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Ts & Juanita Ballance Foundation at a glance

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Ts & Juanita Ballance Foundation

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.

$638k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$2.4MHuman Services$1.3MFood & Nutrition$359kReligion$276kHealth$231kPhilanthropy$198kYouth Development$155kHousing & Shelter$153kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $328k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $302k
$15,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$9.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SALVATION ARMY$70,000
GOD'S SHELTER OF LOVE$65,413
MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY$60,000
RICHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$56,151
DEATUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$50,000
WEBSTER CANTRELL HALL$49,500
OLD KINGS ORCHARD COMMUNITY CENTER$40,000
MCKENDREE UNIVERSITY$25,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$20,000
MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY$20,000
WATER STREET MISSION$20,000
GOOD SAMARITAN INN$20,000
ENCORE DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES$15,000
INTERNATIONAL RETT SYNDROME FOUNDATION$15,000
MACON RESOURCES INC$15,000
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 (FY19–25, $273k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%KEMMERER VILLAGE: $25k → 16%KEMMERER VILLAGE: $15k → 16%KEMMERER VILLAGE: $12k → 16%GOD'S SHELTER OF LOVE: $65k → 15%GOD'S SHELTER OF LOVE: $58k → 15%GOD'S SHELTER OF LOVE: $20k → 15%GOD'S SHELTER OF LOVE: $5k → 15%GOD'S SHELTER OF LOVE: $5k → 15%DECATUR MACON COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES CORPORATION: $40k → 15%PRAIRIELAND SERVICE COORDINATION INC: $25k → 15%PRAIRIELAND SERVICE COORDINATION INC: $3k → 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.
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.
$4.9M · 31 repeat orgs$349k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
26

Total granted

$4.9M
$297k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+11%

Still filing today

58%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k 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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesReligionPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • RC
    RICHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $903k · revenue +50%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF DECATUR AND MID IL
    7× · 2018–2025 · $183k · revenue +39%
  • GS
    GOOD SAMARITAN INN
    6× · 2018–2025 · $171k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • DC
    DECATUR-MACON COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES CORP
    one grant, 2019 · $40k · revenue +11%
  • UL
    UCP LAND OF LINCOLN
    one grant, 2018 · $30k
  • CM
    CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ILLINOIS
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue -11%
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
Decatur Cooperative Ministry Inc

Decatur cooperative ministry helps families facing homelessness settle into safe, stable homes and build healthy lives filled with peace, hope and opportunity.

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2
Childrens Advocacy Center of East Central Illinois

To assist children who have been victims of abuse

Crime & Legal
3
Decatur Area Senior Citizens Council Inc

Facility providing services and wellness for elderly in decatur and macon county, illinois

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4
Central Illinois Foodbank Inc

The Foodbank's mission is to provide food, and develop awareness of and creative solutions for food insecurity. Annually, the Foodbank distributes approximately 9.5 million pounds of food to 130 food pantries, soup kitchens, children's…

Food & Nutrition
5
Illinois College

Illinois college is a co-educational institution of higher education learning providing a four-year educational program leading to the baccalaureate degree. illinois college is a community committed to the highest standards of scholarship…

Education
6
Dane County Parent Council Inc

Dane county parent council changes the lives of underserved children and families through education and supportive services.

Education
7
Decatur County Community Foundation Inc

The foundation encourages, prudently manages and distributes charitable contributions to improve the quality of life of decatur county residents, now and in the future.

Philanthropy
8
Children's Advocates for Change

Children's advocates for change was organized to improve the lives of children in illinois by bringing about significant changes public policies and programs for children through research, policy analysis and advocacy, public education and…

Human Services
9
Advocates for Illinois Children

Improve the lives of children in illinois by bringing about significant changes in public policies and programs for children through research, policy analysis and advocacy, public education and community outreach.

Human Services
10
Decatur County United Fund Inc

To support social services in decatur county.

Philanthropy
11
Decatur Area Habitat

Provide housing for the needy

Housing & Shelter
12
Goodwill Industries of Northern Il and Wi Stateline Area Inc

