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Yvonne and Phillip Dressel Foundation Irrevocable Trust at a glance

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Yvonne and Phillip Dressel Foundation Irrevocable Trust

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.

$27k
Granted FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$32kReligion$16kAnimals$13kArts & Culture$7kFood & Nutrition$5kHuman Services$2kRecreation & Sports$2kHealth$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
6
States reached
$134k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LADUE CHAPEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$7,080
CITY ACADEMY$4,500
Individual grant recipient$3,000
FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC$1,000
BIG ARTS SANIBEL ISLAND$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
NINE PBS$900
CAPTIVA CHAPEL BY THE SEA$750
IMPACT MINISTRIES$750
LUTHERAN WOMEN IN MISSION$750
HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI$500
CROW-CLINIC FOR REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE$500
OPERATION FOOD SEARCH$500
HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA$500
ST LOUIS AREA FOODBANK$500
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, $2k) 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: $150 → 12%WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT: $200 → 14%BOYS TOWN: $125 → 12%BOYS TOWN: $120 → 12%FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $1k → 11%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $130 → 11%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $100 → 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

IL
MI
NY
IA
IN
OH
CA
NE
MO
TN
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$95k · 41 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

41 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
29

Total granted

$95k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+0%

Still filing today

46%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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
EducationAnimalsEnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesFood & 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

  • CA
    CITY ACADEMY INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $24k · revenue +97%
  • TS
    THE SAINT LOUIS ZOO ASSOCIATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $8k · revenue +146%
  • FP
    Forest Park Forever Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2k · revenue +213%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SANCTUARY GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue +5%
  • SP
    SANIBEL PUBLIC LIBRARY
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
  • KS
    KELLEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS INDIANA UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $250
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
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
3
Webster University

Founded in 1915, webster is a private non-profit and global university that is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.

Education
4
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
5
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
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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7
Columbia College

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

Education
8
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
9
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
10
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
12
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Operation Food Search Inc; the most unlike its peers is Spirit in the Sky Memorial Foundation. 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

38 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. 38 of the 84 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/38
Grantees still filing
25/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $18,405 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLADUE CHAPEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $7,080 · OtherLADUE CHAPEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHIMPACT MINISTRIES: $4,750 · OtherIMPACT MINISTRIESIndividual grant recipient: $4,550 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $4,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $2,430 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF ST LOUIS: $2,400 · Other+52 more: $21,805 · Other+52 moreCITY ACADEMY INC: $24,000 · EducationCITY ACADEMY INCUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $1,850 · EducationUniversity of Illinois Foun…+4 more: $1,150 · EducationTHE SAINT LOUIS ZOO ASSOCIATION: $8,325 · AnimalsTHE SAINT …CLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC: $1,500 · AnimalsCLINIC FOR…HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $500 · Animals+1 more: $250 · AnimalsForest Park Forever Inc: $1,965 · EnvironmentNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $990 · Environment+2 more: $100 · EnvironmentOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC: $1,850 · Food & NutritionHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $500 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $50 · Food & NutritionBARRIER ISLAND GROUP FOR THE ARTS: $1,000 · Arts & CultureST LOUIS REGIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $900 · Arts & CultureRADIO ARTS FOUNDATION: $400 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $50 · Arts & CultureFISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $395 · Human ServicesPEDAL THE CAUSE: $230 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $200 · Human Services
Other$65,920Education$27,000Animals$10,575Environment$3,055Food & Nutrition$2,400Arts & Culture$2,350Human Services$1,825

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 budgetCITY ACADEMY INC: $24,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SAINT LOUIS ZOO ASSOCIATION: $8,325 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc: $1,965 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC: $1,850 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $1,850 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SANCTUARY GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBARRIER ISLAND GROUP FOR THE ARTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $990 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS REGIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITFIELD SCHOOL INC: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL: $450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRADIO ARTS FOUNDATION: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $395 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhi Delta Theta Foundation: $350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF TRANSPORTATION: $325 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLAY FOR PINK INC: $320 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEDAL THE CAUSE: $230 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $135 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLADIOLUS LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOSTER CARE COALITION OF GREATER ST LOUIS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMINSTER COLLEGE: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARDINAL GLENNON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CONTRA COSTA AND SOLANO: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAUGATUCK DUNES COASTAL ALLIANCE: $50 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSpirit in the Sky Memorial Foundation: $50 over 1y, 0.1% 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 CITY ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SAINT LOUIS ZOO ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Forest Park Forever Inc ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SANCTUARY GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC ↗
  • Who funds BARRIER ISLAND GROUP FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS REGIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds WHITFIELD SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI ↗
  • Who funds JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds RADIO ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ↗

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.

St Louis Community Fo…Edward Jones Foundati…St Louis Community Fo…World Wide Technology…Edward Jones Foundati…Southwest Florida Com…United Way of Greater…Commerce Bancshares F…The Blackbaud Giving …Renaissance Charitabl…The Pfizer Foundation…T Rowe Price Program …
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO18.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving 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 Yvonne and Phillip Dressel Foundation Irrevocable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Yvonne and Phillip Dressel Foundation Irrevocable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation: 4% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of 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
⤢ 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.

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 84 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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