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James B Tafel Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

James B Tafel Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$230k
Granted FY2025still arriving
34
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$759kHealth$644kInternational$363kRecreation & Sports$110kEducation$69kPhilanthropy$23kHuman Services$12kYouth Development$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k28 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $125k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
$1,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CUREBOUND INC$55,000
SPARK VENTURES$35,000
GLOBAL COMMUNITIES$30,000
TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION$25,000
BETHESDA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$25,000
AMERSON MUSIC MINISTRIES$10,000
Individual grant recipient$7,500
BURNHAM MINISTRY$5,000
BOYNTON BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT$5,000
MISSION TO THE WORLD$5,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$5,000
RANCHO SANTA FE WOMEN'S FUND$5,000
PIONEER CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES$3,000
IMPACT 100 PALM BEACH COUNTY$2,150
MOODY RADIO SOUTH FLORIDA$2,000
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 (FY17–25, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 55% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%BOYS TOWN: $300 → 12%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 14%PIONEER CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $3k → 6%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $500 → 14%TURNING POINT: $500 → 6%TURNING POINT: $500 → 6%TURNING POINT: $500 → 6%TURNING POINT: $500 → 6%TURNING POINT: $500 → 6%RANCHO SANTA FE WOMEN'S FUND: $5k → 11%TURNING POINT: $500 → 6%CARIDAD CENTER: $500 → 11%TURNING POINT: $500 → 6%CARIDAD CENTER: $500 → 11%TURNING POINT: $500 → 6%CARIDAD CENTER: $200 → 11%PLACE OF HOPE: $400 → 11%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
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
CA
CO
NE
KY
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 56 repeat orgs$119k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

56 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
30

Total granted

$2.0M
$71k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+30%

Still filing today

48%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k 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
EducationHealthHuman ServicesInternationalReligionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • BH
    Bethesda Hospital Foundation Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $402k · revenue +186%
  • C
    CUREBOUND
    9× · 2017–2025 · $193k · revenue +198%
  • SV
    Spark Ventures
    9× · 2017–2025 · $144k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • CK
    COOL KIDS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $16k · revenue 0%
  • SO
    Special Operations Fund
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +23%
  • W
    WORLDREADERORG
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -82%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
3
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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4
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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5
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
6
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
7
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
8
St Joseph's Hospital of Tampa Foundation Inc

St. joseph's hospitals foundation secures, manages and stewards philanthropic support to benefit the health care mission of st. joseph's hospital, st. joseph's women's hospital, st. joseph's children's hospital of tampa, st. joseph's…

Health
9
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
10
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
11
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
12
Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and…

Social Science
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pepper Family Foundation. 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

53 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. 53 of the 92 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/53
Grantees still filing
40/53
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SEACREST PRSBYTRN CHURCH: $426,841 · OtherSEACREST PRSBYTRN CHURCHBethesda Hospital Foundation Inc: $402,050 · OtherBethesda Hospital Foundation IncBURNHAM MINISTRY: $97,000 · OtherBURNHAM MINISTRYIndividual grant recipient: $58,000 · OtherGLOBAL COMMUNITIES: $50,000 · Other+59 more: $281,770 · Other+59 moreSpark Ventures: $143,500 · InternationalSpark VenturesPROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL: $101,200 · InternationalPROJECT CONCERN…GLOBAL COMMUNITIES: $30,000 · InternationalGLOBAL COMMUNIT…+2 more: $5,100 · InternationalCUREBOUND: $192,700 · HealthCUREBOUNDCOOL KIDS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 · HealthCOOL KIDS C…+5 more: $12,750 · Health+5 moreAMERSON MUSIC MINISTRIES: $117,000 · ReligionWOMEN'S CIRCLE INC: $7,000 · Religion+1 more: $2,500 · ReligionNational Tennis Foundation Inc: $60,000 · Recreation & SportsCARY GROVE HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB: $17,250 · EducationThe Moody Bible Institute of Chicago: $15,030 · EducationSpecial Operations Fund: $10,000 · EducationPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $6,800 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $5,000 · EducationSouthern Methodist University: $2,500 · Education+4 more: $1,850 · EducationTENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,315,661International$279,800Health$221,450Religion$126,500Recreation & Sports$60,000Education$58,430Arts & Culture$45,500

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 budgetBethesda Hospital Foundation Inc: $402,050 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetCUREBOUND: $192,700 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetSpark Ventures: $143,500 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetAMERSON MUSIC MINISTRIES: $117,000 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetPROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL: $101,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNational Tennis Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetTENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL COMMUNITIES: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTIVE OUTREACH MISSION FUND INC: $17,800 over 4y, 23% of budgetCOOL KIDS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Moody Bible Institute of Chicago: $15,030 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT 100 PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $10,550 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetWOMEN'S CIRCLE INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $6,800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCRC RECOVERY FOUNDATION INC: $6,250 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetLantern Network: $6,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetWORLDREADERORG: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRancho Santa Fe Womens Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCaptain Planet Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRACE TRACK CHAPLAINCY OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Soup Kitchen Inc: $4,700 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTurning Point Inc: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL HOUSE SHELTER INC: $3,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRESPONSIBILITY: $3,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGRAYSON-JOCKEY CLUB RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $3,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPioneer Center for Human Services: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $2,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWAYSIDE HOUSE INC: $2,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCaridad Center Inc: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCaptain Jason Dahl Scholarship Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStudents for Life of America Inc: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEPPER FAMILY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAYRE SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GLAUCOMA FOUNDATION INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $200 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.

  • Who funds Bethesda Hospital Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds CUREBOUND ↗
  • Who funds Spark Ventures ↗
  • Who funds AMERSON MUSIC MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT CONCERN INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds National Tennis Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL COMMUNITIES ↗
  • Who funds ACTIVE OUTREACH MISSION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds CARY GROVE HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB ↗
  • Who funds COOL KIDS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds IMPACT 100 PALM BEACH COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Special Operations Fund ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S CIRCLE INC ↗
  • Who funds PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds CRC RECOVERY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Lantern Network ↗
  • Who funds WORLDREADERORG ↗
  • Who funds Rush University Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds Rancho Santa Fe Womens Fund ↗
  • Who funds Captain Planet Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds RACE TRACK CHAPLAINCY OF AMERICA INC ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Rancho Santa Fe Found…Raymond James Charita…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Ayco Charitable F…The Chicago Community…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties IncFL17× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation

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 James B Tafel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James B Tafel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Global Communities: 44% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
  • Wayside House Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Caridad Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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
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 92 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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