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Penniman Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$147k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2024
40
Organizations funded FY2023
15%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,600
Largest grant, FY2024
$45,000
Organizations funded a year
40 to 49
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$298k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 15% of the organizations Penniman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesEnvironmentInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving34$146k26%
FY202340$156k15%
FY202249$190k33%
FY202145$197k29%
FY202045$101kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Public Benefit$204kEducation$171kEnvironment$166kHealth$75kArts & Culture$73kAnimals$11kPhilanthropy$8kHuman Services$6kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
NY
WY
IN
OH
PA
CA
MO
VA
MD
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 57 grantees
All grantees of Penniman Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Florida Center for Government Accountability Inc$186,000434%
Medstar Health Inc$60,00040%
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida$35,00020%
St Lawrence University$31,50050%
Lowell School$24,50050%
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees$22,50050%
Naples Art Association Inc$20,10041%
Smithsonian Institution$18,50050%
Georgetown Day School$15,00050%
The Everglades Foundation Inc$12,50050%
Naples Botanical Garden Inc$11,75050%
Opensecrets$11,00040%
Trout Unlimited Inc$11,00040%
St Louis Shakespeare Festival$9,50050%
Friends of the Everglades Inc$8,70051%
Calusa Waterkeeper Inc$8,15032%
Gulfshore Playhouse Inc$8,00010%
Naples Community Hospital Inc$7,50010%
American Rivers Inc$7,25050%
Sierra Club Foundation$6,00050%
Southwest Florida Music Education Center Inc$5,00010%
Artis-Naples Inc$4,80030%
The Odyssey School Inc$4,50040%
1000 Friends of Florida Inc$4,00040%
Economic Policy Institute$4,00030%
Broward Bulldog Inc DBA Florida Bulldog$3,00031%
Moorings Park Foundation Inc$3,00010%
Naples Zoo Inc$3,00030%
Neighborhood Health Clinic Inc$2,75030%
Maryland Historical Society Inc$2,50030%
Baby Basics of Collier County Inc$2,50030%
Saint Louis Chamber Chorus$2,50031%
Washington University$2,25020%
Missouri Prairie Foundation$2,00020%
Friends of Sligo Creek$2,0001n/a
Forest Park Forever Inc$2,00040%
Polaris Project$1,50010%
Friends of Fakahatchee$1,50011%
Opera Naples Inc$1,38020%
Free Spirit Media Nfp$1,00010%
Abortion Action Missouri Foundation$1,00010%
Washington Animal Rescue League$1,0001n/a
Floridians for Democracy$1,0001n/a
Baker Senior Center Naples Inc$1,00010%
Save the Manatee Club Inc$1,00010%
Jewish Community Center$1,00010%
Operation Paws for Homes Inc$1,00010%
AVOW Hospice Inc$1,00010%
Collier County Audubon Society Inc Audubon Western Everglades$75020%
Collier County Senior Resource Center Inc$50010%
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$50010%
The Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida Inc$50010%
The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc$50010%
Board of Commissioners of Tower Grove Park$5001n/a
Naples Council on World Affairs Inc$22510%
Alpha Chi Omega Foundation Inc$20010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($210k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Penniman Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 53 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFlorida Center for Government Accountability Inc: $186,000 over 4y, 34% of budgetMedstar Health Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Conservancy of Southwest Florida: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSt Lawrence University: $31,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLowell School: $24,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMissouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees: $22,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNaples Art Association Inc: $20,100 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $18,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgetown Day School: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Everglades Foundation Inc: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNaples Botanical Garden Inc: $11,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOpensecrets: $11,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTrout Unlimited Inc: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis Shakespeare Festival: $9,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the Everglades Inc: $8,700 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCalusa Waterkeeper Inc: $8,150 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetGulfshore Playhouse Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNaples Community Hospital Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Rivers Inc: $7,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSouthwest Florida Music Education Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArtis-Naples Inc: $4,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Odyssey School Inc: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budget1000 Friends of Florida Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEconomic Policy Institute: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBroward Bulldog Inc DBA Florida Bulldog: $3,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMoorings Park Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNaples Zoo Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNeighborhood Health Clinic Inc: $2,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMaryland Historical Society Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBaby Basics of Collier County Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSaint Louis Chamber Chorus: $2,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetWashington University: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Prairie Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPolaris Project: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Fakahatchee: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOpera Naples Inc: $1,380 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFree Spirit Media Nfp: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAbortion Action Missouri Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBaker Senior Center Naples Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Manatee Club Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Community Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Paws for Homes Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAVOW Hospice Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollier County Audubon Society Inc Audubon Western Everglades: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCollier County Senior Resource Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe University of Florida Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 53.

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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.

Collier Community Foundation IncFL27× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Collier Community Foundation Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The League Club Inc · Greater Washington Community Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · The Miami Foundation Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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.

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How do I get to Penniman Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Penniman 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.

About Penniman Family Foundation

How much does Penniman Family Foundation give?
Penniman Family Foundation reported 35 grants totaling $146,950 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 49 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Penniman Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (26%), Education (22%), Environment (21%).
Who are Penniman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Florida Center for Government Accountability Inc ($186k), Medstar Health Inc ($60k), The Conservancy of Southwest Florida ($35k).
Does Penniman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Penniman Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Penniman Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Collier Community Foundation Inc, The Bessemer Giving Fund, The League Club Inc.
Where is Penniman Family Foundation based?
Penniman Family Foundation is based in FL.

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 90 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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