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The Tesi Foundation at a glance

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The Tesi Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$10k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$101kRecreation & Sports$30kEducation$25kHealth$10kHousing & Shelter$4kFood & Nutrition$2kHuman Services$1kYouth Development$750Other$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $325
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$275
Median grant
1
States reached
$172k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST WENCESLAUS CHURCH$10,000
ST ROBERT BELLARMINE CHURCH$275
SHELBY LIBRARY FOUNDATION$50
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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Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%LOVE MOVES US: $290 → 7%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $400 → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $250 → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $250 → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $250 → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $250 → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $100 → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $250 → 12%HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICES: $200 → 12%HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $500 → 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.
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.
$132k · 17 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
13

Total granted

$132k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+29%

Still filing today

35%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $275 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 ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterEducationReligionFood & NutritionOther
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

  • SL
    ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2019–2023 · $3k · revenue +9%
  • ST
    SHELTERING TREE INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $350 · revenue +512%
  • SM
    ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE
    2× · 2022–2024 · $100 · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • NM
    NEBRASKA MEDICAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +169%
  • HH
    HEARTLAND HOPE MISSIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $500 · revenue +365%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES
    one grant, 2019 · $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
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
2
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
3
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
4
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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5
Heart Ministry Center

Heart ministry center's mission is to provide food, healthcare, and a way forward to people severely affected by poverty in the omaha area. heart ministry center's core programs include a choice food distribution program, monen healthcare…

Food & Nutrition
6
Heartland Community Health Network Inc

Heartland community health network exists to support and strengthen its federally qualified health center members through collaboration, information-sharing and integration of administrative, fiscal and clinical operations.

Health
7
Siouxland Community Health Center

Inspiring and empowering our community through health equity for all.

Health
8
Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc

Lutheran family services of nebraska, inc.'s (lfs) mission is to express god's love for all people by providing quality human care services that build and strengthen individual, family and community life. our vision is saftey, hope and…

Human Services
9
The Foundation for Health Care Continuums

The mission of the foundation for health care continuums is to strengthen each community we serve by providing a wide spectrum of housing and health care services that honor the evolving, aging population.

Health
10
Heartland Community Health Clinic D/B/a Heartland Health Services

Provide affordable, high-quality health services and remove inequities to improve the lives of all.

Health
11
Miracle Hill Ministries Inc

Miracle hill ministries is committed to life transformation for children and adults experiencing homelessness. more information and program outcomes may be found at www.miraclehill.org.

Human Services
12
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heartland Family Service; the most unlike its peers is University of Notre Dame du Lac. 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

14 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. 14 of the 32 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST WENCESLAUS CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherST WENCESLAUS CHURCHMARIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $20,400 · OtherMARIAN HIGH SCHOOL+17 more: $7,545 · Other+17 moreUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $30,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre D…ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · EducationST LOUIS UNIVERSITYNEBRASKA MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Health+2 more: $350 · HealthOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $1,500 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $500 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $450 · Human ServicesLOVE MOVES US INC: $290 · Human ServicesSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE: $800 · Housing & ShelterSHELTERING TREE INC: $350 · Housing & ShelterOasis Counseling International: $250 · ReligionST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $100 · Food & Nutrition
Other$127,945Education$33,000Health$10,350Human Services$2,740Housing & Shelter$1,150Religion$250Food & Nutrition$100

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 budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTERING TREE INC: $350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLOVE MOVES US INC: $290 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOasis Counseling International: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $100 over 2y, 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 University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds SIENA FRANCIS HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds SHELTERING TREE INC ↗
  • Who funds LOVE MOVES US INC ↗
  • Who funds Oasis Counseling International ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗

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.

Therese and Tim Fitzg…Midlands Community Fo…The Lozier FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Therese and Tim FitzgibbonsNE13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Therese and Tim Fitzgibbons · Midlands Community Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Tesi Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Tesi Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s 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.

    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 32 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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