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Panasonic Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$491k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$227k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Science & Tech$1.2MEducation$1.0MEmployment$525kYouth Development$370kArts & Culture$200kPhilanthropy$175kHuman Services$120kCommunity Improvement$105kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $45k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $446k
$55,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$9.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE$226,602
FOUNDATION FOR IMPACT ON LITERACY AND LEARNING$109,350
FIRST NEVADA$55,000
Individual grant recipient$55,000
YOUTHBUILD NEWARK INC$45,000
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 (FY20–23, $120k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EVA LONGORIA FOUNDATION: $65k → 14%FIRST IN TEXAS: $55k → 16%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

NH
NY
MA
NV
NJ
CA
MO
VA
KS
GA
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of Panasonic Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 32% of the giving stays in NJ; by stated purpose, 38%.

Panasonic Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 13 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
17

Total granted

$3.1M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-46%
+31%

Still filing today

62%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationScience & TechPhilanthropyHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    3× · 2021–2023 · $750k
  • FR
    FIRST ROBOTICS
    3× · 2021–2023 · $440k
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR IMPACT ON LITERACY AND LEARNING INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $328k · revenue -46%

Funded once

  • S2
    STUDENTS 2 SCIENCE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue +155% · 28% of their budget
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $75k
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF ESSEX & WEST HUDSON D/B/A UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEWARK
    one grant, 2020 · $75k · revenue -66%
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 Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
2
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
3
Public Media Nj Inc

To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse

Arts & Culture
4
Delaware Foundation for Science and Mathematics Education

Dfsme's mission is to strengthen science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education to prepare all delaware students to be informed citizens and competitive in the global workforce.

Science & Tech
5
Newark Alliance Inc

To work in partnership to make newark a better, safer place to work, live, learn, play, and do business.

Philanthropy
6
Junior Achievement North

To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy.

International
7
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc

The foundation's mission is to support current and future members of the workforce in becoming globally competitive, successful members of society and to fuel new jersey's economy by sustaining a qualified workforce.

Community Improvement
8
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
9
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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10
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Inc

To provide leadership and support for the national effort to increase the representation of successful african american, native american and latinx women and men in engineering and technology, math, and science-based careers.

Civil Rights
11
Foundation At Nj Institute of Technology

Established in 1959, the foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that raises, invests, and distributes philanthropic gifts on behalf of new jersey institute of technology (njit), the state's public polytechnic university. in…

Education
12
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Essex & West Hudson D/B/a United Way of Greater Newark; the most unlike its peers is The Newark Museum Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

20 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. 20 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $750,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFIRST ROBOTICS: $440,000 · OtherFIRST ROBOTICSGIRLS INCORPORATED: $150,000 · OtherGIRLS INCORPORATEDGREENLIGHT FOUNDATION: $150,000 · OtherGREENLIGHT FOUNDATIONNJPAC: $150,000 · OtherNJPACIndividual grant recipient: $75,000 · Other+12 more: $415,510 · Other+12 moreSTUDENTS 2 SCIENCE INC: $500,000 · Science & TechSTUDENTS 2 SCIENCE INCNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ASSOCIATES: $326,602 · Science & TechNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF A…For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST): $55,000 · Science & TechFor Inspiration and Rec…FOUNDATION FOR IMPACT ON LITERACY AND LEARNING INC: $328,058 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION…UNITED WAY OF ESSEX & WEST HUDSON D/B/A UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEWARK: $75,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $300,000 · EducationRUTGERS UN…Teach for America Inc: $45,000 · EducationTeach for …TRIO NEW COLLEGE NETWORK INC: $25,000 · EducationTRIO NEW C…LA PROMISE FUND: $25,000 · EducationLA PROMISE…SKYHOOK FOUNDATION: $200,000 · Community ImprovementFIRST NV: $110,000 · Youth DevelopmentYouthBuild Newark Inc: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE EVA LONGORIA FOUNDATION: $65,000 · Human ServicesFoundation for Inspiration & Recognition of Scienc: $55,000 · Human Services
Other$2,130,510Science & Tech$881,602Philanthropy$403,058Education$395,000Community Improvement$200,000Youth Development$155,000Human Services$120,000

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 budgetSTUDENTS 2 SCIENCE INC: $500,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR IMPACT ON LITERACY AND LEARNING INC: $328,058 over 3y, 11% of budgetNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ASSOCIATES: $326,602 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSKYHOOK FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetFIRST NV: $110,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ESSEX & WEST HUDSON D/B/A UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEWARK: $75,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE EVA LONGORIA FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetFoundation for Inspiration & Recognition of Scienc: $55,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetNewark Trust for Education Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetFor Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST): $55,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEWARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetYouthBuild Newark Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJERSEY CARES INC: $27,870 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTRIO NEW COLLEGE NETWORK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLA PROMISE FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $1,000 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.

Victoria Foundation I…The Prudential Founda…The Provident Bank Fo…Community Foundation …South Ward AllianceNonprofit Finance FundThe McJ Amelior Found…Columbia Bank Foundat…Investors Foundation …Fidelity FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…
Victoria Foundation IncNJ17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Victoria Foundation Inc · The Prudential Foundation · The Provident Bank Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · South Ward Alliance · Nonprofit Finance Fund · The McJ Amelior Foundation · Columbia Bank Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · Fidelity Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • YouthBuild Newark Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Jersey Cares Inc: 6% of income from government
  • United Way of Essex & West Hudson D/B/a United Way of Greater Newark: 2% of income from government
  • Trio New College Network Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Students 2 Science Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Panasonic Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Panasonic 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 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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