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The Gary V and Janet R Townsend Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% 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
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
$40,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YMCA OF MUNCIE IN$40,000
OHIO CHAPTER INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARBORICULTURE$6,000
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 (FY21–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WONDERS & WORRIES: $2k → 10%CITY LIFE CENTER: $1k → 15%CORNERSTONES: $2k → 6%HILLCROFT SERVICES: $5k → 19%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

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

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$216k · 5 repeat orgs$264k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
51

Total granted

$216k
$264k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+6%

Still filing today

60%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $70k · revenue +8%
  • OC
    OHIO CHAPTER INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARBORICULTURE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $12k · revenue +30%
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $7k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $40k · revenue +16%
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MUNCIE INDIANA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $40k · revenue +1%
  • SJ
    ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2024 · $30k
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
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
2
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.

Health
3
Uchicago Medicine Network Inc

Uchicago medicine network, inc. supports and encourages health and human service by providing support, directly or indirectly to ingalls memorial hospital, the university of chicago medical center, and other related tax-exempt…

Health
4
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater Washongton Dc Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater washington, dc (rmhcdc) provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

Health
5
Health Care Without Harm

The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…

Environment
6
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
7
Wayside House Inc

Our mission is to break the cycle of addiction and trauma for women, children, and families.

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8
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…

—
9
American Cancer Society Inc

Improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.

Health
10
Indiana University Health Bedford Inc

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

Health
11
All Children's Research Institute Inc

The corporation is organized and is operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes. all children's research institute supports, encourages, and engages in and conducts medical research and other research in…

Health
12
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Miracle Network of Greater St; the most unlike its peers is Peary Wilemon National Cotton Ginners Scholarship Foundation. 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

38 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. 38 of the 57 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
23/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YMCA OF MUNCIE IN: $120,000 · OtherYMCA OF MUNCIE INYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MUNCIE INDIANA INC: $40,000 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MUNCIE INDIANA INCST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $30,000 · OtherST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITALBRYSON FUNERAL HOME: $9,839 · Other+34 more: $80,095 · Other+34 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc: $40,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Assoc…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE …Ronald McDonald House Global: $20,000 · HealthRonald McDonald Hous…THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $4,000 · Health+4 more: $5,150 · Health+4 moreTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE BREAST CANCE…LIVELIKELOU FOUNDATION: $10,194 · EducationPEARY WILEMON NATIONAL COTTON GINNERS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $1,350 · EducationThe Side-Out Foundation: $800 · EducationOHIO CHAPTER INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARBORICULTURE: $12,000 · EnvironmentHILLCROFT SERVICES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesWonders & Worries Inc: $2,000 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONES INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesCity Life Center Inc: $1,350 · Human ServicesSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $7,227 · Food & NutritionSECOND HELPINGS INC: $1,350 · Food & Nutrition
Other$279,934Health$89,150Public Safety & Disaster$70,000Education$12,344Environment$12,000Human Services$10,350Food & Nutrition$8,577

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetNORTH GEORGIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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
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.

Ball Brothers Foundat…The Community Foundat…George and Frances Ba…American Electric Pow…Lilly Endowment IncHamer D & Phyllis C S…Mutualbank Charitable…Heart of Indiana Unit…Indiana Youth Institu…Duke Energy FoundationArthur J Gallagher Fo…American Endowment Fo…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Gary V and Janet R Townsend Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gary V and Janet R Townsend Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc: 3% of 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
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Gary V and Janet R Townsend Family 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 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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