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Pauls Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Pauls 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.

$73k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$122kHousing & Shelter$69kHuman Services$56kFood & Nutrition$44kAnimals$33kEducation$22kYouth Development$21kPublic Safety & Disaster$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
$1,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Sea Island Habitat for Humanity$20,000
Ronald McDonald House of Charleston$15,000
Habitat for Humanity Vail Valley$7,500
The Pugs Foundation$6,700
HALOS$5,000
Cashiers Glenville Volunteer FD$2,000
Movember$1,500
Roper St Francis Foundation$1,500
Sea Island Hunger Awareness Fnd$1,500
MUSC Foundation$1,500
Good Cheer Fund$1,500
Florence Crittenton Programs of SC$1,030
Rivers Performance Hall Foundation$1,000
Kiawah Womens Foundation$1,000
The Cycle Effect$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY21–25, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Clothing Our Kids: $1k → 10%Florence Crittenton Programs of SC: $1k → 12%Florence Crittenton Programs of SC: $1k → 12%Florence Crittenton Programs of SC: $500 → 12%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
MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
DE
NC
SC
DC
GA
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.
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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 10% of Pauls Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Pauls Family Foundation Inclessmore 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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$367k · 31 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
12

Total granted

$367k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+42%

Still filing today

61%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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
HealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationCrime & LegalPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • SI
    Sea Island Habitat For Humanity Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $47k · revenue +168%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VAIL VALLEY INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $23k · revenue +55%
  • CC
    Charleston Collegiate School
    4× · 2020–2023 · $17k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • SI
    Sea island Hunger Awareness Foundat
    one grant, 2021 · $7k
  • MANNA FOOD BANK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +141%
  • NB
    NANTUCKET BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INC
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue +12%
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
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
2
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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3
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
4
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
5
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
6
Targeting Resistance in Cancer Cooperative
Health
7
Chemists Without Borders

Chemists without borders is a global humanitarian organization committed to sustainable and equitable solutions that empower communities and improve overall well-being. our strategic framework is: service - developing, facilitating, and…

Science & Tech
8
Climateworks Foundation

Climateworks foundation's mission is to connect philanthropy, grantees, and strategic partners to build and deliver high-impact climate solutions that benefit all people.

Science & Tech
9
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
10
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
11
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
12
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Habitat for Humanity Vail Valley Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Geographic Society. 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

26 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. 26 of the 45 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
20/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Ronald McDonald House of Charleston: $75,000 · OtherRonald McDonald House of CharlestonSea Island Habitat For Humanity Inc: $46,500 · OtherSea Island Habitat For Humanity IncPUGS FOUNDATION: $33,400 · OtherPUGS FOUNDATIONHALOS: $30,000 · OtherHALOSSea Island Hunger Awareness Fnd: $25,000 · OtherSea Island Hunger Awareness FndHABITAT FOR HUMANITY VAIL VALLEY INC: $22,500 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY VAIL VALLEY INCCharleston Collegiate School: $16,800 · OtherGood Cheer Fund: $13,500 · Other+23 more: $57,930 · Other+23 moreTHE V FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthTHE V FOU…MOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $9,000 · HealthMOVEMBER …BARRIER ISLANDS FREE MEDICAL CLINIC: $6,000 · HealthBARRIER I…Roper St Francis Foundation: $6,000 · HealthRoper St …+1 more: $1,000 · HealthThe Cycle Effect: $6,000 · Recreation & SportsKIDS ON POINT INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsCASHIERS-GLENVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $8,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Public Safety & DisasterKIAWAH WOMENS FOUNDATION: $6,000 · EducationNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $1,000 · EducationMAKE THE WORLD BETTER FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$320,630Health$32,000Recreation & Sports$11,000Public Safety & Disaster$10,000Education$7,000Youth Development$6,000Food & Nutrition$6,000

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 budgetSea Island Habitat For Humanity Inc: $46,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY VAIL VALLEY INC: $22,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCharleston Collegiate School: $16,800 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCASHIERS-GLENVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBARRIER ISLANDS FREE MEDICAL CLINIC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cycle Effect: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetKIAWAH WOMENS FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMAKE THE WORLD BETTER FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetRoper St Francis Foundation: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMANNA FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS ON POINT INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFlorence Crittenton Programs of South Carolina Inc: $2,530 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNANTUCKET BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHOWER POWER INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDARKNESS TO LIGHT INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTURN90: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORT MILES HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Of America: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClothing Our Kids Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $1,000 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.

  • Who funds Sea Island Habitat For Humanity Inc ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY VAIL VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds Charleston Collegiate School ↗
  • Who funds THE V FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOVEMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CASHIERS-GLENVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
  • Who funds BARRIER ISLANDS FREE MEDICAL CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds The Cycle Effect ↗
  • Who funds KIAWAH WOMENS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAKE THE WORLD BETTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Roper St Francis Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MANNA FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS ON POINT INC ↗
  • Who funds Florence Crittenton Programs of South Carolina Inc ↗
  • Who funds NANTUCKET BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SHOWER POWER INC ↗
  • Who funds DARKNESS TO LIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TURN90 ↗
  • Who funds HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds FORT MILES HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America ↗

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.

Coastal Community Fou…Beyond Our Gates Foun…Kelly Family Foundati…George R & Janet E De…Elhapa Foundation IncHenry & Sylvia Yaschi…The Joanna FoundationCarey Cox Wyatt Chari…Trident United WayDominion Energy Chari…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…
Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina IncSC19.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Beyond Our Gates Foundation of Kiawah & Seabrook · Kelly Family Foundation · George R & Janet E Desko Charitable Foundation · Elhapa Foundation Inc · Henry & Sylvia Yaschik Foundation Inc · The Joanna Foundation · Carey Cox Wyatt Charitable Foundation · Trident United Way · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Pauls Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pauls 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 66%
  • Fort Miles Historical Association Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: 21% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
11report 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 45 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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