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Patricia M Powers Charitable Trust at a glance

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Patricia M Powers Charitable Trust

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.

$45k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0181% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Animals$48kHuman Services$35kHealth$26kReligion$18kFood & Nutrition$17kRecreation & Sports$13kArts & Culture$4kPublic Benefit$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$365k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PET GOOD SAMARITAN FUND$5,000
HELPING UP MISSION$5,000
TURTLE MOUNTAIN ANIMAL RESCUE$5,000
CULTURAL ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE$3,000
MY NEIGHBOR'S FOUNDATION$3,000
JAMES P HARRINGTON ORGANIZATION$3,000
ATHLETES SERVING ATHLETES$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
BALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT$2,500
SPARROW MINISTRIES$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
BLUE RIBBON PROJECT$2,500
GIVING HEARTS DAY$2,500
AUSTIN CLUBHOUSE$2,000
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 (FY22–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 41% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%BECAUSE INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 11%MIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES: $1k → 10%BACKPACKS OF LOVE: $2k → 6%BACKPACKS OF LOVE: $2k → 6%JAMES P HARRINGTON ORGANIZATION: $3k → 8%BALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT: $3k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
ND
IL
MA
OH
PA
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$160k · 17 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
23

Total granted

$160k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+8%

Still filing today

71%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesReligionPhilanthropyPublic BenefitEducationOther
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

  • TM
    TURTLE MOUNTAIN ANIMAL RESCUE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $23k · revenue +38%
  • HU
    HELPING UP MISSION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $20k · revenue +31%
  • AS
    ATHLETES SERVING ATHLETES
    6× · 2020–2025 · $13k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • GF
    GRACE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $4k
  • RW
    ROLLING WAVE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +55%
  • PH
    PAGOSA HUMANE SOCIETY
    one grant, 2022 · $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
Runaways Animal Rescue
Animals
2
Pet Helpers
Animals
3
Happy Acres Pet Rescue
Animals
4
Dollys Legacy Animal Rescue

Foster-based animal rescue that rescues homeless and abandoned animals, providing them with veterinary care including specialized care, heartworm treatment, surgery, severe illness treatment & hospitalization, then placing them for…

Animals
5
Homebound Farm & Rescue
Animals
6
Advocates 4 Animals Pet Food Pantry

Advocates 4 Animals A4A Pet Pantry is a 100% volunteer 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to keeping animals with their families during financial hardship by providing pet food and spay-neuter assistance. We also operate an adoption program caring…

Animals
7
Purple Paws 2nd Chance Rescue
Animals
8
Pippys Pals Rescue

Pippys Pals Rescue is dedicated to saving the lives of dogs facing euthanasia in Houston. Our mission is to provide a second chance to these beloved companions by rescuing them from shelters, providing them with necessary medical care, and…

Animals
9
Bristow Barnyard Farm and Domestic Animal Rescue
Animals
10
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
11
Donna's Love Pet Rescue
Animals
12
Noah's Animal House Foundation

To remove the "no pets allowed" sign on the doors of domestic violence shelters. women should not have to choose between leaving their abuser and leaving their pets behind to be abused.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Miracle Hill Ministries Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rugby's Rescue House. 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

28 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. 28 of the 46 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HELPING UP MISSION INC: $19,500 · OtherHELPING UP MISSION INCIndividual grant recipient: $11,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $10,500 · OtherTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INCIndividual grant recipient: $7,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $4,500 · OtherGRACE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH: $4,000 · Other+20 more: $31,945 · Other+20 moreTURTLE MOUNTAIN ANIMAL RESCUE: $23,000 · AnimalsTURTLE MOUNTAIN ANIMAL R…Pet Good Samaritan Fund Inc: $12,500 · AnimalsPet Good Samaritan Fund …RUGBY'S RESCUE HOUSE: $4,000 · AnimalsRUGBY'S RESCUE HOUSEMary Ann Morris Animal Society: $3,000 · AnimalsMary Ann Morris Animal S…Flying Fur Animal Rescue: $2,000 · Animals+1 more: $350 · AnimalsMY NEIGHBORS FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · PhilanthropyMY NEIGHB…CHILDREN'S HEART FOUNDATION: $3,500 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'…PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $2,000 · PhilanthropyPAYPAL CH…SPARROW MINISTRIES INC: $13,500 · Religion+1 more: $100 · ReligionBACKPACKS OF LOVE INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesJames P Harrington Organization Inc: $3,000 · Human ServicesBALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT LLC: $2,500 · Human ServicesANCHAL INC: $1,700 · Human ServicesMIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesBecause International Corp: $1,000 · Human ServicesATHLETES SERVING ATHLETES: $12,500 · Recreation & SportsThe Blue Ribbon Project: $11,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$94,945Animals$44,850Philanthropy$17,500Religion$13,600Human Services$12,700Recreation & Sports$12,500Crime & Legal$11,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTURTLE MOUNTAIN ANIMAL RESCUE: $23,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHELPING UP MISSION INC: $19,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSPARROW MINISTRIES INC: $13,500 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetPet Good Samaritan Fund Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetATHLETES SERVING ATHLETES: $12,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMY NEIGHBORS FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetThe Blue Ribbon Project: $11,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRUGBY'S RESCUE HOUSE: $4,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetBACKPACKS OF LOVE INC: $3,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEART FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMary Ann Morris Animal Society: $3,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetROLLING WAVE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetVIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlying Fur Animal Rescue: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetANCHAL INC: $1,700 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSeeds of Learning: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIRACLE HILL MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKATELLE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBecause International Corp: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOG HAVEN FARM: $350 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRONT STEPS HOUSING AND SERVICES INC: $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $100 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 Marion I & Henry …T Rowe Price Program …Baird Foundation IncPaypal Charitable Giv…The Pfizer Foundation…Verizon FoundationNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Network for GoodThe Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…
The Marion I & Henry J Knott Foundation IncMD13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Marion I & Henry J Knott Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Patricia M Powers Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Patricia M Powers Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Helping Up Mission Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get 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 · 0–30%
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 46 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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