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Paisley Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$327k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$300k
Largest
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.

Food & Nutrition$1.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$554kHuman Services$323kCommunity Improvement$100kPhilanthropy$51kEducation$13kHealth$12kArts & Culture$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $2k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE STORE$300,025
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE$25,000
CITY OF GLEN DALE$2,000
MASONIC WIDOW & ORPHANS TENNESSEE FUND$100
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 (FY17–25, $1.4M) 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%THE UNITY SHOPPE: $200k → 14%HEAVEN SOUTH INC: $700k → 14%THE UNITY SHOPPE: $90k → 14%THE STORE: $300k → 14%HEAVEN SOUTH INC: $50k → 14%MONTECITO FAMILY YMCA: $25k → 14%HEAVEN SOUTH INC: $5k → 14%YOUTH SERVICES SYSTEM INC: $500 → 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.
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 8 repeat orgs$714k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +118% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
24

Total granted

$1.4M
$712k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+118%
+4%

Still filing today

50%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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
Human ServicesHealthPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
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

  • TS
    THE STORE INC
    4× · 2018–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +595% · 30% of their budget
  • US
    UNITY SHOPPE INC
    2× · 2018–2023 · $290k · revenue +79%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    4× · 2017–2023 · $9k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • GG
    GREATER GREENBRIER LONG-TERM
    one grant, 2017 · $250k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $200k
  • CR
    CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue -57%
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
Behavior Analyst Certification Board Inc

We protect consumers of behavior analysis services by systematically establishing, promoting, and disseminating professional standards.

Employment
2
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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3
California Apartment Association

The organization's mission is to represent the ethical members of the rental housing industry in all aspects of government affairs within the state of california, and to provide information, products and services which contribute to the…

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4
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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5
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
6
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

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7
Los Angeles County Bar Association (Lacba)

Meeting the professional needs of los angeles lawyers, and improving the administration of justice.

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8
California Association of Realtors

Shape, promote and protect an environment for the entire real estate industry, one in which california realtors can succeed in meeting the real property needs of consumers.

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9
California Association of Food Banks

California association of food banks (cafb) is a non-profit public benefit corporation located in oakland, california. together with its 41-member foodbanks, cafb is the largest charitable hunger-relief and anti-hunger leader in the state.…

Food & Nutrition
10
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

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11
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
12
California Stormwater Quality Associatio

On behalf of california stormwater permittees, casqa advances sustainable stormwater management protective of california water resources. to advance sustainable stormwater management protective of california resources, casqa will: lead:…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Southern Wv Inc; the most unlike its peers is Glen Dale Volunteer Fire Department. 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

16 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. 16 of the 35 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)
15/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE STORE INC: $1,055,050 · Human ServicesTHE STORE INCUNITY SHOPPE INC: $290,482 · Human ServicesUNITY SHOPPE INC+2 more: $25,500 · Human ServicesGREATER GREENBRIER LONG-TERM: $250,000 · OtherGREATER GREENBRIER LONG-TERMIndividual grant recipient: $200,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION: $100,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATIONGREATER CLAY LONG TERM RECOVERY: $40,000 · OtherGREATER CLAY LONG TERM RECOVERYCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE: $30,000 · OtherSANTA BARBARA FARMERS MARKET: $25,000 · Other+17 more: $32,945 · OtherUNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN WV INC: $43,800 · PhilanthropyPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $7,000 · PhilanthropyALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $8,500 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $500 · HealthSanta Barbara Bucket Brigade: $5,000 · Public Safety & DisasterGLEN DALE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1,800 · Public Safety & DisasterCASA FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,000 · Crime & Legal
Human Services$1,371,032Other$677,945Philanthropy$50,800Health$9,500Public Safety & Disaster$6,800Crime & Legal$1,000

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 budgetTHE STORE INC: $1,055,050 over 4y, 30% of budgetUNITY SHOPPE INC: $290,482 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetCALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN WV INC: $43,800 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetChannel Islands Young Men's Christian Association: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Bucket Brigade: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVISIT SANTA BARBARA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWEST LIBERTY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLEN DALE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1,800 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCASA FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH SERVICES SYSTEM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOATSIE'S BOXES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 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.

  • Who funds THE STORE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITY SHOPPE INC ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN WV INC ↗
  • Who funds Channel Islands Young Men's Christian Association ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade ↗
  • Who funds VISIT SANTA BARBARA ↗
  • Who funds WEST LIBERTY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GLEN DALE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
  • Who funds CASA FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH SERVICES SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds BOATSIE'S BOXES INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 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.

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Paisley Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Paisley Foundation Inc 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 35 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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