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Pricesmart 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.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$220k
Largest
01What it funds
0179% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

International$887kYouth Development$694kEducation$665kArts & Culture$373kHuman Services$142kFood & Nutrition$120kCrime & Legal$105kReligion$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $218k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.4M
$53,352
Median grant
6
States reached
$191k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTRO ASESOR PARA EL DESARROLLO$220,000
INCAE FOUNDATION$150,000
Individual grant recipient$135,000
FUNDACION MARVELLI$130,845
CREAMOS NORTE$125,930
Individual grant recipient$110,000
KIDS IN NEED OF DEFENSE (KIND)$100,000
FUNDACION ROFE$100,000
ORGANIZATION FOR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT$85,000
FUNDAP$80,000
RISE LIFE MANAGEMENT SERVICES$70,116
Individual grant recipient$53,352
FUNDACION ALVARALICE$50,000
FORWARD STEP FOUNDATION$45,000
YOUNG WOMENMEN OF PURPOSE$40,033
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.

US giving: 37% of grant dollars ($1.7M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 63% that went abroad ($2.8M) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $306k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 10% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FORWARD STEPS FOUNDATION: $15k → 12%CREAMOS NORTE: $126k → 7%CREAMOS NORTE: $100k → 7%JACK & JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER: $8k → 13%CREAMOS NORTE: $50k → 7%JACK & JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER: $8k → 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
WA
NY
CA
CO
MD
DC
FL

Beyond the US: 63% of all-years giving ($2.8M)

8 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Guatemala$833k · 12 grants
Jamaica$589k · 13 grants
Colombia$526k · 7 grants
Honduras$375k · 2 grants
Uruguay$240k · 1 grant
Spain$177k · 2 grants
Trinidad and Tobago$60k · 2 grants
Puerto Rico$50k · 1 grant
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.0M · 26 repeat orgs$547k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
10

Total granted

$4.0M
$242k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+7%

Still filing today

38%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $305k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
InternationalHuman ServicesCrime & LegalPhilanthropyFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $460k · revenue +7%
  • CN
    Creamos Norte
    3× · 2023–2025 · $276k · revenue +46%
  • SI
    SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $30k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • GT
    Guatemalan Tomorrow Fund Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $58k · revenue 0%
  • FN
    FUNDACION NACIONAL PARA EL DESARROLLO
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $48k
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
Maia

MAIA is creating a generation of empowered leaders who have the knowledge and resources they need to lead choice-filled lives, break cycles of poverty, and ignite transformational change in their communities.

International
2
Nature and Culture International

Nature and culture international conserves biologically diverse landscapes in latin america, in concert with local cultures, for the well-being of the planet.

Environment
3
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
4
The International Institute On Race Equality and Human Rights

The international institute on race, equality and human rights contributes to the promotion and defense of human rights, through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and strategic litigation conducted at the regional and international…

International
5
Foundation for Argentinean Development
Philanthropy
6
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
7
Global Family Care Network Inc

Protecting children and preserving families in vulnerable communities with an emphasis on the prevention, intervention, and restoration of young victims of commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking. The organization works in the…

International
8
Global Fund for Children

Global fund for children partners with grassroots organizations around the world to help children and youth reach their full potential and advance their rights.

Arts & Culture
9
Coalicion por Venezuela Inc

Coalicion por Venezuela Inc is a non-profit federation that unities civil society organizations dedicated to defending and promoting promote human rights, democratic values, and the social and cultural freedoms of Venezuelans and other…

Civil Rights
10
Orphaned Starfish Foundation Inc

The Orphaned Starfish Foundation creates lasting change in the lives of orphans throughout Latin America and the world by helping them develop vocational skills. We believe enabling them with these skills allows them to permanently…

Human Services
11
Center for the study of the Americas

Within the Americas promoting dialogue and research, producing studies and reports, conducting courses and conferences particularly in the areas of agroecology and food security

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12
Florida's Children First Inc

Organization mission: florida's children first is a non-profit, nonpartisan, independent advocacy organization committed to protecting and advancing the rights of children and youth impacted by the child welfare, juvenile justice, and…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feeding South Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is Voice for Children Inc Aka Voices for Children of Florida. 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 41 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
9/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTRO ASESOR PARA EL DESARROLLO: $615,285 · OtherCENTRO ASESOR PARA EL DESARROLLOINCAE FOUNDATION: $365,000 · OtherINCAE FOUNDATIONFUNDACION MARVELLI: $312,792 · OtherFUNDACION MARVELLIIndividual grant recipient: $310,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $210,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientYOUNG WOMENMEN OF PURPOSE: $184,789 · OtherYOUNG WOMENMEN OF PURPOSEASOCIACION COLABORACION Y ESFUERZO: $176,853 · OtherASOCIACION COLABORACION Y ESFUERZOTHE MULTICARE YOUTH FOUNDATION: $147,245 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $115,852 · Other+18 more: $847,020 · Other+18 moreINTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION: $460,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL Y…ESCUELA AGRICOLA PANAMERICANA: $89,634 · InternationalESCUELA AGRICOL…Guatemalan Tomorrow Fund Inc: $58,447 · InternationalGuatemalan Tomo…American Friends of Jamaica Inc: $25,000 · International+1 more: $6,000 · InternationalCreamos Norte: $275,930 · Human ServicesForward Steps Foundation: $15,000 · Human ServicesJACK AND JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesORGANIZATION FOR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT: $155,000 · EducationKIND INC: $100,000 · Crime & LegalVoice for Children Inc AKA Voices for Children of Florida: $5,000 · Crime & LegalSEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $30,000 · PhilanthropyINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $30,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$3,284,836International$639,081Human Services$305,930Education$155,000Crime & Legal$105,000Philanthropy$35,000Food & Nutrition$30,000

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 budgetINTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION: $460,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCreamos Norte: $275,930 over 3y, 17% of budgetORGANIZATION FOR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT: $155,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetESCUELA AGRICOLA PANAMERICANA: $89,634 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGuatemalan Tomorrow Fund Inc: $58,447 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetSEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Jamaica Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPRIDELINES YOUTH SERVICES INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetForward Steps Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetMIAMI CHILDRENS INITIATIVE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetMiami Rescue Mission Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJACK AND JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVoice for Children Inc AKA Voices for Children of Florida: $5,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMULTIPLIER: $5,000 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.

  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Creamos Norte ↗
  • Who funds ORGANIZATION FOR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT ↗
  • Who funds KIND INC ↗
  • Who funds ESCUELA AGRICOLA PANAMERICANA ↗
  • Who funds Guatemalan Tomorrow Fund Inc ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC ↗
  • Who funds American Friends of Jamaica Inc ↗
  • Who funds PRIDELINES YOUTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Forward Steps Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MIAMI CHILDRENS INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds Miami Rescue Mission Inc ↗
  • Who funds JACK AND JILL CHILDREN'S CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds VITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Voice for Children Inc AKA Voices for Children of Florida ↗
  • Who funds VOICES FOR CHILDREN ↗

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.

Price Philanthropies FoundationCA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Price Philanthropies Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Pricesmart Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pricesmart Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • International Youth Foundation: 17% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Jack and Jill Children's Center Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Pricesmart Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Pricesmart 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 41 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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