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Tom Musselman Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$739k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2024
19
Organizations funded FY2023
21%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$7,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$211,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 24
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$1.5M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 21% of the organizations Tom Musselman Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsPublic BenefitCivil RightsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving22$739k36%
FY202319$328k21%
FY202224$213k54%
FY202116$204k25%
FY202013$206k23%
FY201920$332k30%
FY201819$299k53%
FY201720$79kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$803kEducation$686kRecreation & Sports$403kYouth Development$133kHealth$117kFood & Nutrition$112kAnimals$52kHuman Services$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
CO
KY
MD
KS
TN
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Francis of Assisi Church$763,8008n/a
Sacred Heart Schools Inc$418,0008n/a
Dare to Care Inc$112,00080%
Catholic Education Foundation Inc$104,50070%
Bellarmine University Incorporated$44,00060%
The Porcinifarmer Childrens Foundation Inc$27,50066%
Center for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc$23,25030%
Bobby Nichols - Fiddlesticks Foundation Inc$20,00041%
Csz Foundation Inc$20,00033%
Pitt Academy Inc$16,43211%
Show all 39 grantees
All grantees of Tom Musselman Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Francis of Assisi Church$763,8008n/a
Sacred Heart Schools Inc$418,0008n/a
Dare to Care Inc$112,00080%
Catholic Education Foundation Inc$104,50070%
Bellarmine University Incorporated$44,00060%
The Porcinifarmer Childrens Foundation Inc$27,50066%
Center for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc$23,25030%
Bobby Nichols - Fiddlesticks Foundation Inc$20,00041%
Csz Foundation Inc$20,00033%
Pitt Academy Inc$16,43211%
Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy In$15,00020%
Norton Healthcare Foundation Inc$15,00030%
Jumpstart for Young Children Inc$15,00020%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$12,50010%
Twisted Pink Inc$9,00050%
Moms Closet Resource Center Inc$9,00030%
The Youth Mental Health Project$7,50013%
Water By Women$5,00011%
The Louisville Urban League Inc$5,00010%
Nazareth Homes Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Christian Academy of Knoxville$5,00010%
Kids Cancer Alliance Inc$5,00010%
Smc Regina's Center$4,00020%
Cultural Survival Inc$3,75010%
Eden Peopleplanet$3,75010%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$3,00010%
Maryhurst Inc$2,50010%
Xaverian Brothers$2,0001n/a
Pelotonia$1,5002n/a
Operation Bbq Relief$1,00010%
University of Pikeville$1,00010%
Schnellenberger Family Foundation Inc$5001n/a
Kentucky Junior Golf Foundation$50010%
Wounded Veterans Relief Fund Inc$50010%
Volley4life$5001n/a
21st Century Parks Inc$50010%
Rotary Foundation of Prospect-Goshen Inc$50012%
Hole-In-The-Wall Wildlife Fund Inc$5001n/a
Bonnycastle Homestead Association Inc$2001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($715k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Tom Musselman Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDare to Care Inc: $112,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCatholic Education Foundation Inc: $104,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBellarmine University Incorporated: $44,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Porcinifarmer Childrens Foundation Inc: $27,500 over 6y, 6.3% of budgetCenter for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc: $23,250 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBobby Nichols - Fiddlesticks Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCsz Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetPitt Academy Inc: $16,432 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLouisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy In: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNorton Healthcare Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJumpstart for Young Children Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTwisted Pink Inc: $9,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMoms Closet Resource Center Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Youth Mental Health Project: $7,500 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetWater By Women: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Louisville Urban League Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChristian Academy of Knoxville: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKids Cancer Alliance Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSmc Regina's Center: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCultural Survival Inc: $3,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEden Peopleplanet: $3,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaryhurst Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Bbq Relief: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Pikeville: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKentucky Junior Golf Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWounded Veterans Relief Fund Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget21st Century Parks Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRotary Foundation of Prospect-Goshen Inc: $500 over 1y, 1.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 30.

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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 Community Foundation of Louisville IncKY34.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Barbara and Albert Horton Foundation Inc · Norton Healthcare Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Kirchdorfer 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.

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About Tom Musselman Foundation Inc

How much does Tom Musselman Foundation Inc give?
Tom Musselman Foundation Inc reported 22 grants totaling $739,482 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Tom Musselman Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (33%), Education (29%), Recreation & Sports (17%).
Who are Tom Musselman Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: St Francis of Assisi Church ($764k), Sacred Heart Schools Inc ($418k), Dare to Care Inc ($112k).
Does Tom Musselman Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Tom Musselman Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Tom Musselman Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc.
Where is Tom Musselman Foundation Inc based?
Tom Musselman Foundation Inc is based in KY.

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 68 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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