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The Froderman Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Froderman Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$751k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$137k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$2.3MHuman Services$1.3MReligion$435kFood & Nutrition$398kHealth$357kInternational$242kRecreation & Sports$140kCommunity Improvement$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $215k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $528k
$44,301
Median grant
5
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Sheltering Wings Center for Women$136,893
Friends of Tenwek Inc$82,000
Oaks Academy Inc$75,000
Crooked Creek Food Pantry$68,580
Union Hospital Foundation Inc$65,576
Sisters of our Lady of Mount Carmel of Terre Haute$50,000
MAP International$50,000
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana Inc$49,673
Wheeler Mission Ministries Inc$44,301
The Gathering Church$29,999
Crisis Pregnancy Center of the Wabash Valley$26,274
St Patrick Catholic Church$25,000
Indiana Special Olympics$20,000
Mary Lee Maier Community Panry Company$10,000
Catholic Charities of Terre Haute$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $708k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%14th & Chestnut Community Center Inc: $50k → 19%Happiness Bag Players Inc: $500k → 19%League of Terre Haute Inc: $25k → 19%League of Terre Haute Inc: $25k → 19%League of Terre Haute Inc: $25k → 19%Wheeler Mission Ministries Inc: $44k → 16%Wheeler Mission Ministries Inc: $39k → 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.
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.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 46% of The Froderman Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 88% of the giving stays in IN; by stated purpose, 52%.

The Froderman Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 18 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
22

Total granted

$2.0M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+3%

Still filing today

67%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $172k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TO
    The Oaks Academy Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $200k · revenue +0%
  • GF
    GLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC
    3× · 2018–2025 · $195k · revenue +146%
  • AC
    ASBURY COLLEGE
    4× · 2018–2024 · $115k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • HB
    HAPPINESS BAG PLAYERS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $500k · revenue 0%
  • CR
    CROSSROADS REHABILITATION CENTER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $109k · revenue +18%
  • FP
    FLETCHER PLACE COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $60k · revenue -4%
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
Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank Inc

The mission of Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank is to feed the hungry in Clay, Greene, Knox, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo counties through a network of emergency food distribution member agencies and engage our community in…

Food & Nutrition
2
Catholic Charities Bloomington Inc

Catholic Charities Bloomington is committed to enhancing the availability of quality mental health services in the communities it serves. We do this through the delivery of professional mental health education and counseling on a sliding…

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3
Catholic Charities Indianapolis Inc

The staff and volunteers of Catholic Charities Indianapolis are called by the Gospel to uphold the dignity of all people. Guided by Catholic social teaching, we consider it a privilege to deliver compassionate and caring service to help…

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4
Riggs Community Health Center Inc

Providing primary health care to low-income residents.

Health
5
Southern Indiana Community Health Care

To provide high-quality, comprehensive, community-sensitive health care utilizing christ-oriented principles. rooted in our faith-driven values, sichc serves as a pillar for accessible, comprehensive care of the whole person and a catalyst…

Health
6
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
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
Indiana University Health Frankfort Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
9
Indiana University Health Care Associates Inc

To deliver preeminent medical care and service to our patients and communities through outstanding and innovative medical leadership and practice, while participating in and supporting excellence in education and research. We achieve this…

Health
10
Feeding Indiana's Hungry Inc

By drawing on varied resources within public agencies and the private sector, we hope to provide hunger relief for those in need throughout Indiana.

Human Services
11
Indiana Center for Prevention of Youth Abuse and Suicide

Child advocacy organization that focuses on the prevention of child sexual abuse and youth suicide.

