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Bf & Rose H Perkins Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$275k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$125k
Largest
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 2024.

Health$715kEducation$518kYouth Development$142kHuman Services$96kEmployment$78kFood & Nutrition$56kRecreation & Sports$18kArts & Culture$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $58k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $175k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$9.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHERIDAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUND$125,000
CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER$50,000
31 CHILDREN WITH$38,373
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA$10,000
SHERIDAN COMMUNITY EDUCATION FDN$10,000
SHERIDAN FOSTER PARENT EXCHANGE$8,750
BIG HORN EDUCATION FUND$6,000
Individual grant recipient$6,000
THE FOOD GROUP$5,000
CHAPS$4,500
SCIENCE KIDS$4,000
SHERIDAN PEOPLE ASSISTANCE FOOD BAN$3,000
SHERIDAN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,000
STORY COMMUNITY LIBRARY$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%TONGUE RIVER CHILD'S PLACE: $2k → 10%SHERIDAN FOSTER PARENT EXCHANGE: $9k → 10%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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 26 repeat orgs$390k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
19

Total granted

$1.3M
$335k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+75%

Still filing today

58%
16%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyCivil RightsOther
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

  • VO
    VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NORTHERN ROCKIES
    7× · 2017–2024 · $61k · revenue +226%
  • CD
    CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER - REGION II INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $55k · revenue +24%
  • TF
    THE FOOD GROUP INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $30k · revenue +401%

Funded once

  • 2C
    21 CHILDREN WITH
    one grant, 2019 · $58k
  • 1C
    19 CHILDREN WITH
    one grant, 2023 · $57k
  • SC
    SHERIDAN COLLEGE
    one grant, 2022 · $55k
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
Wyldflower Learning Community Inc

To provide students a learning environment where they can develop independence, cultivate passions, and grow the skill sets needed to be successful and fulfilled in life

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2
Sheridan County Historical Society

Preserve and share our rich heritage, engaging present and future generations.

Arts & Culture
3
Shoshoni Senior Citizens Inc

The purpose of the entity is to provide activities, wellness and nutrition programs for senior citizens in shoshoni, wy and the surrounding area.

Human Services
4
Cowboy State Daily

Cowboy state daily's mission is to provide high-quality local and statewide reporting on the issues that impact wyoming, featuring stories that capture wyoming's wonderful "small town with long streets" vibe.

Arts & Culture
5
Wyoming Sheep Foundation
Food & Nutrition
6
Sheridan Community Foundation

To support the sheridan community through charitable giving and to strengthen it with philanthropic education.

Philanthropy
7
Wyoming Wildlife Advocates

To promote science-based wildlife management that fosters ecosystem health and dynamic equilibrium between species throughout the state of wyoming.

Animals
8
Friends of the Sheridan Cty Library

The friends of the sheridan county library is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting sheridan county's public library branches through fundraising and awareness campaigns to preserve the library for future generations.

—
9
Shields Valley Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
10
Weston County Library Foundation

To enhance the quality of public library services to weston county, wy by securing resources to support library programs and projects not normally met by public funding.

—
11
Sheridan County Historical Society Incorporated

The mission shall be to bring together those people interested in history and especially the history of sheridan county, ks. understanding the history of our community is basic to our democratic way of life, gives us a better understanding…

Arts & Culture
12
Sheridan Stadium Foundation Inc

To plan, construct, and improve multi purpose athletic/activity facilities for the residents of sheridan county, wyoming. also, provide funds to support children focused non-profit organizations.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sheridan Community Education Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Uprising. 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

20 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. 20 of the 50 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
10/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SHERIDAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $351,500 · OtherSHERIDAN COLLEGE FOUNDATIONSHERIDAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUND: $247,000 · OtherSHERIDAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDIndividual grant recipient: $147,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient20 CHILDREN WITH: $77,487 · Other20 CHILDREN WITHVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NORTHERN ROCKIES: $61,000 · Other21 CHILDREN WITH: $57,736 · Other19 CHILDREN WITH: $57,022 · OtherSHERIDAN COLLEGE: $54,500 · Other26 CHILDREN WITH: $48,013 · Other+31 more: $290,729 · Other+31 moreSheridan Community Education Foundation: $126,126 · PhilanthropyCHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER - REGION II INC: $55,000 · HealthTHE FOOD GROUP INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionROOTED IN WYOMING: $10,250 · EducationBIG HORN EDUCATION FUND INC: $10,000 · EducationRAISING READERS IN WYOMING: $6,000 · EducationSTORY COMMUNITY LIBRARY INC: $3,500 · EducationSHERIDAN ARTISTS GUILD ET AL: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSHERIDAN FOSTER PARENT EXCHANGE: $8,750 · Human ServicesTONGUE RIVER CHILDS PLACE: $1,500 · Human Services
Other$1,391,987Philanthropy$126,126Health$55,000Food & Nutrition$30,000Education$29,750Arts & Culture$15,000Human Services$10,250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSheridan Community Education Foundation: $126,126 over 5y, 39% of budgetVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NORTHERN ROCKIES: $61,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER - REGION II INC: $55,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTHE FOOD GROUP INC: $30,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetSHERIDAN HEALTH CENTER INC: $27,850 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetSHERIDAN ARTISTS GUILD ET AL: $15,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetROOTED IN WYOMING: $10,250 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetBIG HORN EDUCATION FUND INC: $10,000 over 4y, 7.1% of budgetSHERIDAN FOSTER PARENT EXCHANGE: $8,750 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSHERIDAN COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSHERIDAN ON SKATES: $7,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRAISING READERS IN WYOMING: $6,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetSHERIDAN KIDS LIFE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUPRISING: $4,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSCIENCE KIDS: $4,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSTORY COMMUNITY LIBRARY INC: $3,500 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetSHERIDAN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJOEY'S FOUNDATION INC: $2,750 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTONGUE RIVER VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTONGUE RIVER CHILDS PLACE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% 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 Sheridan Community Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NORTHERN ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER - REGION II INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOOD GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds SHERIDAN HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SHERIDAN ARTISTS GUILD ET AL ↗
  • Who funds ROOTED IN WYOMING ↗
  • Who funds BIG HORN EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SHERIDAN FOSTER PARENT EXCHANGE ↗
  • Who funds SHERIDAN COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHERIDAN ON SKATES ↗
  • Who funds RAISING READERS IN WYOMING ↗
  • Who funds SHERIDAN KIDS LIFE ↗
  • Who funds UPRISING ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCE KIDS ↗
  • Who funds STORY COMMUNITY LIBRARY 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.

Homer A Scott & Mildred S Scott FoundationWY51.7× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Homer A Scott & Mildred S Scott Foundation · Wyoming Community Foundation · Dan & Jeanne Scott Family Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Chandler H Kibbee and Mercedes K Kibbee Foundation for Children · Joe and Arlene Watt Foundation Inc · Homer A Jr & Janet Scott Family Foundation · The Herbert & Dorothy Zullig Foundation · The Roberts Family Foundation · Anne & Scott Nickerson Family Foundation · The Seidler Foundation · George 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 Bf & Rose H Perkins Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bf & Rose H Perkins Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Bf & Rose H Perkins Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Bf & Rose H Perkins 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 50 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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