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The Wyn and Carol Laidig Foundation Inc Age

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.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$327k
Largest
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$2.9MReligion$2.0MPhilanthropy$1.1MHuman Services$602kAnimals$467kRecreation & Sports$337kEducation$257kArts & Culture$247kOther$0
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $67k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $117k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $773k
  • $250k+1 grant · $327k
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Mishawaka Parks Foundation$327,401
Compassion International$247,750
Wycliffe Bible Translators$160,000
DANIEL LAIDIG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC$100,000
Iraqi Children's Foundation$80,000
Salvation Army$70,000
CEF North Central Indiana$65,000
Michiana Family Center$50,000
Village Heartbeat$30,000
Teach Beyond$21,500
A Rosie Place$20,000
Studio Ten Ministries$15,000
466 Works Community Development Corp$10,000
CRU$10,000
Pioneers$10,000
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 (FY18–25, $488k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%EL AYUDANTE MISSIONS USE: $60k → 9%REECE'S RAINBOW: $4k → 7%EL AYUDANTE MISSIONS USE: $20k → 9%El Ayudante Missions USA: $15k → 9%Studio Ten Ministries: $166k → 10%EL AYUDANTE MISSIONS USE: $10k → 9%STUDIO TEN MINISTRIES: $115k → 10%El Ayudante Missions USA: $10k → 9%EL AYUDANTE MISSIONS USE: $10k → 9%STUDIO TEN MINISTRIES: $55k → 10%El Ayudante Missions USA: $8k → 9%Studio Ten Ministries: $15k → 10%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
MN
IL
WI
MI
IN
PA
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
NM
SC
LA
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.4M · 38 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
26

Total granted

$7.4M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+18%

Still filing today

39%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $459k 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
ReligionInternationalEducationHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • Compassion International Incorporated
    7× · 2017–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +16%
  • IC
    Iraqi Children Foundation Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $695k · revenue +339%
  • ST
    STUDIO TEN MINISTRIES INC
    4× · 2018–2025 · $351k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • PZ
    POTTAWATOMI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2020 · $410k
  • MV
    MIAMI VILLAGE CHURCH INC
    one grant, 2018 · $110k
  • CF
    CULTIVATE FOODS
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
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
International Christian Partners Llc

Childrens Home and Ministry in India

Religion
2
Reconciliation Ministries International Inc

Reconciliaton Ministries Intl. is a Christian evangelical organization preaching and teaching the Word of God in over 60 countries. The ministry equips and encourages Christians everywhere to be saved, healed, and delivered according to…

Religion
3
Fsi-Freedom Seekers International

Freedom seekers international is a christian organization that exists to rescue the most severely persecuted for their religious faith in hostile and restrictive countries. through collaborative partnerships we deliver those who are…

Human Services
4
International Impact Ministries in
Religion
5
Global Gospel Initiative Inc
Religion
6
Covenant Frontline International

The mission of CFI is to follow James 127 which states to look after orphans and widows in their distress CFI also partners with churches and organizations overseas to see this fulfilled.

International
7
I58 Global

i58 Global is a Christian ministry dedicated to recruiting, sending and organizing relief workers to provide aid and share hope to refugees in various European countries.

Human Services
8
Hilo Ministries Inc

To be an organization where people are excited to assist in the love and care of the orphan and those in foster care, as well as providing temporary housing and training for those in the worldwide missionary field.

Human Services
9
Freedom to Captives

To further the name of christ in an international environment by holding church and evangelistic services including house of prayer and training center for equipping people in futhering christianity. the english language is also taught in…

Human Services
10
GlobalServant Ministries Inc

Offers counsel, formal & informal teaching served in a pastoral role, mentored groups,filled numerous speaking invitations, conducted discipling groups & provided spiritual, emotional and

Religion
11
Discipleship Global Inc

Our vision is to catalyze a Disciple Making Movement that will bless every church and every People, teaching others who will impact others for time and eternity.

