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The Speer Family Foundation at a glance

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The Speer 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.

$178k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
5
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.

Religion$1.3MHealth$129kEducation$32kRecreation & Sports$19kPhilanthropy$7kArts & Culture$5kHuman Services$4kPublic Benefit$4kOther$0
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $33k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $127k
$12,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CROSSROADS CHURCH$75,000
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH$52,000
ONE HOPE$20,000
WOODLAWN CHAPEL$12,500
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$9,174
FIDELITY CHARITABLE$6,979
TURNING POINT USA$2,500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TURNING POINT USA: $3k → 11%MAYO CLINIC: $100k → 9%CITY HILL CHURCH: $500 → 11%883 FM: $2k → 11%CROSSROADS CHURCH: $315k → 12%ONE HOPE: $20k → 13%FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $10k → 15%ST JUDE: $1k → 17%ST PAUL'S LUTHERAN SCHOOL: $10k → 14%FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $171k → 18%THE WBGL STUDIOS: $2k → 19%CITY OF BUSHNELL: $15k → 20%TURNING POINT USA: $1k → 11%883 FM: $2k → 11%CROSSROADS CHURCH: $160k → 12%ONE HOPE: $10k → 13%FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $9k → 15%ST JUDE: $300 → 17%ST PAUL'S LUTHERAN SCHOOL: $5k → 14%FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $105k → 18%THE WBGL STUDIOS: $2k → 19%883 FM: $1k → 11%CROSSROADS CHURCH: $109k → 12%ONE HOPE: $5k → 13%ST PAUL'S LUTHERAN SCHOOL: $1k → 14%FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $104k → 18%THE WBGL STUDIOS: $1k → 19%CROSSROADS CHURCH: $75k → 12%ONE HOPE: $5k → 13%FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $104k → 18%CROSSROADS CHURCH: $14k → 12%ONE HOPE: $5k → 13%FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $52k → 18%SARAH BUSH LINCOLN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25k → 18%ST JOHN'S LUTHERAN SCHOOL: $10k → 18%ST JOHN'S LUTHERAN SCHOOL: $5k → 18%ST JOHN'S LUTHERAN SCHOOL: $1k → 18%FIT 2 SERVE: $1k → 18%FIT 2 SERVE: $1k → 18%WOODLAWN CHAPEL: $25k → 18%WOODLAWN CHAPEL: $25k → 18%WOODLAWN CHAPEL: $13k → 18%WOODLAWN CHAPEL: $7k → 18%CHOICES PREGNANCY & HEALTH: $1k → 18%CHOICES PREGNANCY & HEALTH: $1k → 18%CHOICES PREGNANCY & HEALTH: $1k → 18%CHOICES PREGNANCY & HEALTH: $1k → 18%HOME CHURCH: $250 → 18%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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 14 repeat orgs$41k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2023, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
4

Total granted

$1.4M
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+46%

Still filing today

36%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesReligionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
    2× · 2022–2023 · $19k · revenue +32%
  • CP
    CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER OF EASTERN ILLINOIS
    4× · 2019–2022 · $4k · revenue +79%
  • PM
    PATHWAY MINISTRIES
    4× · 2019–2022 · $4k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • SB
    SARAH BUSH LINCOLN HEALTH FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +46%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • CH
    CITY HILL CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $500
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
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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2
Forum of Christian Leaders

The Forum of Christian Leaders (FOCL) exists to unite, equip, and resource global evangelical leaders toward the end of world evangelism and the renewal of the Biblical church.

Religion
3
Fidelity Health Care

We care. we teach. we innovate. we serve.

Health
4
Financial Planning Ministry

Financial planning ministry, inc. (fpm) is a not-for-profit organization devoted to assisting in the performance of the functions of christian churches by serving their financial needs.

Health
5
Family Research Council

The family research council's primary exempt purpose is to reaffirm and promote nationally, and particularly in washington, dc, the traditional family unit and the judeo-christian value system upon which it is built. frc's activities in…

Human Services
6
Indiana University Health Frankfort Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
7
Family Policy Alliance Foundation

We inspire and educate biblical citizens, equip statesmen, and serve a national alliance.

Public Benefit
8
University of Maryland Family Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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9
Sanford Group Return

Sanford health is committed to the healthcare needs of communities throughout the upper midwest. sanford health provides a full range of primary and specialty healthcare services and strives to be the premier rural health system in the…

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10
First Liberty Institute

First liberty institute provides pro bono legal services to advance and defend religious liberty for individuals, churches, and other ministries and organizations.

Civil Rights
11
Freedom in Christ Ministries

To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.

Religion
12
University of Maryland Facultyphysicians Inc

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of maryland, including but not limited to information technology,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Turning Point Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fit-2-Serve 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

8 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. 8 of the 20 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
6/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CROSSROADS CHURCH INC: $673,000 · OtherCROSSROADS CHURCH INCFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $536,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCHWOODLAWN CHAPEL: $69,000 · Other+11 more: $133,150 · Other+11 moreMAYO CLINIC: $100,000 · HealthCRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER OF EASTERN ILLINOIS: $4,000 · HealthFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $19,174 · Youth DevelopmentFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $6,979 · Community ImprovementPATHWAY MINISTRIES: $4,000 · Human ServicesFit-2-Serve Inc: $2,000 · Religion
Other$1,411,150Health$104,000Youth Development$19,174Community Improvement$6,979Human Services$4,000Religion$2,000

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 budgetMAYO CLINIC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSARAH BUSH LINCOLN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $19,174 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $6,979 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER OF EASTERN ILLINOIS: $4,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPATHWAY MINISTRIES: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $3,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFit-2-Serve Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 1.2% 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 MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds SARAH BUSH LINCOLN HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER OF EASTERN ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAY MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Fit-2-Serve Inc ↗

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.

Renaissance Charitabl…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Renaissance Charitable Foundation IncIN10.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Renaissance Charitable 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 Speer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Speer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 20 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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