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The Ahrendts-Couch Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
19
Grants FY2024
18
Organizations funded FY2023
28%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$40,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$433,333
Organizations funded a year
18 to 25
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$1.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 28% of the organizations The Ahrendts-Couch Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $107k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationReligionYouth DevelopmentHealthPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving19$1.3M32%
FY202318$1.2M28%
FY202219$1.1M21%
FY202119$1.2M42%
FY202019$1.4M79%
FY201920$2.0M55%
FY201825$1.4M52%
FY201725$1.0Mn/a
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$4.9MReligion$1.8MPhilanthropy$726kYouth Development$648kInternational$596kFood & Nutrition$278kEducation$236kHousing & Shelter$128kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
AR
TN
DC
MS
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Charity Global Inc$3,269,69071%
In Touch Ministries Inc$960,00070%
United Nations Foundation Inc$500,00010%
Fletcher Place Community Center Inc$465,000812%
Turning Point for God$280,00050%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley$232,16932%
Hancock County Food Pantry Inc$181,10054%
North Point Ministries Inc$135,0003n/a
North Point Productions Inc$130,0002n/a
The New School$112,50020%
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All grantees of The Ahrendts-Couch Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Charity Global Inc$3,269,69071%
In Touch Ministries Inc$960,00070%
United Nations Foundation Inc$500,00010%
Fletcher Place Community Center Inc$465,000812%
Turning Point for God$280,00050%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley$232,16932%
Hancock County Food Pantry Inc$181,10054%
North Point Ministries Inc$135,0003n/a
North Point Productions Inc$130,0002n/a
The New School$112,50020%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$100,00010%
Lutheran Child and Family Services of In/Ky Inc$100,00030%
Boys and Girls Club of Hancock County$94,000225%
For the Children$90,00072%
Family Promise of Greater Indianapolis Inc$78,23033%
Safe Families for Children Alliance$75,00031%
Hancock County Food Pantry Inc$72,00033%
Valley Christian Schools$70,00030%
Love Inc of Greater Hancock County$70,000214%
Touch Health Inc$50,00012%
Habitat for Humanity of Sonoma County$50,00013%
Oroville Hope Center$50,00017%
Family Hope Inc$37,50028%
Musicares Foundation Inc$35,00020%
4word$25,00013%
Save The Children Federation Inc$25,00010%
Indiana Historical Society$20,50020%
Tipping Point Community$10,00010%
Notre Dame of Dallas Schools Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10,00010%
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network$10,00010%
Fashion Institute of Technology Foundation$10,00010%
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History$10,00010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$6,00020%
Museum of the Bible$5,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$5,00010%
Every Mother Counts$5,00010%
Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana$5,00010%
Ball State University Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Soundpost Youth Foundation$5,0001n/a
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$5,00010%
Urban Zen Foundation$5,00010%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$3,50010%
San Jose Police Officers' Association$2,08310%
Movember Foundation$2,00010%
Brookville Road Community Church Inc$2,0001n/a
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$1,50010%
Gist Cancer Research Fund Co Stutman$1,00010%
Independence Day Celebration Inc$5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ahrendts-Couch Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCharity Global Inc: $3,269,690 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetIn Touch Ministries Inc: $960,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Nations Foundation Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFletcher Place Community Center Inc: $465,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetTurning Point for God: $280,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley: $232,169 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetHancock County Food Pantry Inc: $181,100 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetThe New School: $112,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of America: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLutheran Child and Family Services of In/Ky Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Hancock County: $94,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetFor the Children: $90,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetFamily Promise of Greater Indianapolis Inc: $78,230 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetSafe Families for Children Alliance: $75,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHancock County Food Pantry Inc: $72,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetValley Christian Schools: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLove Inc of Greater Hancock County: $70,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetTouch Health Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Sonoma County: $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetOroville Hope Center: $50,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetFamily Hope Inc: $37,500 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetMusicares Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budget4word: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndiana Historical Society: $20,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTipping Point Community: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFashion Institute of Technology Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of the Bible: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEvery Mother Counts: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrinity Christian Center of Santa Ana: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBall State University Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Zen Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Jose Police Officers' Association: $2,083 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMovember Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Baldrick's Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGist Cancer Research Fund Co Stutman: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 43.

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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.

United Way of Central Indiana IncIN19.2× affinity7 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 · Lilly Endowment Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · GiveClear Foundation · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · California Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

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.

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About The Ahrendts-Couch Family Foundation

How much does The Ahrendts-Couch Family Foundation give?
The Ahrendts-Couch Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $1,293,735 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Ahrendts-Couch Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (44%), Religion (16%), Philanthropy (7%).
Who are The Ahrendts-Couch Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Charity Global Inc ($3.3M), In Touch Ministries Inc ($960k), United Nations Foundation Inc ($500k).
Does The Ahrendts-Couch Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Ahrendts-Couch Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Ahrendts-Couch Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Central Indiana Inc, Lilly Endowment Inc, Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation.
Where is The Ahrendts-Couch Family Foundation based?
The Ahrendts-Couch Family Foundation is based in CA.

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 91 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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