· Private foundation
Donald W and Marguerite J Paul Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| EDMUNDITE MISSIONS | $10,000 |
| ST JOSEPH CHURCH | $10,000 |
| CAFE OF LIFE INC | $10,000 |
| ST LEO'S CHURCH | $5,000 |
| DOMINICAN SISTERS OF ST CECELIA CON | $5,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 66% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +237% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- COCAFE OF LIFE INC7× · 2017–2024 · $33k · revenue +237%
- FOFATHERS OF ST EDMUND SOUTHERN MISSIONS INC8× · 2017–2024 · $31k
- SASALVATION ARMY OF SW FLORIDA7× · 2017–2023 · $27k
Funded once
- VHVILLAGE HOUSEone grant, 2017 · $4k
- DSDOMINICAN SISTERS OF NASHVILLEone grant, 2022 · $4k
- ACADRIAN COLLEGEone grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -1%
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.
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.
As a Catholic liberal arts university in the Dominican tradition, Ohio Dominican University is guided in its educational mission by the Dominican motto: to contemplate truth and to share with others the fruits of this contemplation. Ohio…
Catholic university dedicated to educational excellence in the franciscan tradition.
Owu is one of the nation's premier small liberal arts colleges, boasting strong relationships between students and faculty and opportunities that prepare students for service and leadership.
Lourdes university, rooted in catholic and franciscan traditions, provides a values-centered education that enriches lives and advances academic excellence.
A private lutheran four-year university located in downtown minneapolis.
To provide high-quality academic instruction for the purpose of personal development, career and professional readiness, and the preparation of individuals for lives of service to God and humanity.
We educate women to lead and influence.
Core values derived from our mission include: - Educational Excellence: The College of Arts and Sciences and Conservatory of Music are committed to educating students to achieve academic and musical excellence in an environment where…
The mission of The University of Findlay is to equip our students for meaningful lives and productive careers.
Nazareth university fosters integrated learning through action and reflection, educating whole persons who are guided by empathy, committed to equity, and prepared to lead innovation for our time.
To advance knowledge, foster intellectual curiosity, build community, and empower lives of purpose, service, and leadership.
Education
How this is measured
6 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. 6 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Donald W and Marguerite J Paul Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Donald W and Marguerite J Paul Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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