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Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne 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.

$6.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
47
Grants FY2024
47
Organizations funded FY2023
74%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$85,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
31 to 47
FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$164M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 74% of the organizations Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 87% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving46$6.6M9%
FY202347$6.1M74%
FY202231$8.4Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Environment$8.8MHousing & Shelter$4.2MArts & Culture$1.3MFood & Nutrition$1.2MHuman Services$1.0MPhilanthropy$865kCivil Rights$850kPublic Safety & Disaster$725kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
WI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
DC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 62 grantees
All grantees of Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$3,380,00031%
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation$3,000,000119%
Field Museum of Natural History$1,100,00021%
Land Trust Alliance Inc$1,000,00022%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$800,00020%
Western Resource Advocates$700,00023%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$650,00020%
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest$600,00023%
World Central Kitchen Inc$450,00020%
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi$450,00021%
Conservation Law Foundation Inc$400,00021%
American Cancer Society Inc$400,00010%
Southern Environmental Law Center$400,00020%
American Forests$300,00011%
Women's Lunch Place Inc$300,00022%
Urban Peak Denver$300,00021%
Meals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley Inc$250,00023%
Associated Colleges of Illinois Inc$240,00029%
Black Farmer Fund Inc$237,50023%
Greater Boston Legal Services Inc$200,00020%
Chicago Horticultural Society$200,00010%
Gathering Waters Inc$200,00028%
Land is Life Inc$200,00018%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$200,00010%
The Delores Project$200,00023%
Food Bank of the Rockies$200,00010%
New Bethany Inc$175,00032%
Planned Parenthood Keystone$160,00021%
Northeast Community Center$150,000128%
Pinebrook Family Answers$150,00021%
Project Angel Heart$140,00021%
The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center$120,00020%
Casa Guadalupe Center$115,00024%
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness$110,00021%
American Littoral Society$100,00022%
United Negro College Fund Inc$100,00010%
The Trust for Public Land$100,00020%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$100,00010%
Lehigh Valley Children's Centers Inc$100,00011%
Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley Inc$100,00010%
Second Harvest Inland Northwest$100,00010%
Third Street Alliance for Women and Children$100,00021%
Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc$100,00021%
Pennyslvania Shakespeare Festival$100,00022%
Project of Easton Inc$100,00022%
American Bird Conservancy$100,00010%
Sights for Hope$85,00023%
Jubilee School$80,00025%
Sudbury Valley Trustees Inc$80,00011%
Ripple Community Inc$75,000210%
Point Pleasantplumsteadville EMS$75,00033%
La Raza Services Inc$75,00020%
The Lehigh Conference of Churches$70,00011%
Rose Andom Center Inc$70,00022%
Riegelsville Public Library$66,000329%
Families First Inc$60,000230%
Communities in Schools of Eastern Pennsylvania Inc$60,00020%
StoryCenter$52,20022%
The Baum School of Art$50,00022%
ShareCare Faith in Action$50,00029%
Nido de Esperanza Charitable Society$35,00021%
Nourish Meals on Wheels$25,00012%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 62 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation: $3,380,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetMassachusetts Housing Investment Corporation: $3,000,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetField Museum of Natural History: $1,100,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLand Trust Alliance Inc: $1,000,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $800,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWestern Resource Advocates: $700,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $650,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEnvironmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest: $600,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $450,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSecond Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi: $450,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetConservation Law Foundation Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $400,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Environmental Law Center: $400,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Forests: $300,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWomen's Lunch Place Inc: $300,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetUrban Peak Denver: $300,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley Inc: $250,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetAssociated Colleges of Illinois Inc: $240,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetBlack Farmer Fund Inc: $237,500 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetGreater Boston Legal Services Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetChicago Horticultural Society: $200,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGathering Waters Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetLand is Life Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Delores Project: $200,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetFood Bank of the Rockies: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Bethany Inc: $175,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Keystone: $160,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNortheast Community Center: $150,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetPinebrook Family Answers: $150,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetProject Angel Heart: $140,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe Colorado Nonprofit Development Center: $120,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCasa Guadalupe Center: $115,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetChicago Coalition to End Homelessness: $110,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican Littoral Society: $100,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLehigh Valley Children's Centers Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSecond Harvest Inland Northwest: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThird Street Alliance for Women and Children: $100,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetGlbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPennyslvania Shakespeare Festival: $100,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetProject of Easton Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSights for Hope: $85,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetJubilee School: $80,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 62.

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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.

United Way of the Greater Lehigh ValleyPA39.8× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Frank E Payne & Seba B Payne Foundation · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · Air Products Foundation · Ross J Born and Wendy G Born Charitable Trust · Harry C Trexler Estate · Sylvia Perkin Perpetual Charitable Trust · The Century Fund Trust · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · Ppl Foundation · The Rider-Pool Foundation · Dexter F and Dorothy H Baker 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.

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About Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne Foundation

How much does Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne Foundation give?
Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne Foundation reported 47 grants totaling $6,614,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 47 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (40%), Housing & Shelter (20%), Arts & Culture (6%).
Who are Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation ($3.4M), Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation ($3.0M), Field Museum of Natural History ($1.1M).
Does Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 74% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, Frank E Payne & Seba B Payne Foundation, Lehigh Valley Community Foundation.
Where is Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne Foundation based?
Frank E Payne and Seba B Payne Foundation is based in IL.

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 71 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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