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Jack L Peterson and Vanessa McCoy-Peterson Foundation

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.

$21k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
11
Grants FY2025
14
Organizations funded FY2024
36%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,062
Largest grant, FY2025
$7,045
Organizations funded a year
9 to 19
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$260k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Jack L Peterson and Vanessa McCoy-Peterson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesAnimalsHealthEducationFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving11$21k45%
FY202414$23k36%
FY202319$22k47%
FY202216$21k38%
FY202114$19k57%
FY20209$17k33%
FY201917$15k41%
FY201815$17k13%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$42kEducation$28kFood & Nutrition$25kAnimals$17kHuman Services$17kArts & Culture$10kCivil Rights$9kReligion$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
NJ
CA
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Jack L Peterson and Vanessa McCoy-Peterson Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The V Foundation$9,00040%
Hawaii Public Radio$6,50060%
Howard Brown Health Center$6,00020%
Giving Foundation For Women & Children$5,55128%
Child and Family Service$5,26040%
Joybound People and Pets FKA Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation$5,00040%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$5,00040%
The Jim Saunders Fund$4,00040%
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation$4,00040%
Human Rights Campaign Inc$4,00030%
The Houston Food Bank$3,50010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$3,00020%
Wwwpilotsnpawsorg Inc$3,00031%
Shelter Inc$3,00030%
Hawaii Island Humane Society Spca$2,94540%
Parker School$2,87010%
SMYAL Inc$2,86420%
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc$2,50030%
Trevor Project Inc$2,50030%
Project Hawaii Inc$2,26520%
Smile Train Inc$2,11310%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Houston Petset$1,50010%
Houston Symphony Society$1,50010%
Hawaii Ag and Culinary Alliance$1,20010%
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust$1,10030%
Lakeview Dog Park Inc Nfp$1,06211%
The Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation Inc$1,00010%
The United Way Inc$1,00010%
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc$1,00010%
Lifeline Pregnancy Care Center Inc$1,00011%
Action Against Hunger - USA$1,00010%
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano$1,00010%
Chicago Rescue Authority$1,00011%
Hawaiian Humane Society$1,00010%
North Hawaii Hospice Inc$92010%
Equality Illinois$90020%
Star Legacy Foundation$6751n/a
First Baptist Academy$5001n/a
Houston Humane Society$50010%
Story Church$5001n/a
Buffalo Bayou Partnership Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($71k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jack L Peterson and Vanessa McCoy-Peterson Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe V Foundation: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHawaii Public Radio: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHoward Brown Health Center: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGiving Foundation For Women & Children: $5,551 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetChild and Family Service: $5,260 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJoybound People and Pets FKA Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jim Saunders Fund: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNational Disaster Search Dog Foundation: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHuman Rights Campaign Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWwwpilotsnpawsorg Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetShelter Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHawaii Island Humane Society Spca: $2,945 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetParker School: $2,870 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMYAL Inc: $2,864 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetProject Hawaii Inc: $2,265 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $2,113 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFisher House Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Petset: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHouston Symphony Society: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHawaii Ag and Culinary Alliance: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHawaiian Islands Land Trust: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLakeview Dog Park Inc Nfp: $1,062 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Mark Schonwetter Holocaust Education Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe United Way Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLifeline Pregnancy Care Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAction Against Hunger - USA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Contra Costa and Solano: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Rescue Authority: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHawaiian Humane Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Hawaii Hospice Inc: $920 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEquality Illinois: $900 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHouston Humane Society: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBuffalo Bayou Partnership Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 39.

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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.

First Hawaiian Bank FoundationHI13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · American Express Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Verizon Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Jack L Peterson and Vanessa McCoy-Peterson Foundation

How much does Jack L Peterson and Vanessa McCoy-Peterson Foundation give?
Jack L Peterson and Vanessa McCoy-Peterson Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $21,081 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Jack L Peterson and Vanessa McCoy-Peterson Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (23%), Education (16%), Food & Nutrition (14%).
Who are Jack L Peterson and Vanessa McCoy-Peterson Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The V Foundation ($9k), Hawaii Public Radio ($7k), Howard Brown Health Center ($6k).
Does Jack L Peterson and Vanessa McCoy-Peterson Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Jack L Peterson and Vanessa McCoy-Peterson 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 Jack L Peterson and Vanessa McCoy-Peterson Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Hawaiian Bank Foundation, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma.
Where is Jack L Peterson and Vanessa McCoy-Peterson Foundation based?
Jack L Peterson and Vanessa McCoy-Peterson Foundation is based in HI.

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 65 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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