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Puffin Foundation West Ltd at a glance

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Puffin Foundation West Ltd

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$200k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$2.1MAnimals$974kEducation$334kHealth$277kReligion$160kPublic Benefit$153kCivil Rights$133kCrime & Legal$55kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $979k
$50,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION$200,000
DOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER$170,000
SYLVAN HEIGHTS WATERFOWL PARK AND ECO-CENTER INC$125,708
INTERFAITH ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO$95,000
WELLTONE NEW MUSIC INC$75,000
AUSTIN FARM SANCTUARY$63,500
54 BELOW INC$50,000
FRIENDS OF CASA OF FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO$50,000
DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL$50,000
NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC$50,000
SOCIAL SECURITY WORKS EDUCATION FUND$50,000
NORTH SHORE MUSIC ALLIANCE INC$30,000
THE UMSTEAD COALITION$25,000
HOLLYS NEST ANIMAL RESCUE$20,000
THEATRE RALEIGH INC$15,000
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 (FY21–23, $111k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WHEELCHAIRS 4 KIDS INC: $3k → 12%SERVANTS AT WORK INC: $3k → 16%COMMUNITY MATTERS CINCINNATI INC: $900 → 16%BACKBONE CAMPAIGN: $100k → 9%RAMP ACCESS MADE POSSIBLE BY STUDENTS: $3k → 6%BACKBONE CAMPAIGN: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
ME
NH
WA
MT
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
IN
OH
PA
CA
NE
KY
WV
VA
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
GA
TX
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 43 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 28 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
112

Total granted

$3.2M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+28%

Still filing today

77%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k 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
Arts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesEducationHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • DR
    DOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $371k · revenue +5%
  • NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $320k · revenue +72%
  • SH
    SYLVAN HEIGHTS WATERFOWL PARK & ECO-CENTER INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $286k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • DUKE UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $275k · revenue +27%
  • UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $250k · revenue +24%
  • IC
    INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE PRESERVATION OF WILD ANIMALS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $125k · revenue +16%
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
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra

Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.

Arts & Culture
2
Know Theatre of Cincinnati

Know Theatre is a small professional theatre showcasing voices, new works, & plays that embrace the inherent theatricality of the live experience. Know Theatre seeks to be a place where artists and audiences feel welcome to take artistic…

Arts & Culture
3
On the Boards

On the Boards' mission is to invest in leading contemporary performing artists near and far and connect them to a diverse range of communities interested in forward-thinking art and ideas.

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4
Dairy Barn Se Ohio Cultural Arts

Rooted in its unique history, the dairy barn arts center enriches lives and cultivates community through equitable access to the arts.

Arts & Culture
5
The Contemporary Arts Center

The CAC is a lab for understanding ourselves, others, and the world around us through the experience and creation of all contemporary art forms.

Arts & Culture
6
Columbus Area Arts Council Inc

To enhance the quality of life in the community by stimulating community interest in art, fostering creation and inquiry throughout columbus, and leading a vibrant arts culture tied to our unique history.

Arts & Culture
7
Franconia Sculpture Park Legeros

Franconia sculpture park is the pre-eminent, artist-centered sculpture park in the midwest. founded in 1996, franconia provides physically and intellectually wide-open spaces that inspire new ways of thinking through access to contemporary…

Arts & Culture
8
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

We are Cincinnati's national theater - committed to bringing diverse, engaging works of great artistry to our community, and to putting Cincinnati's artistic excellence in the national spotlight.

Arts & Culture
9
Cincinnati Arts Association

The Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA), a not-for-profit, was founded in 1990 to serve as a manager, presenter and educator. CAA's mission is to present a broad range of high quality performing and visual arts programs, develop diverse…

Arts & Culture
10
Muse Cincinnati Womens Choir

MUSE is an inclusive and feminist choral community advocating for peace and social justice. We unite our voices to raise awareness and inspire change in ourselves, our audiences, and our world through partnerships that honor the humanity…

Arts & Culture
11
Beck Center for the Arts

To inspire, enrich, and transform lives through dynamic arts experiences.

