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The Ahrendts-Couch Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$433k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% 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
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $199k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $370k
  • $250k+2 grants · $707k
$40,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHARITY WATER$433,333
Individual grant recipient$274,010
YOUR MOVE COLLECTIVE INC$100,000
FLETCHER PLACE COMMUNITY$60,000
ST CATHERINE CHURCH$60,000
TURNING POINT FOR GOD$50,000
IN TOUCH MINISTRIES$50,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$50,000
LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES$40,000
FAMILY HOPE INC$40,000
LOVE INCORPORATED OF GREATER HANCOCK COUNTY$35,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION INC$25,000
HANCOCK COUNTY FOOD PANTRY$24,000
AMERICA'S CHARITIES - FISCAL AGENT$15,000
ROYAL FAMILY KIDS$10,000
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.

US giving: 84% of grant dollars ($9.4M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 16% that went abroad ($1.8M) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $3.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%OROVILLE HOPE CENTER: $50k → 18%CHARITY WATER: $433k → 4%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $25k → 14%HANCOCK COUNTY FOOD PANTRY: $24k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $40k → 16%SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE: $25k → 14%HANCOCK COUNTY FOOD PANTRY: $24k → 15%HANCOCK COUNTY FOOD PANTRY: $10k → 15%4 WORD: $25k → 14%LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $35k → 16%HANCOCK COUNTY FOOD PANTRY: $2k → 15%HANCOCK COUNTY FOOD PANTRY: $2k → 15%LUTHERAN CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF IN: $25k → 16%HANCOCK COUNTY FOOD PANTRY: $2k → 15%CHARITY GLOBAL: $1.0M → 17%HANCOCK COUNTY FOOD PANTRY: $2k → 15%CHARITY WATER: $386k → 17%HANCOCK COUNTY FOOD PANTRY: $2k → 15%CHARITY WATER: $355k → 17%HANCOCK COUNTY FOOD PANTRY: $2k → 15%CHARITY GLOBAL INC: $350k → 17%HANCOCK COUNTY FOOD PANTRY: $2k → 15%CHARITY WATER: $215k → 17%CHARITY GLOBAL INC: $200k → 17%SAFE FAMILIES: $25k → 16%FAMILY HOPE: $25k → 16%FAMILY HOPE: $13k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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

Beyond the US: 16% of all-years giving ($1.8M)

3 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
United Kingdom$1.7M · 14 grants
MN$35k · 2 grants
France$25k · 1 grant
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of The Ahrendts-Couch Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Ahrendts-Couch Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 16% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.2M · 31 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
50

Total granted

$9.2M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+16%

Still filing today

55%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationReligionHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • CHARITY GLOBAL INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +17%
  • IT
    IN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $960k · revenue +40%
  • FP
    FLETCHER PLACE COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $465k · revenue +144%

Funded once

  • UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue -74%
  • SD
    SCHWAB DONOR ADVISED FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +8%
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
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
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
3
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
4
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
5
People Inc

People inc. provides health and human services that enrich lives and communities through innovation and supportive services. with a goal to help people achieve greater independence and quality of life, people inc. provides day,…

Human Services
6
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…

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7
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…

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8
Co-Impact Philanthropic Funds Inc

Philanthropic collaborative focused on improving lives through just & inclusive systems change.

Philanthropy
9
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
10
National Philanthropic Trust

National philanthropic trust ("npt") is a public charity dedicated to increasing philanthropy in society by providing philanthropic expertise to donors, foundations and financial institutions, enabling them to realize their philanthropic…

Philanthropy
11
Interact for Health

Interact for health is a foundation that works with communities to advance health justice to ensure that people in our region are healthy and thriving, regardless of who they are or where they live. more information is available on our…

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12
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Valley Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Family Promise of Greater Indianapolis Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

50 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. 50 of the 91 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/50
Grantees still filing
37/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $1,034,475 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $650,482 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFLETCHER PLACE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $465,000 · OtherFLETCHER PLACE COMMUNITY CENTER INCTURNING POINT: $310,000 · OtherTURNING POINTST CATHERINE CHURCH: $285,000 · OtherST CATHERINE CHURCHLOVE INC: $152,000 · OtherHANCOCK COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC: $181,100 · Other+51 more: $1,289,217 · Other+51 moreCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $3,269,690 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INC+8 more: $419,500 · Human Services+8 moreIN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC: $960,000 · ReligionIN TOUCH MINIS…Turning Point for God: $280,000 · ReligionTurning Point …NORTH POINT PRODUCTIONS INC: $130,000 · ReligionNORTH POINT PR…LOVE INC OF GREATER HANCOCK COUNTY: $70,000 · Religion+1 more: $5,000 · ReligionDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $375,000 · PhilanthropySocial Impact Fund: $125,000 · PhilanthropyNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Philanthropy+5 more: $32,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $25,000 · InternationalBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SILICON VALLEY: $232,169 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentThe New School: $112,500 · EducationVALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $70,000 · EducationNOTRE DAME OF DALLAS SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationTHE NEW YORK OPPORTUNITY NETWORK INC DBA THE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK: $10,000 · EducationTHE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $11,000 · Education
Other$4,367,274Human Services$3,689,190Religion$1,445,000Philanthropy$557,500International$525,000Youth Development$332,169Education$223,500

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 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 budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $375,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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 budgetSocial Impact Fund: $125,000 over 4y, 0.3% 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 budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HANCOCK COUNTY INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% 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
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 CHARITY GLOBAL INC ↗
  • Who funds IN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FLETCHER PLACE COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds Turning Point for God ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds HANCOCK COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH POINT PRODUCTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Social Impact Fund ↗
  • Who funds The New School ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF IN/KY INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HANCOCK COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds FOR THE CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds Family Promise of Greater Indianapolis Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Hancock County Food Pantry Inc ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds LOVE INC OF GREATER HANCOCK COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds TOUCH HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SONOMA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Oroville Hope Center ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds 4WORD ↗

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…Lilly Endowment IncEugene & Marilyn Glic…Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…GiveClear FoundationThe Indianapolis Foun…Central Indiana Commu…Servant FoundationThrivent Financial fo…California Community …Gs Donor Advised Phil…Natl Christian Charit…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home