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Heather and John Picerne Foundation at a glance

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Heather and John Picerne 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.

$252k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$148k
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 2024.

Education$1.2MHuman Services$415kArts & Culture$311kHealth$307kReligion$160kCivil Rights$66kInternational$23kFood & Nutrition$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $69k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $148k
$6,191
Median grant
4
States reached
$3k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TIDES FAMILY SERVICES INC$147,540
AMFAR$46,000
GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER$12,500
ST PATRICK ACADEMY$10,000
ST JUDE RESEARCH HOSPITAL$6,560
SURFRIDER FOUNDATION$6,191
BLACKWATER VALLEY OPERA FESTIVAL$5,568
UNICEF$5,227
TOGETHER RISING$5,000
TOO YOUNG TO WED$5,000
CHILD MIND INSTITUTE$2,614
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 (FY19–24, $418k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SHE'S THE FIRST: $5k → 17%TIDES FAMILY SERVICES INC: $148k → 7%GOOD NEIGHBORS INC: $3k → 14%TIDES FAMILY SERVICES: $140k → 7%TIDES FAMILY SERVICES INC: $85k → 7%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $3k → 14%TIDES FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 7%TIDES FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 7%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

IL
NY
MA
PA
RI
CA
VA
TN
DC
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.
$2.2M · 9 repeat orgs$385k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
24

Total granted

$2.2M
$336k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+13%

Still filing today

67%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CultureHealthCivil RightsOther
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

  • TIDES FAMILY SERVICES INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $408k · revenue +111%
  • TG
    The Gordon School
    4× · 2017–2020 · $390k · revenue +22%
  • TP
    THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY
    6× · 2017–2022 · $270k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $150k · revenue +47%
  • BG
    BLACK GIRL FREEDOM FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • CF
    CHILDREN FIRST AMERICA DELAWARE COUNTY
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue -22%
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
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation

The elizabeth glaser pediatric aids foundation (egpaf) is a proven leader in the fight against pediatric hiv/aids and has reached over 33 million pregnant women with services to prevent transmission of hiv to their babies. to date, egpaf…

Health
2
Save the Children Federation Inc

Save the children is an international nonprofit children's relief and development organization. our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

International
3
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
6
Global Fund for Children

Global fund for children partners with grassroots organizations around the world to help children and youth reach their full potential and advance their rights.

Arts & Culture
7
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
8
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
10
Global Entrepreneurship Network

The global entrepreneurship network operates programs in 180 countries aimed at making it easier for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a business. by fostering deeper cross-border collaboration between entrepreneurs, researchers,…

Education
11
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
12
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is She's the First Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Foundation for Aids Research. 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

29 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. 29 of the 41 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
20/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST PATRICK ACADEMY: $663,500 · OtherST PATRICK ACADEMYThe Gordon School: $390,000 · OtherThe Gordon SchoolST LUKES CHURCH: $150,000 · OtherST LUKES CHURCHBLACK GIRL FREEDOM FUND: $50,000 · Other+15 more: $86,839 · Other+15 moreTIDES FAMILY SERVICES INC: $407,540 · Human ServicesTIDES FAMILY SERVI…+3 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY: $270,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PRESERVAT…THE IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureTHE IRISH GEO…+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $271,550 · HealthTHE FOUNDATI…+2 more: $7,614 · HealthGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · EducationCHILDREN FIRST AMERICA DELAWARE COUNTY: $30,000 · EducationWALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $7,000 · EducationECPAT-USA INC: $10,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,227 · InternationalWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 · InternationalGirl Rising: $1,000 · InternationalTransgender Law Center: $5,500 · Civil RightsTHE TRANSLATIN COALITION: $5,000 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Civil Rights
Other$1,340,339Human Services$417,540Arts & Culture$295,000Health$279,164Education$197,000International$21,227Civil Rights$15,500

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 budgetTIDES FAMILY SERVICES INC: $407,540 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetThe Gordon School: $390,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $271,550 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY: $270,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN FIRST AMERICA DELAWARE COUNTY: $30,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetTHE IRISH GEORGIAN SOCIETY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWALNUT HILL CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetECPAT-USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $6,191 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNOBLE NETWORK OF CHARTER SCHOOLS: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTransgender Law Center: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $5,227 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRANSLATIN COALITION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetToo Young to Wed Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOGETHER RISING: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHE'S THE FIRST INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBILLY ANDRADE-BRAD FAXON CHARITIES FOR CHILDREN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $2,614 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD NEIGHBORS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGirl Rising: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREAD TO SUCCEED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

United Way of Rhode I…The Rhode Island Comm…The Ford FoundationTides FoundationThe Chicago Community…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
United Way of Rhode Island IncRI17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Tides Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Heather and John Picerne Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Heather and John Picerne Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 Heather and John Picerne Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Heather and John Picerne 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 41 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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