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Siemer Family Foundation

The purpose of the SIEMER FAMILY FOUNDATION is to provide funding for those institutions and organizations whose purpose is to affect continuing and long-term benefits for societal, educational, and cultural needs of the community.

$23M
Granted FY2024still arriving
81
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$19M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Philanthropy$90MHealth$5.6MEducation$4.6MHuman Services$2.3MFood & Nutrition$1.1MReligion$948kYouth Development$925kInternational$900kOther$0
02FY2024 · 81 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k64 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $1.2M
  • $250k+5 grants · $21M
$20,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$77M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SIEMER INSTITUTE$18,500,000
NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$975,720
MID-OHIO FOODBANK DBA MID-OHIO FOOD COLLECTIVE$500,000
MUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY$360,000
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL PEOPLE$300,000
BURNING LIMB FOUNDATION$225,000
COLUMBUS FOUNDATION$200,000
CLEVELAND MAIDAN ASSOCIATION$200,000
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC$110,000
COMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD$100,000
SALVATION ARMY (CENTRAL OHIO)$100,000
SAFE CHILDREN COALITION INC$100,000
OHIO LIVING FOUNDATION$65,000
THE SALVATION ARMY OF SARASOTA COUNTY$50,000
STAR HOUSE$50,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SUNFLOWER OF PEACE: $50k → 8%HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS DBA THE: $15k → 16%OHIO LIVING FOUNDATION: $65k → 5%ETHIOPIAN TEWAHEDO SOCIAL SERVICES: $25k → 15%SAFE CHILDREN COALITION INC: $100k → 9%COLUMBUS WORKS INC: $20k → 15%FUTURE READY COLUMBUS: $250k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $150k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $25k → 15%NEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $18k → 15%NEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $18k → 15%FAMILIES FLOURISH INC DBA MOVE TO PROSPER: $43k → 15%SON MINISTRIES DBA FESTA: $30k → 15%SERVING OUR NEIGHBORS INC DBA SON: $15k → 15%CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $20k → 15%I AM BOUNDLESS INC: $20k → 15%CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $15k → 15%CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $15k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 15%CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $30k → 15%LSS CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $25k → 15%ETHIOPIAN TEWAHEDO SOCIAL SERVICES: $25k → 15%URBAN CONCERN INC: $20k → 15%URBAN CONCERN INC: $20k → 15%URBAN CONCERN INC: $20k → 15%URBAN CONCERN INC: $20k → 15%HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $20k → 15%GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $100k → 15%GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $100k → 15%GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $85k → 15%WESTERVILLE AREA RESOURCE MINISTRY: $25k → 15%WESTERVILLE AREA RESOURCE MINISTRY (WARM): $20k → 15%WESTERVILLE AREA RESOURCE MINISTRY: $20k → 15%FUTURE READY FIVE: $500k → 15%PRAY FOR COLUMBUS: $88k → 15%YWCA COLUMBUS: $30k → 15%YWCA COLUMBUS: $30k → 15%YWCA COLUMBUS: $30k → 15%YWCA COLUMBUS: $30k → 15%YWCA COLUMBUS: $25k → 15%HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $20k → 15%YWCA COLUMBUS: $20k → 15%YWCA COLUMBUS: $20k → 15%YWCA COLUMBUS: $20k → 15%HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $18k → 15%CLINTONVILLE-BEECHWOLD COMMUNITY RESOURCES CENTER: $25k → 15%CLINTONVILLE-BEECHWOLD COMMUNITY: $20k → 15%HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $25k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CA
KY
MD
DC
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$103M · 88 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +38% since the first grant, against +13% for the ones you funded once.

88 repeat relationships — 60 still active in FY2024, 28 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

88
33

Total granted

$103M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+13%

Still filing today

89%
97%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $385k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SI
    SIEMER INSTITUTE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $83M · revenue +71% · 99% of their budget
  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2023 · $2.6M · revenue +36%
  • MF
    Mid-Ohio Foodbank
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue +70%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue -21%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue +13%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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2
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
3
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
4
School Choice Ohio Inc

The mission of school choice ohio is to protect and expand children's educational options through ensuring choice in quality schools and other places of learning, thereby supporting systemic reform of k-12 education across the state.

Education
5
Columbus Center for Human Services Inc

Inspiring life journeys

Human Services
6
Columbus Compact Corporation

Columbus compact is a catalyst for positive development of central city columbus' neighborhoods and business districts.

Community Improvement
7
Columbus Learning Center Management Corp D/B/a Community Education Coalition

The community education coalition (cec) is a partnership of education, business, and community stakeholders focused on aligning and integrating our community learning system, economic development, and quality of life.

Education
8
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People Inc

Empowering and strengthening ohio's people (esop) helps adults in all stages of life achieve and maintain financial wellness and housing stability.

Housing & Shelter
9
Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio Delaware Housing Inc

See schedule oto create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home…

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10
Columbus Urban League

Your columbus urban league is a trusted, community-driven organization. we create opportunity and access for all people through economic, educational, and social progress.

—
11
Community Learning Center Institute

Clci facilitates the ongoing engagement of the greater cincinnati community to promote the development of all schools as community learning centers, each with a set of financially self-sustaining, co-located community partners.

