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The Luther Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Luther 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.

$104k
Granted FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$19k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$400kPhilanthropy$193kHealth$131kRecreation & Sports$73kYouth Development$33kEnvironment$25kReligion$24kArts & Culture$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k28 grants · $64k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
$2,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MERCER UNIVERSITY$19,015
SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF IRC$11,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE$10,400
VERO BEACH FIGHTING INDIANS LACROSSE CLUB$9,000
WKU COLLEGE HEIGHTS FOUNDATION$5,000
ALZHEIMER & PARKINSON ASSOC OF IRC$5,000
GIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER$4,000
THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH$3,300
MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN IRC$3,000
LITTLE P PROJECT$3,000
UNITED WAY OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY$3,000
THE LEARNING ALLIANCE$3,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$2,000
TUNNELS TO TOWERS$2,000
ST EDWARD'S SCHOOL$2,000
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 (FY18–25, $48k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CORPS AFRICA: $2k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $300 → 14%VICTORY KIDS INC: $750 → 12%THE HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER: $500 → 12%THE HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER: $500 → 12%THE HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER: $500 → 12%GIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER: $8k → 12%GIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER: $4k → 12%GIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER: $4k → 12%GIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER: $4k → 12%GIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER: $3k → 12%GIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER: $3k → 12%GIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER: $3k → 12%GIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER: $3k → 12%THE ARC OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $2k → 12%THE ARC OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $2k → 12%THE ARC OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $2k → 12%THE ARC OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $2k → 12%THE ARC OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: $2k → 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

NY
MA
WY
UT
KY
MD
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$739k · 40 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
15

Total granted

$739k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+13%

Still filing today

60%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • TC
    THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $164k · revenue +34%
  • CC
    Charleston Collegiate School
    8× · 2017–2024 · $71k · revenue +78%
  • SF
    SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $50k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • MG
    MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • FI
    FIGHTING INDIANS FOOTBALL BOARD INC
    one grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue +0%
  • SF
    ST FRANCIS MANOR OF VERO BEACHINC
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +8%
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
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
3
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
4
Hospice of the Treasure Coast Inc

Hospice of the treasure coast, inc. exists to provide hospice, grief counseling, education and other services to patients and families dealing with death and dying so that they might live as fully and comfortably as possible.

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5
Hospice of Martin & St Lucie Inc

Hospice of martin & st. lucie, inc. exists to provide hospice, grief counseling, education and other services to patients and families, dealing with death and dying so that they might live as fully and comfortably as possible. hospice…

Human Services
6
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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7
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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8
The Riverwoods Group

The mission of the riverwoods group (trwg) is to plan, coordinate, implement & further the missions of the riverwoods company at exeter new hampshire (rwe), birch hill terrace (bh) dba riverwoods manchester (rwm), riverwoods durham (rwd),…

Human Services
9
Uvmc Foundation

Enhance the patient and family experience at upper valley medical center by raising community support for programs and services which help build healthy communities.

Philanthropy
10
Heart of Florida United Way Inc

The mission of heart of florida united way is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our communities. this is accomplished by standing up for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in central florida.

Philanthropy
11
Union Hospital Inc

We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.

Health
12
University Health Inc

Primary functions are the coordination and delivery of health care resources and services, health care education for the hospital service area, long range analysis of health care needs and development of programs, and arranging for…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Indian River County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Animal Humane Assoc of Star Valley. 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

39 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. 39 of the 61 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/39
Grantees still filing
29/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Charleston Collegiate School: $71,000 · OtherCharleston Collegiate SchoolSCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $49,500 · OtherSCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY I…ST EDWARD'S SCHOOL: $43,000 · OtherST EDWARD'S SCHOOLVERO BEACH FIGHTING INDIANS LACROSSE CLUB: $29,000 · OtherVERO BEACH FIGHTING INDIANS LACROSSE CLUBALZHEIMER & PARKINSON ASSOC OF IRC: $28,000 · OtherALZHEIMER & PARKINSON ASSOC OF IRCMENTAL HEALTH ASSN IN IRC INC: $27,000 · OtherMENTAL HEALTH ASSN IN IRC INCWKU COLLEGE HEIGHTS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherWESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY: $17,500 · OtherSt Helen Catholic School: $15,800 · OtherCOMMUNITY CHURCH: $14,250 · Other+26 more: $76,167 · Other+26 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $152,400 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JA…UNITED WAY OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $40,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF INDIAN RIVER…QUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES INC: $26,000 · PhilanthropyQUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES INCTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $163,754 · EducationTHE CORPORATION OF MER…THE LEARNING ALLIANCE INC: $17,300 · EducationTHE LEARNING ALLIANCE …+2 more: $2,100 · EducationTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $23,300 · HealthLittle p Project: $11,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $7,000 · HealthINDIAN RIVER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Health+2 more: $2,100 · HealthGIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC: $32,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTYINC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCORPSAFRICA: $2,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,800 · Human Services+3 more: $2,750 · Human ServicesMCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentINDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST INC: $7,000 · EnvironmentJACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST: $6,000 · EnvironmentLOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentRIVERSIDE THEATRE INC: $8,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$391,217Philanthropy$218,900Education$183,154Health$49,400Human Services$48,550Environment$25,000Arts & Culture$8,000

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 budgetTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $163,754 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $152,400 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCharleston Collegiate School: $71,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $49,500 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $40,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetGIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC: $32,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSN IN IRC INC: $27,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetQUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES INC: $26,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $23,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEARNING ALLIANCE INC: $17,300 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetINDIAN RIVER SOCCER ASSOCIATIONINC: $11,800 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetLittle p Project: $11,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetTHE ARC OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTYINC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRIVERSIDE THEATRE INC: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEnough Pie: $3,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetST FRANCIS MANOR OF VERO BEACHINC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORPSAFRICA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY LAND TRUST INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWilson Volunteer Fire Department Association Inc: $1,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HOPE FOR FAMILIES CENTER INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN JUMP START: $1,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCROSSOVER MISSION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHOLE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL HUMANE ASSOC OF STAR VALLEY: $400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF MARTIN & ST LUCIE INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $100 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.

  • Who funds THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE ↗
  • Who funds Charleston Collegiate School ↗
  • Who funds SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds GIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH ASSN IN IRC INC ↗
  • Who funds QUAIL VALLEY CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds THE LEARNING ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIAN RIVER SOCCER ASSOCIATIONINC ↗
  • Who funds Little p Project ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTYINC ↗
  • Who funds MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds RIVERSIDE THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIAN RIVER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON HOLE LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds FIGHTING INDIANS FOOTBALL BOARD INC ↗
  • Who funds Enough Pie ↗
  • Who funds ST FRANCIS MANOR OF VERO BEACHINC ↗
  • Who funds ALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CORPSAFRICA ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Indian River Communit…Bernard a Egan Founda…John's Island Communi…The John's Island Fou…The Kahle Foundation …United Way of Indian …Sad Foundation IncBailey Family Foundat…The Curley FoundationMinotty Family Founda…Olivia Delacruz Found…Jake Owen Foundation
Indian River Community Foundation IncFL27.9× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Indian River Community Foundation Inc · Bernard a Egan Foundation Inc · John's Island Community Service League Inc · The John's Island Foundation Inc · The Kahle Foundation Inc · United Way of Indian River County Inc · Sad Foundation Inc · Bailey Family Foundation Inc · The Curley Foundation · Minotty Family Foundation · Olivia Delacruz Foundation Inc · Jake Owen 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 Luther Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Luther Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • United Way of Indian River County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Indian River Land Trust Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Learning Alliance Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Whole Family Health Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get 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 · 0–20%
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 61 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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