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The Wally and Jo Strobel Foundation at a glance

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The Wally and Jo Strobel Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$47k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$11k
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 2025.

Food & Nutrition$42kPublic Safety & Disaster$39kArts & Culture$25kEducation$23kHousing & Shelter$22kHealth$17kEnvironment$16kCrime & Legal$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $21k
$2,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$310k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSC$10,500
TURNING POINT$10,500
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$5,000
THE PBS FOUNDATION$3,000
NPR$3,000
EAST TENNESSEE PBS$2,500
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS$2,500
WEDU PBS$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
MOFFIT CANCER CENTER$2,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$2,000
WARKA WATER$500
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 (FY17–24, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%OZONE HOUSE: $1k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $13k → 14%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

WA
MI
NY
RI
CA
CO
VA
AR
TN
DC
GA
TX
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$135k · 16 repeat orgs$61k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +73% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
21

Total granted

$135k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+73%
+21%

Still filing today

81%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHousing & ShelterHealthInternationalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • BS
    BOULDER SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $17k · revenue +230%
  • PBS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $17k · revenue +202%
  • D
    DONORSCHOOSEORG
    4× · 2017–2022 · $13k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    one grant, 2024 · $13k · revenue +3%
  • HS
    HEAD STRONG PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +21%
  • THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +91%
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
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
2
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
3
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
4
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…

—
5
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
6
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
7
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
8
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
9
Waste Not Inc

Waste Not cultivates sustainable food systems that help people and the planet flourish. We do this by eliminating food waste and hunger through innovative community partnerships.

Food & Nutrition
10
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
11
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
12
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Bay Inc; the most unlike its peers is Charles Stewart Mott 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

33 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. 33 of the 46 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/33
Grantees still filing
22/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSC: $15,500 · OtherEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSCTURNING POINT: $10,500 · OtherTURNING POINTFOOD GATHERERS: $10,500 · OtherFOOD GATHERERSAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $8,250 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATIONMOFFIT CANCER CENTER: $7,000 · OtherMOFFIT CANCER CENTERSAFEHOUSE: $6,000 · OtherSAFEHOUSE+26 more: $38,450 · Other+26 moreWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $26,500 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL K…+1 more: $500 · InternationalPBS FOUNDATION: $17,000 · Arts & CulturePBS FOUNDATI…ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureROCKY MOUNTA…FLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureFLORIDA WEST…BOULDER SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $17,000 · Housing & ShelterBOULDER SHE…Community Coalition on Homelessness dba Turning Points: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterCommunity C…+1 more: $524 · Housing & ShelterAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $12,500 · Human ServicesOZONE HOUSE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesDONORSCHOOSEORG: $13,060 · EducationHEAD STRONG PROJECT INC: $5,000 · HealthBaby Quest Foundation Inc: $1,000 · HealthFoundation for Dreams Inc: $1,000 · Health
Other$96,200International$27,000Arts & Culture$22,000Housing & Shelter$19,524Human Services$13,500Education$13,060Health$7,000

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 budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $26,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOULDER SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $17,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $13,060 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD GATHERERS: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $8,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEAD STRONG PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSALINE AREA SOCIAL SERVICE INC: $2,800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Coalition on Homelessness dba Turning Points: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST TENNESSEE: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TEEN ACTION & SUPPORT CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOZONE HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHTENAW LITERACY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSOJOURNER HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Dreams Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRINITY RIVER MISSION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUBILEE WOMEN'S CENTER: $524 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLES STEWART MOTT FOUNDATION: $500 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.

Raymond James Charita…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundFL10.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Wally and Jo Strobel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wally and Jo Strobel 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 Wally and Jo Strobel Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Wally and Jo Strobel 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 46 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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