Skip to content
Christopher D & Susan G Pappas Family Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Christopher D & Susan G Pappas Family Foundation Inc

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.

$17k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Health$110kYouth Development$86kArts & Culture$26kFood & Nutrition$13kEducation$6kReligion$6kHousing & Shelter$5kInternational$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
$11,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PALM BEACH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$11,000
KNEISEL HALL CHAMBER MUSIC SCHOOL AND FESTIVAL$6,100
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE GOODNESS WEB FOUNDATION: $20k → 8%BRIGHAM WOMEN'S HOSPITAL: $15k → 16%PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $3k → 11%JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER: $30k → 11%PI KAPPA ALPHA FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL: $5k → 9%THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA: $5k → 17%THE SPCA OF HANCOCK COUNTY: $3k → 11%HEINZ HALL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $3k → 11%PALM BEACH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $50k → 11%ISLAND NURSING HOME: $5k → 11%NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR EATING DISORDERS: $25k → 11%KNEISEL HALL: $9k → 11%PALM BEACH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $25k → 11%KNEISEL HALL CHAMBER MUSIC SCHOOL AND FESTIVAL: $6k → 11%PALM BEACH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $11k → 11%BAGADUCE MUSIC: $5k → 11%NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR EATING DISORDERS: $5k → 11%NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR EATING DISORDERS: $5k → 11%SAINT CATHERINE GREEK CHURCH: $6k → 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.
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 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
Penobscot Bay Medical Center

Penobscot Bay Medical Center (PBMC) is an acute care hospital that offers inpatient and outpatient care, diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services, patient and community education, and a full range of specialty services through…

—
2
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

—
3
Phelps Memorial Hospital Association

Phelps memorial hospital association ("pmha") is part of northwell health, inc ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the…

Health
4
North Carolina Symphony Society Inc

To be north carolina's state orchestra, an orchestra achieving the highest level of artistic quality and performance standards, and embracing its dual legacies of statewide service and music education.

Arts & Culture
5
North Shore University Hospital

North shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
6
MaineGeneral Health

To enhance, every day, the health of our patients, our families and our communities. We do that through a range of health care services for people of all ages, in a variety of care settings.

Health
7
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Mount sinai is committed to the advancement of the art and science of medicine through clinical excellence. the central mission consists of high-quality patient care and teaching conducted in an atmosphere of social concern and scholarly…

Health
8
Colorado Symphony Association

The colorado symphony association (csa) is a not-for-profit organization established to fund and operate the colorado symphony orchestra for the enjoyment and benefit of the citizens of metropolitan denver and (cont'd on schedule…

Arts & Culture
9
Lenox Hill Hospital

Lenox hill hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future generations…

Health
10
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Joint Commission evaluates and accredits health care organizations and programs across the United States to ensure compliance with rigorous standards of quality and safety, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…

Health
11
Boston Philharmonic Orchestra Corporation

The BPO was formed in 1979 to provide opportunities for an evolving community of amateur student and professional players to perform together present challenging classical repertoire & enhance the publics awareness & understanding of this…

Arts & Culture
12
South Shore University Hospital

South shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pittsburgh Symphony Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Musical Arts Association. 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

11 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. 11 of the 20 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PALM BEACH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $86,000 · OtherPALM BEACH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBBRIGHAM WOMEN'S HOSPITAL: $15,000 · OtherBRIGHAM WOMEN'S HOSPITALNORTHERN LIGHT HEALTH: $10,000 · OtherNORTHERN LIGHT HEALTHKNEISEL HALL CHAMBER MUSIC SCHOOL AND FESTIVAL: $6,100 · OtherSAINT CATHERINE GREEK CHURCH: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherCAMPAIGN FOR EAST BLUE HILL LIBRARY: $5,000 · Other+2 more: $5,500 · OtherNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR EATING DISORDERS INC: $35,000 · HealthNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR EATING …Jupiter Medical Center Inc: $30,000 · HealthJupiter Medical Center IncISLAND NURSING HOME INC: $5,000 · HealthISLAND NURSING HOME INCTHE GOODNESS WEB FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyKNEISEL HALL: $9,000 · Arts & CultureThe Musical Arts Association: $5,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureGood Shepherd Food Bank: $12,500 · Food & NutritionCompassion International Incorporated: $5,000 · InternationalBLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST: $2,000 · EnvironmentPi Kappa Alpha Foundation: $1,000 · Education
Other$138,600Health$70,000Philanthropy$20,000Arts & Culture$17,000Food & Nutrition$12,500International$5,000Environment$2,000Education$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR EATING DISORDERS INC: $35,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GOODNESS WEB FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGood Shepherd Food Bank: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKNEISEL HALL: $9,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetISLAND NURSING HOME INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPi Kappa Alpha Foundation: $1,000 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.

National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA10.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Christopher D & Susan G Pappas Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Christopher D & Susan G Pappas Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Jupiter Medical Center Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 20 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Christopher D & Susan G Pappas Family’s filings →

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