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Perrin Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$154k
Granted FY2026still arriving
40
Grants FY2026still arriving
7
States reached
$33k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$360kReligion$254kPhilanthropy$117kAnimals$49kPublic Benefit$20kHuman Services$3kRecreation & Sports$2kFood & Nutrition$1kOther$0
02FY2026 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k35 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $113k
$1,050
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HOPE$33,333
DOWLING CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$25,000
UNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL$25,000
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA$15,000
ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI SCHOOL$15,000
TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS$2,500
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HOPE$2,500
ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS$2,500
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HOPE$2,500
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HOPE$2,500
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HOPE$2,500
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$1,050
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$1,050
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$1,050
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$1,050
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 (FY26–26, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MARY'S HELPING HANDS: $1k → 5%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
MI
NY
MA
IA
OH
CA
MO
AZ
NC
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$880k · 15 repeat orgs$92k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2026, 8 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
20

Total granted

$880k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-11%
+48%

Still filing today

40%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
EducationAnimalsHealthPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentReligionOther
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

  • UNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL
    10× · 2017–2026 · $332k · revenue +28%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA
    6× · 2021–2026 · $131k · revenue -20%
  • LC
    LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HOPE
    4× · 2023–2026 · $107k

Funded once

  • BP
    BLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +42%
  • SF
    ST FRANCES OF ASSISI
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • DM
    DES MOINES CHRISTIAN SCHOOLSgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +55%
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 Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
2
American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa

The union works to advocate and advance a public policy agenda to support and protect the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of iowa. it works to maintain throughout the united states the rights of free…

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3
Feeding South Dakota

To eliminate hunger in south dakota.

Food & Nutrition
4
Adams County Pet Rescue

Rescue, care, and find homes for abandoned and/or abused animals.

Animals
5
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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6
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
7
America's Newspapers

Providing research, education and practical information all aimed at optimizing newspapers' business operations, deepening their community engagement and enhancing the quality of their journalism.

Employment
8
San Francisco Friends School

At san francisco friends school, students learn in a community grounded in the quaker values of reflection, integrity, peaceful problem-solving and stewardship. our teachers challenge students with a dynamic curriculum that inspires…

Education
9
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
10
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
11
Common Good Iowa

Common good iowa engages iowans to create and advocate for research-based public policy that makes life better and more equitable for all who make iowa home.

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12
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Des Moines Christian Schools; the most unlike its peers is Des Moines Golf and Country Club Educational 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

22 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. 22 of the 44 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)
22/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $131,275 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWALUTHERAN CHURCH OF HOPE: $106,734 · OtherLUTHERAN CHURCH OF HOPEST FRANCES OF ASSIAI: $99,991 · OtherST FRANCES OF ASSIAIECCLESIA CHURCH AT THE CHIP: $60,500 · OtherECCLESIA CHURCH AT THE CHIPDOWLING CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $25,000 · OtherST PETER VIETNAMESE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY: $21,500 · Other+23 more: $69,979 · Other+23 moreUNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL: $332,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOLST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $40,000 · EducationST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS+3 more: $13,500 · EducationPaws New England: $30,000 · AnimalsTHE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE: $11,000 · AnimalsBLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Animals+2 more: $1,500 · AnimalsCOST OF FREEDOM INC: $20,000 · Public BenefitSTRANDS OF STRENGTH INC: $1,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $514 · HealthUNITED WAY OF STORY COUNTY INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICANS OF FAITH: $1,000 · Religion
Other$514,979Education$385,500Animals$47,500Public Benefit$20,000Health$1,514Philanthropy$1,000Religion$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL: $332,000 over 10y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $131,275 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $40,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPaws New England: $30,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetTHE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE: $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDES MOINES CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDES MOINES GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetSTRANDS OF STRENGTH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF STORY COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetReigning Grace Ranch: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMES PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPEACE OF MIND DOG RESCUE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Guardsmen: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoothills Food Bank: $250 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 UNIVERSITY LIGGETT SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA ↗
  • Who funds ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds Paws New England ↗
  • Who funds COST OF FREEDOM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
  • Who funds BLANK PARK ZOO FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DES MOINES CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds DES MOINES GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STRANDS OF STRENGTH INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF STORY COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Reigning Grace Ranch ↗
  • Who funds AMERICANS OF FAITH ↗
  • Who funds MARYS HELPING HANDS ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMES PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PEACE OF MIND DOG RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF IOWA ↗

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.

Community Fdn of Grea…American Endowment Fo…Arthur J Gallagher Fo…United Way WorldwideThe Blackbaud Giving …T Rowe Price Program …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…The US Charitable Gif…The Bank of America C…Raymond James Charita…Charities Aid Foundat…
Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA20.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · American Endowment Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Perrin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Perrin 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 44 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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