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Betty Byfield Paul Foundation at a glance

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Betty Byfield Paul 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.

$7k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$17kInternational$14kReligion$13kEnvironment$6kCivil Rights$5kYouth Development$3kRecreation & Sports$3kHuman Services$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
6
States reached
$104k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOULDER JCC$4,600
ACCESS OPPORTUNITY$1,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$500
MIRA COALITION-UNAFRAID EDUCATORS$500
Individual grant recipient$250
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE$250
CENTER FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY$180
DONORS CHOOSE$150
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 (FY17–25, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%KAVOD: $1k → 17%FORWARD STEPS: $500 → 7%BOULDER JCC: $5k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $360 → 12%WOMEN'S MEDICAL FUND: $250 → 22%BOULDER JCC: $3k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $250 → 12%BOULDER JCC: $3k → 12%BOULDER JCC: $2k → 12%BOULDER JCC: $360 → 12%ACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $2k → 12%ACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $1k → 12%ACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $1k → 12%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

ME
VT
IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
MD
NM
TN
NC
DC
AL
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$51k · 15 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
38

Total granted

$51k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+25%

Still filing today

73%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $930 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
InternationalHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentArts & CultureCommunity 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

  • TB
    THE BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
    5× · 2021–2025 · $12k · revenue +26%
  • PF
    PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $5k · revenue +4%
  • FA
    FARM AND WILDERNESS FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $3k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • K
    KAVODgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue ×40
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
  • United States Association for UNHCR
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -59%
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
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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2
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
3
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
4
Jews of Color Initiative

The Jews of Color Initiatives mission is to advance racial equity in the U.S. Jewish community by centering the leadership of Jews of Color and ensuring that our communities and institutions reflect the multiracial reality of the Jewish…

Civil Rights
5
Avodah the Jewish Service Corps Inc

Avodah develops lifelong social justice leaders whose work is informed by jewish values and who inspire the jewish community to work toward a more just and equitable world.

Community Improvement
6
Work on Climate

Supporting industry transformation towards climate-positive and make green careers transitions and driving the adoption of green workforce development practices broadly.

Environment
7
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
8
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
9
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
10
American Israel Public Affairs Committee

To strengthen and expand the u.s.-israel relationship in ways that enhance the security of the united states and israel.

International
11
Indivisible Civics

The mission of indivisible civics is to build civic leadership to empower a grassroots movement that's advancing progressive values and policies. it educates and builds the capacity of grassroots activists with organizing support,…

Civil Rights
12
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is People for the American Way; the most unlike its peers is Sionfonds for Haiti. 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

37 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. 37 of the 57 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
24/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY: $4,500 · OtherPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAYMIRA COALITION-UNAFRAID EDUCATORS: $4,266 · OtherMIRA COALITION-UNAFRAID EDUCATORSALL WAYS UP FOUNDATION: $3,000 · OtherALL WAYS UP FOUNDATIONDPS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · OtherDPS FOUNDATIONJOHANNAH KATZ ETHIOPIAN ADOPTION: $2,000 · OtherJOHANNAH KATZ ETHIOPIAN ADOPTIONCU SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FUND: $2,000 · OtherCU SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FUNDIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · Other+25 more: $5,834 · Other+25 moreTHE BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $12,160 · Human ServicesTHE BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY C…ACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $4,000 · Human ServicesACCESS OPPORTUNITYKAVOD: $1,400 · Human ServicesKAVOD+3 more: $1,360 · Human Services+3 moreNEW ISRAEL FUND: $7,000 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUNDJ STREET: $2,500 · InternationalJ STREETUnited States Association for UNHCR: $1,000 · InternationalUnited States Assoc…SIONFONDS FOR HAITI: $500 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $500 · International+3 more: $680 · International+3 moreUrban Adamah: $6,000 · EnvironmentUrban Adam…+3 more: $580 · Environment+3 moreGREAT EDUCATION COLORADO: $3,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $1,250 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG: $400 · Education+2 more: $200 · EducationFARM AND WILDERNESS FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · Recreation & SportsACTBLUE CHARITIES INC: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$24,600Human Services$18,920International$12,180Environment$6,580Education$4,850Recreation & Sports$3,000Philanthropy$1,000

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 budgetTHE BOULDER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $12,160 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Adamah: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetACCESS OPPORTUNITY: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFARM AND WILDERNESS FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALL WAYS UP FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGREAT EDUCATION COLORADO: $3,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetJ STREET: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKAVOD: $1,400 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTBLUE CHARITIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $610 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetForward Steps Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMON CAUSE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WRITING PROJECT CORPORATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIONFONDS FOR HAITI: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMission Local SF Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTalladega College: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF JCC KRAKOW INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREES WATER AND PEOPLE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF ARAVA THE INSTITUTE LTD: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilderness Torah: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF WESTON INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHIRD SECTOR NEW ENGLAND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUTEC Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPB&J FAMILY SERVICES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpirit of the Sun Inc: $16 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Rose Community Founda…ImpactassetsincJewish Community Foun…Colorado Gives Founda…Community Foundation …Jewish Community Fede…Tides FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…Jewish Communal FundGs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…
Rose Community FoundationCO17.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rose Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Colorado Gives Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Tides Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Betty Byfield Paul Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Betty Byfield Paul Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 46%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Utec Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Farm and Wilderness Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 Betty Byfield Paul Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Betty Byfield Paul 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 57 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home