—
12
Sozo International Inc

Sozo International partners with at-risk families to create a sustainable future and transformed lives through education, health, and economic initiatives.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cultivate Culinary School and Catering Inc; the most unlike its peers is Daniel Laidig Family Foundation Inc Agency. 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

27 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. 27 of the 73 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SEED COMPANY INC: $577,865 · OtherSEED COMPANY INCWYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS INC: $413,000 · OtherWYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS INCPOTTAWATOMI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $410,000 · OtherPOTTAWATOMI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETYMishawaka Parks Foundation: $327,401 · OtherMishawaka Parks FoundationIndividual grant recipient: $317,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWYCLIFFE INC: $242,000 · OtherWYCLIFFE INCIndividual grant recipient: $225,000 · OtherPIONEERS: $206,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $175,000 · Other+44 more: $1,487,635 · Other+44 moreCompassion International Incorporated: $1,617,168 · InternationalCompassion International Inc…Iraqi Children Foundation Inc: $695,000 · InternationalIraqi Children Foundation In…+2 more: $10,000 · InternationalDANIEL LAIDIG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC AGENCY: $966,000 · PhilanthropyDANIEL LAIDIG…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOU…STUDIO TEN MINISTRIES INC: $351,000 · Human ServicesEl Ayudante Missions USA Inc: $133,000 · Human Services+1 more: $4,000 · Human ServicesUBORATZ INC: $200,000 · EducationBETHEL UNIVERSITY INC: $170,000 · EducationASSOCIATES FOR BIBLICAL RESEARCH: $50,000 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationMIAMI VILLAGE CHURCH INC: $110,000 · ReligionVillage Heartbeat: $90,000 · ReligionunfoldingWord: $35,000 · ReligionGLOBAL SERVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,000 · ReligionWORLD MISSIONARY PRESS INC: $25,000 · ReligionEMERGE MISSIONS INC: $10,000 · ReligionREFUGE FOR WOMEN INC: $195,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$4,380,901International$2,322,168Philanthropy$1,066,000Human Services$488,000Education$430,000Religion$295,000Housing & Shelter$195,000

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 budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $1,617,168 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDANIEL LAIDIG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC AGENCY: $966,000 over 8y, 85% of budgetIraqi Children Foundation Inc: $695,000 over 9y, 23% of budgetSTUDIO TEN MINISTRIES INC: $351,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetUBORATZ INC: $200,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetREFUGE FOR WOMEN INC: $195,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetBETHEL UNIVERSITY INC: $170,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEl Ayudante Missions USA Inc: $133,000 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetMICHIANA FAMILY CENTER: $102,500 over 3y, 37% of budgetCULTIVATE CULINARY SCHOOL AND CATERING INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetVillage Heartbeat: $90,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetPOTAWATOMI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $57,450 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetASSOCIATES FOR BIBLICAL RESEARCH: $50,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetunfoldingWord: $35,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGLOBAL SERVE INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL HORIZONS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFlanders Fields Ltd Flanders Fields: $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetEMERGE MISSIONS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budget466 Works Community Development Corporation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR REFUGEES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALL GOD'S CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREECE'S RAINBOW INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds DANIEL LAIDIG FAMILY FOUNDATION INC AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds Iraqi Children Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds STUDIO TEN MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds UBORATZ INC ↗
  • Who funds REFUGE FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds BETHEL UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds El Ayudante Missions USA Inc ↗
  • Who funds MIAMI VILLAGE CHURCH INC ↗
  • Who funds MICHIANA FAMILY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds CULTIVATE CULINARY SCHOOL AND CATERING INC ↗
  • Who funds Village Heartbeat ↗
  • Who funds POTAWATOMI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATES FOR BIBLICAL RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds unfoldingWord ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL SERVE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD MISSIONARY PRESS INC ↗

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.

Community Foundation of Elkhart County IncIN17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Wyn and Carol Laidig Foundation Inc Age funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wyn and Carol Laidig Foundation Inc Age. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%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
    2get no government money at all
    7report 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.
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    Find your warmest path to The Wyn and Carol Laidig Foundation Inc Age 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 73 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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