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Elise M Besthoff Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Elise M Besthoff Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$132k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$49k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$501kEducation$270kHealth$59kYouth Development$54kEmployment$18kSocial Science$2kReligion$2kFood & Nutrition$750
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $119k
$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Chautauqua Institution$49,065
Norton Museum of Art$40,000
University of Florida Foundation$20,000
Opportunity Inc$10,000
The Reece School$5,000
Dreyfoos School of the Arts$2,500
The Herbert Wertheim Mood Shot Endo$1,250
Palm Health Care Foundation$1,250
Early Learning Coalition$1,000
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies$750
Palm Beach County Food Bank$750
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 (FY23–23, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Arc of Palm Beach County: $5k → 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$827k · 12 repeat orgs$78k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
5

Total granted

$827k
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
-1%

Still filing today

75%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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
Arts & CultureEducationHealthEmploymentSocial ScienceFood & NutritionOther
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

  • CI
    CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION
    7× · 2018–2025 · $242k · revenue +99%
  • TR
    THE REECE SCHOOL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $216k · revenue +131%
  • FA
    FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $20k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $45k · revenue +88%
  • TA
    THE ARC OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -1%
  • FP
    Faith's Place Center for Education
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
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
Palm Beach Day Academy Inc

The foundation of the palm beach day academy's program is the education of our students in an academically challenging and compassion rich environment that guides each child toward personal excellence of mind, body and character.

Education
2
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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3
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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5
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
6
Nami Palm Beach County Inc

Nami palm beach county provides advocacy, education, support, and public awareness so that all individuals and families affected by mental illness can build better lives.

Health
7
Oak Hammock at the University of Florida Inc

To support its members and create an active, caring community by providing a continuum of quality lifestyle & healthcare programs and outstanding enrichment opportunities in conjunction with the university of florida.

Human Services
8
People Inc

People inc. provides health and human services that enrich lives and communities through innovation and supportive services. with a goal to help people achieve greater independence and quality of life, people inc. provides day,…

Human Services
9
Saint Andrew's School of Boca Raton Inc

Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.

Education
10
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc

Boca raton regional hospital foundation, inc. supports the hospital's mission of providing superior, compassionate health care through the cultivation and stewardship of philanthropic gifts and raising the public awareness of the hospital…

Community Improvement
11
The Arc Tampa Bay Foundation Inc

To secure the financial future of services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities served by the arc tampa bay, inc. (continued on schedule o)this mission is accomplished through a comprehensive plan of building…

Human Services
12
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Palm Beach Habilitation Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is West Palm Beach Center for Arts & Technology 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

16 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. 16 of the 21 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
6/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION: $242,460 · Arts & CultureCHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTIONNEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART: $200,900 · Arts & CultureNEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ARTNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $40,750 · Arts & CultureNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INCTHE REECE SCHOOL: $216,436 · OtherTHE REECE SCHOOLOpportunity Inc: $52,500 · OtherOpportunity IncDreyfoos School of the Arts: $16,500 · OtherDreyfoos School of the ArtsEarly Learning Coalition: $11,000 · Other+5 more: $7,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationWEST PALM BEACH CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY INC: $12,500 · EducationTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $45,000 · Health+2 more: $2,500 · HealthPALM BEACH HABILITATION CENTER INC: $10,500 · EmploymentTHE ARC OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesCOUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION: $2,000 · Social Science
Arts & Culture$484,110Other$303,436Education$52,500Health$47,500Employment$10,500Human Services$5,000Social Science$2,000

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 budgetCHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION: $242,460 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE REECE SCHOOL: $216,436 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetNEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART: $200,900 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $40,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWEST PALM BEACH CENTER FOR ARTS & TECHNOLOGY INC: $12,500 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetPALM BEACH HABILITATION CENTER INC: $10,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRING LAKE RANCH INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPalm Healthcare Foundation Inc: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealthy MothersHealthy Babies Coalition of Palm Beach County Inc: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJack The Bike Man Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $750 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.

Quantum Foundation IncCommunity Foundation …Lost Tree Village Cha…The Chamber of Nonpro…Lattner Family Founda…The Jim Moran Foundat…The Batchelor Foundat…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Quantum Foundation IncFL17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Quantum Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation · The Chamber of Nonprofit Health and Human Agencies in Palm Beach County Inc · Lattner Family Foundation Inc · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Elise M Besthoff Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elise M Besthoff Charitable 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Jack the Bike Man Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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 · 0–60%
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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Find your warmest path to Elise M Besthoff Charitable 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 21 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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