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Paul G Arpin Charitable Trust 000531 at a glance

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Paul G Arpin Charitable Trust 000531

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$3.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$3.7MAnimals$147kInternational$146kEnvironment$101kFood & Nutrition$90kHealth$87kReligion$78kHuman Services$70kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $250k+1 grant · $3.6M
$7,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARPIN CHARITABLE FUND INC$3,577,632
GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR TRANSFORMATION$7,000
THE VILLAGE LINK$7,000
CAPSTONE MINISTRIES INC$3,500
THE PROUT SCHOOL$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BOYS TOWN: $4k → 12%INTERNATIONAL GUIDING EYES INC: $2k → 14%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $2k → 9%HOPE HOSPICE: $12k → 11%UNBOUND: $6k → 16%BOYS TOWN: $2k → 12%INTERNATIONAL GUIDING EYES INC: $2k → 14%HOPE HOSPICE: $6k → 11%UNBOUND: $6k → 16%BOYS TOWN: $2k → 12%INTERNATIONAL GUIDING EYES INC: $1k → 14%HOPE HOSPICE: $5k → 11%UNBOUND: $6k → 16%BOYS TOWN: $2k → 12%INTERNATIONAL GUIDING EYES INC: $500 → 14%HOPE HOSPICE: $3k → 11%UNBOUND: $5k → 16%BOYS TOWN: $1k → 12%HOPE HOSPICE: $2k → 11%COVENANT HOUSE: $3k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $3k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $1k → 17%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
MI
NY
MA
OH
CT
RI
CA
UT
NE
KY
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
DC
GA
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 66 repeat orgs$63k to everyone else

66 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 61 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

66
31

Total granted

$4.4M
$63k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+49%

Still filing today

73%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsEnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalFood & NutritionHealthOther
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

  • AC
    ARPIN CHARITABLE FUND INC (DBA ARPIN STRONG)
    5× · 2019–2024 · $3.7M · revenue ×96 · 89% of their budget
  • RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2019–2023 · $30k · revenue +61%
  • MEALS ON WHEELS OF RI INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $25k · revenue +111%

Funded once

  • PH
    PROJECT HAND UP
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue -2%
  • CM
    CAPSTONE MINISTRIES INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2019 · $6k
  • PJ
    PROVIDENCE JOURNAL HOLIDAY FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
2
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
3
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
4
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
5
Wildlife Alliance Inc

Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…

Animals
6
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
7
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
8
Rainforest Trust

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

International
9
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
10
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
11
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
12
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign

The american wild horse campaign is the nation's leading conservation organization dedicated to preserving the freedom and habitat of wild horses and burros. through its initiatives in advocacy, conservation, land preservation, and legal…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Farm Sanctuary Inc; the most unlike its peers is Arpin Charitable Fund Inc (Dba Arpin Strong). 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

71 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. 71 of the 99 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
68/71
Grantees still filing
59/71
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARPIN CHARITABLE FUND INC (DBA ARPIN STRONG): $3,691,932 · PhilanthropyARPIN CHARITABLE FUND INC (DBA ARPIN STRONG)CAPSTONE MINISTRIES INC: $27,500 · OtherCAPSTONE …MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $25,413 · OtherMASSACHUS…THE KENT CENTER: $25,413 · OtherTHE KENT …MISSIONARIES FOR THE POOR: $22,000 · OtherMISSIONAR…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $14,343 · OtherPROVIDENCE JOURNAL SUMMERTIME FUND: $13,843 · OtherAIDS PROJECT RI: $13,843 · OtherOUR LADY OF MERCY CHURCH: $13,843 · OtherGLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR TRANSFORMATION: $43,500 · OtherGLOBAL IN…NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $20,000 · OtherBRYANT UNIVERSITY: $13,843 · Other+35 more: $144,850 · Other+35 moreDING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC: $12,000 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $11,000 · AnimalsCLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC: $10,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $9,000 · AnimalsDefenders of Wildlife: $8,500 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $8,500 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $8,500 · AnimalsHORSE PLAY: $7,500 · AnimalsFARM SANCTUARY INC: $7,000 · AnimalsSAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $7,000 · AnimalsRETURN TO FREEDOM INC: $6,000 · AnimalsGULF COAST HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $5,850 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $5,800 · AnimalsTHE SATO PROJECT: $5,500 · Animals+11 more: $21,500 · AnimalsVILLAGE LINK: $43,000 · InternationalFAITH IN DEEDS INC: $21,500 · InternationalRaising Haiti Foundation: $21,000 · International+1 more: $2,000 · InternationalRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $30,413 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS OF RI INC: $25,413 · Food & NutritionFOOD & WATER WATCH: $10,300 · Food & NutritionPROJECT HAND UP: $6,000 · Food & NutritionHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionHOPE HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $27,413 · Human ServicesUnbound: $22,500 · Human ServicesFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $11,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE: $7,000 · Human ServicesInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: $5,500 · Human Services+2 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesEARTHJUSTICE: $10,500 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $9,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $8,500 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $7,000 · EnvironmentCALUSA WATERKEEPER INC: $6,350 · EnvironmentCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $6,000 · Environment+4 more: $3,100 · Environment
Philanthropy$3,691,932Other$378,391Animals$133,650International$87,500Food & Nutrition$77,126Human Services$76,413Environment$60,450

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 budgetARPIN CHARITABLE FUND INC (DBA ARPIN STRONG): $3,691,932 over 5y, 89% of budgetGLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR TRANSFORMATION: $43,500 over 5y, 17% of budgetVILLAGE LINK: $43,000 over 6y, 97% of budgetRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $30,413 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $27,413 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF RI INC: $25,413 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUnbound: $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFAITH IN DEEDS INC: $21,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetRaising Haiti Foundation: $21,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetNEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $14,343 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBRYANT UNIVERSITY: $13,843 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC: $12,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $11,650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $10,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBack 2 Back Ministries Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD & WATER WATCH: $10,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $8,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $8,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $8,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $8,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCASTLETON RANCH HORSE RESCUE INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHORSE PLAY: $7,500 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRAINFOREST ALLIANCE INC: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCALUSA WATERKEEPER INC: $6,350 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetPROJECT HAND UP: $6,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRETURN TO FREEDOM INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGULF COAST HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $5,850 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $5,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SATO PROJECT: $5,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WESTERLY LAND TRUST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEAST ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $4,000 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds ARPIN CHARITABLE FUND INC (DBA ARPIN STRONG) ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR TRANSFORMATION ↗
  • Who funds VILLAGE LINK ↗
  • Who funds RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF RI INC ↗
  • Who funds Unbound ↗
  • Who funds FAITH IN DEEDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Raising Haiti Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds BRYANT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds Back 2 Back Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOOD & WATER WATCH ↗
  • Who funds CLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Defenders of Wildlife ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds CASTLETON RANCH HORSE RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds HORSE PLAY ↗

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 Rhode Island Comm…Arpin Charitable Fund…Amica Companies Found…Southwest Florida Com…Leslie L Alexander Fo…Washington Trust Co C…Citizens Charitable F…Chelsea Groton Founda…The Champlin Foundati…The Pfizer Foundation…Verizon FoundationGe Aerospace Foundati…
The Rhode Island Community FoundationRI18.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · Arpin Charitable Fund Inc (Dba Arpin Strong) · Amica Companies Foundation · Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc · Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Chelsea Groton Foundation · The Champlin Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · Ge Aerospace 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 G Arpin Charitable Trust 000531 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul G Arpin Charitable Trust 000531. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • National Park Trust Inc: 51% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Animal Rescue League of Boston: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 99 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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