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Speiser Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Speiser 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.

$48k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Health$37kAnimals$19kArts & Culture$18kInternational$12kHousing & Shelter$9k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$9,503
Median grant
3
States reached
$871k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PROJECT ORBIS INTERNATIONAL$9,504
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION$9,504
ASPCA$9,503
SMILE TRAIN$9,503
EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION$9,503
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PROJECT ORBIS INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 17%PILOTS N PAWS: $9k → 10%MAP INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 14%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $9k → 22%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL INDIANA: $9k → 16%BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $1k → 8%ASPCA: $10k → 17%HUMANE SOCIETY OF INDIANAPOLIS: $1k → 16%PROJECT ORBIS INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 17%JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION: $10k → 16%SMILE TRAIN: $10k → 17%JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION: $9k → 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.
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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$47k · 3 repeat orgs$48k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
6

Total granted

$47k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+22%

Still filing today

100%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’24’25
AnimalsInternationalPhilanthropyArts & CultureHealthOther
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

  • James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association
    2× · 2024–2025 · $18k · revenue -1%
  • EA
    EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $18k · revenue +15%
  • PROJECT ORBIS INTERNATIONAL INC
    2× · 2022–2025 · $11k · revenue +87%

Funded once

  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC
    one grant, 2024 · $9k · revenue +6%
  • WI
    WWWPILOTSNPAWSORG INC
    one grant, 2024 · $9k · revenue -17%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
    one grant, 2024 · $9k
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
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
2
Helen Keller International

Guided by her remarkable legacy of its co-founder, helen keller, helen keller intl partners with communities that are striving to overcome longstanding cycles of poverty. by delivering the essential building blocks of good health, sound…

International
3
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
4
Americares Foundation Inc

Americares mission is to help people and communities around the world access (see schedule o).

International
5
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
6
Four Paws International Inc

Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. four paws mission is to be the strong, global and independent voice for animals.

Animals
7
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
8
Access to Advanced Health Institute

Aahi is a nonprofit biotech research institute, bringing together the best experts, technologies, and platforms to create accessible, high-quality products and solutions for harnessing the immune system to alleviate disease.

Health
9
International Eye Foundation

International eye foundation works to prevent blindness and restore sight by building capacity for quality, comprehensive and sustainable eye care services worldwide.

International
10
Al Basar Usa

Our mission is to provide comprehensive eye health services, education, and support to underserved communities across africa and asia. we strive to: prevent blindness through early detection and treatment of eye diseases. improve access to…

Health
11
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
12
Help Me See Inc

Simulation based eye surgery training to create access to quality cataract surgery worldwide.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Map International Inc; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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

10 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. 10 of the 11 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SMILE TRAIN INC: $9,503 · OtherSMILE TRAIN INCRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $8,577 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $8,577 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $9,503 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY F…WWWPILOTSNPAWSORG INC: $8,577 · AnimalsWWWPILOTSNPAWSORG INCHUMANE SOCIETY OF INDIANAPOLIS: $1,150 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF INDI…James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association: $18,081 · PhilanthropyJames Whitcomb Riley …EAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC: $18,080 · Arts & CultureEAA AVIATION FOUNDATI…PROJECT ORBIS INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,654 · InternationalPROJECT ORBIS …MAP International Inc: $1,150 · InternationalMAP Internatio…BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $1,150 · Health
Other$26,657Animals$19,230Philanthropy$18,081Arts & Culture$18,080International$11,804Health$1,150

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 budgetJames Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association: $18,081 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAA AVIATION FOUNDATION INC: $18,080 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT ORBIS INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,654 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $9,503 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $8,577 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWWWPILOTSNPAWSORG INC: $8,577 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF INDIANAPOLIS: $1,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAP International Inc: $1,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $1,150 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Speiser Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Speiser Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%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
    1get 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 · 0–5%
    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.

    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 11 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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