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Paul L Foster Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$300k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$3.5MArts & Culture$1.4MPublic Benefit$957kFood & Nutrition$814kAnimals$520kHuman Services$336kHealth$243kEducation$204kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $144k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $400k
  • $250k+2 grants · $557k
$22,700
Median grant
3
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PASO DEL NORTE CHILDRENS DEVELOPMENT CENTER$300,000
AMIGO AIRSHO INC$256,824
PASO DEL NORTE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$110,000
EL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER$100,000
EL PASO MATTERS$100,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO$90,000
TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC$25,000
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$25,000
STARS SCHOLARSHIP FUND$23,500
TEXAS BUSINESS HALL OF FAME FOUNDATION$23,000
ASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$22,700
THE OPERA COMPANY INC$15,000
EL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
HOSPICE OF EL PASO INC$9,756
LAW N PAWS$5,000
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 (FY19–24, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $25k → 14%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF EL PASO: $5k → 21%HOSPICE OF EL PASO INC: $10k → 21%HOSPICE OF EL PASO INC: $5k → 21%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 18% of Paul L Foster Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Paul L Foster Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

51%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 16 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against -29% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
18

Total granted

$2.5M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
-29%

Still filing today

94%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $820k 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
Arts & CultureHealthEducationInternationalHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • EP
    EL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER
    4× · 2019–2024 · $814k · revenue +440%
  • TB
    Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation
    4× · 2019–2024 · $171k · revenue +3%
  • AV
    ASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2024 · $104k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • TE
    THE EL PASO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M
  • AA
    ASPEN ART MUSEUM
    one grant, 2022 · $246k · revenue -62%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SENTEBALE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $65k · revenue -30%
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
El Paso Museum of Art Foundation

To create a permanent endowment fund to support the el paso museum of art. a portion of the capital appreciation and earnings are distributed annually to the el paso museum of art and used for acquisitions, conservation and preservation,…

Arts & Culture
2
El Paso Pro-Musica

To present world-renowned musicians with a commitment to artisitic excellence to delight and educate the border region with chamber music.

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3
El Paso Symphony Foundation

El paso symphony foundation is a separate corporation which provides the el paso symphony orchestra association with charitable and educational support.

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4
El Paso Chamber of Commerce Foundation

The el paso chamber exists to operate exclusively for charitable, educational, scientific, and literary purposes relating to the city of el paso. the chamber foundation serves as its supporting organization to pursue grants to fund…

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5
El Paso Community College Foundation

The foundation was formed to receive gifts and to invest, manage and distribute such gifts for the benefit of the el paso community college and its students. the foundation promotes education and other related activities of the college.

Education
6
Paso Del Norte Health Information Exchange

Paso del Norte Health Information Exchange exists to promote the health of El Paso County and surrounding communities by facilitating the creation and operation of a health information exchange. The central activity of the organization is…

Health
7
El Paso Public Television Foundation Inc

To inspire, inform and educate our viewer through quality educational programming; while producing superb local programs tailored to our community.

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8
El Paso Center for Children Inc

El paso center for children, inc's purpose is to provide homes for dependent and neglected children and an array of support services for emotionally disturbed children, adolescents, and their families. the organization operates entirely in…

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9
El Paso Human Services Inc

El paso human services, inc. (ephsi), a private non-profit multi-purpose organization, has been providing social services in el paso county since 1984. ephsi has extensive experience in developing, implementing and executing federal, state…

Human Services
10
Humane Society of El Paso Inc

The prevention of suffering, neglect, abuse, and cruelty of animalsby providing information, raising public awareness of animal issues,and promoting responsible pet ownership and kindness to all livingthings in west texas.

Animals
11
El Paso Childrens Hospital Foundation

To support healthcare services across the southwest border region through philanthropic and charitable resources.

Health
12
El Paso Chamber of Commerce

The mission of el paso chamber of commerce is to support business and our community by providing opportunities for connecting, coaching, advocating, and innovating.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medical Center of the Americas Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Law N Paws. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

39 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. 39 of the 48 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)
39/39
Grantees still filing
19/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,325,000 · PhilanthropyEL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+2 more: $17,000 · PhilanthropyTHE EL PASO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $1,000,000 · OtherTHE EL PASO CHILDREN'S MU…UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO: $90,000 · OtherASPEN ART MUSEUM: $245,800 · OtherASPEN ART MUSEUMTexas Business Hall of Fame Foundation: $171,000 · OtherTexas Business Hall of Fa…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SENTEBALE FOUNDATION: $65,000 · Other+25 more: $358,880 · Other+25 moreEL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER: $814,202 · Food & NutritionEL PASOANS…TEXAS TRIBUNE INC: $700,000 · EducationTEXAS TRIB…STARS SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $58,500 · EducationSTARS SCHO…Santa Teresa Charitable Foundation: $30,000 · Education+1 more: $25,000 · EducationPASO DEL NORTE CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $300,000 · HealthPASO DEL …Paso del Norte Community Foundation: $185,000 · HealthPaso del …ASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $104,300 · HealthASPEN VAL…MEDICAL CENTER OF THE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthMEDICAL C…THE FEMAP FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Health+1 more: $20,000 · HealthEl Paso Zoological Society: $502,500 · Animals+1 more: $5,000 · AnimalsAMIGO AIR SHO INC: $256,824 · Public BenefitEL PASO MATTERS INC: $100,000 · Public Benefit
Philanthropy$3,342,000Other$1,930,680Food & Nutrition$814,202Education$813,500Health$684,300Animals$507,500Public Benefit$356,824

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 budgetEL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,325,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetEL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER: $814,202 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTEXAS TRIBUNE INC: $700,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetEl Paso Zoological Society: $502,500 over 2y, 66% of budgetPASO DEL NORTE CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $300,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetASPEN ART MUSEUM: $245,800 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetPaso del Norte Community Foundation: $185,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTexas Business Hall of Fame Foundation: $171,000 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $104,300 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetEL PASO MATTERS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SENTEBALE FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSTARS SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $58,500 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMEDICAL CENTER OF THE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSanta Teresa Charitable Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetTHE FEMAP FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Opera Company Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetLEA COUNTY MUSEUM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF EL PASO: $23,230 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetEL PASO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOC INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetOPERATION NOEL: $20,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF EL PASO INC: $14,756 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRADEN ABOUD MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCREATIVE KIDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetBETTER BUSINESS BUREAU FOUNDATION OF EL PASO: $7,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEL PASO GUIDANCE CENTER INC dba EL PASO CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST: $5,050 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetLAW N PAWS: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF EL PASO: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFilm Society of Austin Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEl Paso Holocaust Museum & Study Center: $4,480 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetEl Paso Festivals Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS: $3,864 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEL PASO VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% 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 Hunt Family Found…Paso del Norte Commun…El Paso Community Fou…The Shiloff Family Fo…Robert E & Evelyn McK…Paso del Norte Health…Feinberg FoundationWilma Donohue Moleen …The Electric Company …Sue Smith Harrison Fa…United Way of El Paso…Union Pacific Foundat…
The Hunt Family FoundationTX41× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hunt Family Foundation · Paso del Norte Community Foundation · El Paso Community Foundation · The Shiloff Family Foundation · Robert E & Evelyn McKee Foundation · Paso del Norte Health Foundation · Feinberg Foundation · Wilma Donohue Moleen Foundation Xxxxx7003 · The Electric Company Charitable Foundation · Sue Smith Harrison Family Foundation · United Way of El Paso County · Union Pacific 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 L Foster Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul L Foster Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Paul L Foster Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Paul L Foster Family Foundation 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 48 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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