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Paul S Symchych Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Paul S Symchych Charitable 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.

$465k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$75k
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, FY2023 to 2025.

Education$242kHealth$235kArts & Culture$95kEmployment$85kFood & Nutrition$70kHuman Services$20k
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $305k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$20,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Milwaukee Repertory Theater Inc$75,000
Maricopa County Community College District Foundation$75,000
Plan A Health Inc$40,000
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin$40,000
Planned Parenthood Arizona$40,000
Chippewa Valley Technical College Foundation$30,000
JobsWork MKE Inc$20,000
Fresh Start Women's Foundation$20,000
North Bennet Street School$20,000
Gateway Technical College Foundation$20,000
Chicago Women in Trades$20,000
Pie Ranch$20,000
Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership Inc$15,000
Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms USA$10,000
IYRS School of Technology & Trades$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%Fresh Start Women's Foundation: $20k → 11%JobsWork MKE Inc: $20k → 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.
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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$457k · 5 repeat orgs$290k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
2

Total granted

$457k
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+17%

Still filing today

100%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $225k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
HealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureFood & NutritionEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • MC
    MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $152k · revenue +159%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $70k · revenue +15%
  • IS
    IYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $20k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC
    one grant, 2023 · $40k · revenue +17%
  • KC
    Kinship Community Food Center (aka Kinship MKE)
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
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
Wisconsin Technical College System Foundation Inc

The wisconsin technical college system (wtcs) foundation, inc., seeks to advance the wisconsin technical college system, its constituent technical colleges and public and private sector career, technical and workplace education. the…

Education
2
Women in Technology Wisconsin Inc

The mission of women in technology is to attract, grow, and retain women of all ages in technology-related careers. wit collaborates with professionals, companies, and communities to help women in technology of all ages and stages - from…

Youth Development
3
Northwest Wisconsin Workforce Investment Board Inc

The northwest wisconsin workforce investment board (nwwib) will create, and continue to improve, an innovative and quality strategic direction for the regional workforce development system.

Public Benefit
4
Institute for Women's Policy Research

Iwpr champions economic equity for all women and eliminates barriers to their full participation in society. as a leading national think tank, iwpr builds evidence to shape policies that grow women's power and influence, close inequality…

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5
Goodwill Industries of Metropolitan Chicago Inc

Goodwill industries of metropolitan chicago, inc. ("goodwill-chicago") is a nonstock, not-for-profit illinois corporation, whose sole member is goodwill industries of southeastern wisconsin, inc. ("goodwill"), a wisconsin nonstock,…

Human Services
6
Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin Inc

Eliminating barriers to employment by providing pathways for those who are underserved, underrepresented and disadvantaged who have a goal of building skills that lead to sustained employment and improved financial stability.

Human Services
7
Women in Product

Our mission is to equip women and non-binary folks to thrive in product management careers at all levels. we want all people to have equitable opportunities to build rewarding careers and shape the products of the future.

Human Services
8
Gps Education Partners Inc

Gps education partners is a non-profit work-based learning solutions provider and advocate, representing our students, businesses, and communities, focusing on access and equity for all students to succeed in the jobs of the future.

Arts & Culture
9
Workforce Connections Inc

Wci empowers individuals through employment and training services, helping people of all backgrounds including low-skilled and unskilled adults enter the workforce. we provide economically disadvantaged individuals and those facing…

Employment
10
All-in Milwaukee Inc

All-in milwaukee is a college completion program that provides financial aid, advising, program and career support to high potential, limited-income, diverse milwaukee students to complete college, build meaningful careers and transform…

Education
11
Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin Inc

Workforce development board of south central wisconsin, inc.'s mission is to build public and private partnerships that support innovation and excellence in workforce development.in furtherance of its mission the organization dedicates…

Employment
12
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership; the most unlike its peers is North Bennet Street School. 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

17 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. 17 of the 19 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)
17/17
Grantees still filing
8/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PLAN A HEALTH INC: $120,000 · HealthPLAN A HEALTH INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC: $70,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC: $40,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC+1 more: $5,000 · HealthMARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $151,669 · PhilanthropyMARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY…WISCONSIN REGIONAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP: $15,000 · PhilanthropyWISCONSIN REGIONAL TRAINI…MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $95,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE REPERTO…IYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureIYRS SCHOOL OF TE…Kinship Community Food Center (aka Kinship MKE): $25,000 · OtherKinship Co…GATEWAY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · OtherGATEWAY TE…CHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADES: $20,000 · OtherCHICAGO WO…Individual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual…FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $40,000 · Food & NutritionWorldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms USA: $10,000 · Food & NutritionCHIPPEWA VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · EducationNorth Bennet Street School: $20,000 · EducationJOBSWORK MKE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesFRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesPIE RANCH: $20,000 · Employment
Health$235,000Philanthropy$166,669Arts & Culture$115,000Other$70,000Food & Nutrition$50,000Education$50,000Human Services$40,000Employment$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $151,669 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPLAN A HEALTH INC: $120,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $95,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGATEWAY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNorth Bennet Street School: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHICAGO WOMEN IN TRADES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWorldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms USA: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% 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 Chicago Community…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL11.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 S Symchych Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul S Symchych Charitable 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report 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 S Symchych Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Paul S Symchych Charitable 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 19 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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