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Tom Musselman Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Tom Musselman Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$739k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$211k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% 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
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $88k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $606k
$7,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHURCH$211,000
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE$182,500
SACRED HEART ACADEMY$160,000
ST XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL$52,000
DARE TO CARE FOOD BANK$25,000
PITT ACADEMY$16,432
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS$12,500
CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION$12,000
THE CENTER FOR GREAT APES$12,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
CSZ FOUNDATION$7,500
CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO$7,500
WENDY NOVAK DIABETES INSTITUTE$5,000
NAZARETH HOMES FOUNDATION$5,000
NORTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$5,000
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 (FY17–24, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED VETERANS RELIEF FUND: $500 → 11%OPERATION BBQ RELIEF: $1k → 5%THE AMERICAN RED CROSS: $13k → 14%ST MARY'S CENTER: $2k → 15%ST MARY'S CENTER: $2k → 15%SPARC HOPE: $6k → 15%MOM'S CLOSET RESOURCE CENTER: $3k → 15%WATER WITH BLESSINGS: $5k → 15%SPARC HOPE: $1k → 15%LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE: $5k → 15%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

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

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 28 repeat orgs$160k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
32

Total granted

$2.2M
$117k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+43%

Still filing today

50%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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

  • DT
    DARE TO CARE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $112k · revenue +38%
  • CE
    CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $105k · revenue +189%
  • BU
    BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED
    6× · 2017–2024 · $44k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE MEN AND WOMEN'S GOLF
    one grant, 2022 · $35k
  • 1F
    1619 FLUX
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
  • CS
    CATHOLIC SERVICES APPEAL
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Inc

To make kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

Health
3
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
4
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Inc

To improve the quality of life for all kentuckians through research, education and advocacy on important policy issues facing the commonwealth.

Public Benefit
5
Park University

Park university's mission is to transform lives through accessible, student-centered, quality higher education.

Education
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
8
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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9
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
10
University of the Ozarks

True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.

Education
11
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
12
George Fox University

George fox university, a christ centered community, prepares students spiritually, academically, and professionally to think with clarity, act with integrity, and serve with passion.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is 21ST Century Parks Inc; the most unlike its peers is VOLLEY4LIFE. 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

32 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. 32 of the 68 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
21/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHURCH: $763,800 · OtherST FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHURCHSACRED HEART SCHOOLS INC: $418,000 · OtherSACRED HEART SCHOOLS INCUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE: $260,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLEST XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL: $172,124 · OtherST XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL+43 more: $370,682 · Other+43 moreCATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $104,500 · EducationBELLARMINE UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $44,000 · EducationJUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $15,000 · Education+4 more: $8,000 · EducationDARE TO CARE INC: $112,000 · Food & NutritionAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $12,500 · Human ServicesMOMS CLOSET RESOURCE CENTER INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesWater By Women: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSMC REGINA'S CENTER: $4,000 · Human Services+2 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesCSZ FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · HealthNORTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · HealthTHE PORCINIFARMER CHILDRENS FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 · Youth DevelopmentMARYHURST INC: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOBBY NICHOLS - FIDDLESTICKS FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyTwisted Pink Inc: $9,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,984,606Education$171,500Food & Nutrition$112,000Human Services$37,000Health$35,000Youth Development$30,000Philanthropy$29,000

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

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
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 DARE TO CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds THE PORCINIFARMER CHILDRENS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Center for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc ↗
  • Who funds BOBBY NICHOLS - FIDDLESTICKS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CSZ FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PITT ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds LOUISVILLE OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY IN ↗
  • Who funds NORTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Twisted Pink Inc ↗
  • Who funds MOMS CLOSET RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds The Youth Mental Health Project ↗
  • Who funds Water By Women ↗
  • Who funds THE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF KNOXVILLE ↗
  • Who funds KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds SMC REGINA'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CULTURAL SURVIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds EDEN PEOPLEPLANET ↗

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 Foundat…The Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…Cralle Foundation IncRepublic Bank Foundat…Baird Foundation IncBarbara and Albert Ho…Norton Healthcare IncMightycause Charitabl…LG&E and Ku Foundatio…Honorable Order of Ke…Kirchdorfer Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Tom Musselman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tom Musselman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%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
    5get no government money at all
    8report 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.

    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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