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Paulin 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.

$56k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$18k
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.

Education$83kYouth Development$22kInternational$19kHuman Services$8kPublic Benefit$5kHealth$4kSocial Science$3kCommunity Improvement$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $28k
$1,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$853k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DARTMOUTH$17,500
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NW COLORADO$10,000
HOMECOMING 250$5,000
TURNING POINT USA$5,000
COLGATE$3,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
ZITA'S HEALTHY BEGINNINGS$2,000
THINKWELL MAKERSPACE INNOVATIONS$2,000
FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL$2,000
SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND$1,000
LOS OLIVOS SCHOOL FOUNDATION$1,000
NEW YORK POLICE & FIRE WIDOWS & CHI$1,000
FOCUS POINTS FAMILY CENTER$750
HOPE & HELP CENTER$500
ART FOR HUMANITY$500
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 (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%TURNING POINT USA: $5k → 11%PAN MASS CHALLENGE: $500 → 7%THE LUMINOS FUND: $150 → 16%ZITA'S HEALTHY BEGINNINGS: $2k → 11%CURE DUCHENNE: $500 → 10%SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $1k → 11%LOS OLIVOS SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%COLGATE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 11%HEROS FOR HUMANITY: $3k → 9%GOLF FIGHTS CANCER: $2k → 16%MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $3k → 14%I3 ACADEMY: $500 → 16%CONCORD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $500 → 12%HOPE & HELP CENTER: $500 → 3%BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - DENVER: $1k → 7%FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL: $11k → 9%SOUL DOG RESCUE: $100 → 9%JDRF: $300 → 12%DECATUR CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $3k → 15%HOMECOMING 250: $5k → 12%US GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATI: $3k → 6%TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURV: $500 → 7%DEFENSE ENTREPRENEURS FORUM: $3k → 14%TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DARTMOUTH: $18k → 10%PAN-MASS CHALLENGE: $500 → 7%COLGATE: $4k → 11%MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $1k → 14%FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO: $6k → 9%FOCUS POINTS FAMILY CENTER: $750 → 12%THINKWELL MAKERSPACE INNOVATIONS: $2k → 15%AIR FORCE AID SOCIETY: $500 → 7%TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DARTMOUTH: $5k → 10%COLGATE UNIVERSITY: $4k → 11%ATLANTIC COUNCIL: $3k → 14%FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO: $3k → 9%BROMWELL ELEMENTARY: $350 → 12%ART FOR HUMANITY: $500 → 7%TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DARTMOUTH: $5k → 10%COLGATE UNIVERSITY: $4k → 11%COMPANIES FOR CAUSES - TACTIVATE: $5k → 14%FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL: $2k → 9%SEAN RANCH LOUGH FOUNDATION: $1k → 12%USO METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON: $500 → 7%TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DARTMOUTH: $5k → 10%COLGATE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 11%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB - METRO DENVER: $1k → 12%TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DARTMOUTH: $4k → 10%TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DARTMOUTH: $3k → 10%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

NH
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
OK
AL
TX
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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$97k · 6 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +69% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
18

Total granted

$97k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
+26%

Still filing today

67%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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
EducationHealthInternationalPublic BenefitAnimalsSocial ScienceOther
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

  • FV
    FOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO
    4× · 2020–2024 · $21k · revenue +93%
  • CU
    COLGATE UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2019–2022 · $13k · revenue +44%
  • MI
    MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER
    2× · 2020–2021 · $4k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • CF
    COMPANIES FOR CAUSES - TACTIVATE
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • DC
    DECATUR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +1%
  • TT
    THE TONY ROBBINS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +10%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
3
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
4
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
The Fund for American Studies

The fund for american studies (tfas) seeks to create a brighter, more prosperous future by preparing young people for leadership and teaching them the ideas of freedom and a free-market economy. founded in 1967, tfas organizes programs for…

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7
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
8
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
9
Institute for Shipboard Education

Journeys of discovery that spark bold solutions to global challenges.

Education
10
Tiffin University

Educate students by linking knowledge to professional practice.

Education
11
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
12
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Turning Point Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors 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

21 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. 21 of the 40 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DARTMOUTH: $38,500 · OtherTUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DARTMOUTHBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NW COLORADO: $20,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NW COLORADOTURNING POINT USA INC: $5,000 · OtherHOMECOMING 250: $5,000 · OtherCOMPANIES FOR CAUSES - TACTIVATE: $5,000 · OtherCOLGATE: $3,500 · Other+17 more: $20,300 · Other+17 moreFOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO: $21,000 · EducationFOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLO…COLGATE UNIVERSITY: $13,000 · EducationCOLGATE UNIVERSITYDECATUR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $3,000 · EducationDECATUR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC+4 more: $2,650 · Education+4 moreMERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $3,500 · InternationalATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC: $2,500 · InternationalART FOR HUMANITY INC: $500 · InternationalUNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Social ScienceSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $1,000 · HealthCURE DUCHENNE: $500 · HealthTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $500 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $300 · HealthAIR & SPACE FORCES AID SOCIETY INC: $500 · Public BenefitSOUL DOG RESCUE: $100 · Animals
Other$97,300Education$39,650International$6,500Social Science$2,500Health$2,300Public Benefit$500Animals$100

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 budgetFOUNTAIN VALLEY SCHOOL OF COLORADO: $21,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDECATUR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE TONY ROBBINS FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHINKWELL MAKERSPACE INNOVATIONS: $2,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSEAN RANCH LOUGH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLOS OLIVOS SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetART FOR HUMANITY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAIR & SPACE FORCES AID SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCURE DUCHENNE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetI3 ACADEMY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUMINOS FUND: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUL DOG RESCUE: $100 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.

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.

National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Paulin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paulin 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 →median 0%
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Paulin Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Paulin 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 40 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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