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The Elm Foundation Inc Co Earl L Mielke Jr at a glance

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The Elm Foundation Inc Co Earl L Mielke Jr

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$561k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$489k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$490kFood & Nutrition$117kHuman Services$71kReligion$45kEducation$24kHealth$17kArts & Culture$14kYouth Development$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $790
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $61k
  • $250k+1 grant · $489k
$250
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EARL L & MILDRED K MIELKE CHARITABLE FD$489,322
EARL L MILDRED K MIELKE CHARITABLE$61,214
LOUISA COUNTY RESOURCE COUNCIL$10,000
MT PLEASANT UMC$250
FIT 2 B KIDS$200
ACE ADULT COMMUNITY EDUCATION$140
DAUGHTERS FOR THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION$100
BELMONT RURITAN CLUB$100
02The need
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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 (FY24–24, $200) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, 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%COMMONWEALTH CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $200 → 9%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

NY
MA
OH
PA
CO
VA
MD
NM
NC
SC
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.

27%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$219k · 20 repeat orgs$588k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
17

Total granted

$219k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
-6%

Still filing today

45%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $551k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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

  • LC
    Louisa County Resource Council of Louisa Virginia
    9× · 2017–2025 · $117k · revenue +83%
  • LD
    Louisa Downtown Development Corpora
    7× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +6%
  • LA
    LAKE ANNA CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $7k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • MP
    MT PLEASANT UNI METHODIST CHU
    one grant, 2017 · $13k
  • TH
    THE HPV AND ANAL CANCER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $11k · revenue -66%
  • FC
    FAMILY CARE MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
Loudoun Literacy Council Inc

LLCs mission is to provide adults with essential reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in English, enabling them to pursue a broader selection of job opportunities, further their education, and engage more fully and fairly in…

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2
University of Lynchburg

The mission of the University is to inspire independent thinkers who become trustworthy, effective leaders that shape caring communities. The vision of the University of Lynchburg is to cultivate a world that is innovative, authentic, and…

Education
3
Roanoke College

Roanoke College develops students as whole persons and prepares them for responsible lives of learning, service, and leadership by promoting their intellectual, ethical, spiritual and personal growth.

Education
4
Laurel Ridge Community College Educational Foundation Inc

The mission of laurel ridge community college is to provide a positive, caring and dynamic learning environment that inspires student success, values diversity and promotes community vitality. in support of that mission, the laurel ridge…

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5
Louisville Collegiate School

Louisville collegiate school inspires academic excellence, extraordinary character and global citizenship.

Education
6
Alleghany Historical Society

The Historical Society provides information to the public concerning the historical events in the area. The Society also helps with the restoration of historical

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7
John E Thomasson Charitable Foundation
Education
8
Virginia Wesleyan University

Virginia wesleyan university is a fully accredited liberal arts, united-methodist related institution founded in 1961.

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9
Loudoun Classical School
Education
10
Laurel County Literacy Council Inc

The mission of the organization is to provide adults with opportunities to improve basic skills.

Education
11
Loudoun Museum Inc

Discover, Conserve, Interpret and disseminate knowledge of Loudouns Culture and History.

Arts & Culture
12
Virginia University of Lynchburg

To provide a solid liberal arts and christian education program to all students

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Commonwealth Catholic Charities; the most unlike its peers is Fit 2 B Kids Corp. 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

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 40 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EARL L & MILDRED K MIELKE CHARITABLE FD: $489,322 · OtherEARL L & MILDRED K MIELKE CHARITABLE FDEARL L MILDRED K MIELKE CHARITABLE: $61,214 · OtherEARL L MILDRED K MIELKE CHARITABLEMT PLEASANT UMC: $36,281 · OtherMT PLEASANT UMC+26 more: $73,098 · Other+26 moreLouisa County Resource Council of Louisa Virginia: $116,700 · HealthLouisa County Res…THE HPV AND ANAL CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,772 · HealthTHE HPV AND ANAL …Louisa Downtown Development Corpora: $7,500 · EducationAdult Community Education Formerly Literacy Volunteers of Lou: $3,140 · Education+2 more: $300 · EducationLAKE ANNA CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC: $7,225 · EnvironmentPGA TOUR CHARITIES INC: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentFit 2 B Kids Corp: $400 · Youth DevelopmentROCKY MOUNTAIN REPERTORY THEATRE: $400 · Arts & CultureCommonwealth Catholic Charities: $200 · Human Services
Other$659,915Health$127,472Education$10,940Environment$7,225Youth Development$1,400Arts & Culture$400Human Services$200

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 budgetLouisa County Resource Council of Louisa Virginia: $116,700 over 9y, 4.5% of budgetTHE HPV AND ANAL CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,772 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLouisa Downtown Development Corpora: $7,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetLAKE ANNA CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC: $7,225 over 5y, 8.0% of budgetST ANDREWS UNIVERSITY: $7,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLouisa County Historical Society: $5,400 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetAdult Community Education Formerly Literacy Volunteers of Lou: $3,140 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetPGA TOUR CHARITIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFit 2 B Kids Corp: $400 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN REPERTORY THEATRE: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBelmont Ruritan Club: $200 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCommonwealth Catholic Charities: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOUISA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $100 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.

  • Who funds Louisa County Resource Council of Louisa Virginia ↗
  • Who funds THE HPV AND ANAL CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Louisa Downtown Development Corpora ↗
  • Who funds LAKE ANNA CIVIC ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST ANDREWS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Louisa County Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds Adult Community Education Formerly Literacy Volunteers of Lou ↗
  • Who funds PGA TOUR CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Fit 2 B Kids Corp ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN REPERTORY THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds Belmont Ruritan Club ↗
  • Who funds Commonwealth Catholic Charities ↗
  • Who funds YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds LOUISA EDUCATION 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.

Dominion Energy Chari…Charlottesville Area …The Community Foundat…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Dominion Energy Charitable FoundationVA14.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · The Community Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Elm Foundation Inc Co Earl L Mielke Jr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Elm Foundation Inc Co Earl L Mielke Jr. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 40 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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