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The Ihrig Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Ihrig Foundation

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.

$12k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$31kArts & Culture$25kEnvironment$10kPhilanthropy$6kHuman Services$5kHealth$1kHousing & Shelter$1kRecreation & Sports$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$7,150
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VENICE AREA BEAUTIFICATION$7,150
VENICE THEATRE$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 (FY20–20, $5k) 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%VENICE YACHT CLUB CHARITABLE FOUNDA: $5k → 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.
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$66k · 6 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
8

Total granted

$66k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+2%

Still filing today

67%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

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

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

’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman 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

  • WR
    WESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY
    4× · 2019–2023 · $30k · revenue +25%
  • VA
    VENICE ART CENTER
    3× · 2018–2020 · $16k · revenue +15%
  • VA
    VENICE AREA BEAUTIFICATION INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $10k · revenue -24%

Funded once

  • VY
    VENICE YACHT CLUB CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +15%
  • N
    NMCF
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
  • DR
    DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
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
Venice Chamber of Commerce

To represent and promote the business and business intersts in venice, california.

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2
The Venice Endowment Inc

The mission of the venice endowment, inc. is to support the mission of gulf coast community foundation, inc. in transforming our region through bold and proactive philanthropy.

Philanthropy
3
Venice Area Chamber of Commerce Inc

To promote commerce in the venice / nokomis area

—
4
Venice Yacht Club Inc

A. to encourage the proper use and enjoyment of yachts and boats and to assist in educating members in the science of navigation, boat design, and the skills of sailing.b. to own and operate an appropriate private waterfront club in the…

Recreation & Sports
5
Laguna College of Art & Design

Laguna college of art & design prepares individuals for careers as creative artists and designers in a culturally and ethnically diverse world through a curriculum that emphasizes acquiring skills based on observation, representation, and…

Education
6
Venice Mainstreet Inc

Venice mainstreet is committed to preserving and enhancing a quality environment in downtown venice, fl for present and future generations through organized volunteer efforts by focusing on its historic character and economic vitality

Community Improvement
7
Venice Christian School Private School

Provide education in a christian environment

—
8
Vermont College of Fine Arts Foundation Inc

To provide financial support for the operations and programs of vermont college of fine arts, inc.

—
9
Naples Art Association Inc

To enlighten, engage, educate, and enrich the community and to build on naples art's history and position of leadership as a hub of visual arts in southwest florida. we believe art can change lives and improve entire communities. continued…

Arts & Culture
10
Venice Heritage Foundation

The venice heritage foundation is dedicated to preserving, showcasing, and nurturing venice's diverse cultural heritage and history.

Arts & Culture
11
Vermont College of Fine Arts Inc

Vcfa is a global community of artists continually redefining what it means to be an arts college. we measure our success by our ability to foster the excellence of emerging and established practitioners. we believe that the arts are…

Education
12
Sva Alumni Society Inc

Sva alumni society, inc. (the "society") was established to maintain, promote and enhance a mutually beneficial relationship between the school of visual arts (the "school") and its alumni. the society promotes professional development…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Venice Area Beautification 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

8 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. 8 of the 15 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
5/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY: $30,000 · EducationWESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY+2 more: $1,000 · EducationVENICE ART CENTER: $15,500 · Arts & CultureVENICE ART CENTERVENICE THEATRE INC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureVENICE THEATRE INCVENICE AREA BEAUTIFICATION INC: $10,150 · EnvironmentVENICE AREA BE…WGCU: $1,120 · OtherNMCF: $1,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $1,000 · OtherDIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $500 · OtherSARASOTA SPECIAL OLYMPICS: $500 · OtherMAYO CLINIC: $300 · OtherVENICE YACHT CLUB CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesGULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Education$31,000Arts & Culture$23,500Environment$10,150Other$5,420Human Services$5,000Philanthropy$5,000

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 budgetWESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVENICE ART CENTER: $15,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetVENICE AREA BEAUTIFICATION INC: $10,150 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetVENICE THEATRE INC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONMOUTH COLLEGE: $500 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.

Gulf Coast Community …American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Gulf Coast Community Foundation IncFL13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Ihrig Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ihrig Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Venice Theatre Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
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 15 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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