Youth Development
12
Meals On Wheels Inc

Meals on wheels is the leading privately funded organization promoting dignity and independent living for the homebound, through volunteer delivery of nutritious meals in the greater indianapolis area.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Outreach Inc; the most unlike its peers is Crossroads Rehabilitation Center 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

29 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. 29 of the 44 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
16/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Sheltering Wings Center for Women: $237,114 · OtherSheltering Wings Center for WomenGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $195,204 · OtherGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INCST PATRICK CATHOLIC CHURCH: $160,997 · OtherST PATRICK CATHOLIC CHURCHONE MISSION SOCIETY USA INC: $97,000 · OtherONE MISSION SOCIETY USA INCCatholic Charities Terre Haute Inc: $80,408 · OtherCatholic Charities Terre Haute IncSisters of our Lady of Mount Carmel of Terre Haute: $74,300 · OtherSisters of our Lady of Mount Carmel of T…FLETCHER PLACE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $60,000 · OtherSpring Hill Camp Indiana: $40,000 · OtherSt Michael the Archangel Parish: $40,000 · Other+10 more: $191,867 · Other+10 moreHAPPINESS BAG PLAYERS INC: $500,000 · Human ServicesHAPPINESS BAG PLAYERS INCLeague of Terre Haute Inc: $90,000 · Human ServicesLeague of Terre Haute IncWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $83,125 · Human ServicesWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES …14th & Chestnut Community Center: $50,000 · Human Services14th & Chestnut Community C…OUTREACH INC: $37,488 · Human ServicesSHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $28,760 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF TENWEK INC: $172,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF TENWEK IN…CROSSROADS REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $108,525 · HealthCROSSROADS REHABILIT…UNION HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $65,576 · HealthUNION HOSPITAL FOUND…WOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC: $64,600 · HealthWOMEN'S CARE CENTER …CHEMO BUDDIES: $38,200 · HealthCHEMO BUDDIESTREE OF LIFE PREVENTIVE HEALTH MAINTENANCE INC: $36,629 · HealthTREE OF LIFE PREVENT…CROSSROADS CARE CLINIC: $26,274 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S THERAPLAY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $24,095 · Health+2 more: $24,500 · HealthThe Oaks Academy Inc: $200,000 · EducationThe Oaks Aca…ASBURY COLLEGE: $115,000 · EducationASBURY COLLE…Marian University: $47,226 · EducationMarian Unive…+1 more: $12,000 · EducationCROOKED CREEK FOOD PANTRY INC: $202,607 · Food & NutritionINDIANA SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsMAP International Inc: $50,000 · InternationalThe Hendricks County Child Advocacy Center Inc: $9,918 · Youth Development
Other$1,176,890Human Services$789,373Health$585,399Education$374,226Food & Nutrition$202,607Recreation & Sports$100,000International$50,000Youth Development$9,918

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 budgetHAPPINESS BAG PLAYERS INC: $500,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCROOKED CREEK FOOD PANTRY INC: $202,607 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetThe Oaks Academy Inc: $200,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $195,204 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF TENWEK INC: $172,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetASBURY COLLEGE: $115,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSROADS REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $108,525 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINDIANA SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $100,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetLeague of Terre Haute Inc: $90,000 over 4y, 33% of budgetWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $83,125 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCatholic Charities Terre Haute Inc: $80,408 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetWOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC: $64,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFLETCHER PLACE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $60,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budget14th & Chestnut Community Center: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMAP International Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarian University: $47,226 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHEMO BUDDIES: $38,200 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetOUTREACH INC: $37,488 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTREE OF LIFE PREVENTIVE HEALTH MAINTENANCE INC: $36,629 over 1y, 13% of budgetSHELTERING WINGS CENTER FOR WOMEN INC: $28,760 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCROSSROADS CARE CLINIC: $26,274 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S THERAPLAY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $24,095 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE RED DOOR CANCER AGENCY INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetINDIANA CANINE ASSISTANT NETWORK INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetKid Kare Project Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetThe Hendricks County Child Advocacy Center Inc: $9,918 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Lilly Endowment IncNicholas H Noyes Jr M…United Way of Central…Duke Energy FoundationThe Indianapolis Foun…The Brave Heart Found…Central Indiana Commu…Hoover Family Foundat…Indiana Chemical Trus…Robert & Helen Haddad…Ayres Foundation IncLumina Foundation for…
Lilly Endowment IncIN30.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · The Brave Heart Foundation Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Hoover Family Foundation · Indiana Chemical Trust Tr Ua-Fdt 320006018 · Robert & Helen Haddad Foundation · Ayres Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education 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 Froderman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Froderman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Froderman Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Froderman Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 44 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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