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Paralyzed Veterans of America Spinal Cord Injury Education & Training

Paralyzed veterans of america spinal cord injury education and training foundation, inc.

$91k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0165% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2025.

Health$598kEducation$507kHuman Services$126kInternational$50kScience & Tech$20kOther$713k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$20,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE$20,000
UNITE 2 FIGHT PARALYSIS$20,000
PVA CAL-DIEGO CHAPTER$20,000
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$19,948
ALS UNITED GREATER NEW YORK$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–22, $126k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 48% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%SOUTH CAROLINA SPINAL CORD INJURY ASSOCIATION: $11k → 16%KESSLER FOUNDATION: $50k → 4%KESSLER FOUNDATION: $50k → 16%KESSLER FOUNDATION: $15k → 4%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.2M · 13 repeat orgs$821k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +28% since the first grant, against +21% for the ones you funded once.

13 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
23

Total granted

$1.2M
$801k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+21%

Still filing today

77%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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
HealthEducationHuman ServicesInternationalScience & TechOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    4× · 2018–2024 · $215k · revenue +40%
  • CA
    Chicago Association for Research and Education in Science
    3× · 2017–2022 · $199k · revenue +22%
  • KF
    Kessler Foundation Inc
    3× · 2018–2022 · $115k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • IU
    Indiana University School of Medicine
    one grant, 2024 · $75k
  • ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAIgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +52%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    one grant, 2021 · $50k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled Maintaining the

The mission of hospital for special surgery is to provide the highest quality patient care, improve mobility, and enhance the quality of life for all and to advance the science of orthopedic surgery, rheumatology, and their related…

Health
2
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

SRAlab is dedicated to providing the best patient outcomes through the highest-quality clinical care, translational research, scientific discovery and education.

Health
3
Seattle Science Foundation

Dedicated to advancing the quality of patient care through education, research, innovation and technology.

Health
4
Baylor Research Institute

To improve the care and well being of our community, nationally and internationally, through innovative clinically relevant research that is consistent with the mission, vision and values of Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH).

Health
5
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

As a leading academic healthcare organization, our mission is to elevate the health status of the communities we serve.(see schedule o for continuation)(continued)-we deliver exceptional healthcare enhanced by research and education-we…

Health
6
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
7
American College of Radiology

The american college of radiology (acr) is organized to advance radiology science, practice and access, improve quality and safety, provide continuing education for radiology and allied professionals, and achieve better outcomes through…

Health
8
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
9
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

Please see schedule o

Health
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The Cardiovascular Medical Research and Education Fund Inc
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The Scientific Education & Research Foundation
Health
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Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Unite 2 Fight Paralysis and the most unlike its peers is National Spinal Cord Injury Association Houston. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%4%<5yr14%7%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr16%26%20–35yr13%11%35–55yr16%41%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%5%<5yr14%17%5–10yr19%3%10–20yr16%33%20–35yr13%5%35–55yr16%37%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 5% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/37
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,528

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS — $98,706 · OtherTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY …Indiana University School of Medicine — $74,978 · OtherIndiana University School of MedicineALS UNITED GREATER NEW YORK INC — $73,383 · OtherALS UNITED GREATER NEW YORK INCPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA CAL-DIEGO CHAPTER — $70,000 · OtherPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA CAL-DIEGO …UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — $50,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER FOUNDATION — $50,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA — $50,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDANEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE — $50,000 · OtherNEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGEMEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC — $49,999 · OtherMEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE INCREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO — $34,911 · OtherCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY — $30,000 · Other+5 more — $81,409 · Other+5 moreChicago Association for Research and Education in Science — $198,645 · HealthChicago Association for Research …CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $99,632 · HealthCLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND…THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION — $94,948 · HealthTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONAmerican Spinal Injury Association — $50,000 · HealthAmerican Spinal Injury Associatio…Southern California Institute for Research & Education — $49,998 · HealthSouthern California Institute for…UNITE 2 FIGHT PARALYSIS — $33,508 · HealthUNITE 2 FIGHT PARALYSISARIZONA UNITED SPINAL CORD INJURY ASSOCIATION INC — $25,000 · Health+3 more — $46,589 · Health+3 moreUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $214,565 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHUniversity of Miami — $99,966 · EducationUniversity of MiamiICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — $50,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT …THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC — $50,000 · EducationTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCO…Baylor College of Medicine — $50,000 · EducationBaylor College of MedicineOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $30,000 · EducationOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIV…+1 more — $12,255 · EducationKessler Foundation Inc — $114,822 · Human ServicesSOUTH CAROLINA SPINAL CORD INJURY ASSOCIATION — $10,989 · Human ServicesClimate Health Society Corp (name change from Sustain Our Abilities) — $49,500 · InternationalGORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES INC — $20,000 · Science & Tech
Other$713,386Health$598,320Education$506,786Human Services$125,811International$49,500Science & Tech$20,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — $214,565 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Association for Research and Education in Science — $198,645 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetKessler Foundation Inc — $114,822 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Miami — $99,966 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $99,632 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION — $94,948 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALS UNITED GREATER NEW YORK INC — $73,383 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA CAL-DIEGO CHAPTER — $70,000 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 80% of budgetAmerican Spinal Injury Association — $50,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetNEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDSTAR HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC — $49,999 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern California Institute for Research & Education — $49,998 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNITE 2 FIGHT PARALYSIS — $33,508 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA UNITED SPINAL CORD INJURY ASSOCIATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetGORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR VETERANS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION — $16,785 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION ST LOUIS REGIONAL CHAPTER — $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOrlando Health Inc — $14,904 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Spinal Cord Injury Association Houston — $14,900 over 1y, 13% of budgetUniversity of Kentucky Research Foundation — $12,255 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH CAROLINA SPINAL CORD INJURY ASSOCIATION — $10,989 over 1y, 5.8% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Christopher Reeve Fou…Johns Hopkins Univers…Amyotrophic Lateral S…Northwestern Universi…University of Pittsbu…The Trustees of Colum…American Cancer Socie…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
Christopher Reeve FoundationNJ21.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christopher Reeve Foundation · Johns Hopkins University · Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn · Northwestern University · University of Pittsburgh · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · American Cancer Society Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Paralyzed Veterans of America Spinal Cord Injury Education & Training funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Kessler Foundation Inc — 54% of income from government
  • Medstar Health Research Institute Inc — 25% of income from government
  • University of Miami — 5% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation — 1% of income from government
  • Orlando Health Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to Paralyzed Veterans of America Spinal Cord Injury Education & Training?

Find your warmest path to Paralyzed Veterans of America Spinal Cord Injury Education & Training 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 37 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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