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Porter Family Foundation at a glance

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Porter Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$114k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Youth Development$401kHealth$313kFood & Nutrition$22kEducation$21kInternational$15kHuman Services$9kReligion$3k
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HEARTWORKS$50,000
FRIENDS OF AMANI US$40,000
CHILDREN FIRST$5,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$5,000
ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK$5,000
STILLPOINT MISSION$2,500
DAVIDSON GREEN SCHOOL$2,500
TRANS LIFELINE$2,000
NEWS$2,000
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 (FY21–25, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%NEWS: $2k → 9%NEWS: $2k → 9%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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$764k · 10 repeat orgs$19k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
6

Total granted

$764k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+20%

Still filing today

60%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesReligionOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF AMANI US INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $401k · revenue +74%
  • HI
    HEARTWORKS INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $275k · revenue ×14
  • ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $20k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • RC
    RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +1%
  • YW
    Young Womens Christian Association of the Central Carolinas Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -42%
  • TR
    THE RELATIVES-WOMEN'S CRISIS CENTER CHARLOTTE
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
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
Creighton Community Foundation

Creighton community foundation's (ccf) core program "community works" leverages neighborhood schools to support vibrant communities in the poorest parts of urban phoenix, where neighborhoods suffer from poverty- driven disadvantage and…

Philanthropy
2
Thompson Child & Family Focus Inc

Founded in 1886, thompson child & family focus is called to strengthen children, families, and communitiesdelivering measurable outcomes through healing, teaching, worship, and play. for more than a century, thompson has transformed lives…

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3
San Francisco Food Bank

To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…

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4
Drueding Center

Drueding center has become a tangible expression of holy redeemer health system's commitment to families and an embodiment of its mission: to care, comfort, and heal. drueding center partners with our families to build the skills to heal…

Human Services
5
Ywca Metropolitan Chicago

The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

Human Services
6
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
7
Covenant House

In 34 cities across five countries, covenant house builds bridges to hope for young people facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. we meet their immediate needs for food, clothing, protection, and medical and mental health…

Human Services
8
Covenant House Georgia Inc

Covenant house georgia provides shelters, protects and advocates on behalf of homeless, trafficked, runaway and sexually exploited youth.

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9
Jobsfirstnyc

Jobsfirstnyc's mission is to create and advance solutions that break down barriers and transform the systems supporting young adults and their communities in the pursuit of economic opportunities.

Youth Development
10
Allies for Every Child Inc

All children need a childhood. Allies for Every Child brings together and strengthens families, cultivating conditions for children to succeed in life. (Continues on Schedule O)

Human Services
11
Child Crisis Arizona

To provide children and youth in arizona a safe environment, free from abuse and neglect, by creating strong and successful families.

Crime & Legal
12
Children's Case Management Organization Inc D/B/a Families First of Pb County

Families first of palm beach county, through innovative programs, promotes generational change by addressing families emotional, physical, and social well-being.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Channel One Inc; the most unlike its peers is Heartworks Inc. 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

13 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. 13 of the 18 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS OF AMANI US INC: $401,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF AMANI US INCHEARTWORKS INC: $275,000 · HealthHEARTWORKS INC+2 more: $4,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD SARASOTA: $15,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $15,000 · OtherRINGLING COLLEGE: $10,000 · OtherJUNIOR DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $4,000 · OtherYoung Womens Christian Association of the Central Carolinas Inc: $2,500 · OtherTHE RELATIVES-WOMEN'S CRISIS CENTER CHARLOTTE: $2,000 · OtherChildren First Inc: $15,000 · EducationDAVIDSON GREEN CENTER AND SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationRINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC: $5,000 · EducationMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · EducationALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionCHANNEL ONE INC: $2,000 · Food & NutritionNEWS: $4,000 · Human ServicesSTILLPOINT MISSION INC: $2,500 · Religion
Youth Development$401,000Health$279,000Other$48,500Education$26,000Food & Nutrition$22,000Human Services$4,000Religion$2,500

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 budgetFRIENDS OF AMANI US INC: $401,000 over 6y, 23% of budgetHEARTWORKS INC: $275,000 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren First Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDAVIDSON GREEN CENTER AND SCHOOL: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWS: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Womens Christian Association of the Central Carolinas Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTILLPOINT MISSION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTranslifeline DBA Trans Lifeline: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHANNEL ONE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION 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.

American Endowment Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH9.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Children First Inc: 100% of income from government
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% 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
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 18 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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