Education
12
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Stephen Community Services Inc and the most unlike its peers is Burning Limb Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyHospital Systems & Health A…Family Support ServicesConstruction Trade Associat…Christian Evangelical Minis…Regional Economic Developme…Faith-Based Child Care Cent…Behavioral Health & Recover…Faith-Based Social ServicesSchool Education Associatio…Ohio Nonprofit FoundationsOhio Industry Trade Associa…Fraternity and Sorority Hou…Professional Healthcare Ass…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%2%<5yr13%7%5–10yr16%22%10–20yr14%17%20–35yr14%25%35–55yr24%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%78%5–10yr16%3%10–20yr14%3%20–35yr14%6%35–55yr24%10%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.7% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.7%1/144
the rest of the field
13%
1,180/9,371

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

135 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 135 of the 144 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
31
Early backer (in before they grew)
133/135
Grantees still filing
88/135
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SIEMER INSTITUTE — $83,291,000 · PhilanthropySIEMER INSTITUTEUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC — $3,844,000 · Philanthropy+8 more — $2,923,950 · PhilanthropyNATIONWIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL INC — $1,619,710 · OtherMid-Ohio Foodbank — $1,000,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY — $575,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD — $400,000 · OtherCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART — $306,000 · Other+60 more — $4,165,448 · OtherOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $2,580,000 · EducationMUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY — $378,000 · EducationCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $255,000 · EducationUNITED SCHOOLS — $133,500 · Education+16 more — $540,150 · EducationFUTURE READY FIVE — $760,000 · Human ServicesGLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE — $335,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $220,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO — $206,000 · Human ServicesCHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — $115,000 · Human ServicesURBAN CONCERN INC — $110,000 · Human Services+27 more — $1,264,200 · Human ServicesBURNING LIMB FOUNDATION — $400,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION — $250,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO — $240,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL FLORIDA INC — $180,000 · HealthUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC — $100,000 · HealthCOLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER — $50,000 · Health+2 more — $35,000 · HealthCLEVELAND MAIDAN ASSOCIATION — $400,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $200,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $200,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $200,000 · InternationalJunior Achievement of Central Ohio Inc — $80,000 · InternationalRAZOM INC — $50,000 · InternationalCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL PEOPLE — $610,000 · ReligionTHE FOUNDATION OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS — $250,000 · Religion
Philanthropy$90,058,950Other$8,066,158Education$3,886,650Human Services$3,010,200Health$1,255,000International$1,130,000Religion$860,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSIEMER INSTITUTE — $83,291,000 over 8y, 99% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC — $3,844,000 over 8y, 5.8% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $2,580,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION — $2,155,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank — $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFUTURE READY FIVE — $760,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL PEOPLE — $610,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD — $400,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBURNING LIMB FOUNDATION — $400,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetCLEVELAND MAIDAN ASSOCIATION — $400,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetMUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY — $378,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetGLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE — $335,000 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART — $306,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $255,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS — $250,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO — $240,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCOLUMBUS EARLY LEARNING CENTERS — $240,000 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetSTAR HOUSE — $225,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetDIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC — $225,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $220,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO — $206,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $200,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC — $190,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL FLORIDA INC — $180,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NEW ALBANY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $173,950 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCITY YEAR INC — $155,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetI KNOW I CAN — $151,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLOWER LIGHT MINISTRIES INC — $140,000 over 7y, 5.6% of budgetUNITED SCHOOLS — $133,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES — $133,203 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS LITERACY COUNCIL — $125,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetPRO MUSICA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF COLUMBUS INC — $123,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetCENTRAL COMMUNITY HOUSE — $119,664 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC — $116,230 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — $115,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetURBAN CONCERN INC — $110,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC — $108,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMOMENTUM-EXCELLENCE INC — $105,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetPER SCHOLAS INC — $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERVILLE AREA RESOURCE MINISTRY — $100,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetSAFE CHILDREN COALITION INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO — $100,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCOLUMBUS HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC — $100,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds SIEMER INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Mid-Ohio Foodbank ↗
  • Who funds FUTURE READY FIVE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD ↗
  • Who funds BURNING LIMB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND MAIDAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds MUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF COLUMBUS ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS EARLY LEARNING CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds STAR HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds DIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO ↗
  • Who funds GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW ALBANY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
  • Who funds I KNOW I CAN ↗
  • Who funds LOWER LIGHT MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds THE COLUMBUS LITERACY COUNCIL ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Ingram-White Castle F…United Way of Central…Harry C Moores Founda…Columbus FoundationAmerican Electric Pow…L Brands FoundationCardinal Health Found…Encova Foundation of …The Reinberger Founda…Columbus Jewish Found…Nisource Charitable F…Margaret and Robert W…
Ingram-White Castle FoundationOH173× affinity84 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ingram-White Castle Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Harry C Moores Foundation · Columbus Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · L Brands Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · Encova Foundation of Ohio · The Reinberger Foundation · Columbus Jewish Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Margaret and Robert Walter Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Siemer Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc — 38% of income from government
  • City Year Inc — 11% of income from government
  • The United Way of Central Maryland Inc — 2% of income from government
  • United Way Suncoast Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Safe Children Coalition Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
61report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Siemer Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Siemer 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 144 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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