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Tri-M Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$57k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
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What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Arts & Culture$326kEducation$30k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PENFOLD THEATRE COMPANY$10,216
PUPPETEERS OF AMERICA$10,000
THEATRE NOHGAKU$10,000
IN THE HEART OF THE BEAST PUPPET & MASK THEATRE$10,000
ANACONDA ENSEMBLE THEATRE$9,300
Individual grant recipient$7,000
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 66% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%NEBRASKA COMMUNITIES PLAYHOUSE: $10k → 13%ARENA DANCES: $10k → 11%SPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS: $10k → 14%ANACONDA ENSEMBLE THEATRE: $9k → 14%EGOPO: $10k → 22%ARS MINERVA: $3k → 10%MY TRUE COLORS FEST: $6k → 9%FRANKLIN STAGE COMPANY: $9k → 15%PHOENICIA FESTIVAL OF THE VOICE: $9k → 16%NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS: $10k → 17%TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 10%TILT PRODUCTION GROUP: $6k → 10%PENFOLD THEATRE COMPANY: $10k → 15%SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER CHOIR: $10k → 16%4TH WALL THEATRE: $10k → 16%HERITAGE SIGNATURE CHORALE: $10k → 14%THEATRE NOHGAKU: $10k → 11%LANDLOCKED OPERA: $10k → 17%ST LOUIS DANCE THEATRE: $7k → 21%OREGON EAST SYMPHONY: $3k → 12%THE POP UP PROJECT: $10k → 12%STAIBDANCE: $10k → 13%DANCE INITIATIVE: $5k → 6%CENTRAL CITY OPERA: $10k → 6%AMERICAN LIVES THEATRE: $2k → 16%CLEVELAND CHAMBER CHOIR: $10k → 17%STAGE LEFT THEATRE: $6k → 12%LA PETIT THEATRE: $5k → 23%ICARUS QUARTET: $10k → 19%NORWAY HOUSE: $6k → 11%FRANKLIN STAGE COMPANY: $7k → 15%ON SITE OPERA: $10k → 17%TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 10%PENFOLD THEATRE: $4k → 10%ARTS FOR LAWRENCE: $5k → 16%RAPID LEMON PRODUCTIONS: $10k → 19%PUPPETEERS OF AMERICA: $10k → 11%FRANKLIN STAGE COMPANY: $7k → 15%RUDE MECHANICALS A THEATRE COLLECTIVE: $10k → 10%IN THE HEART OF THE BEAST PUPPET & MASK THEATRE: $10k → 11%FRANKLIN STAGE COMPANY: $7k → 15%FRANKLIN STAGE COMPANY: $5k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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MO
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DC
LA
GA
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your 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 earmarks the money.

About 9% of Tri-M Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another.

Tri-M Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

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 foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Constella Arts

Constella Arts produces performances, educational presentations and digital content, along the way changing how people perceive classical music and the performing arts.

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2
Theatre Artibus

Artibus is dedicated to strengthening community through the experience of live performance. We are a hub in Denver for intimate, original performances that explore important social themes and for building community through shared space,…

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3
Foundation for Modern Opera
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4
An Opera Theatre

To produce socially relevant works in order to break down the barriers of the classical art form and bring communities together.

Arts & Culture
5
State of the Arts Productions
Arts & Culture
6
Chamber Opera of Chicago
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Hopera

Hopera's mission is to produce live musical performances in unique Houston Area spaces that focus on and empower Houston Area artists. Our Pint-Sized Performance concert series empowers local musicians to create original programs that are…

Arts & Culture
8
Adele Myers and Dancers

Adele Myers and Dancers is a professional national touring dance theater company that suppports Miami-based dance artists at early stages of their careers by offering a commission for new work, mentorship, and performance opportunities in…

Public Benefit
9
Theo Ubique Theatre

The mission of theo ubique theater company is to engage actors and audiences in an intimate and honest conversation with great theatrical works, including musicals, reviews, and dramas.in a cabatet setting with food service available.

