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Joseph B Patterson Foundation at a glance

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Joseph B Patterson 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.

$7k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Health$37kEducation$16kReligion$8kAnimals$6kHousing & Shelter$3kFood & Nutrition$2kPhilanthropy$2kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,200
Median grant
4
States reached
$176k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOEY'S FOUNDATION$4,000
CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH$1,500
BERGEN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$1,200
UFCW LOCAL 324$300
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$25
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 (FY17–23, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%ABILITY FIRST: $500 → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $250 → 14%YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS: $1k → 14%YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS: $500 → 14%YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS: $500 → 14%YOUNG EISNER SCHOLARS: $500 → 14%ABILITY FIRST: $500 → 14%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

IL
NY
MA
NJ
CA
CO
MD
KS
DC
OK
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$73k · 17 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
15

Total granted

$73k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+42%

Still filing today

65%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationCrime & LegalPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • JR
    JOSEPH ROBERT SHAW FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $25k · revenue +38%
  • SM
    SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2023 · $7k · revenue +151%
  • BI
    BIGHORN INSTITUTE
    3× · 2017–2020 · $6k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • NM
    NAVY MARINE CORPS PROUD FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +133%
  • AV
    Antelope Valley Medical Center Foundation
    one grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue -13%
  • UH
    UCLA HEALTH SOUND BODY SOUND MIND
    one grant, 2018 · $750
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
California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy

To harness the power of the human immune system and advanced computing technologies to create and translate scientific discoveries into next generation vaccines and therapies for prevention, control and cure of chronic diseases, enabling…

Health
2
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
3
Usc Care Medical Group Inc

To promote health by engaging in the practice of medicine for patients of hospitals affiliated with the university of southern california keck school of medicine and elsewhere. to provide medical care to the sick and injured who may come…

Health
4
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
5
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
6
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
7
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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8
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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9
Western Md Health Sys Foundation

To coordinate with UPMC Western Maryland to enhance health care in the service area and also operate for the charitable and educational purposes of supporting UPMC Western Maryland.

Health
10
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
11
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
12
Northern California Institute for Research and Education Inc

To improve the health and well-being of veterans and the general public by supporting a world-class biomedical research program conducted by ucsf faculty at the san francisco veterans affairs health care system.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Integris Health Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Farrah Fawcett 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

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 32 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JOSEPH ROBERT SHAW FOUNDATION INC: $24,800 · HealthJOSEPH ROBERT SHAW FOUNDATION INCSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $6,500 · HealthSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONINTEGRIS Health Foundation Inc: $2,700 · HealthINTEGRIS Health Foundation Inc+2 more: $1,150 · HealthBERGEN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $10,300 · OtherBERGEN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLCORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH: $8,250 · OtherCORPUS CHRISTI CHURCHUFCW LOCAL 324: $2,565 · OtherUFCW LOCAL 324STATER BROTHERS CHARITIES: $1,900 · OtherSTATER BROTHERS CHARITIESIndividual grant recipient: $1,235 · Other+9 more: $3,965 · Other+9 moreBIGHORN INSTITUTE: $5,650 · AnimalsYoung Eisner Scholars: $2,500 · Human ServicesABILITYFIRST: $1,000 · Human ServicesSHARE INC: $700 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $450 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $250 · Human ServicesUFCW INLAND EMPIRE CHARITY FOUNDATION: $2,400 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $400 · EducationTHE FRANCIS OUIMET SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $200 · EducationNAVY MARINE CORPS PROUD FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHE FARRAH FAWCETT FOUNDATION: $500 · PhilanthropyTHOMAS MORE SOCIETY: $700 · Crime & LegalPIPE HITTER FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Crime & Legal
Health$35,150Other$28,215Animals$5,650Human Services$4,900Education$3,000Philanthropy$1,500Crime & Legal$1,200

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 budgetJOSEPH ROBERT SHAW FOUNDATION INC: $24,800 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetSIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBIGHORN INSTITUTE: $5,650 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetINTEGRIS Health Foundation Inc: $2,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Eisner Scholars: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUFCW INLAND EMPIRE CHARITY FOUNDATION: $2,400 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetABILITYFIRST: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY MARINE CORPS PROUD FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAntelope Valley Medical Center Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHOMAS MORE SOCIETY: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE INC: $700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWESTSIDE COALITION: $600 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPIPE HITTER FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FARRAH FAWCETT FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRANCIS OUIMET SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION: $100 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.

American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH8.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Joseph B Patterson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph B Patterson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 32 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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