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Voorhees Family 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.

$112k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$142kArts & Culture$65kPublic Benefit$48kReligion$45kRecreation & Sports$25kHuman Services$25kCommunity Improvement$24kInternational$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k27 grants · $79k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $33k
$3,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Iowa College Foundation$13,000
UNI Foundation$10,000
Hillsdale College$10,000
Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation$6,000
Cedar Falls Historical Society$5,000
Mount Mercy University$5,000
Cedar Falls Bible Conference$5,000
ABI Foundation$4,500
Water for Good$4,000
Red Bird Mission$4,000
Novo Mission Inc$3,500
Boys Town$3,500
Foundation for Economic Education$3,000
Young America's Foundation$3,000
Mercatus Center at George Mason University$3,000
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 (FY21–25, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Boys Town: $4k → 12%Camp Courageous of Iowa: $3k → 11%Boys Town: $3k → 12%Camp Courageous: $2k → 11%BOYS TOWN: $2k → 12%CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $2k → 11%BOYS TOWN: $2k → 12%CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $2k → 11%BOYS TOWN: $2k → 12%CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $2k → 11%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

WA
IL
MI
IA
IN
CA
NE
KY
VA
AR
DC
GA
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$454k · 30 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +6% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
7

Total granted

$454k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
-3%

Still filing today

80%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesSocial ScienceYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionHealthOther
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

  • IC
    IOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2025 · $49k · revenue +15%
  • IF
    IOWANS FOR TAX RELIEF FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $21k · revenue +150%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CEDAR VALLEY
    4× · 2021–2025 · $15k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • RC
    RIVERVIEW CONFERENCE CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
  • TE
    TAX EDUCATION SUPPORT ORGANIZATION
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -43%
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
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

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2
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
3
Grand View University

Engages, equips and empowers learners to explore their vocations, fulfill their potential and serve the world.

Education
4
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
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
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
7
Union University

Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.

Education
8
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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9
North Dakota State University Foundation

Building enduring relationships that maximize advocacy and philanthropy to support North Dakota State University.

Education
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
Indiana University Alumni Association Inc

The indiana university alumni association activates and supports the global alumni network- encouraging alumni to grow a lifelong connection with indiana university, and inspiring their ongoing generosity toward each other and the…

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12
International Republican Institute

Iri advances freedom and democracy worldwide by developing political parties, civic institutions, open elections, democratic governance and the rule of law.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy; the most unlike its peers is Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. 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

29 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. 29 of the 39 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
18/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $49,000 · OtherIOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATIONCEDAR FALLS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $46,000 · OtherCEDAR FALLS HISTORICAL SOCIETYUNI Foundation: $40,000 · OtherUNI FoundationCEDAR FALLS BIBLE CONFERENCE: $25,000 · OtherCEDAR FALLS BIBLE CONFERENCEIOWANS FOR TAX RELIEF FOUNDATION: $21,000 · OtherIOWANS FOR TAX RELIEF FOUNDATIONABI Foundation: $19,000 · OtherABI FoundationRED BIRD MISSION INC: $16,000 · OtherNOVO MISSION INC: $16,000 · Other+17 more: $110,256 · Other+17 moreMOUND FARM HOLDINGS INC: $26,000 · EducationMOUND FARM HOLDIN…IOWA GOLF ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationIOWA GOLF ASSOCIA…HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGEJOB FOUNDATION: $9,000 · EducationJOB FOUNDATIONPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,500 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY…GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 · EducationFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $12,500 · Human ServicesCAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $9,000 · Human ServicesFoundation for Economic Education Inc: $11,500 · Social ScienceMercatus Center Inc: $7,500 · Social ScienceBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CEDAR VALLEY: $14,500 · Youth DevelopmentLeadership Institute: $9,000 · Public BenefitTAX EDUCATION SUPPORT ORGANIZATION: $5,000 · Public BenefitWATER FOR GOOD: $11,500 · International
Other$342,256Education$79,000Human Services$21,500Social Science$19,000Youth Development$14,500Public Benefit$14,000International$11,500

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 budgetIOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $49,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCEDAR FALLS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $46,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetMOUND FARM HOLDINGS INC: $26,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA GOLF ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetIOWANS FOR TAX RELIEF FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetRED BIRD MISSION INC: $16,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CEDAR VALLEY: $14,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Economic Education Inc: $11,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWATER FOR GOOD: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEAST IOWA FOOD BANK: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN CRUSADERS: $9,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetJOB FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMercatus Center Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSE OF HOPE: $7,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCEDAR FALLS COMMUNITY THEATRE INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY: $6,500 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetTHE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTAX EDUCATION SUPPORT ORGANIZATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlpha USA: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCEDAR VALLEY UNITED WAY: $3,256 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNaples Concert Band Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% 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 IOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CEDAR FALLS HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MOUND FARM HOLDINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds IOWA GOLF ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds IOWANS FOR TAX RELIEF FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RED BIRD MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CEDAR VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ↗
  • Who funds Foundation for Economic Education Inc ↗
  • Who funds WATER FOR GOOD ↗
  • Who funds Young America's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST IOWA FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
  • Who funds CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN CRUSADERS ↗
  • Who funds JOB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Mercatus Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CEDAR FALLS COMMUNITY THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF STATESMANSHIP & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY ↗
  • Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TAX EDUCATION SUPPORT ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds Alpha USA ↗
  • Who funds GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CEDAR VALLEY UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds Naples Concert Band 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.

Lsb FoundationIA24× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lsb Foundation · New Hope Foundation · Max and Helen Guernsey Charitable Foundation · Molinaro Family Charitable Foundation · The Gallagher Family Foundation · The Braun Family Foundation · Black Hawk County Gaming Association · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Pauline R Barrett Charitable Foundation · Boaz's Harvest-Zachary Foundation · Charlotte and William Hinson Charitable Foundation Trust · Van G Miller Family Charitable 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 Voorhees Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Voorhees Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 Voorhees Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Voorhees Family 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 39 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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