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· Public charity
TEACHERS' TREASURES INC
Distribute donated school supplies to teachers in high-need schools for use in classrooms.
$4.8M
Granted FY2018
7
Grants
1
Communities
$500
Largest
01What you fund
01beneath the categories
Past the labels — and the year it shifted
Beneath the NTEE codes, this is what the grant descriptions actually say.
…and in their own words, year by year
2019
strivetogetherpeace learninglatinohawthornepracticesindianapolis
2020
seeds hopetoolssucceedlearningeducationtrainingserves
2021
access excellentexcellent educationeducation changehungerfoodindianapolisvariety
2022
needed students
Words distinctive to each year’s grant purposes (TF-IDF) · event-driven terms in cyan.
02FY2018 · 7 grants
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
$250
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
- INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND$500
- MSD WAYNE TOWNSHIP$355
- MSD WARREN TOWNSHIP$275
- BEECH GROVE CITY SCHOOLS (5380)$250
- INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS$245
- MSD LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP$225
- ON MY WAY PRE K$150
02The need
03
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
show:
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY18–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 16% — the area typically sits at 11%. 100% of your dollars reach neighborhoods with above-average need. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
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; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA, United Way ALICE — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
03Your field
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
1
Enroll Indy Inc
Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…
Education
2
International School of Indiana Inc
The mission of the international school of indiana is to provide our students with a world-class education that prepares them to be responsible citizens and effective leaders in a rapidly globalizing and interdependent world.
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3
Covenant Christian Schools of Indianapolis Inc
Christ-centered education equipping students for a life of scholarship, leadership & service.
Education
4
Indianapolis Public Schools Education
The indianapolis public schools education foundation ("ipsef") serves indiana public school ("ips") students by securing resources to ensure the highest quality education experience possible.
Education
5
Integration Charter Schools
Ics is dedicated to providing innovative pathways to college and career that fully integrate students living with diverse learning needs. each student's personalized plan speaks to their individual academic, professional, and personal…
Education
6
Leadership Indianapolis Inc
Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.
Public Benefit
7
Adelante Schools Inc
Adelante schools is committed to continuously improving the educational outcomes for its scholars in solidarity with families and our community. we are working to create a joyous neighborhood school, preparing all scholars to graduate from…
Education
8
Central Indiana Corporate
The central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is transforming our regional economy, bringing together the ceos of central indiana's largest and most civically engaged employers and university presidents to advance "big picture"…
Community Improvement
9
Intrinsic Schools
The mission of intrinsic schools is to create a revolutionary new school model in order to 1) prepare all students for postsecondary success and world-changing endeavors; and 2) provide the education community with a roadmap to sustainable…
Education
10
Inland Leaders Charter Schools
Ilcs provides world-class education equipping students with the critical skills to succeed.
Education
11
Illinois Network of Charter Schools
Illinois network of charter schools (incs) advocates for the improvement of public education by leveraging the charter school model as a catalyst to transform lives and communities.
Education
12
Sycamore Schools Inc
Sycamore School exists so that academically gifted children can experience the enriched, accelerated education they need to reach their potential and lead responsible, constructive, fulfilling lives.
Education
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Christel House Academy Inc and the most unlike its peers is Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
Your grantees are a median of 25 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.
The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.
Closures · last 5 years
The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.
orgs you fund
3%3/114
the rest of the field
11%
869/7,717
Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.
04the grantee network
70 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2018–2024.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue.
0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
67/70
Grantees still filing
57/70
Grew since you first funded
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Other$1,850Philanthropy$150
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
United Way of Central Indiana IncIN91.7× affinity47 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: United Way of Central Indiana Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · The Mind Trust Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Second Helpings Inc · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · Early Learning Indiana Inc · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organisation TEACHERS' TREASURES INC funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
typical government reliance, FY20–24
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. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.
04Through Plinth
Through Plinth
Your grantmaking, live and operational
This dossier was generated cold from public filings. In Plinth it’s a working system — every applicant assessed and every grant monitored. Here’s a taste, run on one of your grantees: ON MY WAY PRE K.
Agentic due diligence · confidence × risk
Financial management
medium risk
~5 months of operating runway; revenue grew over 7 filed years.
Track record & reputation
low risk
7 years of Form 990 filings, still active.
Legal standing
low risk
US 501(c)(3); EIN 351007590 on file with current IRS Form 990 filings.
Governance
Live in Plinth
Board composition & governance documents — verified live in Plinth from the applicant.
Compliance & sanctions
Live in Plinth
OFAC / UN sanctions screening — run live in Plinth at assessment.
Program capacity
Live in Plinth
Staffing, M&E and activity alignment — assessed live in Plinth from submitted proposals.
Live · Plinth’s real DD engine
Run the actual assessment on ON MY WAY PRE K, cold from public data.
Generated live from public IRS filings + open web sources by Plinth’s agentic engine. Shown as an illustration of the product, not a formal assessment.
Post-award monitoring · continuous checks
- WatchFinancial stability— Roughly 5 months of cash on hand.
- On trackSustained operations— Filing through 2024; revenue grew over the period.
- On trackReliance on your funding— Share of budget not derivable.
- Awaiting reportEvidence of delivery— Plinth collects the grantee's own monitoring reports post-award.
What you see here is static and public. In Plinth it’s operational — the full six-pillar framework on every applicant (with their own documents + live registry and sanctions checks), monitoring dashboards on every award, custom board reports, and eligibility routing for intake.
Agentic due diligenceMonitoring dashboardsCustom board reportsEligibility routing
Preview generated from this grantee’s public IRS filings and independent reporting. Pillars marked “live in Plinth” require the applicant’s submitted documents. Shown as illustration, not a formal assessment.
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPro
How do I get to Teachers' Treasures Inc?
Find your warmest path to Teachers' Treasures Inc through people who sit on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the introduction across shared trustees and officers.
Every link is a documented governance overlap in public IRS 990 filings — not a personal network — and each hop carries its own confidence tier. Low-confidence or distant paths are held back rather than guessed.
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By state
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