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The Ingram Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$296k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Health$574kInternational$195kHuman Services$114kPublic Safety & Disaster$61kAnimals$20kEnvironment$6k
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $205k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$6.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION DBA CURE ALZHEIMER'S FUND$50,000
CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC$45,000
MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY$40,000
WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC$20,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$20,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISREAL DEFENSE FORCES$15,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$15,000
DIRECT RELIEF$10,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES UPPER MIDWEST$10,000
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION$10,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA INC$10,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC$10,000
ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY FLORIDA INC$7,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN$5,000
LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $101k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $20k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $20k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $20k → 12%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $1k → 12%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

MN
IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
NE
MD
TN
NC
DC
GA
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$949k · 22 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
1

Total granted

$949k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+15%

Still filing today

86%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthInternationalHuman ServicesAnimalsReligionCivil RightsOther
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

  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $130k · revenue +39%
  • MM
    MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
    3× · 2022–2024 · $126k · revenue +144%
  • CR
    CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $125k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • AF
    ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +15%
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
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
2
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
3
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
4
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
5
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
6
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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9
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Inc

The multiple myeloma research foundation (mmrf) is the largest nonprofit in the world solely focused on accelerating acurefor multiple myeloma patient. we drive the development and delivery of next-generation therapies, leverage data to…

Health
10
Global Down Syndrome Foundation

To significantly improve the lives of people with down syndrome through research, medical care, education and advocacy. an important part of this mission is to support the global affiliate organizations that we helped establish and…

Health
11
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
12
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

20 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. 20 of the 23 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
18/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $130,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONMASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY: $126,000 · HealthMASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORYCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $125,000 · HealthCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INCALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $77,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INCRonald McDonald House Charities - Upper Midwest: $31,200 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $31,200 · HealthMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $26,200 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $25,000 · HealthARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · HealthMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $41,200 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRON…DIRECT RELIEF: $40,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $35,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISR…LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC: $21,200 · InternationalLUTHERAN WORLD REL…Save The Children Federation Inc: $20,000 · InternationalSave The Children …WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $61,200 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WAR…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $40,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Na…AMERICAN RED CROSS: $21,200 · OtherSALVATION ARMY: $21,200 · OtherUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF - MIDWEST REGIONAL OFFICE: $21,200 · OtherTHE ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY FLORIDA INC: $20,000 · AnimalsSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $16,200 · ReligionTREVOR PROJECT INC: $13,200 · Civil RightsSOLUTION TO AVOID RED TIDE INC: $6,000 · Environment
Health$591,600International$157,400Human Services$101,200Other$63,600Animals$20,000Religion$16,200Civil Rights$13,200Environment$6,000

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 budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $130,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY: $126,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $125,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $77,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $61,200 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $41,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities - Upper Midwest: $31,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $31,200 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $26,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC: $21,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY FLORIDA INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $16,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $13,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOLUTION TO AVOID RED TIDE INC: $6,000 over 4y, 5.4% 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Ingram Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ingram Family Foundation. 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%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of 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 · 0–75%
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

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How do I get to The Ingram Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Ingram Family Foundation 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 23 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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