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Jack L Peterson and Vanessa McCoy-Peterson Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$7k
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 2025.

Health$42kEducation$28kFood & Nutrition$25kAnimals$17kHuman Services$17kArts & Culture$10kCivil Rights$9kReligion$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,062
Median grant
6
States reached
$260k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
St Marks Lutheran School$7,045
Hawaii Public Radio$3,000
Giving Foundation for Women and Children Inc$2,551
The Smile Train$2,113
The Food Basket - Hawaii's Food Bank$2,010
Lakeview Dog Park Inc$1,062
Child and Family Service$1,060
Chicago Rescue Authority$1,000
Star Legacy Foundation$675
Kohala Kings Basketball Club$300
Project Hawaii$265
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $6k) 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%SMYAL: $2k → 14%SMYAL: $864 → 14%Lakeview Dog Park Inc: $1k → 14%Lifeline Pregnancy Care Center: $1k → 16%North Hawaii Hospice: $920 → 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
NY
NJ
CA
VA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
TX
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$145k · 32 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
27

Total granted

$145k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+15%

Still filing today

66%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthCivil RightsEducationFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TV
    THE V FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $9k · revenue +91%
  • HP
    HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO
    6× · 2020–2025 · $7k · revenue +31%
  • HB
    Howard Brown Health Center
    2× · 2022–2023 · $6k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • The Houston Food Bankgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +36%
  • PS
    PARKER SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +82%
  • HP
    HOUSTON PETSETgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +63%
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
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.

Animals
2
Houston Pets Alive

Houston Pets Alive!s (HPA!) mission is to save the lives of at-risk companion cats and dogs and find them loving homes.

Animals
3
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
4
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
5
Kapi'olani Health Foundation

The mission of kapi'olani health foundation is to create a healthier hawai'i.

Health
6
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
7
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
8
Hui Pohala

Palliative care is a win-win-win-win. expanding access to palliative care benefits all parts of the healthcare system. people living with serious illness are better able to manage physical and emotional symptoms and have peace of mind that…

Health
9
The Humane League

We exist to end the abuse of animals raised for food. this mission is executed by persuading companies and institutions to adopt animal welfare policies through negotiation and pressure campaigns, and then holding them accountable to their…

Animals
10
Hawaii Organ Procurement Organization

The mission of legacy of life hawai'i is to save and enhance lives through recovering organs and tissue for transplant; encourage organ donation through community outreach and education; and honor and support organ donors and their families

Health
11
Health Care Without Harm

The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…

Environment
12
Arizona Humane Society

We save the most vulnerable animals and enrich the lives of pets and people.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Action Against Hunger - Usa; the most unlike its peers is Lakeview Dog Park Inc Nfp. 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

41 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. 41 of the 65 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
32/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Food Basket - Hawaii's Food Bank: $15,510 · OtherThe Food Basket - Hawaii's Food BankPlanned Parenthood: $11,500 · OtherPlanned ParenthoodSt Marks Lutheran School: $7,735 · OtherSt Marks Lutheran SchoolHAWAII PUBLIC RADIO: $6,500 · OtherHAWAII PUBLIC RADIOBlackhawk Women's Scholarship Fund: $6,500 · OtherBlackhawk Women's Scholarship FundSt Marks Lutheran Church of Houston: $6,500 · OtherSt Marks Lutheran Church of HoustonHoward Brown Health Center: $6,000 · OtherHoward Brown Health CenterCHILD AND FAMILY SERVICE: $5,260 · OtherBayou Greenways 2020 Project: $4,000 · OtherContra Costa Food Bank: $4,000 · Other+29 more: $36,928 · Other+29 moreTHE V FOUNDATION: $9,000 · HealthTHE V FOUNDA…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 · HealthST JUDE CHIL…NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $4,000 · HealthNATIONAL DIS…Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc: $1,000 · HealthSTAR LEGACY FOUNDATION: $675 · HealthJoybound People and Pets FKA Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation: $5,000 · AnimalsJoybound …WWWPILOTSNPAWSORG INC: $3,000 · AnimalsWWWPILOTS…HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA: $2,945 · AnimalsHAWAII IS…HOUSTON PETSET: $1,500 · AnimalsHOUSTON P…CHICAGO RESCUE AUTHORITY: $1,000 · AnimalsCHICAGO R…HAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 · AnimalsHAWAIIAN …HOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $500 · AnimalsGiving Foundation For Women & Children: $5,551 · Human ServicesSMYAL Inc: $2,864 · Human ServicesLAKEVIEW DOG PARK INC NFP: $1,062 · Human ServicesLIFELINE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesNORTH HAWAII HOSPICE INC: $920 · Human ServicesHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN INC: $4,000 · Civil RightsLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $2,500 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INC: $2,500 · Civil RightsTHE JIM SAUNDERS FUND: $4,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyEQUALITY ILLINOIS: $900 · PhilanthropySTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationPARKER SCHOOL: $2,870 · EducationTHE MARK SCHONWETTER HOLOCAUST EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Education
Other$110,433Health$19,675Animals$14,945Human Services$11,397Civil Rights$9,000Philanthropy$7,900Education$6,870

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 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 budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 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
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.

First Hawaiian Bank F…The Harry and Jeanett…Jewish Community Fede…American Express Foun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Shell USA Company Fou…Silicon Valley Commun…Paypal Charitable Giv…Morgan Stanley Global…Enterprise Holdings F…Verizon FoundationNational Philanthropi…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Jack L Peterson and Vanessa McCoy-Peterson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jack L Peterson and Vanessa McCoy-Peterson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–75%
    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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    Find your warmest path to Jack L Peterson and Vanessa McCoy-Peterson 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 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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