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The Roetheli - Lil Red - 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.

$148k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$843kEducation$498kHealth$345kReligion$111kCrime & Legal$33kAnimals$32kHuman Services$26kCivil Rights$19kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE BATTLE WITHIN$59,500
CONVOY OF HOPE$30,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$25,000
NORTHLAND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM$10,000
SAINT PAUL'S OUTREACH$10,000
STUDENTS FOR LIFE OF AMERICA$6,468
LIVE ACTION$2,000
CHILDREN'S MERCY$1,010
THE MARTIN CITY MELODRAMA & VAUDEVILLE CO$1,000
CATHOLICVOTE EDUCATION FUND$1,000
HARVESTERS-THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK$500
JIM THE WONDER DOG MUSEUM$500
THE PAN MASS CHALLENGE$500
UMKC FOUNDATION$300
NORTH KANSAS CITY HORNETS$250
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 75% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SAINT PAUL'S OUTREACH: $10k → 6%CITY OF HOPE - OUR HOPE: $6k → 14%FREEDOM REINS: $18k → 14%FOOD FOR THE POOR: $329k → 13%HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $25k → 14%ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC: $8k → 16%BENEDICTINE COLLEGE: $25k → 15%NORTHLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $210k → 8%GASCONADE COUNTY COURTHOUSE: $15k → 14%CONVOY OF HOPE: $30k → 15%JIM THE WONDER DOG: $11k → 15%SHOW-ME INSTITUTE: $7k → 21%SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE: $10k → 12%THE AMAZING PARISH: $25k → 8%ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS: $8k → 12%STUDENTS FOR LIFE OF AMERICA: $6k → 15%BEAUTY FOR ASHES MINISTRY: $10k → 17%SPO: $10k → 6%FREEDOM REINS: $10k → 14%FOOD FOR THE POOR: $145k → 13%HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $25k → 14%BENEDICTINE COLLEGE: $25k → 15%NORTHLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $25k → 8%CONVOY OF HOPE: $25k → 15%SPO: $10k → 6%FREEDOM REINS: $10k → 14%FOOD FOR THE POOR: $87k → 13%HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $17k → 14%HOLY FAMILY PARISH: $15k → 8%CONVOY OF HOPE: $15k → 15%FREEDOM REINS: $9k → 14%FOOD FOR THE POOR: $65k → 13%NORTHLAND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM: $10k → 8%CONVOY OF HOPE: $10k → 15%FOOD FOR THE POOR: $65k → 13%CONVOY OF HOPE: $30k → 15%FOOD FOR THE POOR: $27k → 13%CONVOY OF HOPE: $10k → 15%LIBERTY WOMEN'S CLINIC: $35k → 8%LIBERTY WOMENS CLINIC: $20k → 8%LIBERTY WOMENS CLINIC: $15k → 8%LIBERTY WOMENS CLINIC: $15k → 8%PETS FOR LIFE: $27k → 15%LIBERTY WOMEN'S CLINIC: $10k → 8%PETS FOR LIFE INC: $26k → 15%PETS FOR LIFE INC: $25k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $8k → 15%UMKC FOUNDATION: $100k → 15%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

MT
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
AZ
KS
DC
AL
GA
TX
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 25 repeat orgs$155k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
33

Total granted

$1.6M
$133k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+24%

Still filing today

52%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationAnimalsCivil RightsHealthReligionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TB
    The Battle Within Inc
    4× · 2022–2025 · $162k · revenue +25%
  • LW
    Liberty Womens Clinic
    6× · 2018–2023 · $98k · revenue +80%
  • BC
    Benedictine College
    3× · 2021–2024 · $53k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • AC
    AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE
    one grant, 2018 · $18k
  • GC
    GASCONADE COUNTY COURTHOUSE
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
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
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine

The mission of the american college of veterinary internal medicine (acvim) is to enhance animal and human health by advancing veterinary internal medicine through training, education, an discovery. the acvim is the american certifying…

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4
Power to Decide

Power to decide envisions a world where everyone - no matter who they are or where they live - has control over their bodies and can decide if, when, and under what circumstances to get pregnant and have a child. its mission is to advance…

Human Services
5
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
6
Wounded Spirits Ministries

The focus of the ministry is to establish christian camps and retreats that will reach men and women who have been affected by post traumatic stress disorder with the gospel of jesus christ, and equip them to recognize, manage, and…

Recreation & Sports
7
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
8
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation

The mission of the akc canine health foundation, inc. is to fund, advance, and communicate canine health research and science through knowledge and discovery.

