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International Corrugated Packaging Foundation

The International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF) mission is to grow the workforce of the corrugated packaging industry now and into the future.

$553k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$51k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$217kEmployment$211kScience & Tech$100kFood & Nutrition$64k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $216,507, the rows itemized in this filing. The $552,888 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $336,381 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $101k
$34,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Rochester Institute of Technology$51,007
Ivy Tech Foundation$50,000
Packaging School LLC$45,000
SkillsUsa Inc$34,500
UW-Stout Foundation & Alumni Association$15,000
Illinois State University Foundation$15,000
California Polytechnic State University Foundation$6,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 86% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%LEWIS-CLARK STATE COLLEGE: $5k → 11%California Polytechnic State University Foundation: $6k → 12%Rochester Institute of Technology: $51k → 14%Packaging School LLC: $45k → 10%CLEMSON UNIVERSITY: $50k → 16%Illinois State University Foundation: $15k → 17%Michian State University: $64k → 8%UW-Stout Foundation & Alumni Association: $15k → 11%Ivy Tech Foundation: $50k → 16%Indiana State University: $48k → 19%Fibre Box Association: $50k → 7%SkillsUsa Inc: $35k → 4%Virginia Tech: $40k → 21%INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: $45k → 19%Virginia Tech: $10k → 21%INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: $34k → 19%Indiana State University: $30k → 19%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

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IL
WI
MI
NY
IA
IN
CA
VA
SC
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 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
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
2
State University of Iowa Alumni Association

Our mission is to strengthen the university of iowa through alumni engagement. we do this through our communications, alumni programs, and events.

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3
Califonia State University East Bay Foundation Inc

Csu east bay foundation is an auxiliary organization of california state university east bay and the california state university system. the organization's mission is to provide services that aid, supplement, and advance the educational…

Education
4
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
5
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
6
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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7
Clarkson University

Clarkson university is an independent, nationally recognized technological university whose faculty of teacher-scholars aspires to offer superior instruction and engage in high-quality research and scholarship in engineering, business,…

Education
8
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
9
The University Foundation At Sacramento State

Raise private resources to advance the mission and priorities of the university and serve as ambassadors in the community. provide stewardship in the prudent investment of resources and ensure the integrity of the foundation through…

Education
10
Colorado State University Foundation

See schedule o colorado state university foundation assists in the promotion, development, and enhancement of facilities and educational programs and enhancements of faculty, students, and alumni of colorado state university (csu). this is…

Education
11
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
Missouri Western State University Foundation Inc

The missouri western state university foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization that functions solely to support the mission of missouri western state university, as stated in the university's mission statement. the foundation…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Clemson University Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Lewis & Clark College. 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

10 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. 10 of the 13 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
5/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: $156,375 · OtherINDIANA STATE UNIVERSITYMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $63,542 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYFIBRE BOX ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · OtherFIBRE BOX ASSOCIATIONCLEMSON UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · OtherCLEMSON UNIVERSITYVIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY: $49,550 · OtherVIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITYPackaging School LLC: $45,000 · OtherPackaging School LLCRochester Institute of Technology: $51,007 · EducationRochester Institute of Tech…IVY TECH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EducationIVY TECH FOUNDATION INCIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUND…UW-STOUT FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 · EducationUW-STOUT FOUNDATION AND ALU…CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $6,000 · EducationLEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE: $5,000 · EducationSKILLSUSA INC: $34,500 · Employment
Other$414,467Education$142,007Employment$34,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $51,007 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIVY TECH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFIBRE BOX ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSKILLSUSA INC: $34,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUW-STOUT FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE: $5,000 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.

National Collegiate A…Folds of Honor Founda…Tulsa Community Found…Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
National Collegiate Athletic AssociationIN13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 International Corrugated Packaging Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from International Corrugated Packaging Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Lewis & Clark College: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.

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 13 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 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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