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Parsons 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.

$1k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$500
Largest
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$11kEducation$8kArts & Culture$3kAnimals$2kPublic Benefit$2kHuman Services$1kReligion$1kFood & Nutrition$380Other$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
2
States reached
$33k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN BIRDING ASSOCIATION$500
Individual grant recipient$500
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 (FY18–24, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Wounded Warrior Project: $160 → 14%Wounded Warrior Project: $110 → 14%Wounded Warrior Project: $50 → 14%Wounded Warrior Project: $50 → 14%Wounded Warrior Project: $35 → 14%Wounded Warrior Project: $30 → 14%Rising Star Outreach: $8k → 8%Community Action and Food Bank: $40 → 8%Community Action and Food Bank: $30 → 8%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

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IL
MI
NY
OH
NJ
CA
UT
CO
NE
VA
MD
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL
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.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20k · 30 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
39

Total granted

$20k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+41%

Still filing today

50%
49%

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
AnimalsEducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitHealthInternationalOther
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

  • KO
    Kids on the Move Inc
    5× · 2019–2023 · $4k · revenue +78%
  • TI
    THE INTERPRETER FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2024 · $1k · revenue +70%
  • Cornell University
    2× · 2017–2024 · $1k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • RS
    Rising Star Outreach Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $8k · revenue +4%
  • RC
    Ruth Center for Performing Arts
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • BY
    BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
4
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
5
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
6
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
7
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
8
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
9
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
10
The Peregrine Fund Inc

To change the future for nature and humanity by conserving birds of prey worldwide.

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11
The Wildlife Society

The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.

Animals
12
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is National Wildlife Federation. 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

37 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. 37 of the 71 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
34/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $4,745 · OtherIndividual grant recipientRuth Center for Performing Arts: $2,500 · OtherRuth Center for Performing ArtsBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · OtherBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITYIndividual grant recipient: $1,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $1,291 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBYU Marriott School: $1,000 · OtherPathway Center for Handicapped: $1,000 · OtherSMILE TRAIN INC: $850 · Other+41 more: $5,096 · Other+41 moreRising Star Outreach Inc: $8,100 · Human ServicesRising Star Outreach IncWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $435 · Human Services+1 more: $70 · Human ServicesKids on the Move Inc: $4,000 · EducationKids on the Mov…Cornell University: $1,200 · EducationCornell Univers…+2 more: $175 · EducationLeadership Institute: $730 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $440 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $430 · Public BenefitPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $195 · Public BenefitAMERICAN BIRDING ASSOCIATION: $1,100 · AnimalsBLACK SWAMP BIRD OBSERVATORY: $155 · AnimalsANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $50 · Animals+4 more: $130 · AnimalsTHE INTERPRETER FOUNDATION: $1,250 · ReligionPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $295 · HealthTHE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND: $30 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $20 · Health
Other$19,982Human Services$8,605Education$5,375Public Benefit$1,795Animals$1,435Religion$1,250Health$345

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 budgetRising Star Outreach Inc: $8,100 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKids on the Move Inc: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INTERPRETER FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BIRDING ASSOCIATION: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $850 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $730 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $440 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $435 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $430 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $295 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $195 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK SWAMP BIRD OBSERVATORY: $155 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEEP CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INC: $85 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS INC: $80 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $80 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS INC: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Action Services and Food Bank: $70 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $60 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDING YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZION NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT K9 HERO: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $20 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.

  • Who funds Rising Star Outreach Inc ↗
  • Who funds Kids on the Move Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE INTERPRETER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN BIRDING ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds UTAH FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS ↗
  • Who funds BLACK SWAMP BIRD OBSERVATORY ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DEEP CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS 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.

Sorenson Legacy FoundationUT17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · University Impact · The Community Foundation of Utah · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Parsons Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Parsons Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Deep Creek Volunteer Fire Company Inc: 74% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The National Federation of the Blind: 2% of income from government
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project 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
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 71 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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