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The Thomas and Maria Yeager Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Thomas and Maria Yeager Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7k
Granted FY2023
6
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Animals$21kHealth$19kEducation$12kHuman Services$7kArts & Culture$7kPhilanthropy$6kCommunity Improvement$100
02FY2023 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$938
Median grant
2
States reached
$40k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JOSEPH PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$5,000
READINESS CENTER$1,000
LORY'S PLACE$938
ST JOSEPH SCHOOLS$250
NEW HORIZONS OF SWFL$100
ST JOSEPH LINCOLN SENIOR SERVICE CENTER$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%READINESS CENTER: $1k → 15%READINESS CENTER: $100 → 15%READINESS CENTER: $100 → 15%CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN: $100 → 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.
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$52k · 6 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
8

Total granted

$52k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+9%

Still filing today

50%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $400 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsHealthOther
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

  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN
    3× · 2018–2022 · $21k · revenue -25%
  • SJ
    ST JOSEPH PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2023 · $12k · revenue -28%
  • PF
    PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
    2× · 2019–2020 · $7k

Funded once

  • LH
    LAKELAND HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
  • CK
    CURIOUS KIDS MUSEUMgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +29%
  • GF
    GOOD FELLOW FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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
St Joseph Care Center

To help residents live to their fullest potential, recognizing the changing needs of each person.

Health
2
Hennepin History Museum

We preserve and explore history, creating spaces where our communities' stories can be told.

Arts & Culture
3
Pace of Southwest Michigan Inc

Surrounding seniors with the care you need to remain in the home you love.

Human Services
4
Humane Society of South Central Mi

Animal shelter - provide a safe haven for animals without homes.

Animals
5
Historical Society of Saginaw County

The historical society of saginaw county is committed to serve the community by telling the continuing story of the people of the saginaw region through exploration, preservation and presentation of their historical and cultural heritage.

—
6
Humane Society of West Michigan

Our mission is to promote the humane treatment and responsible care of animals in west michigan through education, example, placement and protection.

Animals
7
Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum Inc

The museum is an educational institution dedicated to preserving the history and culture of waukesha county.

—
8
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
9
Michigan Christian Home

The michigan christian home dba beacon hill at eastgate, a not-for-profit corporation, provides housing and health services in a christian environment for older adults, thus enabling them to meet their ongoing physical, social and…

—
10
Hillsdale County Senior Services Center Inc

To support and promote a means for maintaining a senior center in order to achieve specific goals, based on the needs and interests of older persons, those 50 and older except for those programs that receive state and federal funding which…

Human Services
11
Hebrew Health Care Inc

The mission of hebrew health care is to provide highly personalized quality programs and services to the seniors of our community. we assure dignified, informed, quality care to all regardless of source of payment for services. (see…

Health
12
Berrien County Cancer Services Inc

To provide compassionate in-home skilled nursing care and supportive resources for those affected by cancer and related illnesses in southwest michigan.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Avenue Family Network Inc; the most unlike its peers is St Joseph Public Schools Foundation. 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 17 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
7/8
Grantees still filing
5/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JOSEPH PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $11,600 · OtherST JOSEPH PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONPENNIES FROM HEAVEN: $6,869 · OtherPENNIES FROM HEAVENLORY'S PLACE: $5,678 · OtherLORY'S PLACELAKELAND HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherLAKELAND HEALTH FOUNDATIONGOOD FELLOW FUND: $3,000 · OtherGOOD FELLOW FUNDUNITED WAY: $2,500 · OtherUNITED WAYHANSEN HOSPICE CENTER: $1,800 · Other+4 more: $450 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN: $21,134 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTHWESTERN MI…CURIOUS KIDS MUSEUM: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCURIOUS KI…THE HERITAGE MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER: $1,800 · Arts & CultureTHE HERITA…Hospice at Home Inc: $5,250 · HealthREADINESS CENTER INC: $1,200 · Human ServicesTHE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK INC: $100 · Human Services
Other$36,897Animals$21,134Arts & Culture$6,800Health$5,250Human Services$1,300

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN: $21,134 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetST JOSEPH PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $11,600 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHospice at Home Inc: $5,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCURIOUS KIDS MUSEUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HERITAGE MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER: $1,800 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetREADINESS CENTER INC: $1,200 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE AVENUE FAMILY NETWORK INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JOSEPH-LINCOLN SENIOR SERVICE CENTER INC: $50 over 1y, 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.

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.

Berrien Community Fou…Hanson Family Foundat…The Marzke Family Fou…Whirlpool FoundationSt Josephbenton Harbo…The Covia FoundationAmazonsmile Foundation
Berrien Community Foundation IncMI22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Berrien Community Foundation Inc · Hanson Family Foundation · The Marzke Family Foundation · Whirlpool Foundation · St Josephbenton Harbor Rotary Foundation Inc · The Covia Foundation · 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 Thomas and Maria Yeager Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Thomas and Maria Yeager Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Thomas and Maria Yeager Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Thomas and Maria Yeager 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 17 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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