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Paul and Maxine Frohring Foundation Inc at a glance

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Paul and Maxine Frohring Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$1.6M
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$15MEnvironment$4.6MHuman Services$2.1MHousing & Shelter$1.8MInternational$1.3MCommunity Improvement$800kAnimals$60kArts & Culture$35k
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+5 grants · $3.9M
$200,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$109M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HIRAM COLLEGE$1,600,000
JOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY$1,000,000
MCDONOGH SCHOOL$550,000
BISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER INC$475,000
FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES$300,000
CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY INC$225,000
SHAREBABY INC$200,000
THE GREEN VALE SCHOOL$200,000
WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY$200,000
NORTH SHORE ALLIANCE$150,000
MONTGOMERY BOTANICAL CENTER INC$110,000
DANNY AND RONS RESCUE$50,000
NORTH CAROLINA ARTS IN ACTION INC$35,000
ZOO MIAMI FOUNDATION INC$10,000
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.

US giving: 81% of grant dollars ($21M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 19% that went abroad ($5.0M) is mapped below.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 74% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE GREEN VALE SCHOOL: $200k → 6%FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES: $300k → 15%HIRAM COLLEGE: $1.6M → 12%WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $200k → 17%AMAZON BIODIVERSITY CENTER: $100k → 6%COUNTERPART INTERNATIONAL INC: $450k → 7%THE LIGHTHOUSE INC: $500k → 6%MCDONOGH SCHOOL: $1.3M → 11%THE GREEN VALE SCHOOL: $150k → 6%FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES: $300k → 15%HIRAM COLLEGE: $1.6M → 12%WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $200k → 17%AMAZON BIODIVERSITY CENTER: $100k → 6%COUNTERPART INTERNATIONAL INC: $400k → 7%THE LIGHTHOUSE INC: $500k → 6%MCDONOGH SCHOOL: $1.3M → 11%FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES: $300k → 15%HIRAM COLLEGE: $1.3M → 12%WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $200k → 17%COUNTERPART INTERNATIONAL INC: $400k → 7%THE LIGHTHOUSE INC: $500k → 6%SHAREBABY INC: $710k → 11%FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES: $250k → 15%HIRAM COLLEGE: $850k → 12%WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $200k → 17%THE LIGHTHOUSE INC: $300k → 6%SHAREBABY INC: $700k → 11%NORTH SHORE ALLIANCE: $200k → 6%FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES: $200k → 15%HIRAM COLLEGE: $500k → 12%WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $200k → 17%CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $225k → 6%MCDONOGH SCHOOL: $550k → 11%NORTH SHORE ALLIANCE: $150k → 6%MONTGOMERY BOTANICAL CENTER INC: $110k → 15%SHAREBABY INC: $400k → 11%NORTH SHORE ALLIANCE: $150k → 6%MCDONOGH SCHOOL: $260k → 11%NORTH SHORE ALLIANCE: $150k → 6%BISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER INC: $475k → 15%MCDONOGH SCHOOL: $200k → 11%NORTH SHORE ALLIANCE: $150k → 6%BISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER INC: $215k → 15%SHAREBABY INC: $200k → 11%BISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER INC: $200k → 15%SHAREBABY INC: $120k → 11%BISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER INC: $155k → 15%BISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER INC: $125k → 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.

Beyond the US: 19% of all-years giving ($5.0M)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Italy$5.0M · 5 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$25M · 14 repeat orgs$205k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
4

Total granted

$25M
$205k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
0%

Still filing today

86%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $205k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureAnimalsHousing & ShelterInternationalOther
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

  • MS
    MCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATED
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.6M · revenue +19%
  • SI
    SHAREBABY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +65% · 51% of their budget
  • TL
    THE LIGHT HOUSE INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $1.8M · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • MB
    MONTGOMERY BOTANICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $110k · revenue 0%
  • DR
    DANNY & RONS RESCUE
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue -3%
  • NORTH CAROLINA ARTS IN ACTION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $35k · revenue -62%
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
Rainforest Trust

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

International
2
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
3
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
4
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
5
Nature Collective

Nature collective's mission is to drive a passion for nature for all. we think inclusively and diversely when serving those devoid of nature those who remember nature and want to connect back to it and those who have an affinity with…

Environment
6
Archbold Expeditions Inc

Archbold expeditions, inc.'s mission is to build and share the scientific knowledge needed to protect the life, lands, and waters of the heart of florida and beyond.

Unclassified
7
Florida Conservation Group Inc

Mission is to seek protection of land and water resources through restoration and conservation; and conducting education and outreach on the ecological and economic importance of natural lands. we protect land from development and protect…

Environment
8
Wildlands Trust Inc

The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…

Environment
9
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
10
Mamoni Valley Preserve

Conserving the biodiversity of panama's mamoni valley, a critical biological corridor connecting north and south america, and one of the world's top 36 biodiversity hotspots. mvp works in partnership with local communities to fight illegal…

Environment
11
Discover Life in America Inc

Dlia will develop a model for research in biodiversity and will use the knowledge to develop and disseminate information to encourage the discovery, understanding, preservation, and enjoyment of natural resources.

Environment
12
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chesapeake Conservancy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Montgomery Botanical Center. 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

16 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. 16 of the 18 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HIRAM COLLEGE: $5,870,000 · EducationHIRAM COLLEGEMCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $3,560,000 · EducationMCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATEDGREEN VALE SCHOOL: $425,000 · EducationJOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY: $4,950,000 · OtherJOHN CABOT UNIVERSITYNORTH SHORE ALLIANCE: $800,000 · OtherNORTH SHORE ALLIANCE+2 more: $310,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES INC: $1,350,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE EVER…BISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER INC: $1,170,000 · EnvironmentBISCAYNE BAY WATERK…WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $1,000,000 · EnvironmentWESTERN RESERVE LAN…CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $400,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE CONSERVA…SCENIC RIVERS LAND TRUST INC: $400,000 · EnvironmentSCENIC RIVERS LAND …SHAREBABY INC: $2,130,000 · Arts & CultureSHAREBABY…+1 more: $35,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LIGHT HOUSE INC: $1,800,000 · Housing & ShelterCOUNTERPART INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,250,000 · InternationalDANNY & RONS RESCUE: $50,000 · AnimalsZOO MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Animals
Education$9,855,000Other$6,060,000Environment$4,320,000Arts & Culture$2,165,000Housing & Shelter$1,800,000International$1,250,000Animals$60,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHIRAM COLLEGE: $5,870,000 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetMCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $3,560,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetSHAREBABY INC: $2,130,000 over 5y, 51% of budgetTHE LIGHT HOUSE INC: $1,800,000 over 4y, 9.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES INC: $1,350,000 over 5y, 51% of budgetCOUNTERPART INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,250,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER INC: $1,170,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $1,000,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetGREEN VALE SCHOOL: $425,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $400,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetSCENIC RIVERS LAND TRUST INC: $400,000 over 4y, 33% of budgetTHE AMAZON BIODIVERSITY CENTER: $200,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetMONTGOMERY BOTANICAL CENTER: $110,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetDANNY & RONS RESCUE: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA ARTS IN ACTION INC: $35,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetZOO MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 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.

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 Batchelor Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Batchelor Foundation IncFL13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Paul and Maxine Frohring Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul and Maxine Frohring Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Chesapeake Conservancy Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Montgomery Botanical Center: 0% of income from government
  • Zoo Miami Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Mcdonogh School Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
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How do I get to Paul and Maxine Frohring Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Paul and Maxine Frohring Foundation Inc 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 18 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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