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David and Linda Patterson Foundation Inc at a glance

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David and Linda Patterson 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.

$275k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$686kReligion$368kInternational$135kYouth Development$101kFood & Nutrition$90kEducation$35kRecreation & Sports$35kCrime & Legal$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $205k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNCHARTED INTERNATIONAL$60,000
YOUNG LIFE OF EVANSVILLE$40,000
EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
TURNING POINT FOR GOD$25,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$15,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
THE 414 COLLECTIVE$10,000
TIM TEBOW FOUNDATION$10,000
CRU$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
TRI STATE TRES DIAS$10,000
YMCA OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA$10,000
YOUTH RESOURCES$5,000
FRIENDS OF THE KARDELEN FOUNDATION$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $48k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%UNITED METHODIST YOUTH HOME: $10k → 15%UNITED METHODIST YOUTH HOME: $10k → 15%UNITED METHODIST YOUTH HOME: $5k → 15%HOLLY'S HOUSE: $10k → 15%YOUTH RESOURCES OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA: $10k → 15%YOUTH RESOURCES OF SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA: $3k → 15%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

MT
IL
NY
IN
CA
VA
TN
NC
OK
TX
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.

39%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$622k · 13 repeat orgs$981k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
32

Total granted

$622k
$876k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+10%

Still filing today

46%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesInternationalReligionFood & NutritionPhilanthropyCommunity 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

  • UI
    Uncharted International Inc
    3× · 2022–2025 · $80k · revenue +67%
  • UM
    United Methodist Youth Home Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $25k · revenue +38%
  • TN
    THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN
    2× · 2022–2023 · $8k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • ER
    EVANSVILLE RESCUE MISSION SUSAN H SNYDER CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN
    one grant, 2023 · $600k
  • DB
    DAILY BREAD INC
    one grant, 2024 · $60k · revenue 0%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
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
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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2
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
3
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
4
In Christ Ministries Inc

In Christ Ministries exists to bring the message of Gods love grace and truth to children teens and adults. We do this through training and outreach events.

Religion
5
Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank Inc

The mission of Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank is to feed the hungry in Clay, Greene, Knox, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo counties through a network of emergency food distribution member agencies and engage our community in…

Food & Nutrition
6
International Commission Inc

Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.

Religion
7
Indiana United Methodist Children's Home Foundation Inc

To support the charitable, educational and other exempt purposes of the indiana united methodist children's home, inc.

Philanthropy
8
Indiana United Methodist Children's Home Inc

To meet the special needs of each child and family served in order to help improve their quality of life. the board of trustees and staff members of the home are committed to bringing the highest quality resources available to the…

Human Services
9
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
10
Engage Hope Ministries

To glorify god by sharing the gospel and making disciples of jesus christ through partnerships with christian ministries in the countries we serve and through short-term mission trips that demonstrate the love of christ through…

International
11
Intentional Life Media

Dedicated to igniting personal transformation by affirming faith, inspiring hope, and equipping individuals, to live an intentional life in christ.

Religion
12
Youthfront Inc

Interdenomination ministry dedicated to bringing youth into a growing relationship with jesus christ.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Evansville Christian School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Little Lambs of Evansville Inc. 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

26 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. 26 of the 53 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
12/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EVANSVILLE RESCUE MISSION SUSAN H SNYDER CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $600,000 · OtherEVANSVILLE RESCUE MISSION SUSAN H SNYDER CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDRENYOUNG LIFE OF EVANSVILLE: $75,000 · OtherYOUNG LIFE OF EVANSVILLEDAILY BREAD INC: $60,000 · OtherDAILY BREAD INC+35 more: $324,737 · Other+35 moreTurning Point for God: $275,000 · ReligionTurning Point for GodSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $25,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSEGATHER NETWORK INC: $20,000 · ReligionGATHER NETWORK INCUncharted International Inc: $80,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $20,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $10,000 · InternationalUnited Methodist Youth Home Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $15,000 · Human ServicesYouth Resources of Southwestern Indiana Inc: $13,000 · Human ServicesHolly's House Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesSETON HARVEST INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionTHE CHILDREN'S HUNGER PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF THE KARDELEN FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyLITTLE LAMBS OF EVANSVILLE INC: $10,000 · Community Improvement
Other$1,059,737Religion$320,000International$110,000Human Services$63,000Food & Nutrition$25,000Philanthropy$15,000Community Improvement$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTurning Point for God: $275,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUncharted International Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetDAILY BREAD INC: $60,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetEVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Methodist Youth Home Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGATHER NETWORK INC: $20,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetSETON HARVEST INC: $20,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYouth Resources of Southwestern Indiana Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetLITTLE LAMBS OF EVANSVILLE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIM TEBOW FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVANSVILLE RESCUE MISSION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHolly's House Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HUNGER PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTRI-STATE FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVANSVILLE P-47 FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetINDIANA FAMILY INSTITUTE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEVANSVILLE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKEEP EVANSVILLE BEAUTIFUL INC: $250 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.

Welborn Baptist Found…Cecil a and Mabel Len…Community Foundation …Kinney Family Foundat…Koch Foundation IncCenterpoint Energy Fo…Baird Foundation IncThe Bower-Suhrheinric…James R Duncan Trust …The Aline and Edgar I…C Richard Johnson & V…St Mary's Health Inc
Welborn Baptist Foundation IncIN28.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Welborn Baptist Foundation Inc · Cecil a and Mabel Lene Hamman Foundation Inc · Community Foundation Alliance Inc · Kinney Family Foundation · Koch Foundation Inc · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · The Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Fifth Third · James R Duncan Trust Uw Fifth Third · The Aline and Edgar Igleheart Foundation Inc · C Richard Johnson & Verna Louise Johnson Foundation Inc · St Mary's Health 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 David and Linda Patterson Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David and Linda Patterson Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 David and Linda Patterson Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to David and Linda Patterson 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 53 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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