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Patton-Cronkhite Foundation at a glance

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Patton-Cronkhite 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.

$61k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$31k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$52kEnvironment$31kEducation$30kHuman Services$18kRecreation & Sports$13kPublic Benefit$13kAnimals$11kReligion$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $41k
$5,637
Median grant
4
States reached
$567k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HABITAT ONE$31,000
CHANGE THE AIR FOUNDATION$10,000
DULUTH AREA FAMILY YMCA$9,000
BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY$5,637
HOBO'S HEALING HEART$2,800
YOUTH WITH A MISSION$2,029
PHEASANTS FOREVER INC$665
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:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DULUTH AREA FAMILY YMCA: $9k → 15%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

MN
IL
OR
WY
SD
OH
PA
NJ
KS
NC
DC
AL
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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$114k · 10 repeat orgs$121k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
26

Total granted

$114k
$78k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+12%

Still filing today

40%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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
EducationHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitOther
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

  • DR
    Dakota Rural Action
    4× · 2019–2023 · $15k · revenue +137%
  • CT
    CHANGE THE AIR FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $13k · revenue +39%
  • CM
    CITY MISSION OF THE EVANGELICAL CHURCHES OF ERIE
    2× · 2022–2023 · $2k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • SR
    SPEARFISH RECREATION CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $11k
  • SS
    SCDF SPEARFISH COMM FNDTN
    one grant, 2023 · $9k
  • SD
    S DAKOTA YOUTH HUNTING ADVENTURES
    one grant, 2021 · $6k
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
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
2
American Diabetes Association

The mission of the American Diabetes Association is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.

Health
3
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
4
Dairy Management Inc

Dairy management inc (dmi) was formed in 1995 by the national dairy promotion and research board (ndb) and the united dairy industry association (udia). dmi is a management organization that invests dairy producer checkoff funds in…

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5
North Dakota Natural Resources Trust
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6
Defenders of Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife is a national, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the protection of all native animals and plants in their natural communities.

Animals
7
Maine Audubon Society

Maine Audubon works to conserve Maine's wildlife and habitat by engaging people of all ages in education, conservation, and action. We are helping the people of Maine become the nation's most informed and effective stewards of wildlife and…

Environment
8
Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota

Support the development and enhancement of sustainable farming systems through farmer-to-farmer networking, innovation, demonstration, and education.

Food & Nutrition
9
American Lung Association

The american lung association's mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. we do this through education, advocacy, and research.

Health
10
The Heart Foundation

The heart foundation (thf) was created to save lives from heart disease by increasing awareness, educating the public, and supporting innovative research at smidt heart institute at cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles, california.…

Philanthropy
11
Researchamerica

2025 was a turbulent year for the medical and health research community, but our commitment to advocating for science never wavered. from pushing back against funding threats to elevating researchers' voices and equipping advocates, we…

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Duluth Area Family Ymca; the most unlike its peers is Hobo's Healing Heart. 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

13 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. 13 of the 39 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JONES COUNTY TURNER YOUTH FOUNDATION: $42,800 · OtherJONES COUNTY TURNER YOUTH FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $14,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSPEARFISH RECREATION CENTER: $10,850 · OtherSPEARFISH RECREATION CENTERBLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,637 · OtherBLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITYSCDF SPEARFISH COMM FNDTN: $8,829 · OtherSCDF SPEARFISH COMM FNDTNPHEASANTS FOREVER: $8,265 · OtherPHEASANTS FOREVERS DAKOTA YOUTH HUNTING ADVENTURES: $6,000 · Other+22 more: $50,529 · Other+22 moreHABITAT ONE: $31,000 · EnvironmentHABITAT ONEDakota Rural Action: $15,000 · EducationDakota Ru…Davidson College: $3,250 · EducationDavidson …KING'S KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · EducationCHANGE THE AIR FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · Public BenefitDULUTH AREA FAMILY YMCA: $9,000 · Human ServicesDAMS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureHobo's Healing Heart: $2,800 · Community ImprovementAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,500 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 · Health
Other$152,410Environment$31,000Education$19,250Public Benefit$12,500Human Services$9,000Arts & Culture$5,000Community Improvement$2,800Health$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 budgetHABITAT ONE: $31,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetDakota Rural Action: $15,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCHANGE THE AIR FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetDULUTH AREA FAMILY YMCA: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDAMS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetDavidson College: $3,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHobo's Healing Heart: $2,800 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetCITY MISSION OF THE EVANGELICAL CHURCHES OF ERIE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPHEASANTS FOREVER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKING'S KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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 HABITAT ONE ↗
  • Who funds Dakota Rural Action ↗
  • Who funds CHANGE THE AIR FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DULUTH AREA FAMILY YMCA ↗
  • Who funds DAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds Davidson College ↗
  • Who funds Deadwood Jam Inc ↗
  • Who funds Hobo's Healing Heart ↗
  • Who funds CITY MISSION OF THE EVANGELICAL CHURCHES OF ERIE ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds PHEASANTS FOREVER INC ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds KING'S KIDS FOUNDATION 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.

Erie Community Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Erie Community FoundationPA13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Erie Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Patton-Cronkhite Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Patton-Cronkhite Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 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)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 39 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home