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Shoemate Foundation dtd 102901 at a glance

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Shoemate Foundation dtd 102901

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$152k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

83% of Shoemate Foundation dtd 102901’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

14
’20
5
’21
4
’22
4
’23
8
’24
6
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$1.7MArts & Culture$88kEducation$66kHuman Services$66kHealth$44kCrime & Legal$16kPublic Benefit$13kYouth Development$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $125k
$2,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$125,146
Alzheimer & Parkinson Assoc$10,000
World War Veterans Committee$4,000
Boys and Girls Club Indian River County$3,000
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$3,000
Turning Point USA$2,000
Landmark Legal Foundation$1,000
National Parks Conservation Association$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
American Cornerstone Institute$1,000
Indian River Community Foundation$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 (FY21–21, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Marine Corps Heritage Foundation: $1k → 7%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
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CA
MO
VA
AZ
NC
DC
HI
LA
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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$190k · 12 repeat orgs$131k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
18

Total granted

$190k
$127k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
0%

Still filing today

67%
94%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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
EducationArts & CulturePublic BenefitCrime & LegalEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • VB
    VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $50k · revenue +917%
  • UA
    UNITED AGAINST POVERTY INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $31k · revenue +13%
  • RT
    RIVERSIDE THEATRE INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $31k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • DUKE UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue +49%
  • BR
    Bird Rock Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +519% · 32% of their budget
  • AH
    ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEMgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +28%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Us Naval Academy Foundation Inc

To support, promote, and advance the mission of the naval academy.

Education
3
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

—
4
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
Uvmc Foundation

Enhance the patient and family experience at upper valley medical center by raising community support for programs and services which help build healthy communities.

Philanthropy
7
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
8
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
9
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
10
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
11
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…

—
12
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cultural Council of Indian River County; the most unlike its peers is The National World War Ii Museum Inc. 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

30 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. 30 of the 36 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
19/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,732,512 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDUNITED AGAINST POVERTY INC: $31,200 · OtherAlzheimer & Parkinson Assoc: $26,000 · OtherJOHN'S ISLAND COMMUNITY SERVICE LEAGUE INC: $15,300 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INC: $7,000 · OtherSCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $5,000 · OtherWorld War Veterans Committee: $5,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $8,000 · OtherINDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST INC: $5,000 · OtherWHALE TRUST: $5,500 · Other+12 more: $19,100 · OtherVERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureRIVERSIDE THEATRE INC: $30,900 · Arts & CultureCULTURAL COUNCIL OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureDUKE UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · EducationBird Rock Foundation Inc: $20,000 · EducationTHE LEARNING ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE: $15,000 · Crime & LegalLandmark Legal Foundation: $1,000 · Crime & LegalADOPT-A-SOLDIER PLATOON INC: $15,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $250 · Public BenefitALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM: $15,000 · Health
Community Improvement$1,732,512Other$127,100Arts & Culture$87,900Education$61,000Crime & Legal$16,000Public Benefit$15,250Health$15,000

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 budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $1,732,512 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED AGAINST POVERTY INC: $31,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRIVERSIDE THEATRE INC: $30,900 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBird Rock Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetJOHN'S ISLAND COMMUNITY SERVICE LEAGUE INC: $15,300 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADOPT-A-SOLDIER PLATOON INC: $15,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWHALE TRUST: $5,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCULTURAL COUNCIL OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE LEARNING ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESLEY VILLAGE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmericans for Prosperity Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIAN RIVER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Indian River Communit…The McCord Family Fou…The Ron and Nancy Ros…The Ned and Emily She…The Berghorst Foundat…Archie S Wingfield Jr…Higgs Family Foundati…Eugene & Carol Atkins…The Carwill FoundationAmg Charitable Gift F…Community Foundation …The Bessemer Giving F…
Indian River Community Foundation IncFL17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Indian River Community Foundation Inc · The McCord Family Foundation Inc · The Ron and Nancy Rosner Charitable Foundation Inc · The Ned and Emily Sherwood Family Foundation · The Berghorst Foundation Inc · Archie S Wingfield Jr Charitable Trust U/A/D 5/15/1995 · Higgs Family Foundation · Eugene & Carol Atkinson Family Foundation · The Carwill Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund

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 Shoemate Foundation dtd 102901 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shoemate Foundation dtd 102901. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Indian River Land Trust Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Learning Alliance Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 36 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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