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Father and Son 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.

$189k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$169k
Largest
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$212kEducation$32kPhilanthropy$20kReligion$17kHealth$16kFood & Nutrition$8kYouth Development$2kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $169k
$1,200
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Artha Foundation$168,989
PINE CREST SCHOOL$5,000
Northside Methodist Academy$3,906
TEMPLE BNAI ABRAHAM$3,361
Comm FDN New Giving Back$2,000
Palm Beach Dharma Center$1,200
The Nature Conservatory$1,000
Vincermos Theraputic Riding$1,000
Music Mends Minds$1,000
The Rotary Club of Boca Raton$650
Pineapple Peace Garden$500
02The need
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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 (FY21–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%CASITA COPAN: $250 → 11%Jacob Zweig Foundation: $150 → 13%Seraphic Fire: $2k → 15%OASIS FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN: $1k → 12%Dakota Indian Foundation: $250 → 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

VT
WA
NY
SD
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MD
NM
TN
NC
DC
AL
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$272k · 14 repeat orgs$46k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
40

Total granted

$272k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+9%

Still filing today

43%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyCommunity 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

  • AF
    ARTHA FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $209k · revenue +18% · 97% of their budget
  • PC
    PINE CREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $14k · revenue +32%
  • FA
    FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $3k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • CF
    Community Foundation - MGB
    one grant, 2022 · $13k
  • TW
    The Waldorf School
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • SF
    SERAPHIC FIRE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -19%
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
University of South Florida Foundation Inc

University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…

Education
2
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
3
Usf Research Foundation Inc

To promote, encourage and enhance research activities at the university of south florida.

Education
4
Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation

The samuel waxman cancer research foundation (the "foundation") funds innovative research to bring faster cures to patients. in addition to supporting ongoing collaborative research in specific cancers, our scientists are investigating the…

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5
Florida International University Foundation Inc

To encourage, solicit, receive and administer gifts and bequests of property and funds for scientific, educational and charitable purposes, all for the advancement of florida international university and its objectives (see schedule o for…

Education
6
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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7
St Joseph's Hospital of Tampa Foundation Inc

St. joseph's hospitals foundation secures, manages and stewards philanthropic support to benefit the health care mission of st. joseph's hospital, st. joseph's women's hospital, st. joseph's children's hospital of tampa, st. joseph's…

Health
8
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences Bios Inc

Bios's mission is to seek and share fundamental knowledge of the oceans through state-of-the-art scientific research, world-class field expeditions, and comprehensive educational experiences.

Science & Tech
9
Florida International University Research Foundation Inc

The fiu research foundation provides means by which discoveries, inventions, processes, and work products of faculty, staff and students of the university may be patented, developed, applied and utilized in order that the results of such…

Science & Tech
10
Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation Inc

The sarnoff cardiovascular research foundation is dedicated to cultivating the next generation of physician-leaders in cardiovascular medicine by funding and supporting medical students and physicians engaged in transformative research.

Health
11
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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12
The Florida State University Foundation Inc

The florida state university foundation enhances the academic mission and vision of florida state university through its organized fundraising activities and funds management. the fsu foundation accomplishes its mission by fostering…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Artha Foundation 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

27 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. 27 of the 60 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARTHA FOUNDATION INC: $208,989 · Arts & CultureARTHA FOUNDATION INC+2 more: $1,215 · Arts & CultureTEMPLE BNAI ABRAHAM: $14,066 · OtherTEMPLE BNAI ABRAHAMCommunity Foundation - MGB: $12,500 · OtherCommunity Foundation - MGBPINEAPPLE PEACE GARDEN INC: $8,225 · OtherPINEAPPLE PEACE GARDEN INCComm FDN New Giving Back: $7,000 · OtherComm FDN New Giving BackBEST FOOT FORWARD: $4,700 · OtherBEST FOOT FORWARDNorthside Methodist Academy: $3,906 · OtherThe Waldorf School: $2,700 · Other+33 more: $23,700 · Other+33 morePINE CREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $14,000 · EducationFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,385 · EducationTROY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $3,200 · EducationGENESYS WORKS: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $250 · EducationSERAPHIC FIRE INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesOASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCASITA COPAN INC: $250 · Human ServicesDAKOTA INDIAN FOUNDATION INC: $250 · Human ServicesTHE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC: $150 · Human ServicesBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $3,000 · Community ImprovementAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · HealthRIDE FOR LIFE INC: $1,000 · HealthWELLNESS IN THE SCHOOLS INC: $400 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $200 · HealthTHE SUDC FOUNDATION: $250 · PhilanthropyDwight Stephenson Foundation Inc: $200 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$210,204Other$76,797Education$21,835Human Services$3,150Community Improvement$3,000Health$2,600Philanthropy$450

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 budgetARTHA FOUNDATION INC: $208,989 over 3y, 97% of budgetPINE CREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,385 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTROY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $3,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSERAPHIC FIRE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetORT AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIDE FOR LIFE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGENESYS WORKS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC MENDS MINDS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGEORGE SNOW SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $840 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROTARY CLUB OF BOCA RATON INC: $650 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDELRAY BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $530 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWELLNESS IN THE SCHOOLS INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCASITA COPAN INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNat King Cole Generation Hope Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDAKOTA INDIAN FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SUDC FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDwight Stephenson Foundation Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC: $150 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.

  • Who funds ARTHA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PINE CREST PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TROY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds SERAPHIC FIRE INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds OASIS - A HAVEN FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds ORT AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds RIDE FOR LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds GENESYS WORKS ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC MENDS MINDS INC ↗
  • Who funds GEORGE SNOW SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds SARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds ROTARY CLUB OF BOCA RATON INC ↗
  • Who funds DELRAY BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WELLNESS IN THE SCHOOLS 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.

The James H and Marta T Batmasian Family Foundation IncFL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The James H and Marta T Batmasian Family Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Father and Son Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Father and Son Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Seraphic Fire Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pine Crest Preparatory School Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 Father and Son Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Father and Son 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 60 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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