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Tobias Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Tobias Family Foundation Inc

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.

$28k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
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.

Arts & Culture$185kEducation$40kYouth Development$10kReligion$8kInternational$7kFood & Nutrition$1k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$2,900
Median grant
1
States reached
$187k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHRISTAMORE HOUSE GUILD$10,000
SUMMER STOCK STAGE$10,000
PARK TUDOR SCHOOL$2,900
YOUTH INSPIRATION THEATRE INC$2,500
FOUNTAIN PARK CHATAQUA$2,500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%YOUTH INSPIRATION THEATRE INC: $3k → 5%FOUNTAIN PARK CHATAQUA: $5k → 9%SUMMER STOCK STAGE: $10k → 16%INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $11k → 18%PURDUE AG ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $1k → 19%YOUTH INSPIRATION THEATRE INC: $3k → 5%FOUNTAIN PARK CHATAQUA: $3k → 9%SUMMER STOCK STAGE: $2k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF INDIANAPOLIS: $15k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM GUILD: $15k → 16%INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $30k → 16%INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $30k → 16%INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $30k → 16%RILEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $2k → 16%CHRISTAMORE HOUSE: $10k → 16%CHRISTAMORE HOUSE: $10k → 16%CHRISTAMORE HOUSE GUILD: $10k → 16%CHRISTAMORE HOUSE GUILD: $10k → 16%CHRISTAMORE HOUSE GUILD: $8k → 16%CHRISTAMORE HOUSE GUILD: $10k → 16%CHRISTAMORE HOUSE GUILD: $10k → 16%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL INDIANA: $5k → 16%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL INDIANA: $5k → 16%PARK TUDOR SCHOOL: $3k → 16%PARK TUDOR SCHOOL: $1k → 16%PARK TUDOR SCHOOL: $1k → 16%PARK TUDOR SCHOOL: $1k → 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.
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$199k · 8 repeat orgs$51k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
6

Total granted

$199k
$51k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+0%
+69%

Still filing today

88%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureInternationalReligionEducationOther
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

  • CH
    CHRISTAMORE HOUSE GUILD INC
    5× · 2017–2025 · $48k · revenue +0%
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +61%
  • PT
    PARK TUDOR FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $7k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • TC
    The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +69%
  • TC
    The Children's Museum Guild Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +8%
  • IU
    Indiana University School of Medicine
    one grant, 2020 · $11k
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
Children's Theatre of Southern Indiana Inc

Children's theatre of southern indiana is committed to providing a nurturing and inclusive educational and performance experience for all children and teens through the transformative power of theatre.

Arts & Culture
2
Christian Academy of Indiana Inc

The mission of christian academy school system is to develop students with a heart for god who grow as jesus did in wisdom, stature, and in favor with god and men.

Education
3
Indianapolis Children's Choir

The Indianapolis Chidlrens Choir nurtures and inspires student achievement through quality music education and the pursuit of artistic excellence in choral music performance.

Arts & Culture
4
Indianapolis Christian School System Inc

Indianapolis christian school system strives to honor christ in partnership with parents and the christian community by educating and motivating students to excel in future academic pursuits, to develop a confident christian worldview, and…

Education
5
Children's Museum of Illinois

The operation of a children's museum.

Arts & Culture
6
Enroll Indy Inc

Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…

Education
7
Cyt Tri-Valley Inc

Christian youth theater develops character and creativity through quality theater arts training that brings families and communities together while reflecting jesus.

Arts & Culture
8
The Nature School Inc

The nature school of central indiana believes in addressing the needs of the child holistically and instilling in them a lifelong love of learning, an awareness of their role in and connection to both their local community and the world,…

Education
9
Paramount Schools of Excellence

To inspire learning through an unparalleled academic approach, and transform communities by changing lives.

Education
10
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

We are Cincinnati's national theater - committed to bringing diverse, engaging works of great artistry to our community, and to putting Cincinnati's artistic excellence in the national spotlight.

Arts & Culture
11
Columbia Childrens Theatre

Inspired by the intelligence and emotional wisdom of young people, we create professional theatre for youth and families, foster inclusive community, and nurture meaningful learning through the arts. We provide these experiences through…

Arts & Culture
12
Chicago Jewish Day School

Cjds creates for its students a standard of excellence in both jewish and general studies. students develop a passion for learning and a strong sense of themselves as jews and as human beings. students are inspired to develop a strong…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Christamore House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fountain Park Chautauqua Society. 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

9 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. 9 of the 14 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
6/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $90,000 · OtherINDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRACHRISTAMORE HOUSE GUILD INC: $48,450 · OtherCHRISTAMORE HOUSE GUILD INCCHRISTAMORE HOUSE INC: $20,000 · OtherCHRISTAMORE HOUSE INCThe Children's Museum Guild Inc: $15,000 · OtherThe Children's Museum Guild IncIndiana University School of Medicine: $11,000 · OtherIndiana University School of MedicineKILIMANJARO EDUCATION OUTREACH: $7,000 · Other+2 more: $3,000 · OtherThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $15,000 · Arts & CultureThe Children's…SUMMER STOCK STAGE INC: $11,500 · Arts & CultureSUMMER STOCK S…Youth Inspirations Theatre: $5,000 · Arts & CultureYouth Inspirat…JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $10,000 · InternationalFOUNTAIN PARK CHAUTAUQUA SOCIETY: $7,500 · ReligionPARK TUDOR FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 · Education
Other$194,450Arts & Culture$31,500International$10,000Religion$7,500Education$6,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHRISTAMORE HOUSE GUILD INC: $48,450 over 5y, 5.7% of budgetCHRISTAMORE HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Museum Guild Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSUMMER STOCK STAGE INC: $11,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNTAIN PARK CHAUTAUQUA SOCIETY: $7,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetPARK TUDOR FOUNDATION INC: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Inspirations Theatre: $5,000 over 2y, 0.8% 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.

The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC7.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable 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 Tobias Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tobias Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Tobias Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Tobias Family Foundation Inc 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 14 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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