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Papanek Family Foundation at a glance

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Papanek Family Foundation

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.

$73k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Civil Rights$128kInternational$100kCrime & Legal$17kHealth$9kSocial Science$3kReligion$2kYouth Development$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,589
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACLU FOUNDATION$8,973
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$8,973
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA$7,178
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE$7,178
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$5,384
INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION$5,384
BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE$4,993
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA$3,901
CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE$3,589
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH$3,589
OXFAM AMERICA$3,589
FIRST PARISH UNITARIAN BEDFORD$1,795
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS$1,482
ACLU FOUNDATION$1,404
UNITED FOR FAIR ECONOMY$1,404
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 87% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA: $4k → 16%CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE: $2k → 11%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $9k → 12%CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE: $4k → 14%GAY LESBIAN AND STRAIGHT ED NETWORK: $3k → 17%BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $3k → 14%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $5k → 18%UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE: $7k → 8%OXFAM AMERICA: $4k → 16%GAY LESBIAN AND STRAIGHT ED NETWORK: $2k → 17%BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $2k → 14%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $3k → 18%UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE: $6k → 8%OXFAM AMERICA: $2k → 16%BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $2k → 14%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $2k → 18%UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE: $5k → 8%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $2k → 18%UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE: $5k → 8%PLANNED PARENTHOOD US: $6k → 17%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $2k → 18%UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE: $5k → 8%PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA: $7k → 16%PLANNED PARENTHOOD US: $6k → 17%BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $5k → 14%SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER: $2k → 18%UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE: $4k → 8%PLANNED PARENTHOOD US: $6k → 17%EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $2k → 18%PLANNED PARENTHOOD US: $6k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD US: $6k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD INTERNATIONAL: $3k → 17%ACLU FOUNDATION: $9k → 16%PLANNED PARENTHOOD INTERNATIONAL: $3k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD INTERNATIONAL: $3k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD INTERNATIONAL: $3k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD INTERNATIONAL: $3k → 17%AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: $2k → 17%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $6k → 17%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $5k → 17%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $5k → 17%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $5k → 17%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $5k → 17%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION: $8k → 17%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION: $7k → 17%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION: $7k → 17%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION: $7k → 17%AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION: $6k → 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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$227k · 13 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
10

Total granted

$227k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+11%

Still filing today

77%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’24
InternationalCivil RightsCrime & LegalHealthSocial ScienceOther
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

  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $35k · revenue +81%
  • AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $35k · revenue +102%
  • UU
    Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc
    6× · 2017–2024 · $31k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • AF
    ACLU FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2024 · $7k
  • IP
    INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
The International Institute On Race Equality and Human Rights

The international institute on race, equality and human rights contributes to the promotion and defense of human rights, through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and strategic litigation conducted at the regional and international…

International
2
International Bridges to Justice

In recognition of the fundamental principles of the universal declaration of human rights, international bridges to justice (ibj) is dedicated to protecting the basic legal rights of ordinary citizens in developing countries. specifically,…

Crime & Legal
3
Women's Refugee Commission Inc

To improve the lives and protect the rights of women, children and youth displaced by conflict and crisis. the women's refugee commission envisions a world in which refugees are safe, healthy and reliant and seeks to drive change in…

Human Services
4
Washington Office On Latin America

To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.

International
5
Guttmacher Institute Inc

The institute is a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights in the united states and globally.

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6
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc

The committee to protect journalists promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. cpj ensures the free flow of news and commentary by taking action wherever…

Civil Rights
7
Open Society Institute
Philanthropy
8
Refugees International Inc

Refugees international advocates for lifesaving assistance, human rights, and protection for displaced people and promotes solutions to displacement crisis.

International
9
Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation

Civicus is a global alliance of civil society organisations and activists dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world.

Youth Development
10
The Advocates for Human Rights

To promote and protect human rights in the United States and around the world.

International
11
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education

The Fund for Justice Education FJE was created to support the American Bar Associations ABA law-related and public services education programs.

Crime & Legal
12
Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities

The auschwitz institute for the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities is dedicated to building a world that prevents genocide. we aim to see every state effectively integrate within government the domestically developed function of…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Human Rights Watch Inc; the most unlike its peers is Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. 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

14 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. 14 of the 23 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

International Rescue Committee INC: $34,863 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INCUnitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc: $30,928 · InternationalUnitarian Universalist Service Committee IncOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $12,219 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INCTHE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE: $10,689 · InternationalTHE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTUREHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $10,689 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INCAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $9,490 · InternationalAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD US: $28,100 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD USPLANNED PARENTHOOD INTERNATIONAL: $13,200 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD INTERNATIONALACLU FOUNDATION: $10,377 · OtherACLU FOUNDATIONGAY LESBIAN AND STRAIGHT ED NETWORK: $7,500 · OtherGAY LESBIAN AND STRAIGHT ED NETWORKPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA: $7,178 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AM…INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION: $5,384 · OtherINTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FE…AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA: $3,901 · Other+4 more: $5,617 · Other+4 moreAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $34,520 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL L…EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $3,800 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE IN…SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $17,054 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVE…BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $13,503 · Crime & LegalBRADY CENTER …PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $1,482 · HealthUnited for A Fair Economy Inc: $1,404 · Social Science
International$108,878Other$81,257Civil Rights$38,320Crime & Legal$30,557Health$1,482Social Science$1,404

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 budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $34,863 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $34,520 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc: $30,928 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $17,054 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $13,503 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $12,219 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE: $10,689 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $10,689 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $9,490 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $3,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $1,482 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited for A Fair Economy Inc: $1,404 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE STUDY OF INDEPENDENT SOCIAL IDEAS INC: $1,326 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOUIS AUGUST JONAS FOUNDATION INC: $1,248 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 International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD LEAGUE OF MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds United for A Fair Economy Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR THE STUDY OF INDEPENDENT SOCIAL IDEAS INC ↗
  • Who funds LOUIS AUGUST JONAS FOUNDATION 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 Papanek Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Papanek Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 23 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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The camps
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By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home