Animals
9
Catholic Answers Inc

Catholic answers is an apostolate dedicated to serving christ by bringing the fullness of catholic truth to the world. we help good catholics become better catholics, bring former catholics home, and lead non-catholics into the fullness of…

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10
University of Northwestern - St Paul

See schedule o. founded in 1902, university of northwestern - st. paul is a nondenominational christian university that integrates the educational philosophy of "faith, learning and living" through two focuses: higher education and media.…

Education
11
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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12
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Conner Taylor CHANGE4CONNER Foundation 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

34 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. 34 of the 67 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/34
Grantees still filing
24/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $717,993 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INCCONVOY OF HOPE: $120,000 · InternationalCONVOY OF HOPENORTHLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $235,000 · OtherNORTHLAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOLSIndividual grant recipient: $46,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherSPO: $20,000 · OtherHOLY FAMILY PARISH: $18,000 · OtherAMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE: $18,000 · Other+41 more: $138,670 · Other+41 moreThe Battle Within Inc: $161,500 · HealthThe Battle Within I…Liberty Womens Clinic: $97,750 · HealthLiberty Womens Clin…PETS FOR LIFE INC: $83,500 · HealthPETS FOR LIFE INCUMKC FOUNDATION: $100,300 · EducationUMKC FOUNDATIONHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $92,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLE…Benedictine College: $52,500 · EducationBenedictine Col…NORTHLAND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM: $15,500 · EducationNORTHLAND CHRIS…+3 more: $9,800 · EducationMISSOURI RIGHT TO LIFE EDUCATION FUND: $10,000 · Civil RightsStudents for Life of America Inc: $6,468 · Civil RightsLIVE ACTION: $2,000 · Civil RightsFIDELIS CENTER FOR LAW & POLICY: $1,000 · Civil RightsSHOW-ME INSTITUTE: $12,250 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC: $7,500 · ReligionAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $7,125 · Religion
International$837,993Other$501,170Health$342,750Education$270,100Civil Rights$19,468Philanthropy$17,250Religion$14,625

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $717,993 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Battle Within Inc: $161,500 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetCONVOY OF HOPE: $120,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUMKC FOUNDATION: $100,300 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLiberty Womens Clinic: $97,750 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $92,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPETS FOR LIFE INC: $83,500 over 5y, 32% of budgetBenedictine College: $52,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHLAND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM: $15,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHOW-ME INSTITUTE: $12,250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMISSOURI RIGHT TO LIFE EDUCATION FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetBRIGHT FUTURES FUND: $7,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $7,125 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $5,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $2,550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELDERHEART INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $2,190 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS CLUB OF GREATER KANSAS CITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNER TAYLOR CHANGE4CONNER FOUNDATION INC: $1,800 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCity Union Mission: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CORNERSTONE INSTITUTE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHLAND ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL POLICE CANINE ASSOCIATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWAYSIDE WAIFS INC: $160 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $115 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMYBALTO FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.1% 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 FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds The Battle Within Inc ↗
  • Who funds CONVOY OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds UMKC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Liberty Womens Clinic ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds PETS FOR LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds Benedictine College ↗
  • Who funds NORTHLAND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds SHOW-ME INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds MISSOURI RIGHT TO LIFE EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHT FUTURES FUND ↗
  • Who funds ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Students for Life of America Inc ↗
  • Who funds HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds ELDERHEART INC ↗
  • Who funds SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS CLUB OF GREATER KANSAS CITY ↗

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.

Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO18.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Servant Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Roetheli - Lil Red - Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Roetheli - Lil Red - Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Roetheli - Lil Red - 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 67 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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