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The Gary V and Janet R Townsend Family Foundation Inc

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.

$46k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
2
Grants FY2025
10
Organizations funded FY2024
60%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$40,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 34
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$2.8M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 60% of the organizations The Gary V and Janet R Townsend Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationFood & NutritionAnimalsOther
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
FY2025still arriving2$46k0%
FY202410$137k60%
FY20238$138k100%
FY20227$94k100%
FY202134$58k100%
FY20201$7kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$209kHealth$190kAnimals$14kEducation$13kEnvironment$12kFood & Nutrition$9kPhilanthropy$7kMembership Benefit$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
IN
OH
PA
NJ
MO
WV
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of The Gary V and Janet R Townsend Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$70,00020%
American Heart Association Inc$40,00010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Muncie Indiana Inc$40,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$20,00010%
Ronald McDonald House Global$20,00010%
Ohio Chapter International Society of Arboriculture$12,00021%
Livelikelou Foundation$10,19411%
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana Inc$7,22720%
Wes-Del Community Schools$7,0002n/a
Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation$5,00010%
Hillcroft Services Inc$5,00010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$4,00010%
Animal Rescue Fund Inc$4,00010%
Humane World for Animals Inc$4,00010%
Muncie Mission Ministries Inc$3,82010%
Secret Families Inc$2,75011%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of North Carolina Inc$2,00010%
Children's Miracle Network of Greater St$2,00010%
Wonders & Worries Inc$2,00010%
United Way of Southwest Virginia Inc$2,00010%
Cornerstones Inc$2,00010%
Peary Wilemon National Cotton Ginners Scholarship Foundation$1,350120%
Student Impact of Westfield Inc$1,35011%
Hvaf of Indiana Inc$1,35010%
National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association$1,35010%
Second Helpings Inc$1,35010%
Akron Children's Hospital Foundation$1,35010%
Prince of Peace Center$1,35010%
City Life Center Inc$1,35010%
Boys and Girls Club of Noblesville Inc$1,35010%
Bark Animal Rescue Inc$1,3501n/a
Heart to Heart International Foundation$1,35010%
A Better Life Briannas Hop$1,00011%
A Better Way Services Inc$1,00010%
Habitat for Humanity of the Eastern Panhandle Inc$80011%
The Side-Out Foundation$80010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$80010%
United Way of Sullivan County Inc$80011%
United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc$80010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($195k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gary V and Janet R Townsend Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Muncie Indiana Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOhio Chapter International Society of Arboriculture: $12,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetLivelikelou Foundation: $10,194 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana Inc: $7,227 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlexs Lemonade Stand Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHillcroft Services Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Rescue Fund Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuncie Mission Ministries Inc: $3,820 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSecret Families Inc: $2,750 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of North Carolina Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Miracle Network of Greater St: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWonders & Worries Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Southwest Virginia Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCornerstones Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeary Wilemon National Cotton Ginners Scholarship Foundation: $1,350 over 1y, 20% of budgetStudent Impact of Westfield Inc: $1,350 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHvaf of Indiana Inc: $1,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Court Appointed Special Advocate Association: $1,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Helpings Inc: $1,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAkron Children's Hospital Foundation: $1,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrince of Peace Center: $1,350 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCity Life Center Inc: $1,350 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Noblesville Inc: $1,350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHeart to Heart International Foundation: $1,350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA Better Life Briannas Hop: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetA Better Way Services Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of the Eastern Panhandle Inc: $800 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Side-Out Foundation: $800 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Sullivan County Inc: $800 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Way of Northern New Jersey Inc: $800 over 1y, 0.0% 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 37.

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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.

Ball Brothers FoundationIN19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ball Brothers Foundation · The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County Inc · George and Frances Ball Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Lilly Endowment Inc · Hamer D & Phyllis C Shafer Foundation Charitable Trust · Mutualbank Charitable Foundation Inc · Heart of Indiana United Way Inc · Indiana Youth Institute Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · American Endowment 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.

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About The Gary V and Janet R Townsend Family Foundation Inc

How much does The Gary V and Janet R Townsend Family Foundation Inc give?
The Gary V and Janet R Townsend Family Foundation Inc reported 2 grants totaling $46,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 34 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Gary V and Janet R Townsend Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (43%), Health (39%), Animals (3%).
Who are The Gary V and Janet R Townsend Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc ($70k), American Heart Association Inc ($40k), Young Men's Christian Association of Muncie Indiana Inc ($40k).
Does The Gary V and Janet R Townsend Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Gary V and Janet R Townsend Family Foundation Inc 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 Gary V and Janet R Townsend Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ball Brothers Foundation, The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County Inc, George and Frances Ball Foundation.
Where is The Gary V and Janet R Townsend Family Foundation Inc based?
The Gary V and Janet R Townsend Family Foundation Inc is based in IN.

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 57 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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