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Timothy and Margaret Busch Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Timothy and Margaret Busch Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$53k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Education$76kArts & Culture$51kPhilanthropy$25kHuman Services$13kYouth Development$12kHealth$9kFood & Nutrition$7kPublic Benefit$6k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $36k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OHIO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$25,000
OHIO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$10,882
BROADWAY DREAMS FOUNDATION$5,000
SAINTS PLACE$5,000
CSAT FOUNDATION$5,000
BROADWAY DREAMS FOUNDATION$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WASHINGTON MEDIA SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $3k → 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.
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 13% of Timothy and Margaret Busch Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Timothy and Margaret Busch Family Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$116k · 5 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
13

Total granted

$116k
$73k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+43%

Still filing today

80%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • The Ohio University Foundation
    3× · 2021–2024 · $66k · revenue +42%
  • GT
    GEVA THEATRE CENTER INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $25k · revenue +36%
  • BD
    Broadway Dreams Foundation Corporation
    2× · 2022–2024 · $12k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • AC
    AUGUSTA CHIWY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • JA
    JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +2%
  • OU
    OHIO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION - FOOD PANTRY
    one grant, 2023 · $7k
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
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
2
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
3
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
4
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Cleveland Institute of Music

The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.

Education
7
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
9
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc

Established in 1971, the mission of the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) is to empower artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and…

Arts & Culture
10
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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11
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis

Opera theatre's mission is to shape a vibrant future for opera by connecting, inspiring, and entertaining our communities through the power and beauty of the art form; to foster the next generation by empowering a diverse group of artists,…

Arts & Culture
12
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jazz At Lincoln Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

12 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. 12 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Ohio University Foundation: $65,882 · EducationThe Ohio University FoundationLUBEC MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $5,000 · EducationLUBEC MEMORIAL LIBRARYTHE SUMMIT CENTER INC: $3,600 · EducationAUGUSTA CHIWY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherAUGUSTA CHIWY FOUNDATIONSPRINGFIELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $10,000 · OtherSPRINGFIELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAOHIO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION - FOOD PANTRY: $7,000 · OtherOHIO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION - FOOD…RMHC SWFL (RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF SW FLORIDA): $5,000 · OtherRMHC SWFL (RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE …CSAT FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · OtherCSAT FOUNDATION INCPALMER-HEAD-STRONG FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · OtherNANTZ ALZHEIMER RESEARCH CENTER AT HOUSTON MEMORIAL HOSIPTAL: $2,000 · Other+1 more: $1,250 · OtherGEVA THEATRE CENTER INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureGEVA THEATRE CENTER INCBroadway Dreams Foundation Corporation: $12,000 · Arts & CultureBroadway Dreams Foundation Co…JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INCNATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME…SAINT'S PLACE: $5,000 · InternationalWashington Media Scholars Foundation: $3,000 · Human ServicesON COURSE FOUNDATION USA: $2,800 · Public BenefitLEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $500 · Health
Education$74,482Other$58,250Arts & Culture$52,000International$5,000Human Services$3,000Public Benefit$2,800Philanthropy$2,500Health$500

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 budgetThe Ohio University Foundation: $65,882 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGEVA THEATRE CENTER INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBroadway Dreams Foundation Corporation: $12,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetJAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLUBEC MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE SUMMIT CENTER INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Media Scholars Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetON COURSE FOUNDATION USA: $2,800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS 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.

National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA7.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Timothy and Margaret Busch Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Timothy and Margaret Busch Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–25%
    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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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