: $7,000 · Other+5 moreThe Ark Christian Ministries: $14,700 · ReligionThe Ark Christian Ministrie…TEEN BLAST MINISTRIES: $5,500 · ReligionTEEN BLAST MINISTRIESSTUDENT IMPACT OF WESTFIELD INC: $5,000 · ReligionSTUDENT IMPACT OF WESTFIELD…SAMARITAN'S PURSE: $3,467 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSEMephibosheth Ministries Inc: $2,000 · ReligionMephibosheth Ministries IncWE CARE PREGNANCY CENTER: $10,000 · HealthWE CARE PREGNA…HOPE FAMILY CARE CENTER: $5,650 · HealthHOPE FAMILY CA…WAYFINDERS INC: $5,000 · EducationLEGACY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $1,503 · EducationUNCAGED: $4,000 · InternationalMISSION INDY INC: $2,000 · PhilanthropyFueled For School: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$66,509Religion$30,667Health$15,650Education$6,503International$4,000Philanthropy$2,000Food & Nutrition$1,000

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 budgetThe Ark Christian Ministries: $14,700 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWE CARE PREGNANCY CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHOPE FAMILY CARE CENTER: $5,650 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetTEEN BLAST MINISTRIES: $5,500 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetSTUDENT IMPACT OF WESTFIELD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWAYFINDERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetUNCAGED: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $3,467 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMephibosheth Ministries Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLEGACY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $1,503 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFueled For School: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds The Ark Christian Ministries ↗
  • Who funds WE CARE PREGNANCY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FAMILY CARE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TEEN BLAST MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds STUDENT IMPACT OF WESTFIELD INC ↗
  • Who funds WAYFINDERS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNCAGED ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds Mephibosheth Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds MISSION INDY INC ↗
  • Who funds LEGACY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Fueled For School ↗

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.

Lilly Endowment IncNatl Christian Charit…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Lilly Endowment IncIN12.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Schoettmer Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Schoettmer Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 Schoettmer Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Schoettmer Family 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 29 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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