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Paddock Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$949k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$3.1MHuman Services$1.0MEducation$175kArts & Culture$131kYouth Development$122kFood & Nutrition$107kReligion$25kSocial Science$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $165k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $779k
$45,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAYO CLINIC CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF MN PHARMACY$100,000
WITHALL$100,000
YMCA OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES$100,000
NORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$80,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY$69,000
PLACE FOR HOPE$60,000
MS SOCIETY MINNESOTA$60,000
MS SOCIETY FLORIDA$60,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
PRISM$45,000
BENILDE ST MARGARET'S$25,000
FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN$20,000
ACES$15,000
LEONARDO'S BASEMENT$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $842k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 11% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PLACE FOR HOPE: $60k → 11%PLACE FOR HOPE: $20k → 11%PLACE FOR HOPE: $10k → 11%LEONARDO'S BASEMENT: $10k → 11%LEONARDO'S BASEMENT: $6k → 11%LEONARDO'S BASEMENT: $6k → 11%LEONARDO'S BASEMENT: $6k → 11%LEONARDO'S BASEMENT: $6k → 11%LEONARDO'S BASEMENT: $2k → 11%YMCA OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $100k → 11%YMCA OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $100k → 11%YMCA OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $100k → 11%YMCA OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $100k → 11%YMCA OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $50k → 11%YMCA OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $20k → 11%YMCA OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $6k → 11%PRISM: $45k → 11%PRISM: $40k → 11%PRISM: $40k → 11%PRISM: $30k → 11%PRISM: $30k → 11%LEONARDO'S BASEMENT: $10k → 11%LEONARDO'S BASEMENT: $10k → 11%PRISM: $15k → 11%PRISM: $15k → 11%PRISM: $5k → 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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 32 repeat orgs$127k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +81% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
13

Total granted

$4.8M
$97k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+81%
+38%

Still filing today

50%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureInternationalOther
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

  • W
    WITHALL
    6× · 2019–2024 · $460k · revenue +81%
  • NM
    NORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $347k · revenue +94%
  • PR
    PEOPLE RESPONDING IN SOCIAL MINISTRY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $220k · revenue +91%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • DE
    DULUTH EAST HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $12k · revenue +70% · 32% of their budget
  • JJ
    JACK JABLONSKI BELIEVE IN MIRACLES FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -48%
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
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
2
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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3
Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth

Mity's mission is to inspire and challenge intellectually curious students to pursue their passions within a diverse, inclusive community and empower them by building skills and relationships for lifelong success.

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4
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
5
The Blake School

The blake school provides students with an excellent education in a diverse and supportive community. students participate in academic, artistic and athletic activities in preparation for college, life-long learning, community services and…

Education
6
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

Purpose: we inspire, advocate and invest to advance community visions. continued on sch o

Philanthropy
7
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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8
Great Mn Schools

We believe that great schools are the cornerstone of a just and thriving community. ensuring that every child is able to attend a school that works is our moral and social imperative - our children deserve no less.

Education
9
Minnesota Orchestral Association

The minnesota orchestra mission is to enrich, inspire and serve our community as an enduring symphony orchestra internationally recognized for its artistic excellence.

Arts & Culture
10
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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11
Minnesota Jewish Community Center Foundation

The minnesota jcc foundation's sole purpose is to support the minnesota jcc.

Human Services
12
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Jack Jablonski Believe in Miracles 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, 2017–2025.

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. 22 of the 47 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAYO CLINIC CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE: $435,000 · OtherMAYO CLINIC CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINEUNIVERSITY OF MN PHARMACY: $419,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MN PHARMACYNORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $347,000 · OtherNORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONMS SOCIETY MINNESOTA: $290,000 · OtherMS SOCIETY MINNESOTAMAYO CLINIC CANCER RESEARCH: $165,000 · OtherMAYO CLINIC CANCER RESEARCHIndividual grant recipient: $165,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMAYO CLINIC CENTER FOR INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE: $155,000 · OtherMAYO CLINIC CENTER FOR INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINESHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN MINNESOTA: $120,000 · OtherYMCA OF SOUTH FLORIDA: $120,000 · OtherSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN TAMPA: $110,000 · OtherMS SOCIETY FLORIDA: $105,000 · Other+19 more: $388,200 · Other+19 moreWITHALL: $460,000 · HealthWITHALLMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA: $150,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDAT…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $150,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S …JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $96,000 · HealthJOE DIMAGGIO CHILDR…+1 more: $10,000 · HealthYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH: $491,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIA…PEOPLE RESPONDING IN SOCIAL MINISTRY: $220,000 · Human ServicesPEOPLE RESPONDING I…PLACE OF HOPE INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesPLACE OF HOPE INCLEONARDO'S BASEMENT: $56,000 · Human ServicesLEONARDO'S BASEMENTBreck School: $115,000 · EducationDULUTH EAST HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $12,000 · EducationEAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY: $5,000 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $114,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $107,000 · InternationalSCHUBERT CLUB THE: $44,000 · Arts & CultureMINNETONKA YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,819,200Health$866,000Human Services$857,000Education$132,000Youth Development$115,500International$107,000Arts & Culture$49,000

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 budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH: $491,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWITHALL: $460,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetNORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $347,000 over 8y, 4.9% of budgetPEOPLE RESPONDING IN SOCIAL MINISTRY: $220,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA: $150,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $150,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBreck School: $115,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $114,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $107,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $96,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC: $90,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLEONARDO'S BASEMENT: $56,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetSCHUBERT CLUB THE: $44,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetPACER CENTER INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBROWARD PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $12,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDULUTH EAST HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetJACK JABLONSKI BELIEVE IN MIRACLES FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNETONKA YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWOMEN OF TOMORROW MENTOR AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH ↗
  • Who funds WITHALL ↗
  • Who funds NORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE RESPONDING IN SOCIAL MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Breck School ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PLACE OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds LEONARDO'S BASEMENT ↗
  • Who funds SCHUBERT CLUB THE ↗
  • Who funds PACER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds BROWARD PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DULUTH EAST HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JACK JABLONSKI BELIEVE IN MIRACLES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA 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.

The Minneapolis Found…Mightycause Charitabl…Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Graco FoundationUnited Way WorldwideThe US Charitable Gif…Kopp Family FoundationXcel Energy FoundationNational Philanthropi…Baird Foundation IncJpmorgan Chase Founda…Natl Christian Charit…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN22.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Graco Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Kopp Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report 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 47 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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