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Pack Charles L Pfdn

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.

$95k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$21k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Environment$389kArts & Culture$94kRecreation & Sports$31kAnimals$6k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$17,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$21,000
LAKEVIEW CEMETERY FOUNDATION$18,000
WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY$17,500
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY$14,000
NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES$14,000
THE DAWES ARBORETUM$10,500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 87% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PITTSBURGH BOTANIC GARDEN: $6k → 11%DAWES ARBORETUM: $18k → 10%GRANGE INSURANCE AUDUBON CENTER: $4k → 15%WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $20k → 17%PITTSBURGH BOTANIC GARDEN: $5k → 11%THE DAWES ARBORETUM: $11k → 10%GRANGE INSURANCE AUDUBON CENTER: $2k → 15%WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $20k → 17%PITTSBURGH BOTANIC GARDEN: $5k → 11%THE DAWES ARBORETUM: $11k → 10%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $31k → 15%WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $19k → 17%THE DAWES ARBORETUM: $10k → 10%The Nature Conservancy In Ohio: $20k → 15%WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $18k → 17%THE DAWES ARBORETUM: $8k → 10%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $19k → 15%Western Reserve Land Conservancy: $17k → 17%DAWES ARBORETUM: $8k → 10%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $10k → 15%WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $14k → 17%NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES: $20k → 17%Nature Center at Shaker Lakes: $20k → 17%NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES: $15k → 17%NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES: $14k → 17%NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES: $12k → 17%NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES: $10k → 17%CLEVELAND METROPARKS: $15k → 17%CLEVELAND METROPARKS: $10k → 17%CLEVELAND METROPARKS: $6k → 17%LAKEVIEW CEMETERY FOUNDATION: $18k → 17%LAKEVIEW CEMETERY FOUNDATION: $18k → 17%CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $17k → 17%CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $15k → 17%CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $14k → 17%LAKEVIEW CEMETERY FOUNDATION: $12k → 17%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.
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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$411k · 8 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
0

Total granted

$411k
$0

Still filing today

88%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • WR
    WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $108k · revenue +58%
  • SL
    SHAKER LAKES REGIONAL NATURE CENTER DBA NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES
    6× · 2020–2025 · $91k · revenue +24%
  • LC
    LAKEVIEW CEMETERY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $48k · revenue +26%

Funded once

    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
    West Creek Conservancy

    Our mission is to enrich the lives of all people in northeast ohio by conserving natural habitats, restoring the ecological value of our region's lands and waters, and expanding opportunities to connect people from all cultures to…

    Environment
    2
    Nature Collective

    Nature collective's mission is to drive a passion for nature for all. we think inclusively and diversely when serving those devoid of nature those who remember nature and want to connect back to it and those who have an affinity with…

    Environment
    3
    World Wildlife Fund Inc

    Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

    Environment
    4
    The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

    The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…

    Science & Tech
    5
    National Wildlife Federation

    Unite all americans to ensure wildlife thrives in a rapidly changing world.

    Animals
    6
    Denver Zoological Foundation

    Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

    Animals
    7
    Buffalo Audubon Society Inc

    Buffalo audubon society leads and inspires western new yorkers to connect with and protect the natural world through bird-focused activities, advocacy and habitat restoration.

    Environment
    8
    American Museum of Natural History

    The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

    Arts & Culture
    9
    Lancaster County Conservancy

    The mission of the lancaster county conservancy is "providing wild and forested lands and clean waterways for our community forever". the charitable purposes of the lancaster county conservancy include preservation of natural lands,…

    Environment
    10
    New Jersey Conservation Foundation

    Recognizing that a healthy environment is critical to the well-being and survival of all living things, new jersey conservation foundation is devoted to preserving land and protecting natural resources throughout new jersey's (continued on…

    Environment
    11
    Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

    We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

    Environment
    12
    Lake Erie Nature and Science Center

    Lake erie nature & science center educates and inspires each of us to understand, appreciate, and take responsibility for our natural world. serving more than 100,000 people each year with animal exhibits and programs, planetarium shows,…

    Arts & Culture
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cleveland Museum of Natural History; the most unlike its peers is Lakeview Cemetery 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

    8 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. 8 of the 9 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)
    0
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    8/8
    Grantees still filing
    7/8
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $109,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYTHE DAWES ARBORETUM: $65,900 · OtherTHE DAWES ARBORETUMCLEVELAND METROPARKS: $31,100 · OtherCLEVELAND METROPARKSWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $107,500 · EnvironmentWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCYSHAKER LAKES REGIONAL NATURE CENTER DBA NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES: $91,000 · EnvironmentSHAKER LAKES REGIONAL NATURE CENTER DBA NATU…+1 more: $6,000 · EnvironmentLAKEVIEW CEMETERY FOUNDATION: $48,000 · Arts & CultureLAKEVIEW CEMETERY FO…CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $46,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF …Pittsburgh Botanic Garden: $15,600 · Youth Development
    Other$206,000Environment$204,500Arts & Culture$94,000Youth Development$15,600

    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 budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $109,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $107,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSHAKER LAKES REGIONAL NATURE CENTER DBA NATURE CENTER AT SHAKER LAKES: $91,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetTHE DAWES ARBORETUM: $65,900 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetLAKEVIEW CEMETERY FOUNDATION: $48,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $46,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPittsburgh Botanic Garden: $15,600 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $6,000 over 2y, 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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    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 Pack Charles L Pfdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pack Charles L Pfdn. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
      no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
      0get no government money at all
      4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
      0rely on government for over half their income
      ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
      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 9 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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