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The Vann Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Vann Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

98% of The Vann Family Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Mayo Clinic, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

3
’19
4
’20
4
’21
8
’22
7
’23
6
’24
4
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$3.7MPhilanthropy$1.2MEducation$38kInternational$35kPublic Benefit$18kHuman Services$6kRecreation & Sports$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.1M
$4,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAYO CLINIC$1,095,000
VERA BRADLEY FOUNDATION FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH$15,000
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA$4,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
NORTH WAKE COUNTY BASEBALL ASSOCIATION$1,000
MSD OF LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP FOUNDATION$680
02The need
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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 (FY22–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%MSD OF LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP FOUNDATION: $2k → 16%MSD OF LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP FOUNDATION: $2k → 16%MSD OF LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP FOUNDATION: $827 → 16%MSD OF LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP FOUNDATION: $680 → 16%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

ME
MN
IL
IN
CO
NC
SC
GA
FL
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 11 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
5

Total granted

$1.2M
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+9%

Still filing today

82%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthPhilanthropyPublic BenefitReligionHuman ServicesOther
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

  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    2× · 2022–2023 · $35k · revenue +40%
  • WA
    Wreaths Across America
    7× · 2019–2025 · $18k · revenue +92%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $15k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • HW
    HAROLD W MCMILLEN CENTER FOR HEALTH EDUCATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +5%
  • MS
    METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LAWRENCE
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
  • CO
    CITY OF FORT WAYNE PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
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
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
2
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
3
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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4
St Francis Foundation

We, st. francis foundation and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.st. francis foundation is a member of st. francis healthcare and trinity…

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5
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
6
Mclaren Northern Michigan Foundation

To receive and administer funds to support the mission of mclaren northern michigan and support programs that enhance the well-being of the community.

Health
7
Mclaren Northern Michigan

Mclaren health care, through its subsidiaries, will be the best value in health care as defined by quality outcomes and cost.

Health
8
Northern Michigan Hematology and Oncology

Provide professional services for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and infectious disease and related conditions.

Health
9
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
10
St Francis College

St. francis college is an independent, coeducational institution of higher education chartered by an act of the regents of the university of the state of new york on april 10, 1957.

Education
11
Mclaren Port Huron

Mclaren healthcare, through its subsidiaries, will be the best value in healthcare as defined by quality outcomes and cost.

Health
12
Mcphs University

Mcphs university prepares students for careers in health care through teaching, scholarship, research, professional service and community engagement.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Clemson University Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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, 2017–2026.

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. 14 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAYO CLINIC: $2,620,000 · HealthMAYO CLINIC+3 more: $11,000 · HealthFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $1,210,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINASVERA BRADLEY FOUNDATION FOR BREAST CANCER INC: $70,000 · PhilanthropyVERA BRADLEY FOUNDATION FOR …MAYO CLINIC: $1,020,000 · OtherMAYO CLINIC+6 more: $26,166 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $35,000 · ReligionUNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA INC: $15,000 · EducationCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationFERNBANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · EducationWreaths Across America: $18,000 · Public BenefitMSD OF LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $5,297 · Human ServicesNORTH WAKE COUNTY BASEBALL ASSOC INC: $1,000 · Recreation & Sports
Health$2,631,000Philanthropy$1,280,000Other$1,046,166Religion$35,000Education$19,000Public Benefit$18,000Human Services$5,297Recreation & Sports$1,000

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: $2,620,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $1,210,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVERA BRADLEY FOUNDATION FOR BREAST CANCER INC: $70,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWreaths Across America: $18,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ST FRANCIS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMSD OF LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $5,297 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHAROLD W MCMILLEN CENTER FOR HEALTH EDUCATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF DENVER INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFERNBANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY10.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Vann Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Vann Family Foundation Inc. 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%4%8%11%15%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 · 0–15%
    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 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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