· Private foundation
The Polasek Family Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k11 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $202k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Sisters of Mary Morning Star | $50,000 |
| Shepard them All | $35,000 |
| Mobile Loaves & Fishes | $30,000 |
| Relevant Radio | $26,200 |
| Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish | $21,000 |
| Red-c Apostolate | $17,000 |
| St Martin's Church | $16,000 |
| FOCUS | $15,000 |
| St Anthoney's Chapel Fund | $15,000 |
| St Vincent DePaul | $15,000 |
| Society of St Vincent De Paul | $12,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,000 |
| Care Net Pregnancy Center | $3,003 |
| EWTN | $3,000 |
| K of C Charities | $2,700 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 76% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2023, 1 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $190k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IHIMMACULATE HEART MEDIA INC2× · 2021–2023 · $28k · revenue -31%
- SMSt Martin's Church2× · 2022–2023 · $21k
- SVSt Vincent DePaul2× · 2022–2023 · $20k
Funded once
- HFHoly Family Schoolone grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue 0%
- DODiocese of Austin-CSAone grant, 2022 · $11k
- SASt Anthony of Padua Churchone grant, 2022 · $5k
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.
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.
Operation of a NCE Catholic Radio Station
Keep the faith is a catholic lay apostolate devoted to assist in the dissemanation of good catholic doctrine
To procure and deliver bold, authentically catholic radio programming for listeners across west michigan.
To inform, instruct and inspire people through the media about the sacred scriptures and teachings of the roman catholic church
Ave Maria Communications (AMC)employs radio, internet and other media to offer news, analysis, teaching, devotion and music to demonstrate Catholic values.
Publish catholic books in support of eternal word television network, inc.
Santa fe communications, inc., embracing and proclaiming judeo-christian values from a catholic perspective, produces and markets quality electronic media designed to enrich people's lives through the renewal, reawakening and support of…
Iowa Catholic Radio is dedicated to providing the best in Catholic teaching, news, and inspiration. From World Youth Day to the Iowa State Fair, from Dowling Catholic to your local parish. Our mission is to save souls and to proclaim the…
The Organizations primary exempt purpose is to faithfully broadcast the message of Jesus Christ through the medium of radio. The programming will enlighten and educate listeners to the depth and richness of the Catholic Faith.
Operation of faith based non commercial radio stations to produce religious programming for syndication and free distribution to teach the catholic faith
Catholics for Catholics is fighting to bring the Catholic faith back into the public square through rosary rallies, media, political action and more!
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 29 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SHEPHERD THEM ALL INC ↗
- Who funds MOBILE LOAVES & FISHES INC ↗
- Who funds Holy Family School ↗
- Who funds IMMACULATE HEART MEDIA INC ↗
- Who funds Red-C Apostolate ↗
- Who funds THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESAN COUNCIL OF AUSTIN ↗
- Who funds ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds 40 DAYS FOR LIFE ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Polasek Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Polasek Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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