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Phelan 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.

$530k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.8MInternational$1.1MHousing & Shelter$406kHealth$360kEnvironment$70kPhilanthropy$40kRecreation & Sports$33kReligion$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $93k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $175k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$25,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$6.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VOX AMA DEUS$250,000
CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL$125,000
PROJECT HOPE$50,000
NATURE POWER FOUNDATION$25,000
DON'T EVER GIVE UP INC$25,000
OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL$25,000
LYRICS FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC$17,500
THE V FOUNDATION$7,500
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$2,500
CAMP SUNSHINE$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $3k → 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

ME
IL
MA
PA
NJ
MO
NC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.8M · 15 repeat orgs$135k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
11

Total granted

$3.8M
$107k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+32%

Still filing today

73%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • VA
    VOX AMA DEUS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.8M · revenue +20% · 48% of their budget
  • PH
    PROJECT HOPE INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $388k · revenue +7%
  • PROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $150k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $26k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $24k
  • SY
    SNIDER YOUTH HOCKEY
    one grant, 2018 · $13k
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
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
2
Handicap International

Handicap international dba humanity & inclusion (hi) works with people with disabilities and people living in situations of vulnerability, including poverty, exclusion, conflict, and disaster.

International
3
World Hope International Inc

The purpose of world hope international, inc. (whi) includes providing assistance to economically disadvantaged people through long-term social transformation projects, including anti-trafficking protection, clean water, economic…

International
4
Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc

For over 20 years, chai's mission has been to save lives and improve health outcomes in low-and middle-income countries around the world. we do this by enabling the government and private sector to strengthen and sustain quality health…

International
5
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
6
Intrahealth International Inc

Our mission is to improve the performance of health workers and strengthen the systems in which they work.

Health
7
Pact Inc

Pact is a nonprofit organization that builds evidence-based, data-driven, and community-led solutions for human development (continued in schedule o)

International
8
Christel House International Inc

Chi prepares graduates of the christel house schools operated by its affiliated entities, which chi funds and oversees, to achieve upward economic mobility, demonstrate good citizenship, and become empowered to identify and realize their…

International
9
Hopehealth

Our purpose is to offer our skills and hearts to help patients and families live each day with hope and dignity.

Human Services
10
World Vision Inc

World vision, inc. is a christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. (continued on schedule…

International
11
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
12
Pathfinder International

Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children International; the most unlike its peers is The Noonday 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

19 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. 19 of the 28 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VOX AMA DEUS: $1,825,000 · OtherVOX AMA DEUSPROJECT HOPE (BOARD GIFT): $210,000 · OtherPROJECT HOPE (BOARD GIFT)+9 more: $170,850 · Other+9 moreChildren International: $398,750 · InternationalChildren InternationalOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US: $375,000 · InternationalOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/…ACCION INTERNATIONAL: $185,000 · InternationalACCION INTERNATIONALPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · InternationalPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEO…MAP International Inc: $40,000 · InternationalPROJECT HOPE INC: $388,169 · HealthPROJECT HOPE …THE V FOUNDATION: $32,500 · HealthTHE V FOUNDAT…DON'T EVER GIVE UP INC: $25,000 · HealthDON'T EVER GI…+2 more: $11,000 · HealthLYRICS FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $81,500 · PhilanthropyTHE NOONDAY FOUNDATION: $40,000 · PhilanthropyDEVON 50 INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsED SNIDER YOUTH HOCKEY & EDUCATION: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsHabitat for Humanity of Collier County Inc: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $2,500 · Human Services
Other$2,205,850International$1,148,750Health$456,669Philanthropy$126,500Recreation & Sports$30,000Housing & Shelter$5,000Human Services$2,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVOX AMA DEUS: $1,825,000 over 8y, 48% of budgetChildren International: $398,750 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT HOPE INC: $388,169 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US: $375,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetACCION INTERNATIONAL: $185,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLYRICS FOR LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $81,500 over 4y, 34% of budgetMAP International Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NOONDAY FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $32,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDON'T EVER GIVE UP INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC: $20,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Center Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetED SNIDER YOUTH HOCKEY & EDUCATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDEVON 50 INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Collier County Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $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.

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.

Chubb Charitable Foun…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Chubb Charitable FoundationPA12.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chubb Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Phelan Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Phelan Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 51%
  • Project Hope Inc: 51% of income from government
  • The Children's Home Society of Florida: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Phelan Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Phelan 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.

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 28 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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