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Paul T and Ruth B Abraham Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Paul T and Ruth B Abraham Family Foundation Inc

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.

$95k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Youth Development$150kPhilanthropy$105kHealth$70kPublic Safety & Disaster$40kEducation$25kArts & Culture$25kInternational$15kPublic Benefit$10k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS$30,000
MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$20,000
THE COLLABORATORY$15,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TEXAS HILL$10,000
ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH$10,000
UNITED WAY OF LEE HENDRY & GLADES$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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 18% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15k → 9%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA INC: $10k → 17%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TEXAS HILL: $10k → 13%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $10k → 14%UNITED WAY OF LEE COUNTY: $25k → 11%VOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION: $5k → 19%ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH: $10k → 17%THE KENTUCKY STATE TREASURER: $10k → 14%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $5k → 17%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $10k → 14%UNITED WAY OF LEE COUNTY: $20k → 11%BARBARA'S FRIENDS: $10k → 11%UNITED WAY OF LEE COUNTY: $10k → 11%LEE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%BOBBY NICHOLS FIDDLESTICKS CHARITY: $25k → 11%LITERACY COUNCIL GULF COAST: $5k → 11%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $30k → 11%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $30k → 11%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $30k → 11%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $25k → 11%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $20k → 11%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $15k → 11%THE COLLABORATORY: $15k → 11%SWFL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%SWFL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%UNITED WAY OF LEE HENDRY & GLADES: $10k → 11%SWFL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 11%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

NY
IA
KY
TN
NC
DC
HI
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$305k · 6 repeat orgs$105k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
8

Total granted

$305k
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
0%

Still filing today

50%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
PhilanthropyInternationalHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • The United Way of Lee County Inc
    3× · 2020–2022 · $55k · revenue +64%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $20k · revenue +167%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $15k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • BN
    BOBBY NICHOLS FIDDLESTICKS CHARITY
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • TK
    THE KENTUCKY STATE TREASURER
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • LM
    LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Heart of Florida United Way Inc

The mission of heart of florida united way is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our communities. this is accomplished by standing up for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in central florida.

Philanthropy
2
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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3
Community First Credit Union of Florida

Community first credit union of florida's mission is to provide the highest in quality financial solutions for every stage of life.

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4
University of South Florida Foundation Inc

University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…

Education
5
United Way Worldwide

To improve lives by mobilizing caring power of communities around the world to advance common good.

Philanthropy
6
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
9
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
10
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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11
Women's Foodservice Forum

Accelerate the advancement of women leaders in the food industry. we believe in limitless opportunity for all women.

Food & Nutrition
12
American Culinary Federation Inc

Promoting excellence, education, professionalism and collegiality in the culinary profession

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hawaii Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Literacy Council Gulf Coast 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 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
5/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $150,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERSMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $40,000 · OtherMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTERSWFL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherSWFL COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONBOBBY NICHOLS FIDDLESTICKS CHARITY: $25,000 · OtherBOBBY NICHOLS FIDDLESTICKS CHARITYUNITED WAY OF LEE HENDRY & GLADES: $10,000 · OtherTHE KENTUCKY STATE TREASURER: $10,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TEXAS HILL: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · Other+1 more: $5,000 · OtherThe United Way of Lee County Inc: $55,000 · PhilanthropyThe United Way of Lee Count…HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONSOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropySOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY…LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyLEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM …VOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $5,000 · PhilanthropyWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $20,000 · InternationalWORLD CEN…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $15,000 · InternationalMEDECINS …ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · HealthAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$285,000Philanthropy$105,000International$35,000Health$10,000Human Services$5,000

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 budgetThe United Way of Lee County Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY COUNCIL GULF COAST INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $5,000 over 1y, 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Paul T and Ruth B Abraham Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul T and Ruth B Abraham Family Foundation Inc. 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%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The United Way of Lee County Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report 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 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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