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Paso Robles Destination Dba Travel Paso

To improve business growth opportunities for the tourism industry in paso robles through administration and operation of a tourism improvement district for destination marketing, sales, & media programs.

$323k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$965kCommunity Improvement$287kArts & Culture$74kReligion$38kPhilanthropy$20kEnvironment$16kHealth$15k
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 19 grants below total $293,867, the rows itemized in this filing. The $323,324 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $29,457 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $179k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAN JOSE SHARKS LLC$55,000
REC FOUNDATION$38,250
PASO ROBLES WINE COUNTRY ALLIANCE$28,142
LIVESTAR ENTERTAINMENT$25,000
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY$20,000
CALIFORNIA MIDSTATE FAIR$20,000
VISIT SLOCAL$15,600
OC RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION INC$12,500
PASO ROBLES HORSE PARK FOUNDATION$10,000
PACIFIC COAST CUTTING HORSE ASSOCIATION$10,000
DISTILLERS OF SLO COUNTY$8,125
FARMSTEAD ED$7,500
SAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION$7,500
KCBS-TV$7,500
GARAGISTE EVENTS INC$6,875
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 (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 69% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%EARTHQUAKES SOCCER LLC: $61k → 8%OC RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION INC: $13k → 10%PACIFIC COAST CUTTING HORSE ASSOCIATION: $10k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION: $8k → 10%WORLD OF WINE EVENTS LLC: $13k → 11%ECOLOGISTICS INC: $10k → 12%LIVESTAR ENTERTAINMENT: $25k → 17%CONCORSO ITALIANO FOUNDATION: $20k → 9%EARTHQUAKES SOCCER LLC: $59k → 8%PACIFIC COAST CUTTING HORSE ASSOCIATION: $10k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION: $8k → 10%WORLD OF WINE EVENTS LLC: $10k → 11%EARTHQUAKES SOCCER LLC: $58k → 8%LOCOMOTIV PERFORMANCE COACHING: $11k → 12%SAN JOSE SHARKS LLC: $55k → 8%LOCOMOTIV PERFORMANCE COACHING: $11k → 12%EARTHQUAKES SOCCER LLC: $50k → 8%LOCOMOTIV PERFORMANCE COACHING: $10k → 12%SAN JOSE SHARKS LLC: $50k → 8%REC FOUNDATION: $53k → 12%REC FOUNDATION: $52k → 12%16TH DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION: $40k → 12%16TH DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION: $40k → 12%REC FOUNDATION: $38k → 12%PASO ROBLES WINE COUNTRY ALLIANCE: $30k → 12%REC FOUNDATION: $28k → 12%PASO ROBLES HORSE PARK FOUNDATION: $18k → 12%PASO ROBLES HORSE PARK FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%DISTILLERS OF SLO COUNTY: $10k → 12%ESTRELLA WARBIRDS MUSEUM: $10k → 12%FARMSTEAD ED: $9k → 12%DISTILLERS OF SLO COUNTY: $8k → 12%VINA ROBLES ENTERTAINMENT LLC: $8k → 12%FARMSTEAD ED: $8k → 12%PASO ROBLES HORSE PARK FOUNDATION: $8k → 12%PASO ROBLES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $8k → 12%PASO ROBLES HORSE PARK FOUNDATION: $8k → 12%DISTILLERS OF SLO COUNTY: $7k → 12%DISTILLERS OF SLO COUNTY: $7k → 12%THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY: $20k → 12%VISIT SLOCAL: $16k → 12%PARKER SANPEI & ASSOCIATES: $11k → 12%HOSPICE DU RHONE: $8k → 12%GARAGISTE EVENTS INC: $18k → 12%GARAGISTE EVENTS INC: $13k → 12%GARAGISTE EVENTS INC: $9k → 12%GARAGISTE EVENTS INC: $8k → 12%GARAGISTE EVENTS INC: $7k → 12%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 21 repeat orgs$113k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
8

Total granted

$1.1M
$68k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
0%

Still filing today

67%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Community ImprovementRecreation & SportsArts & CultureReligionEnvironmentOther
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

  • PR
    PASO ROBLES WINE COUNTRY ALLIANCE
    8× · 2018–2025 · $218k · revenue +62%
  • GE
    GARAGISTE EVENTS INC
    5× · 2018–2025 · $53k · revenue +20%
  • PR
    PASO ROBLES HORSE PARK FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $48k · revenue ×13

Funded once

  • CI
    Concorso Italiano Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue 0%
  • PS
    PARKER SANPEI & ASSOCIATES
    one grant, 2024 · $11k
  • PR
    PASO ROBLES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue -14%
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
Santa Barbara International Orchid Show

Expose the public to information about orchids

Environment
2
Santa Cruz Mountains Wine Growers Association

Advancement of community interest, business conditions and the reputation of the Santa Cruz Mountain Wine Industry through festivals and other activities

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3
Santa Rosa Polo Club

Provide an opportunity to the local community to participate in and preserve the art of polo. There are approximately 50 participant/members and many spectators.

