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Perlmeter Family Foundation at a glance

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Perlmeter Family 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.

$2.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$1.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.5MPhilanthropy$849kArts & Culture$368kInternational$297kReligion$248kEnvironment$161kHealth$130kHuman Services$128kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $3k
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.2M
$375,886
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIELDCREST ASPIRATION FOUNDATION$1,871,063
FIELDCREST ASPIRATION FOUNDATION$375,886
SCRIPPS HEALTH$2,000
HOLY FAMILY HOSPICE$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $325k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 10% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JUBILEE PARK & COMMUNITY CENTER CORPORATION: $14k → 14%JUBILEE PARK AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 14%JUBILEE PARK AND COMMUNITY CENTER: $7k → 14%IMPACT CUBED: $135k → 11%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $99k → 11%IMPACT CUBED: $50k → 11%COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 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

ND
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
NE
WV
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
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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.

29%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 27 repeat orgs$3.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
60

Total granted

$1.4M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
-4%

Still filing today

78%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.2M 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
EducationEnvironmentHealthPhilanthropyInternationalArts & CultureOther
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

  • TA
    THEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE
    5× · 2019–2023 · $205k · revenue +46%
  • UE
    UPLIFT EDUCATION
    5× · 2019–2023 · $110k · revenue +57%
  • COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER
    2× · 2022–2023 · $109k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • RJ
    RAYMOND JAMES DONOR ADVISED FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $258k
  • IC
    IMPACT CUBED
    one grant, 2023 · $185k · revenue -19%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
2
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
3
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
4
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
5
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
6
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
7
Jewish Federation of San Diego County

Jewish federation of san diego county is dedicated to building a vibrant, caring, connected, and enduring jewish community.

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8
Activate Global Inc

Activate empowers scientists to reinvent the world by bringing their research to market. activate partners with u.s. based funders, research institutions, and other pillars of the hard technology community to help entrepreneurial…

Environment
9
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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10
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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11
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
12
Global Impact Investing Network Inc

The global impact investing network, inc. is dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing to solve systemic problems facing people and the planet. impact investments are investments made into companies,…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Funders Network; the most unlike its peers is Fieldcrest Aspiration Foundation. 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

67 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. 67 of the 99 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
66/67
Grantees still filing
37/67
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIELDCREST ASPIRATION FOUNDATION: $2,246,949 · PhilanthropyFIELDCREST ASPIRATION FOUNDATION+10 more: $304,687 · Philanthropy+10 moreRAYMOND JAMES DONOR ADVISED FUND: $257,602 · OtherRAYMOND JAMES DONOR ADVISED FUNDCOASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $194,236 · OtherCOASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONCENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBIS: $100,126 · OtherCENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RA…COASTAL FOUNDATION: $84,500 · OtherCOASTAL FOUNDATIONHebrew Union College: $55,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC: $80,288 · Other+57 more: $805,488 · Other+57 moreTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $204,894 · Arts & CultureBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $103,832 · Arts & CultureFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $24,519 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $12,000 · Arts & CultureIMPACT CUBED: $184,869 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $108,787 · Human ServicesJUBILEE PARK & COMMUNITY CENTER CORPORATION: $31,367 · Human ServicesHIAS INC: $50,126 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $40,230 · InternationalAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $40,226 · InternationalTHOUSAND CURRENTS: $30,240 · InternationalTHE GOD'S CHILD PROJECT: $20,000 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUND: $10,130 · InternationalT'RUAH: $9,977 · InternationalUPLIFT EDUCATION: $110,432 · EducationSUSTAINED LEADERS: $25,014 · EducationEDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPS: $14,000 · EducationCATCH Global Foundation: $14,000 · EducationPHALEN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY - INDIANA: $10,000 · EducationSAN DIEGO WRITERS INK: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC: $72,106 · Youth DevelopmentJUST IN TIME FOR FOSTER YOUTH: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR: $5,000 · Youth Development
Philanthropy$2,551,636Other$1,577,240Arts & Culture$345,245Human Services$325,023International$200,929Education$188,446Youth Development$82,106

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 budgetTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $204,894 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCOASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $194,236 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetIMPACT CUBED: $184,869 over 1y, 21% of budgetUPLIFT EDUCATION: $110,432 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $108,787 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $103,832 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JEWISH SPIRITUALITY INC: $80,288 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND: $72,304 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC: $72,106 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHIAS INC: $50,126 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $40,230 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $40,226 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOKO URBAN FARMS INC: $38,200 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF THE BERKSHIRES: $34,350 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetJUBILEE PARK & COMMUNITY CENTER CORPORATION: $31,367 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHOUSAND CURRENTS: $30,240 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $30,240 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO: $29,958 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $29,630 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBERKSHIRES BOUNTY INC: $28,330 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE-BERKSHIRES INC: $27,330 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSUSTAINED LEADERS: $25,014 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $24,519 over 1y, 0.1% of budget350ORG: $21,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GOD'S CHILD PROJECT: $20,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE TEACHING TRUST: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $14,367 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRESIST INC: $14,367 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLIMATE EMERGENCY FUND: $14,367 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPS: $14,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCATCH Global Foundation: $14,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetEarthworks: $14,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTOGETHER WOMEN RISE: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $10,130 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $10,090 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHALEN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY - INDIANA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR SARCOIDOSIS RESEARCH: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSAN DIEGO WRITERS INK: $10,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetT'RUAH: $9,977 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOURLAND CONSERVANCY: $7,184 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF HOPEWELL VALLEY OPEN SPACE: $7,184 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetROOT & REBOUND: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS LILITH FUND: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPREVENTION POINT PHILADELPHIA INC: $7,000 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.

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.

The San Diego Foundat…Jewish Community Foun…Fieldcrest Aspiration…Coastal Community Fou…Leichtag FoundationRancho Santa Fe Found…The Shimon Ben Joseph…Russell & Costello Fa…Wild Wisdom Foundatio…David C Copley Founda…The Conrad Prebys Fou…Sempra Foundation
The San Diego FoundationCA21.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Fieldcrest Aspiration Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation · Leichtag Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation Dba Jim Joseph Foundation · Russell & Costello Family Foundation Inc # 0736264 · Wild Wisdom Foundation Inc (Formerly a Cerami & a Dunne Fdn for World Health) · David C Copley Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Sempra 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 Perlmeter Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Perlmeter Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Volunteers in Medicine-Berkshires Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Resist Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

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 99 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home