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Barbara and John Phair Foundation Inc at a glance

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Barbara and John Phair Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$225k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Animals$178kArts & Culture$103kPhilanthropy$93kHealth$74kYouth Development$72kEducation$67kEnvironment$66kHuman Services$24kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $116k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$6,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$50,000
Barbara & John Phair Foundation Inc$34,000
Lourdes Academy of OshKosh$20,000
South Bend Parks Foundation Inc$20,000
ST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY$12,000
Mokena Educational Foundation$10,000
The Villages of Indiana$10,000
The Children's Center of Cicero-Berwyn$10,000
SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP$8,400
Downtown South Bend Foundation$6,500
Michiana Public Broadcasting Corp$5,500
US Soccer Development Fund$5,000
POTAWATOMI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$5,000
Friends of the Raclin Murphy Museum$5,000
The History Museum$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 (FY20–24, $23k) 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%THE VILLAGES OF INDIANA INC: $3k → 18%The Children's Center of Cicero-Berwyn: $10k → 14%The Villages of Indiana: $10k → 16%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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$607k · 12 repeat orgs$142k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
9

Total granted

$607k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+37%

Still filing today

58%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • PZ
    POTAWATOMI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $172k · revenue +53%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN INDIANA CORRIDOR INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $72k · revenue +423%
  • VP
    VENUES PARKS & ARTS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2024 · $66k · revenue ×15

Funded once

  • BH
    Beacon Health Foundation Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $8k · revenue +301%
  • IW
    Indiana Wildlife Federationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $6k · revenue +26%
  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +37%
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
South Bend Museum of Art

To promote the education and advancement of art in the city of south bend, st. joseph county, and surrounding areas.

Arts & Culture
2
South Bend Symphony Orchestra Association Inc

We inspire, entertain, and connect people with the transformative power of orchestral music. as michiana's premiere professional orchestra, the south bend symphony engages the community in the exploration of orchestral music in all its…

Arts & Culture
3
Indiana University Health Bloomington Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
4
Indiana University Health Bedford Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
5
Indiana University Health West Hospital Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
6
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Physicians Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
7
Downtown South Bend Inc

Downtown south bend, inc. is committed to the advancement and vitality of downtown through offering business resources, support, initiatives, and incentives; presenting marketing and events to attract visitors; and highlighting downtown as…

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8
Indiana University Health Foundation Inc

Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.

Health
9
Indiana University Health Frankfort Inc

Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.

Health
10
Indiana Biosciences Research Institute Inc

To become a leading independent research institute in the discovery and development of innovative solutions to improve human health.

Science & Tech
11
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center- South Bend Campus Inc

We, saint joseph regional medical center and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.sjrmc-south bend is a member of saint joseph regional…

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northern Indiana Historical Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Trustees of Boston College. 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

15 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. 15 of the 31 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BARBARA & JOHN PHAIR FOUNDATION INC: $86,200 · OtherBARBARA & JOHN PHAIR FOUNDATION INCST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY: $60,000 · OtherST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETYIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLourdes Academy of OshKosh: $42,500 · OtherLourdes Academy of OshKosh+17 more: $89,400 · Other+17 morePOTAWATOMI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $172,000 · AnimalsPOTAWATOMI ZOOLOGICAL SOCI…Indiana Wildlife Federation: $6,000 · AnimalsBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN INDIANA CORRIDOR INC: $72,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND G…VENUES PARKS & ARTS FOUNDATION: $65,750 · EnvironmentVENUES PA…SOUTH BEND CIVIC THEATRE INC: $55,000 · Community ImprovementMICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $18,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHERN INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $7,000 · Arts & CultureSTUDEBAKER NATIONAL MUSEUM INC: $2,750 · Arts & CultureThe Villages of Indiana Inc: $12,500 · Human ServicesThe Children's Center of Cicero-Berwyn: $10,000 · Human Services
Other$328,100Animals$178,000Youth Development$72,000Environment$65,750Community Improvement$55,000Arts & Culture$27,750Human Services$22,500

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 budgetPOTAWATOMI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $172,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN INDIANA CORRIDOR INC: $72,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetVENUES PARKS & ARTS FOUNDATION: $65,750 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetSOUTH BEND CIVIC THEATRE INC: $55,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetMICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $18,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Villages of Indiana Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Center of Cicero-Berwyn: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBeacon Health Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHERN INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDOWNTOWN SOUTH BEND INC FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 1y, 13% of budgetIndiana Wildlife Federation: $6,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetO'HANA HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTUDEBAKER NATIONAL MUSEUM INC: $2,750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Of Indiana Inc: $1,000 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.

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.

1st Source Bank Found…Community Foundation …University of Notre D…Judd Leighton Foundat…Carroll F V Char Tr-M…American Electric Pow…The Rafat and Zoreen …Fields Foundation Irr…Hayes Family Foundati…Clark Sa & Fp Mem Fd …Asante Foundation IncCommunity Foundation …
1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-XxxxIN28.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · University of Notre Dame du Lac · Judd Leighton Foundation Inc · Carroll F V Char Tr-Main · American Electric Power Foundation · The Rafat and Zoreen Ansari Charitable Foundation Inc · Fields Foundation Irr Tua · Hayes Family Foundation Inc · Clark Sa & Fp Mem Fd Irr Tua · Asante Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Elkhart County 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 Barbara and John Phair Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barbara and John Phair Foundation Inc. 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–40%
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.
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How do I get to Barbara and John Phair Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Barbara and John Phair Foundation Inc 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 31 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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