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Frank E Payne & Seba B Payne Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$8.4M
Granted FY2022
55
Grants FY2022
12
States reached
$600k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 65% of FRANK E PAYNE & SEBA B PAYNE FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2022 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 55 grants below total $6,916,470 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $8,406,470 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $1,490,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • $10k–50k12 grants · $296k
  • $50k–250k37 grants · $4.0M
  • $250k+6 grants · $2.6M
$100,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE FIELD MUSEUM$600,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$500,000
LAND TRUST ALLIANCE, INC$500,000
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$400,000
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY CTR$380,000
ACLU FOUNDATION$250,000
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORP$227,620
THE CONSERVATION FUND$200,000
CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN$200,000
GLAD$200,000
CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION$200,000
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CTR$200,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$200,000
SECOND HARVEST OF SOUTHERN WI$150,000
FRIENDS OF 2LIFE COMMUNITIES$125,000
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

4%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$546k · 3 repeat orgs$13M to everyone else

3 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2022, 0 since wound down; 50 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
66

Total granted

$546k
$6.9M

Still filing today

0%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22
EnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureCivil RightsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • NM
    NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORP
    2× · 2020–2022 · $371k
  • PA
    PROJECT ANGEL HEART
    2× · 2020–2022 · $135k
  • CP
    CHILDRENS PLACE ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2020–2022 · $40k

Funded once

  • DW
    DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA
    one grant, 2020 · $500k
  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
    one grant, 2020 · $500k
  • LT
    LAND TRUST ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2020 · $500k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Center for International Environmental Law Inc

To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to…

International
2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
4
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
5
Climate Leadership Council Inc

To develop and promote a carbon dividends framework - based on carbon fees whose revenues are rebated to citizens through dividends - as the most cost-effective, equitable, and politically viable climate solution.

Environment
6
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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7
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
8
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
9
Federation of State Conservation Voter Leagues Dba Nj League of Cons Voters

New jersey lcv is the statewide political voice for the environment. working with our allies in the community, we advocate for strong environmental policies, support our environmental justice partners in pursuing more equitable policies,…

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10
Environmental League of Massachusetts Inc

The organization's mission is to advocate for policy that meets the scale and urgency of our environmental challenges. as a massachusetts-based organization that engages in advocacy across a full spectrum of climate, environmental, and…

Environment
11
Ceres Inc

Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…

Environment
12
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Lehigh Conference of Churches and the most unlike its peers is Transformative Freedom Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyLgbtqia+ Advocacy and Commu…Environmental Advocacy and …Faith-Based Senior LivingImmigrant and Latino Integr…Civil Legal ServicesEducation Equity InitiativesUrban Agriculture EducationSenior Support ServicesFood Pantries and AssistancePregnancy Support CentersCommunity Arts CentersDomestic Violence and Sexua…Public Library SupportLocal History MuseumsCharter and Independent Sch…Childhood Cancer SupportAnimal Rescue and Shelter
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%7%5–10yr19%2%10–20yr16%22%20–35yr13%39%35–55yr16%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%2%<5yr14%3%5–10yr19%4%10–20yr16%15%20–35yr13%32%35–55yr16%45%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/44
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,521

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

43 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 43 of the 119 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/43
Grantees still filing
26/43
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA — $500,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY — $500,000 · OtherLAND TRUST ALLIANCE — $500,000 · OtherNATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORP — $371,210 · Other+92 more — $7,755,800 · Other+92 moreLAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC — $500,000 · EnvironmentLAND TRUST ALLIA…NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $400,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCE…ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST — $380,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL LA…THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $200,000 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVATION…CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC — $200,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION LAW…CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY — $200,000 · EnvironmentCHICAGO HORTICUL…SUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES INC — $100,000 · Environment+1 more — $45,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $500,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD KEYSTONE — $75,000 · HealthCASA GUADALUPE CENTER — $75,000 · Health+1 more — $10,000 · HealthFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $600,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $10,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $250,000 · Civil RightsGLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC — $200,000 · Civil RightsAssociated Colleges of Illinois Inc — $120,000 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC — $100,000 · EducationFood For Thought Denver — $75,000 · EducationJUBILEE SCHOOL — $40,000 · EducationRIEGELSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY — $15,700 · EducationWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $200,000 · InternationalEDEN PEOPLEPLANET — $100,000 · International
Other$9,627,010Environment$2,025,000Health$660,000Arts & Culture$610,000Civil Rights$450,000Education$350,700International$300,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $600,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC — $500,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $400,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER OF THE MIDWEST — $380,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC — $200,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION — $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER — $200,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION INC — $200,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY — $200,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF 2LIFE COMMUNITIES INC — $125,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetAssociated Colleges of Illinois Inc — $120,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetWOMEN'S LUNCH PLACE INC — $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSUDBURY VALLEY TRUSTEES INC — $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - BOSTON INC — $100,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBLACK FARMER FUND INC — $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE DELORES PROJECT — $100,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTHE LEHIGH CONFERENCE OF CHURCHES — $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetEDEN PEOPLEPLANET — $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD KEYSTONE — $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ELDERLY INC — $75,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCASA GUADALUPE CENTER — $75,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetFood For Thought Denver — $75,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetPINEBROOK FAMILY ANSWERS — $75,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER — $71,600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSTRIVE INTERNATIONAL INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPROJECT OF EASTON INC — $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNEW BETHANY INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUBILEE SCHOOL — $40,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetREACH BEYOND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFAMILIES FIRST INC — $25,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetShareCare Faith in Action — $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetTHE BAUM SCHOOL OF ART — $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTrails End Wildlife Refuge Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetRIEGELSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY — $15,700 over 1y, 21% of budgetStoryCenter — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTRANSFORMATIVE FREEDOM FUND — $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Frank E Payne and Seb…United Way of the Gre…Lehigh Valley Communi…The Rider-Pool Founda…Sylvia Perkin Perpetu…Harry C Trexler EstateThe Century Fund TrustThe Donald B and Doro…Air Products Foundati…Shaffer Family Charit…Verna O Canova Founda…Ross J Born and Wendy…
Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne FoundationIL39.1× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne Foundation · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · The Rider-Pool Foundation · Sylvia Perkin Perpetual Charitable Trust · Harry C Trexler Estate · The Century Fund Trust · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · Air Products Foundation · Shaffer Family Charitable Trust · Verna O Canova Foundation · Ross J Born and Wendy G Born Charitable Trust

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 119 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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