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Paul and Marguerite Tarvin Family Foundation at a glance

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Paul and Marguerite Tarvin 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.

$33k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$120kArts & Culture$38kPublic Benefit$22kReligion$19kEmployment$15kYouth Development$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$592k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST URSULA VILLA$10,000
HCPA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$10,000
KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE$10,000
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $3k → 21%KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $10k → 16%KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $7k → 16%Cincinnati Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired: $500 → 16%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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$179k · 8 repeat orgs$81k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 1 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

8
9

Total granted

$179k
$58k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+13%

Still filing today

63%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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
Human ServicesHealthPublic BenefitEmploymentOther
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

  • GU
    GRANT US HOPE INC
    5× · 2018–2023 · $70k · revenue +151%
  • US
    UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $38k · revenue +34%
  • MW
    MAY WE HELP INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $15k · revenue +317%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ALS ASSN CENTRAL & SOUTHWESTERN OHIO
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • MDRC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +6%
  • TG
    TEAM GLEASON FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +182%
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
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
2
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
3
The Fibrous Dysplasia Foundation

The fibrous dysplasia foundation serves people affected with fibrous dysplasia/mccune-albright syndrome through programs of research, education, awareness and support.

Health
4
American Brain Foundation

The american brain foundation accelerates breakthrough research across brain diseases and disorders by investing in innovative science, early-career investigators, and cross-disease discoveries that advance treatments, cures, and brain…

Health
5
Brain Research Foundation

The foundation is committed to supporting neuroscience research that leads to advances in understanding of brain function and treatment of brain-related disorders.

Health
6
Answer Als

To find solutions for people living with als now and for the future by utilizing knowledge of patients, leading researchers and technology to seek immediate solutions to improve the lives of those living with als until a treatment or cure…

Health
7
The National Fragile X Foundation

The national fragile x foundation serves the entire fragile x community to live their best lives by providing the knowledge, resources, and tools until, and even after, more effective treatments and a cure are achieved.

Health
8
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Associatio Evergreen Chapter

Leading the fight to treat and cure ALS through global research and nationwide advocacy while also empowering people with Lou Gehrig's disease and their families to live fuller lives by providing them with compassionate care and support.

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9
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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10
Curepsp Inc

To raise awareness, build community, improve care and find a cure for psp, cbd and msa.

Health
11
Brightfocus Foundation

Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…

Health
12
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc

Muscular dystrophy association (mda) is the #1 voluntary health organization in the united states for people living with muscular dystrophy, als, and related neuromuscular diseases. (cont. schedule o) for over 70 years, mda has led the way…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Neurofibromatosis Network; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United Inc. 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

11 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. 11 of the 20 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRANT US HOPE INC: $70,000 · OtherGRANT US HOPE INCUDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $37,500 · OtherUDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INCTHE ALS ASSN CENTRAL & SOUTHWESTERN OHIO: $15,000 · OtherTHE ALS ASSN CENTRAL & SOUTHWESTERN OHIOST ROSE CHURCH: $11,000 · OtherST ROSE CHURCHHCPA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherHCPA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONST URSULA VILLA OF CINCINNATI INC: $10,000 · OtherST URSULA VILLA OF CINCINNATI INCIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSt Vincent de Paul: $7,500 · Other+3 more: $5,250 · OtherKEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $16,750 · Human ServicesKEN ANDERSON …TEAM GLEASON FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesTEAM GLEASON …HOPE IGNITES: $2,500 · Human ServicesHOPE IGNITES+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesTHE JOE BURROW FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Public BenefitMAY WE HELP INC: $15,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,500 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthMDRC: $15,000 · Employment
Other$176,250Human Services$29,750Public Benefit$20,000Health$18,000Employment$15,000

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 budgetGRANT US HOPE INC: $70,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetUDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $37,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE JOE BURROW FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetKEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE: $16,750 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMAY WE HELP INC: $15,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetMDRC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM GLEASON FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE IGNITES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEUROFIBROMATOSIS NETWORK: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 GRANT US HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JOE BURROW FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds MAY WE HELP INC ↗
  • Who funds MDRC ↗
  • Who funds TEAM GLEASON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE IGNITES ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired ↗
  • Who funds NEUROFIBROMATOSIS NETWORK ↗

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 Greater Cincinnat…Horizon Community Fun…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Paul and Marguerite Tarvin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul and Marguerite Tarvin 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report 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 20 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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