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Indian Paintbrush 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.

$103M
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$46M
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$166MPhilanthropy$83MCivil Rights$38MHealth$22MHousing & Shelter$1.3MArts & Culture$1.0MAnimals$250kFood & Nutrition$250kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $700k
  • $250k+10 grants · $102M
$350,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.9B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY$46,000,000
FOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC$37,500,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$5,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA$5,000,000
COLLEGE YEAR IN ATHENS INC$2,800,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE$2,500,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION$1,500,000
ST JOHNS HEALTH FOUNDATION$1,000,000
CROHNS AND COLITIS FOUNDATION INC$500,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA$350,000
THE TREVOR PROJECT INC$200,000
ALI FORNEY CENTER$200,000
PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM$100,000
NEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC$100,000
ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER INC$50,000
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 (FY20–21, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%HEAVEN SOUTH INC: $13k → 14%WHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $50k → 16%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

ME
IL
NY
MA
OR
WY
IN
PA
CA
CO
MD
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$165M · 12 repeat orgs$64M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
30

Total granted

$165M
$20M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+15%

Still filing today

92%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationFood & NutritionCivil RightsHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • DePauw University
    4× · 2020–2024 · $147M · revenue +55% · 42% of their budget
  • CY
    COLLEGE YEAR IN ATHENS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $7.8M · revenue +148% · 48% of their budget
  • SJ
    St John's Health Foundation
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +267% · 31% of their budget

Funded once

  • SB
    Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $10M · revenue -27%
  • GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5.0M · revenue +131% · 47% of their budget
  • PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M · revenue +15%
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
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
2
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
5
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
8
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Mount sinai is committed to the advancement of the art and science of medicine through clinical excellence. the central mission consists of high-quality patient care and teaching conducted in an atmosphere of social concern and scholarly…

Health
11
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
University Health Inc

Primary functions are the coordination and delivery of health care resources and services, health care education for the hospital service area, long range analysis of health care needs and development of programs, and arranging for…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism 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

50 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. 50 of the 54 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/50
Grantees still filing
34/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DePauw University: $146,907,232 · EducationDePauw UniversityUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $5,600,000 · Education+3 more: $6,000,000 · EducationNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $73,050,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUSTCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $5,000,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSO…GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $5,000,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUN…+2 more: $225,104 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC: $37,500,000 · Civil RightsFOUNDATION TO…+2 more: $800,000 · Civil RightsSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $10,000,000 · HealthSt John's Health Foundation: $2,000,000 · HealthPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $1,000,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · Health+7 more: $1,467,500 · HealthCOLLEGE YEAR IN ATHENS INC: $7,825,000 · International+1 more: $5,000 · InternationalUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA: $5,000,000 · OtherSAG-AFTRA: $1,000,000 · Other+25 more: $1,947,500 · OtherMOUNT DESERT 365: $725,000 · Community Improvement
Education$158,507,232Philanthropy$83,275,104Civil Rights$38,300,000Health$15,467,500International$7,830,000Other$7,947,500Community Improvement$725,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDePauw University: $146,907,232 over 4y, 42% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $73,050,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFOUNDATION TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM INC: $37,500,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $10,000,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetCOLLEGE YEAR IN ATHENS INC: $7,825,000 over 3y, 48% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $5,600,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $5,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $5,000,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $5,000,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetSt John's Health Foundation: $2,000,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMOUNT DESERT 365: $725,000 over 3y, 24% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $700,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON COLLEGE: $500,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $350,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM: $225,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTRANSITION HOUSE: $200,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $150,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HELPINGS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAnimal Adoption Center Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetNEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSlow Money Institute Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetBETHESDA COMMUNITY BASE BALL CLUB: $100,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetGLEANERS FOOD BANK OF INDIANA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $75,104 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNT DESERT ISLAND HOSPITAL: $70,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUXILIARY OF CITY HOSPITAL AT ELMHURST: $50,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetFriends of Acadia: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWHEELER MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Auxiliary Of Kings County Hospital: $25,000 over 1y, 64% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHEARTS THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH & RECOVERY SERVICES OF JACKSON HOLE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE STORE INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF ALYN HOSPITALINC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Maine Community Found…Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Renaissance Charitabl…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Raymond James Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…
Maine Community Foundation IncME12.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Indian Paintbrush Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Indian Paintbrush Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • New Avenues for Youth Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Washington College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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 · 0–40%
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 Indian Paintbrush Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Indian Paintbrush 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 54 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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