The mission of goodwill is to create opportunities for individuals with barriers to enhance their lives. barriers include physical or mental disabilities, lack of education and job preparation, socio-economic disadvantages, and others.…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Decatur and Mid Il; the most unlike its peers is God's Shelter of Love. 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 62 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/32
Grantees still filing
19/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RICHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $902,651 · OtherRICHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONTHE SALVATION ARMY: $358,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYWEBSTER-CANTRELL HALL: $251,100 · OtherWEBSTER-CANTRELL HALLDOVEMAX PROGRAM: $189,600 · OtherDOVEMAX PROGRAMNORTHEAST COMMUNITY FUND: $141,230 · OtherSHEMILAH'S OUTREACH CENTER: $130,000 · OtherRonald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois: $127,447 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $120,000 · Other+37 more: $701,374 · Other+37 moreMILLIKIN UNIVERSITY: $955,000 · EducationMILLIKIN UNIVERSITYMcKendree University: $215,000 · EducationMcKendree UniversityDECATUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $186,200 · EducationDECATUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDAT…+1 more: $46,450 · EducationGOD'S SHELTER OF LOVE: $153,279 · Human ServicesKEMMERER VILLAGE INC: $51,700 · Human ServicesDECATUR-MACON COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES CORP: $40,000 · Human ServicesPRAIRIELAND SERVICE COORDINATION INC: $28,000 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF DECATUR AND MID IL: $183,000 · PhilanthropyILLINOIS PRAIRIE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyInternational Rett Syndrome Foundation: $105,000 · HealthENCORE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES: $40,000 · HealthMACON RESOURCES INC: $15,000 · HealthCommunity Health Improvement Center: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $5,000 · HealthGOOD SAMARITAN INN: $171,000 · Food & NutritionBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DECATUR INC: $103,000 · Youth Development
Other$2,921,402Education$1,402,650Human Services$272,979Philanthropy$198,000Health$175,000Food & Nutrition$171,000Youth Development$103,000

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 budgetMILLIKIN UNIVERSITY: $955,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetRICHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $902,651 over 9y, 8.1% of budgetWEBSTER-CANTRELL HALL: $251,100 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetMcKendree University: $215,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetDECATUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $186,200 over 5y, 7.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DECATUR AND MID IL: $183,000 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN INN: $171,000 over 6y, 6.3% of budgetGOD'S SHELTER OF LOVE: $153,279 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetNORTHEAST COMMUNITY FUND: $141,230 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois: $127,447 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetInternational Rett Syndrome Foundation: $105,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DECATUR INC: $103,000 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetDECATUR HOUSE OF PRAYER: $60,750 over 6y, 10% of budgetOLD KINGS ORCHARD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $55,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetKEMMERER VILLAGE INC: $51,700 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMERIDIAN AG FOUNDATION: $46,450 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetENCORE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES: $40,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetDECATUR-MACON COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES CORP: $40,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ILLINOIS: $30,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetPRAIRIELAND SERVICE COORDINATION INC: $28,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF ILLINOIS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetILLINOIS PRAIRIE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBABY TALK INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMACON RESOURCES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTamassee DAR School Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMACON COUNTY CASA: $10,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetCommunity Health Improvement Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUVAE JAZZ SOCIETY: $2,000 over 1y, 9.5% 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 MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds RICHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WEBSTER-CANTRELL HALL ↗
  • Who funds McKendree University ↗
  • Who funds DECATUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF DECATUR AND MID IL ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN INN ↗
  • Who funds GOD'S SHELTER OF LOVE ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST COMMUNITY FUND ↗
  • Who funds Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois ↗
  • Who funds International Rett Syndrome Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DECATUR INC ↗
  • Who funds DECATUR HOUSE OF PRAYER ↗
  • Who funds OLD KINGS ORCHARD COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds KEMMERER VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds MERIDIAN AG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ENCORE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds DECATUR-MACON COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES CORP ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds PRAIRIELAND SERVICE COORDINATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF ILLINOIS ↗
  • Who funds ILLINOIS PRAIRIE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BABY TALK INC ↗
  • Who funds MACON RESOURCES INC ↗

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…United Way of Decatur…Andreas FoundationJohn Ullrich Foundati…James Millikin Trust AThe Erwin and Linda A…Amherst F Hardy Found…Henry M Staley Declar…Howard G Buffett Foun…Edward Whinnery TrustUnited Way of Greater…The National Associat…
The Community Foundation of Macon CountyIL47× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Macon County · United Way of Decatur and Mid Il · Andreas Foundation · John Ullrich Foundation Trust Busey Trust Co - Trustee · James Millikin Trust A · The Erwin and Linda Arends Foundation · Amherst F Hardy Foundation · Henry M Staley Declaration of Charit Tr D/B/A Staley Family Foundation · Howard G Buffett Foundation · Edward Whinnery Trust · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · The National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources Inc

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 Ts & Juanita Ballance Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ts & Juanita Ballance Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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

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    How do I get to Ts & Juanita Ballance Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Ts & Juanita Ballance 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 62 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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