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The Tom S Detwiler Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Tom S Detwiler Foundation Inc

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$34k
Granted FY2022
24
Grants FY2022
8
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Health$32kHuman Services$13kFood & Nutrition$10kCivil Rights$10kEducation$9kArts & Culture$9kAnimals$8kPublic Benefit$6kOther$0
02FY2022 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$386k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$5,150
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY$5,000
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION$4,650
LASELL UNIVERSITY$2,000
TRI-COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING$2,000
THE FOOD BANK FOR CENTRAL & NORTHEAST MISSOURI INC$1,150
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSOURI FOUNDAT$1,089
SAVED BY ZADE$1,000
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD$1,000
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION$1,000
GREATER LANSING FOOD BANK$1,000
CAPITAL AREA HUMANE SOCIETY$1,000
AFRICAN VOICES COMMUNICATIONS INC$1,000
NEW WAVE CORPORATION$1,000
INGHAM COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER FUND$1,000
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 (FY17–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 43% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%SOUPMOBILE INC: $650 → 14%SOUPMOBILE INC: $500 → 14%CRISTO REY COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 9%SOUPMOBILE INC: $500 → 14%CRISTO REY COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 9%SOUPMOBILE INC: $500 → 14%FRISCO FAMILY SERVICES CENTER: $500 → 5%CRISTO REY COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 9%FRISCO FAMILY SERVICES CENTER: $250 → 5%CRISTO REY COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 9%CRISTO REY COMMUNITY CENTER: $100 → 9%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
NJ
CA
MO
KY
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
GA
TX
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$83k · 30 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2022, 11 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
30

Total granted

$83k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+6%

Still filing today

83%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
HealthAnimalsEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureCivil RightsOther
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

  • AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION
    5× · 2017–2022 · $13k · revenue +77%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    3× · 2019–2022 · $7k · revenue +99%
  • AC
    AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2022 · $5k · revenue +126%

Funded once

  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY NATIONAL CORP
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • AN
    AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
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
Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society

To maintain and operate a hospital, ambulance and veterinary services for the care of animals. the maintenance and operation of kennels and suitable chambers for the humane destruction of wounded animals.

Animals
2
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
3
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
4
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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5
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
6
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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7
Michigan Humane Society

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

Animals
8
America's Newspapers

Providing research, education and practical information all aimed at optimizing newspapers' business operations, deepening their community engagement and enhancing the quality of their journalism.

Employment
9
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
10
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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11
Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc

Trusted journalism, inspiring stories and lifelong learning.

Arts & Culture
12
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Planned Parenthood Great Plains; the most unlike its peers is We Always Swing 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

49 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 49 of the 65 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/49
Grantees still filing
31/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY: $5,000 · OtherCOMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKYAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION: $4,589 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSOURI FOUNDAT…NEW WAVE CORPORATION: $3,500 · OtherNEW WAVE CORPORATIONTHE FOWLER CENTER INC: $2,500 · OtherGREENHOUSE THEATRE PROJECT: $2,050 · OtherSALVATION ARMY NATIONAL CORP: $2,000 · OtherAMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $2,000 · OtherALZHEIMERS DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATI: $2,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES USA: $2,000 · OtherTRI-COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING: $2,000 · OtherHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $2,350 · Other+30 more: $20,037 · Other+30 moreAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $13,287 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUIC…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,650 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH …Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood Great Rivers: $3,000 · HealthReproductive Health Services…PLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS: $2,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLA…Survivors of Suicide Inc: $1,000 · Health+3 more: $1,587 · Health+3 morePINE MANOR COLLEGE: $3,500 · EducationPINE MANO…African Voices Communications Inc: $3,500 · EducationAfrican V…LASELL UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · EducationLASELL UN…+1 more: $150 · EducationBeckys Hope Horse Rescue Inc: $2,500 · AnimalsINGHAM COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,350 · AnimalsINGHAM COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER FUND: $1,750 · AnimalsSAVED BY ZADE: $1,000 · Animals+1 more: $100 · AnimalsSOUPMOBILE INC: $2,150 · Human ServicesCatholic Charities of Ingham Eaton & Clinton Counties: $2,100 · Human ServicesMid-Missouri Center Project Inc: $1,500 · Human ServicesFRISCO FAMILY SERVICES CENTER: $750 · Human ServicesTHE FOOD BANK FOR CENTRAL & NORTHEAST MISSOURI: $4,300 · Food & NutritionGREATER LANSING FOOD BANK: $2,087 · Food & NutritionColumbia Center for Urban Agriculture: $4,087 · Environment
Other$50,026Health$28,024Education$9,150Animals$7,700Human Services$6,500Food & Nutrition$6,387Environment$4,087

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $13,287 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION: $4,589 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK FOR CENTRAL & NORTHEAST MISSOURI: $4,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetColumbia Center for Urban Agriculture: $4,087 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNEW WAVE CORPORATION: $3,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPINE MANOR COLLEGE: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAfrican Voices Communications Inc: $3,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetReproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood Great Rivers: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBeckys Hope Horse Rescue Inc: $2,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE FOWLER CENTER INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD GREAT PLAINS: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINGHAM COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $2,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSOUPMOBILE INC: $2,150 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCatholic Charities of Ingham Eaton & Clinton Counties: $2,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER LANSING FOOD BANK: $2,087 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLASELL UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINGHAM COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER FUND: $1,750 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetELE'S PLACE INC: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FUND OF MICHIGAN: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMid-Missouri Center Project Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEDNET COALITION INC: $1,350 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAVED BY ZADE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOVE MY JOB TRAINING CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF MICHIGAN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MISSOURI INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSurvivors of Suicide Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC: $850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRISCO FAMILY SERVICES CENTER: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWE ALWAYS SWING INC: $587 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $587 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC BROADCASTERS: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARYHURST INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMCLAREN CARO REGION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMID-MICHIGAN RECOVERY SERVICES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetResident Arts: $250 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRNESS & ACCURACY IN REPORTING INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEaton Community Palliative Care: $100 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.

Veterans United Found…Capital Region Commun…Dart Foundation fka S…Lansing Rotary Founda…Joe D Pentecost Found…Re Olds FoundationBoone Electric Commun…Midland Area Communit…Consumers Energy Foun…Greater HorizonsCharles Stewart Mott …The Kresge Foundation
Veterans United FoundationMO18.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Veterans United Foundation · Capital Region Community Foundation · Dart Foundation fka Solid Waste Management Foundation · Lansing Rotary Foundation · Joe D Pentecost Foundation · Re Olds Foundation · Boone Electric Community Trust · Midland Area Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Greater Horizons · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · The Kresge 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 Tom S Detwiler Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Tom S Detwiler Foundation Inc. 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Lasell University: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 65 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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