Arts & Culture
10
The Russian Arts Theatre and Studio

Develop recognition of international theater

Arts & Culture
11
Nava Dance Theatre

Nava Dance Theatre uses the south Indian dance form as a medium for artistic reflection and discovery.

Arts & Culture
12
The Center for International Theatre Development
Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Louis Dance Theatre and the most unlike its peers is Ego Po Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 15 years old; the field is 16. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%8%<5yr14%17%5–10yr19%29%10–20yr16%29%20–35yr13%17%35–55yr16%0%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%9%<5yr14%19%5–10yr19%26%10–20yr16%29%20–35yr13%16%35–55yr16%0%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 8% of your grantees by number, and just 9% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/25
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,540

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 38 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Individual grant recipient — $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY — $30,000 · OtherTEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY4TH WALL THEATRE — $10,000 · OtherLANDLOCKED OPERA INC — $10,000 · OtherON SITE OPERA INC — $10,000 · OtherTHE NEBRASKA COMMUNITIES PLAYHOUSE — $10,000 · OtherICARUS QUARTET INC — $10,000 · OtherRAPID LEMON PRODUCTIONS — $10,000 · OtherCENTRAL CITY OPERA — $10,000 · OtherSAN ANTONIO CHAMBER CHOIR — $10,000 · OtherANACONDA ENSEMBLE THEATRE — $9,300 · OtherPHOENICIA FESTIVAL OF THE VOICE — $9,000 · Other+8 more — $36,483 · Other+8 morePENFOLD THEATRE COMPANY — $10,216 · Arts & CulturePENFOLD THEATRE COMPANYThe Puppeteers of America Inc — $10,000 · Arts & CultureThe Puppeteers of America IncTHE POP-UP PROJECT — $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE POP-UP PROJECTRUDE MECHANICALS-A THEATRE COLLECTIVE — $10,000 · Arts & CultureRUDE MECHANICALS-A THEATRE COLLECTIVECLEVELAND CHAMBER CHOIR — $10,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND CHAMBER CHOIRThe Heritage Signature Chorale — $10,000 · Arts & CultureThe Heritage Signature ChoraleNEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INCARENA DANCES INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureARENA DANCES INCSTAIBDANCE INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureSTAIBDANCE INCSPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS — $10,000 · Arts & CultureSPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTSIN THE HEART OF THE BEAST PUPPET AND MAS — $10,000 · Arts & CultureIN THE HEART OF THE BEAST PUPPET AND MASEGO PO INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureEGO PO INCTHEATRE NOHGAKU INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE NOHGAKU INCST LOUIS DANCE THEATRE — $7,000 · Arts & CultureNorway House — $5,900 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $7,775 · Arts & CulturePARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE INC — $5,100 · Community Improvement
Other$199,783Arts & Culture$150,891Community Improvement$5,100

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPENFOLD THEATRE COMPANY — $10,216 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetThe Puppeteers of America Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTHE POP-UP PROJECT — $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetRUDE MECHANICALS-A THEATRE COLLECTIVE — $10,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetCLEVELAND CHAMBER CHOIR — $10,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetThe Heritage Signature Chorale — $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetON SITE OPERA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetNEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARENA DANCES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetSTAIBDANCE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTHE NEBRASKA COMMUNITIES PLAYHOUSE — $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetSPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIN THE HEART OF THE BEAST PUPPET AND MAS — $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetEGO PO INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetST LOUIS DANCE THEATRE — $7,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNorway House — $5,900 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPARTNERSHIPS FOR LAWRENCE INC — $5,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDance Initiative Inc — $4,775 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetARS MINERVA — $3,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetOREGON EAST SYMPHONY — $3,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile FoundationFidelity Investments …
National Philanthropic TrustPA5.6× affinity5 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 · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Tri-M Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Oregon East Symphony — 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
11report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Tri-M Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Tri-M Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 38 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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