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Fulk Family Charitable Trust at a glance

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Fulk Family Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$40k
Granted FY2025still arriving
35
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$31kHuman Services$24kPhilanthropy$23kFood & Nutrition$17kHealth$14kArts & Culture$11kPublic Safety & Disaster$9kInternational$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
12
States reached
$104k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Salvation Army$5,000
Beacon$3,000
WTIU$3,000
Tunnels 2 Towers$3,000
VEAP$2,000
Second Harvest$2,000
FIRE$1,500
World Central Kitchen$1,500
UCLA Health Services$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Friends of United Hatzalah$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Edina Education Fund$1,000
Thomas E and Edith D Carpenter Foundation$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Unbound: $500 → 16%Common Ground: $750 → 5%Alicias House: $250 → 14%Common Ground: $500 → 5%CORE: $500 → 14%Devices 4 the Disabled: $600 → 14%Devices 4 the Disabled: $200 → 14%The PEER Center: $300 → 15%The PEER Center: $500 → 15%The PEER Center: $500 → 15%The PEER Center: $250 → 15%The PEER Center: $250 → 15%CORE: $500 → 14%Westerville Area Resource Ministry: $950 → 15%My Very Own Blanket: $800 → 15%Westerville Area Resource Ministry: $800 → 15%Westerville Area Resource Ministry: $500 → 15%My Very Own Blanket: $500 → 15%Westerville Area Resource Ministry: $500 → 15%Westerville Area Resource Ministry: $500 → 15%Neighborhood Bridges: $375 → 15%My Very Own Blanket: $300 → 15%Neighborhood Bridges: $250 → 15%My Very Own Blanket: $250 → 15%My Very Own Blanket: $250 → 15%Westerville Area Resource Ministry: $250 → 15%The PEER Center: $275 → 15%Huckleberry House: $250 → 15%Neighborhood Bridges: $100 → 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

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
KS
TN
NC
DC
HI
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$107k · 39 repeat orgs$60k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
46

Total granted

$107k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+16%

Still filing today

74%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthPhilanthropyInternationalPublic BenefitOther
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

  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $10k · revenue +392%
  • BI
    BEACON INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $9k · revenue +72%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $6k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • MC
    Maui Community Fund
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • CF
    Community Foundation of Western KY
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue 0%
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
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
2
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
3
Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless

Since 1986, open your heart to the hungry and homeless has worked to ensureevery minnesotan is free from hunger and homelessness. by partnering with organizations serving those in need, we grow donor engagement and raise awareness to…

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4
Homeward Bound Inc

Providing innovative and life-enriching services for children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities.

Human Services
5
World Hunger Relief Institute

World hunger relief institute equips people to alleviate hunger through education, research, and sustainable agriculture.

International
6
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

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7
Goodwill Industries of South Central Wisconsin Inc

Goodwill of south central wisconsin's mission is to help people in our community to live, work and thrive through housing, employment and supportive services. see schedule o for continuationsupported employment and job skills training are…

Employment
8
Foundation for the Homeless Inc

Empowering families and individuals experiencing homelessness to build a future filled with dignity, opportunity, and lasting solutions.

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9
Second Harvest North Central Food Bank

Engaging the community to end hunger

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10
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
11
Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota Inc

Habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, community, and hope. through advocacy, collaboration, and leadership, hfh-mn advances the work of minnesota's habitat for humanity affiliates to create and preserve affordable…

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12
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Westerville Area Resource Ministry; the most unlike its peers is St Paul Curling Foundation. 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

51 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. 51 of the 101 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/51
Grantees still filing
31/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMaui Community Fund: $5,000 · OtherMaui Community FundTHE SALVATION ARMY: $5,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYVEAP Inc: $5,000 · OtherVEAP IncCommunity Foundation of Western KY: $5,000 · OtherCommunity Foundation of Western KYSecond Harvest: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · Other+64 more: $59,218 · Other+64 moreSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $9,850 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNE…BEACON INC: $9,000 · EducationBEACON INCEDINA EDUCATION FUND: $5,500 · EducationEDINA EDUCATION FUNDUCLA FOUNDATION: $2,250 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONREADY READERS: $1,500 · EducationICIVICS INC: $1,500 · Education+2 more: $1,500 · EducationWESTERVILLE AREA RESOURCE MINISTRY: $3,500 · Human ServicesWESTERVIL…NEIGHBORHOOD BRIDGES: $2,540 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORH…MY VERY OWN BLANKET PROJECT INC: $2,100 · Human ServicesMY VERY O…THE PEER CENTER: $2,075 · Human ServicesTHE PEER …COMMON GROUND FREE STORE: $1,250 · Human ServicesCOMMON GR…CORE: $1,000 · Human ServicesCOREDEVICES 4 THE DISABLED: $800 · Human ServicesDEVICES 4…WESTERVILLE CARING AND SHARING: $550 · Human ServicesUnbound: $500 · Human Services+2 more: $500 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA: $13,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…GARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $250 · PhilanthropyWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $6,450 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,200 · InternationalSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $3,350 · HealthTHE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER: $2,000 · HealthHEALTHY WORTHINGTON RESOURCE CENTER AND FOOD PANTRY INC: $500 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $500 · HealthLIFECARE ALLIANCE: $1,750 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $1,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$92,218Education$31,100Human Services$14,815Philanthropy$13,750International$8,650Health$6,350Food & Nutrition$3,250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA: $13,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $9,850 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBEACON INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $6,450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEDINA EDUCATION FUND: $5,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetVEAP Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERVILLE AREA RESOURCE MINISTRY: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $3,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD BRIDGES: $2,540 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $2,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMY VERY OWN BLANKET PROJECT INC: $2,100 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PEER CENTER: $2,075 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SANTA BARBARA BIRD SANCTUARY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHOMAS E & EDNA D CARPENTER FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOURAGE KENNY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetA Sanctuary for Military Families Inc DBA Project Sanctuary: $1,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIFECARE ALLIANCE: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORTHINGTON CHRISTIAN VILLAGE INC: $1,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetREADY READERS: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetICIVICS INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON GROUND FREE STORE: $1,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCORE: $1,000 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetHIGH TECH KIDS: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDEVICES 4 THE DISABLED: $800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetProject Sanctuary Inc: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERVILLE CARING AND SHARING: $550 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetBridging Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SWEDISH INSTITUTE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOhio Womens Alliance: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHY WORTHINGTON RESOURCE CENTER AND FOOD PANTRY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnbound: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Paul Curling Foundation: $500 over 1y, 15% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWine to Water: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALICIA'S HOUSE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTAR HOUSE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $250 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.

Columbus FoundationDelaware County Found…Cardinal Health Found…The Blackbaud Giving …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Harry C Moores Founda…Baird Foundation IncUnited Way of Central…For the Girls IncAetna Foundation IncAssurant FoundationUnited Way Worldwide
Columbus FoundationOH23.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · Delaware County Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · For the Girls Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · Assurant Foundation · United Way Worldwide

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 Fulk Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fulk Family Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 32%
  • York Street Project: 32% of income from government
  • Icivics Inc: 13% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
14report 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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How do I get to Fulk Family Charitable Trust?

Find your warmest path to Fulk Family Charitable Trust 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 101 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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