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4
Sonoma Botanical Garden
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5
Casa Dolores Co Claudia Mclaughlin
Arts & Culture
6
Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce

The mission of the santa barbara south coast chamber of commerce is to create a strong local economy, promote the community, provide business resources and networking opportunities and represent business to the government.

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7
San Luis Obispo County Bicycle Coalition

Bike slo county inspires, educates, advocates, and works to build a safe, healthy and connected community through bicycling.

Public Benefit
8
San Diego County Philatelic Council

To promote stamp collecting

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9
Bay Area Barns and Trails
Human Services
10
Downtown Chico Business Association

Promote interest and trade and beautify the downtown business environment.

Community Improvement
11
Panola County Chamber of Commerce

Promotion of commerce in panola county texas

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12
Philomath Frolic & Rodeo Inc

The mission of the Philomath Frolic Rodeo is to be a family-oriented entertainment organization focused on the traditions on which the community was founded, namely our Western heritage and the logging industry.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance; the most unlike its peers is Pacific Coast Cutting Horse Association. 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

19 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. 19 of the 34 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)
19/19
Grantees still filing
10/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EARTHQUAKES SOCCER LLC: $227,725 · OtherEARTHQUAKES SOCCER LLCPASO ROBLES WINE COUNTRY ALLIANCE: $217,577 · OtherPASO ROBLES WINE COUNTRY ALLIANCESAN JOSE SHARKS LLC: $105,000 · OtherSAN JOSE SHARKS LLCCALIFORNIA MID-STATE FAIR: $80,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA MID-STATE FAIRGARAGISTE EVENTS INC: $53,125 · OtherGARAGISTE EVENTS INCLOCOMOTIV PERFORMANCE COACHING: $37,500 · Other+16 more: $221,683 · Other+16 moreRecreation Enhances Community Foundation REC Foundation: $171,125 · Recreation & SportsRecreation Enhances Commun…CALIFORNIA MID-STATE FAIR HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 · Recreation & SportsCALIFORNIA MID-STATE FAIR …PASO ROBLES HORSE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $47,500 · Recreation & SportsPASO ROBLES HORSE PARK FOU…PADEREWSKI FESTIVAL: $35,000 · Recreation & SportsPADEREWSKI FESTIVALESTRELLA WARBIRDS MUSEUM INC: $26,000 · Arts & CultureSTUDIOS ON THE PARK INC: $12,625 · Arts & CultureDISTILLERS OF SLO COUNTY: $38,125 · ReligionHOSPICE DU RHONE: $12,500 · Community ImprovementPASO ROBLES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $7,500 · Community ImprovementPASO ROBLES MAIN STREET INC: $5,000 · Community ImprovementTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAN LUIS OBISPO: $20,000 · PhilanthropyECOLOGISTICS INC: $16,000 · Environment
Other$942,610Recreation & Sports$333,625Arts & Culture$38,625Religion$38,125Community Improvement$25,000Philanthropy$20,000Environment$16,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPASO ROBLES WINE COUNTRY ALLIANCE: $217,577 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetRecreation Enhances Community Foundation REC Foundation: $171,125 over 4y, 22% of budgetCALIFORNIA MID-STATE FAIR HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetGARAGISTE EVENTS INC: $53,125 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetPASO ROBLES HORSE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $47,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetDISTILLERS OF SLO COUNTY: $38,125 over 5y, 16% of budgetESTRELLA WARBIRDS MUSEUM INC: $26,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetSAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY VISITORS AND CONFERENCE BUREAU: $20,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAN LUIS OBISPO: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPACIFIC COAST CUTTING HORSE ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetConcorso Italiano Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetECOLOGISTICS INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTUDIOS ON THE PARK INC: $12,625 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetHOSPICE DU RHONE: $12,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE RHONE RANGERS: $10,500 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetPASO ROBLES MAIN STREET INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% 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 PASO ROBLES WINE COUNTRY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Recreation Enhances Community Foundation REC Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA MID-STATE FAIR HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GARAGISTE EVENTS INC ↗
  • Who funds PASO ROBLES HORSE PARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DISTILLERS OF SLO COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds PADEREWSKI FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds ESTRELLA WARBIRDS MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY VISITORS AND CONFERENCE BUREAU ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SAN LUIS OBISPO ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC COAST CUTTING HORSE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Concorso Italiano Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ECOLOGISTICS INC ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STUDIOS ON THE PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE DU RHONE ↗
  • Who funds THE RHONE RANGERS ↗
  • Who funds PASO ROBLES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
  • Who funds PASO ROBLES MAIN STREET 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.

The Community Foundat…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation San Luis ObispoCA13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo · 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 Paso Robles Destination Dba Travel Paso funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paso Robles Destination Dba Travel Paso. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
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    How do I get to Paso Robles Destination Dba Travel Paso?

    Find your warmest path to Paso Robles Destination Dba Travel Paso 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 34 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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