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Parma 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.

$14k
Granted FY2022
7
Grants FY2022
4
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

81% of Parma Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Campanile Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Parma Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $14k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

5
’17
8
’18
6
’19
4
’20
4
’21
5
’22
7
’23
3
’24
2
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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.

Education$81kRecreation & Sports$36kAnimals$25kPublic Benefit$18kArts & Culture$8kCrime & Legal$7kHuman Services$7kHealth$6kOther$0
02FY2022 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$209k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SIGMA CHI FOUNDATION$6,000
GERALD R FORD FOUNDATION$2,500
HAWAII PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK$2,500
ARMED SERVICES YMCA$1,000
MCCALLUM THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$1,000
PEDAL THE CAUSE$1,000
HONORARY DEPUTY SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION$250
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SING FOR AMERICA FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%SAN DIEGO BOWL GAME ASSOCIATION: $5k → 11%MCCALLUM THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $1k → 11%PACIFIC AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY: $1k → 9%GERALD R FORD FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%SIGMA CHI FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%ARMED SERVICES YMCA: $1k → 7%SING FOR AMERICA FOUNDATION: $250 → 10%MCCALLUM THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $1k → 11%HAWAII PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS NETWORK: $3k → 9%GERALD R FORD FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%SIGMA CHI FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%THE BISHOPS SCHOOL: $5k → 11%MCCALLUM THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $1k → 11%GERALD R FORD FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%SIGMA CHI FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%ARMED SERVICES YMCA: $1k → 11%MCCALLUM THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $1k → 11%GERALD R FORD FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%SIGMA CHI FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%ARMED SERVICES YMCA: $1k → 11%MCCALLUM THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $1k → 11%GERALD R FORD FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%SIGMA CHI FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%ARMED SERVICES YMCA: $1k → 11%FRIENDS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER INC: $1k → 11%GERALD R FORD FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%SIGMA CHI FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%ARMED SERVICES YMCA: $1k → 11%MCCALLUM THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $1k → 11%GERALD R FORD FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%SIGMA CHI FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%ARMED SERVICES YMCA: $1k → 11%RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $250 → 11%ARMED SERVICES YMCA: $250 → 11%THE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%THE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $3k → 11%CUREBOUND: $1k → 11%CUREBOUND: $1k → 11%MATER DEI CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $500 → 11%SCRIPPS HEALTH FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE: $25k → 11%NATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER: $5k → 11%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $1k → 11%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $1k → 11%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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$104k · 8 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2022, 2 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
12

Total granted

$104k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+35%

Still filing today

63%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationArts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SC
    Sigma Chi Foundation
    7× · 2017–2023 · $37k · revenue +32%
  • MF
    Mesa Foundation
    2× · 2024–2025 · $30k · revenue +56%
  • GR
    GERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $18k · revenue +302%

Funded once

  • BS
    BISHOP SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • NC
    NATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +151%
  • JC
    JACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANKgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +35%
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
San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation

To support and further the research, education and community service objectives of san diego state university.

Education
2
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
3
Associated Students of San Diego State University

To support the social, recreational, cultural and education programs and facilities, both on campus and in the community, and to advocate for student interests, provide leadership opportunities and participate in shared governance.

—
4
San Diego Diplomacy Council

Programmed and coordinated visits to san diego by international visitors and escorts, working in association with appropriate united states government agencies and the global ties u.s. network.

Community Improvement
5
San Diego County Bar Association

The mission of the san diego county bar association is to be the representative of the san diego county legal profession, serving the prblic and the profession by enhancing the legal system and promoting justice, professional excellence,…

—
6
University of San Diego

The university of san diego is a contemporary catholic university, grounded in the liberal arts and anchored along an international border, advancing academic excellence to create a more inclusive, sustainable and hopeful world.

—
7
San Diego Coasters
Arts & Culture
8
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
9
San Diego Christian College

San Diego Christian College exists to educate and inspire students through the truth of scripture and the development of competencies that prepare graduates whose purpose is to impact the world.

Education
10
San Diego Municipal Employees Assn

The san diego municipal employees association (sdmea) is dedicated to being a strong and effective advocate for san diego city employees. sdmea is united to improve employees' standard of living and promote their fair treatment by…

—
11
National University

To deliver accessible world-class student experiences by providing quality programs and services that ensure student success through meaningful learning. to be an inclusive and innovative university serving life-long learners who…

Education
12
San Diego Convention and Tourist Bureau

To drive visitor demand to economically benefit the san diego region.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Campanile Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Sing for America Foundation. 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

20 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. 20 of the 26 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Sigma Chi Foundation: $37,000 · EducationSigma Chi FoundationTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $35,000 · EducationTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATIONGERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION: $17,500 · EducationGERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION+1 more: $2,500 · EducationARMED SERVICES YMCA: $6,750 · OtherARMED SERVICES YMCAMCCALLUM THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $6,000 · OtherMCCALLUM THEATRE FOR…SPORTS SD INC: $5,000 · OtherSPORTS SD INCBISHOP SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherBISHOP SCHOOLNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION CENTER: $5,000 · OtherNATIONAL CONFLICT RE…HONORARY DEPUTY SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION: $1,750 · OtherPACIFIC AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $2,500 · OtherPACIFIC AMERICAN FOU…+6 more: $1,950 · Other+6 moreMesa Foundation: $30,000 · Community ImprovementMesa FoundationZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $25,000 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL SOC…CUREBOUND: $4,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 · HealthSCRIPPS HEALTH: $500 · HealthSING FOR AMERICA FOUNDATION: $1,250 · Arts & CultureFriends of the Cultural Center Inc: $1,000 · Arts & CultureRIVERSIDE SPORT HALL OF FAME: $500 · Arts & CultureJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $2,500 · Food & Nutrition
Education$92,000Other$33,950Community Improvement$30,000Animals$25,000Health$5,500Arts & Culture$2,750Food & Nutrition$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSigma Chi Foundation: $37,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMesa Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGERALD R FORD PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSPORTS SD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCUREBOUND: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJACOBS & CUSHMAN SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSING FOR AMERICA FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFriends of the Cultural Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERSIDE SPORT HALL OF FAME: $500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSan Diego-Imperial Council Boy Scouts of America: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROTARY CLUB OF SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROTARY CLUB OF SAN DIEGO: $250 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.

The San Diego Foundat…Jewish Community Foun…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The San Diego FoundationCA14.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    ⤢ 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Parma Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Parma Family 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.

    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 26 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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