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Penniman Foundation Inc at a glance

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Penniman Foundation Inc

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.

$40k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Religion$62kHealth$45kAnimals$26kEducation$24kHuman Services$17kPublic Benefit$9kPhilanthropy$7kRecreation & Sports$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,500
Median grant
10
States reached
$389k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PROVIDENCE ST JOSEPH'S FOUNDATION$10,000
MAYO CLINIC$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ANNUAL FUND$5,000
BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$5,000
FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION$3,000
UNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE BUNCOMBE COUNTY$3,000
HEARTS WITH HANDS ASHEVILLE NC$2,000
CATO INSTITUTE$1,500
KENT DENVER FUND$1,000
FSGA FOUNDATION$1,000
SOS FOUNDATION$1,000
ASHEVILLE SCHOOL$1,000
DAVE MILLER MEMORIAL FUND$500
PARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION$500
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%PLACE OF HOPE: $1k → 17%CATHOLIC HOSPICE INC: $500 → 15%ALEXANDRA'S ANGELS MS FOUNDATION: $250 → 13%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

MN
IL
MI
NY
CA
UT
CO
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
AL
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$170k · 16 repeat orgs$34k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
29

Total granted

$170k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+38%

Still filing today

50%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentEducationOther
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

  • FH
    FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $14k · revenue +30%
  • CI
    CATO INSTITUTE
    7× · 2018–2024 · $9k · revenue +71%
  • SA
    St Anne's Episcopal School Inc
    3× · 2018–2020 · $3k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF BIG BEAR ALPINE ZOO
    one grant, 2019 · $6k
  • CF
    CENTER FOR THE ARTS MIZNER PARK
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
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
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.

Animals
2
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Tampa Bay Florida Inc

Spca tampa bay is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates pinellas county's only nonprofit for-all animal shelter assisting all animals in need, regardless of species or circumstance, at its 10-acre campus in largo. (continued on…

Animals
3
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
4
Humane Society of Greater Miami-Dade for Pocta Aap

Matching furry friends with their purr-fect homes & offering affordable spay/neuter.

Animals
5
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
6
Southwest Florida Spay Neuter Serv

The organization is run by a veterinarian with a small staff to provide affordable care to pet owners, animal rescue organizations and work in cooperation with trap-neuter-vaccinate-release providers to control feral cat populations.

Animals
7
Safe Haven for Cats

The mission of safe haven for cats is to use no-kill principles and education to save cats' lives through rescue, adoption, spay/neuter services and community programs.

Animals
8
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
9
Flagler Humane Society Inc

We transform the lives of animals with compassionate care and services, outstanding educational programs, and advocacy for all animals.

Animals
10
Spca Inc

Spca florida exists to eliminate animal suffering and to engage the entire community in the welfare and well-being of animals.we accomplish this by advancing model programs to promote the adoption of healthy animals, prevent dog and cat…

Animals
11
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
12
Florida Animal Protection Foundation
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Hospice Inc; the most unlike its peers is Place of Hope. 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

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 51 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
24/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PROVIDENCE ST JOSEPH'S FOUNDATION: $62,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE ST JOSEPH'S FOUNDATIONBOCA RATON COMM HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $16,400 · OtherBOCA RATON COMM HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $13,500 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INCMAYO CLINIC: $11,000 · OtherMAYO CLINICSOS FOUNDATION: $6,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF BIG BEAR ALPINE ZOO: $6,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ANNUAL FUND: $6,000 · Other+23 more: $29,875 · Other+23 moreFERAL CAT CARETAKERS COALITION: $12,000 · AnimalsFERAL CAT …HUMANE SOCIETY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $2,500 · AnimalsHUMANE SOC…ACTORS AND OTHERS FOR ANIMALS: $2,000 · AnimalsACTORS AND…BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,000 · Animals+7 more: $2,250 · Animals+7 moreBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $14,100 · Community ImprovementThe Junior Welfare Society: $900 · Community ImprovementCATO INSTITUTE: $8,500 · Public BenefitFSGA FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Recreation & SportsST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $500 · HealthELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION: $250 · HealthPLACE OF HOPE: $1,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC HOSPICE INC: $500 · Human ServicesALEXANDRAS ANGELS MS FOUNDATION INC: $250 · Human Services
Other$151,275Animals$19,750Community Improvement$15,000Public Benefit$8,500Recreation & Sports$6,000Health$1,750Human Services$1,750

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 budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $14,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFERAL CAT CARETAKERS COALITION: $12,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $8,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFSGA FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSt Anne's Episcopal School Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTORS AND OTHERS FOR ANIMALS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S OPPORTUNITY GROUP INC: $1,525 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASHEVILLE SCHOOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe Junior Welfare Society: $900 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSouth Florida SPCA Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPET ADOPTION FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC HOSPICE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIGER HAVEN INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian African Leadership Ministries: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALEXANDRAS ANGELS MS FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEAL THE BAY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS: $200 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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY9.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Penniman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Penniman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
  • Catholic Hospice Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 51 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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