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Stroh Family Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$94k
Granted FY2020
44
Grants FY2020
7
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Recreation & Sports$99kReligion$52kHealth$31kHuman Services$20kHousing & Shelter$11kEducation$11kArts & Culture$8kInternational$7kOther$0
02FY2020 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k43 grants · $44k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$299k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GOLF FORE AFRICA$50,250
MARRIAGE MATERIAL$2,000
LISTENING HOUSE$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR$2,000
ST DOMINIC MISSION$2,000
SHARING AND CARING HANDS$2,000
PEACEMAKER MINNESOTA$2,000
PINKYSWEAR FOUNDATION$1,000
YOUNG LIFE NW TWIN CITIES$1,000
JEREMIAH PROGRAM$1,000
ST STEPHENS HUMAN SERVICES$1,000
VERDE CARES INC$1,000
MAGGIE'S PLACE$1,000
CHARITY AND DEVELOPMENT APPEAL DIOCESE OF PHOENIX$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 (FY17–20, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%PINKYSWEAR FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%PINKYSWEAR FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%PINKYSWEAR FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%SHARING AND CARING HANDS: $2k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $500 → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $500 → 11%RELATE COUNSELING CENTER: $1k → 11%HAMMER RESIDENCES INC: $100 → 11%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
NY
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$227k · 36 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

36 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2020, 1 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
18

Total granted

$227k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+63%

Still filing today

44%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterReligionYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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

  • JP
    JEREMIAH PROGRAM
    4× · 2017–2020 · $8k · revenue +161%
  • AH
    AGATE HOUSING & SERVICES INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $4k · revenue +136%
  • VP
    VAIL PLACE
    4× · 2017–2020 · $4k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • CK
    COURAGE KENNY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue -85%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
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
Pavillon International

To provide hope, healing, and lasting recovery to individuals and their families who suffer from alcoholism and other substance use related disorders.

Health
2
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Inc

We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…

Health
3
Global Partners in Care

The organization's mission is to build partnerships to enhance compassionate care globally. we are dedicated to improving access to hospice and palliative care worldwide.

International
4
Miracle Messages

Miracle messages helps people experiencing homelessness rebuild their social support systems and financial security, primarily through family reunification services, a phone buddy program, and basic income pilots.

Human Services
5
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
6
Missions Inc Programs

See Schedule O.Established in 1895, Missions Inc. Programs is a multi-service non-profit organization with a long history of providing services to those who are most in need, each year offering thousands of people, whose lives have been…

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7
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
8
Mercy Life Inc

We, trinity health pace and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mercy life is a member of trinity health pace and trinity health.

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9
Mary's Shelter

Believing in the value of every life, mary's path empowers vulnerable teen mothers in foster care and their babies to create lives of dignity, hope and self-sufficiency.

Human Services
10
Pathways Hospice

Honoring every moment of life, pathways hospice provides compassionate, excellent, comprehensive care for those who have an advanced medical condition and those who are grieving.

Human Services
11
Touchstone Mental Health

Touchstone mental health provides innovative, person-centered services that foster hope, health and well-being. we envision a world where all people whose lives are affected by mental illness will flourish with effective treatment, quality…

Human Services
12
Villa Mary Immaculate

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. villa mary immaculate is a member of st. peter's health partners…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Angel Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Cornerstone. 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 62 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
21/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GOLF FORE AFRICA INC: $96,750 · OtherGOLF FORE AFRICA INCCHURCH OF ASCENSION: $8,500 · OtherLISTENING HOUSE: $8,000 · Other+39 more: $86,500 · Other+39 moreTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthVAIL PLACE: $4,000 · HealthVerdeCares Inc: $2,500 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthANGEL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthMAGGIE'S PLACE INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesPINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Human ServicesSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesRelate Inc: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $8,000 · Housing & ShelterTRINITY SOBER HOMES: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterAGATE HOUSING & SERVICES INC: $4,000 · ReligionTHE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE: $500 · ReligionFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentCORNERSTONE: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentPEACEMAKER MINNESOTA: $2,000 · EducationOPERATION SMILE INC: $500 · InternationalHOPE 4 KIDS INTERNATIONAL: $500 · International
Other$199,750Health$18,500Human Services$10,600Housing & Shelter$10,000Religion$4,500Youth Development$3,000Education$2,000International$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGOLF FORE AFRICA INC: $96,750 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARRIAGE MATERIAL: $5,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetAGATE HOUSING & SERVICES INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVAIL PLACE: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAGGIE'S PLACE INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVerdeCares Inc: $2,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPEACEMAKER MINNESOTA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY SOBER HOMES: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOURAGE KENNY FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANGEL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRelate Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE 4 KIDS INTERNATIONAL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHammer Residences Inc: $100 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.

  • Who funds GOLF FORE AFRICA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JEREMIAH PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds MARRIAGE MATERIAL ↗
  • Who funds AGATE HOUSING & SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds VAIL PLACE ↗
  • Who funds MAGGIE'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds PINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VerdeCares Inc ↗
  • Who funds PEACEMAKER MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY SOBER HOMES ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds UNIFORMS FOR HOPE ↗
  • Who funds COURAGE KENNY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DAVIS PHINNEY 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.

Catholic Community Foundation of MinnesotaMN19.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The K Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Sauer Family Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Baird Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Stroh Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stroh Family Foundation. 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%5%10%15%20%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 · 0–20%
    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 62 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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