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Panonica Foundation

Promote a more informed public by supporting responsible journalism and civil rights liberties and social and economic justice for all in the u.s.

$4.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
48
Grants FY2024
4
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,300
Largest grant, FY2024
$410,400
Organizations funded a year
4 to 29
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$4.0M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Panonica Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationCivil RightsPublic BenefitInternationalCrime & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving47$3.9M40%
FY20234$50k100%
FY202229$1.9M41%
FY202122$641k59%
FY202010$200kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Benefit$2.1MCivil Rights$1.4MArts & Culture$1.2MEducation$582kReligion$450kCrime & Legal$420kAnimals$251kHuman Services$125kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
NV
IA
NJ
CA
MD
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Panonica Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Consumer Reports Inc$555,75030%
Smp$510,4003n/a
Pro Publica Inc$493,00040%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$460,00030%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$458,50040%
Public Religion Research Institute Inc$450,00026%
Hmp$410,4001n/a
National Consumer Law Center Inc$341,50041%
The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc$263,00032%
Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$250,60033%
The Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress$250,00011%
The Innocence Project Inc$246,50040%
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press$230,00022%
Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc$229,00022%
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc$200,00012%
National Public Radio Inc$145,20030%
Center for Constitutional Rights$125,00011%
Music Maker Foundation Inc$75,75033%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$71,50040%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$65,00020%
The Groundtruth Project Inc$55,00010%
Pen American Center Inc$50,00020%
Southern Nevada Public Television$47,30032%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$41,00030%
Innocence Project of Texas$40,75032%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California$35,75030%
Americans United for Separation of Church and State$35,75030%
The Campaign Legal Center Inc$32,00010%
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation$30,00020%
Texas Public Radio$30,00020%
Americans for Democratic Action Education$25,7502n/a
Electronic Privacy Information Center$25,30011%
Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation Inc$25,000224%
Media Matters for America$24,00010%
Japanese American National Museum$22,00020%
Free Speech for People Inc$22,00020%
Equal Justice Initiative$21,50020%
Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc$21,50020%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$21,00020%
Nevada Public Radio$21,00010%
Opensecrets$20,75020%
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Inc$20,00010%
Texas Tribune Inc$20,00010%
West Orange Scholarship Fund$17,00018%
The Sentencing Project$15,00010%
National Day Laborer Organizing Network$15,00010%
New Georgia Project Inc$13,00010%
Nevada News Bureau Inc$12,00010%
Charity Navigator$12,00010%
Press Forward$10,0001n/a
East-West Players Inc$10,00010%
National Partnership for New Americans$10,00010%
One Georgia Inc$10,0001n/a
Voteorg$10,00010%
The Uc Davis Foundation$10,00010%
Electronic Privacy Information Center$10,0001n/a
Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund$7,00010%
Kcrw Foundation Inc$7,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Panonica Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetConsumer Reports Inc: $555,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $493,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $460,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $458,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPublic Religion Research Institute Inc: $450,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetNational Consumer Law Center Inc: $341,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting Inc: $263,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetNevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $250,600 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress: $250,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Innocence Project Inc: $246,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: $230,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetOficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc: $229,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCommittee to Protect Journalists Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetNational Public Radio Inc: $145,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Constitutional Rights: $125,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMusic Maker Foundation Inc: $75,750 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $71,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Groundtruth Project Inc: $55,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPen American Center Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSouthern Nevada Public Television: $47,300 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $41,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInnocence Project of Texas: $40,750 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetAsian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California: $35,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmericans United for Separation of Church and State: $35,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Campaign Legal Center Inc: $32,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Public Radio: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetElectronic Privacy Information Center: $25,300 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetArchie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetMedia Matters for America: $24,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJapanese American National Museum: $22,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFree Speech for People Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $21,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $21,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $21,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNevada Public Radio: $21,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOpensecrets: $20,750 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Consortium of Investigative Journalists Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTexas Tribune Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWest Orange Scholarship Fund: $17,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetThe Sentencing Project: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNational Day Laborer Organizing Network: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNew Georgia Project Inc: $13,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNevada News Bureau Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCharity Navigator: $12,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEast-West Players Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNational Partnership for New Americans: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 52.

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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 Ford FoundationNY17.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Mgm Resorts Foundation · Foundation to Promote Open Society · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Miami Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Impactassetsinc · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund

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.

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How do I get to Panonica Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Panonica Foundation 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.

About Panonica Foundation

How much does Panonica Foundation give?
Panonica Foundation reported 48 grants totaling $4,007,350 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 29 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Panonica Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (31%), Civil Rights (21%), Arts & Culture (18%).
Who are Panonica Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Consumer Reports Inc ($556k), Smp ($510k), Pro Publica Inc ($493k).
Does Panonica Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Panonica Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ford Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Mgm Resorts Foundation.
Where is Panonica Foundation based?
Panonica Foundation is based in NY.

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 59 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 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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