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The Thiemann Family 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.

$75k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$24k
Largest
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 FY20172025.

Religion$173kPublic Safety & Disaster$73kHuman Services$42kCrime & Legal$36kAnimals$20kFood & Nutrition$15kHealth$10kEducation$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $34k
$8,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$883k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH$24,000
MO FIRE SERVICE FUNERAL ASSISTANCE$10,000
MO CHAPTER INT'L ASSOC OF ARSON$8,000
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION$8,000
THE BACKSTOPPERS INC$8,000
ST LOUIS AREA FOODBANK$4,000
THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI$4,000
BIRTHRIGHT OF HILLSBORO$3,000
HEROES CARE INC$3,000
STRAY HAVEN RESCUE$3,000
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 (FY21–23, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FEED MY PEOPLE: $3k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 11%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.

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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$343k · 14 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +50% since the first grant, against +25% for the ones you funded once.

14 repeat relationships — 9 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
9

Total granted

$343k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+25%

Still filing today

71%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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
AnimalsHuman ServicesPublic BenefitHealthInternationalPhilanthropyOther

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

  • CM
    Central Missionary Clearinghouse Inc
    4× · 2018–2021 · $87k · revenue +50%
  • HC
    HEROES CARE INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $25k · revenue +196%
  • TB
    THE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS
    3× · 2022–2025 · $23k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • VO
    VOICE OF THE MARTYRS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $7k
  • BB
    BETHANY BIBLE CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
  • MW
    METRO WEST FIREFIGHTERS COMMUNITY
    one grant, 2019 · $4k

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
Humane Society of Southwest Missouri

The humane society of southwest missouri is one of the largest open admission, no kill shelters in southwest missouri. it is dedicated to helping sick, injured and abandoned dogs and cats find their forever homes. for over 60 years the…

Animals
2
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
3
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Aka Pets of the Homeless

Feeding pets of the homeless believes in the healing power of companion pets and the human/animal bond which is very important in the lives of many homeless. they find solace, protection and companionship through their pets. they care for…

Animals
4
Animal Samaritans

At Animal Samaritans we champion compassion and respect for all living creatures, with a primary focus on dogs, cats, and the people who love them. We view pets not merely as animals, but as members of our families. As their guardians and…

Animals
5
Lawrence Humane Society

The lawrence humane society nurtures the human-animal bond by providing shelter, care and advocacy for homeless and abused animals, as well as resource for the pets and people in our community

Animals
6
Animal Rescue Mission

To rescue and rehabilitate dogs and cats and place them in forever homes.

Animals
7
Humane Society of Manatee County

The humane society of manatee county leads the community in fostering compassion and respect for animals through quality care, education, and advocacy to improve the lives of animals and strengthen the human-animal bond.

Animals
8
Humane Society of Taos Inc dba Stray Hearts Animal Shelter

Stray Hearts is a socially conscious shelter and adoption facility reuniting lost pets with their families and providing humane care and shelter for surrendered, lost, and homeless companion animals in Taos County, New Mexico.Our pledge:…

Animals
9
Humane Animal Partners

Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…

Animals
10
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
11
Take Paws Rescue

The mission of take paws rescue is to meet the moral obligation to protect and save the lives of pets in need of rescue in louisiana. take paws rescue enacts this mission by pulling pets from rural and high kill shelters and preparing them…

Animals
12
Safe Haven for Cats

The mission of safe haven for cats is to use no-kill principles and education to save cats' lives through rescue, adoption, spay/neuter services and community programs.

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My People and the most unlike its peers is Stray Haven Rescue 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

14 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 24 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Central Missionary Clearinghouse Inc — $87,100 · OtherCentral Missionary Clearinghouse IncBIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — $72,100 · OtherBIBLE BAPTIST CHURCHMO CHAPTER INT'L ASSOC OF ARSON — $36,000 · OtherMO CHAPTER INT'L ASSOC OF ARSONMO FIRE SERVICE FUNERAL ASSISTANCE — $35,600 · OtherMO FIRE SERVICE FUNERAL ASSISTANCETHE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS — $22,600 · OtherTHE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUISST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC — $11,500 · Other+9 more — $44,325 · Other+9 moreHEROES CARE INC — $24,665 · Public BenefitHUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI — $12,290 · AnimalsSTRAY HAVEN RESCUE INC — $4,290 · AnimalsFIVE ACRES ANIMAL SHELTER — $3,000 · AnimalsAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $8,000 · Human ServicesFEED MY PEOPLE — $3,000 · Human ServicesTHRIVE ST LOUIS INC — $10,290 · HealthGARY SINISE FOUNDATION — $8,000 · PhilanthropyMercy Ships International — $5,290 · International
Other$309,225Public Benefit$24,665Animals$19,580Human Services$11,000Health$10,290Philanthropy$8,000International$5,290

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 budgetCentral Missionary Clearinghouse Inc — $87,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHEROES CARE INC — $24,665 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS — $22,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI — $12,290 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC — $11,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHRIVE ST LOUIS INC — $10,290 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION — $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT OF HILLSBORO INC — $6,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetMercy Ships International — $5,290 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTRAY HAVEN RESCUE INC — $4,290 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetDUO DOGS INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFIVE ACRES ANIMAL SHELTER — $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFEED MY PEOPLE — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Central Missionary Clearinghouse Inc
  • Who funds HEROES CARE INC
  • Who funds THE BACKSTOPPERS INC FKA POLICEMEN & FIREMEN FUND OF ST LOUIS
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI
  • Who funds ST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC
  • Who funds THRIVE ST LOUIS INC
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
  • Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT OF HILLSBORO INC
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International
  • Who funds STRAY HAVEN RESCUE INC
  • Who funds DUO DOGS INC
  • Who funds FIVE ACRES ANIMAL SHELTER
  • Who funds FEED MY PEOPLE

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.

St Louis Community FoundationMO15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Edward Jones Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 The Thiemann 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.

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202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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.

    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 24 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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