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The Boler Family Foundation at a glance

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The Boler 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.

$4.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$1.0M
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$8.8MEducation$5.0MRecreation & Sports$4.0MScience & Tech$3.0MYouth Development$1.5MEnvironment$970kPhilanthropy$289kPublic Safety & Disaster$200kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $18k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $250k
  • $250k+5 grants · $4.1M
$300,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$57M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Museum of Science and Industries$1,000,000
Rush University Medical Center$1,000,000
University of Notre Dame$1,000,000
Alexian Brothers HEALTH SYSTEM$775,000
Horizons For Youth$300,000
YAMPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$150,000
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation$100,000
Kiwanis Club of Sanibel$7,500
CROW Taste of the Islands$5,000
FISH OF SANIBEL CAPITVA$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $375k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 53% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%American Red Cross: $100k → 14%The Community House: $50k → 7%American Red Cross: $100k → 14%YAMPA VALLEY AUTISM PROGRAM: $50k → 6%YAMPA VALLEY AUTISM PROGRAM: $50k → 6%FISH OF SANIBEL CAPITVA: $5k → 11%FISH of sanibel Capitva: $5k → 11%FISH OF SANIBEL CAPITVA: $5k → 11%FISH of sanibel Capitva: $5k → 11%FISH OF SANIBEL CAPITVA: $5k → 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

IL
WI
NY
IN
OH
CA
CO
DC
FL
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 15 repeat orgs$364k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
8

Total granted

$19M
$364k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+33%

Still filing today

67%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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

  • John Carroll University
    2× · 2020–2021 · $5.0M · revenue +16%
  • RU
    Rush University Medical Center
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.9M · revenue +30%
  • NC
    Northwest Community Hospital Foundation
    3× · 2020–2022 · $3.0M · revenue +219% · 30% of their budget

Funded once

  • JA
    JULIE AND MICHAEL TRACY FAMILY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue +33%
  • CF
    Center for Independent Living Gulf Coast
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • TC
    THE COMMUNITY HOUSEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +46%
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
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
2
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
3
Highmark Health

As the parent entity of a blended health organization, highmark health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.

Health
4
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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5
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
6
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
7
University of Illinois Foundation

The Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is an independent and separate nonprofit entity from the University of Illinois. Our mission is to encourage and administer private gifts and serve the UI System by working closely with…

Education
8
St Luke Community Hospital

The mission of st. luke community healthcare is to remain an integral component of the communities of the mission valley through the delivery of personal, compassionate, quality health care in a dignified manner that values our patients,…

Health
9
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
10
Rush Copley Medical Center

To improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
11
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
12
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Cleveland Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife Inc. 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

22 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. 22 of the 29 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

John Carroll University: $5,000,000 · EducationJohn Carroll UniversityUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $4,001,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du LacMuseum of Science and Industries: $3,000,000 · OtherMuseum of Science and Industri…Northwest Community Hospital Foundation: $3,000,000 · OtherNorthwest Community Hospital F…+10 more: $379,500 · Other+10 moreRush University Medical Center: $3,925,000 · HealthRush University Medical Ce…ALEXIAN BROTHERS HEALTH SYSTEM: $1,435,000 · HealthALEXIAN BROTHERS HEALTH SY…JULIE AND MICHAEL TRACY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Health+2 more: $2,000 · HealthHorizons for Youth: $1,500,000 · Youth DevelopmentSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $970,000 · EnvironmentAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $200,000 · Human ServicesYampa Valley Autism Program: $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE COMMUNITY HOUSE: $50,000 · Human ServicesFISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesYAMPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $150,000 · PhilanthropyMARION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $11,000 · PhilanthropyBowling Green Community Foundation: $8,000 · Philanthropy
Education$9,001,000Other$6,379,500Health$5,612,000Youth Development$1,500,000Environment$970,000Human Services$375,000Philanthropy$189,000

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 budgetJohn Carroll University: $5,000,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $4,001,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $3,925,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Community Hospital Foundation: $3,000,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetHorizons for Youth: $1,500,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetALEXIAN BROTHERS HEALTH SYSTEM: $1,435,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $970,000 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetJULIE AND MICHAEL TRACY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYAMPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHARITABLE FOUNDATION OF THE ISLANDS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetYampa Valley Autism Program: $100,000 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY HOUSE: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMARION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBowling Green Community Foundation: $8,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

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.

The Chicago Community…AbbVie FoundationBaird Foundation IncNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL13.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · AbbVie Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Boler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Boler Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 29 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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