Arts & Culture
12
Greater Columbus Arts Council

Mission: to champion and elevate the arts and cultural expression of greater columbus.vision: power of art realized. people engaged. city energized.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mad Hatter Farm. 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

110 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. 110 of the 159 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
36
Early backer (in before they grew)
107/110
Grantees still filing
84/110
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $320,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDA…ANNE FRANK CENTER USA INC: $238,000 · Arts & CultureANNE FRANK CENTER USA INCNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $185,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INCWELLTONE NEW MUSIC INC: $131,000 · Arts & CultureWELLTONE NEW MUSIC INCDUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL: $111,500 · Arts & CultureDUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL54 BELOW INC: $100,000 · Arts & Culture54 BELOW INCQUEEN CITY CHAMBER OPERA DBA Queen City Opera: $91,500 · Arts & CultureQUEEN CITY CHAMBER OPERA DBA Queen …NORTH SHORE MUSIC ALLIANCE INC: $69,000 · Arts & Culture+35 more: $127,870 · Arts & Culture+35 moreTOTAL GRANTS: $541,530 · OtherTOTAL GRANTSINTERFAITH ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $153,500 · OtherINTERFAITH ASSOCIATION OF CEN…LAKOTA LANGUAGE CONSORTIUM INC AKA THE LANGUAGE CONSERVANCY: $100,000 · OtherLAKOTA LANGUAGE CONSORTIUM IN…FRIENDS OF CASA OF FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO: $55,000 · Other+76 more: $306,634 · Other+76 moreDOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER INC: $371,000 · AnimalsDOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER …SYLVAN HEIGHTS WATERFOWL PARK & ECO-CENTER INC: $285,708 · AnimalsSYLVAN HEIGHTS WATERFOWL…INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE PRESERVATION OF WILD ANIMALS INC: $125,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR…AUSTIN FARM SANCTUARY AKA FULLER-WIGGS FARMS ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $73,500 · AnimalsAUSTIN FARM SANCTUARY AK…+15 more: $88,000 · Animals+15 moreDUKE UNIVERSITY: $275,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSIT…UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 · EducationUNC HEALTH FOU…ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · Education+1 more: $2,000 · EducationOHIO CITIZEN ACTION EDUCATION FUND: $102,500 · Public BenefitSOCIAL SECURITY WORKS EDUCATION FUND: $50,000 · Public BenefitBackbone Campaign: $101,500 · Human Services+7 more: $20,900 · Human ServicesTHE UMSTEAD COALITION: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN CLUB: $22,500 · Recreation & SportsEMILY KRZYZEWSKI CENTER INC: $20,000 · Recreation & Sports
Arts & Culture$1,373,870Other$1,156,664Animals$943,208Education$552,000Public Benefit$152,500Human Services$122,400Recreation & Sports$92,500

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 budgetDOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER INC: $371,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $320,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSYLVAN HEIGHTS WATERFOWL PARK & ECO-CENTER INC: $285,708 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $275,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetANNE FRANK CENTER USA INC: $238,000 over 4y, 35% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $185,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWELLTONE NEW MUSIC INC: $131,000 over 5y, 89% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE PRESERVATION OF WILD ANIMALS INC: $125,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetDUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL: $111,500 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetOHIO CITIZEN ACTION EDUCATION FUND: $102,500 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetBackbone Campaign: $101,500 over 2y, 24% of budget54 BELOW INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetQUEEN CITY CHAMBER OPERA DBA Queen City Opera: $91,500 over 3y, 41% of budgetAUSTIN FARM SANCTUARY AKA FULLER-WIGGS FARMS ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $73,500 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetNORTH SHORE MUSIC ALLIANCE INC: $69,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetFRIENDS OF CASA OF FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO: $55,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetTHE UMSTEAD COALITION: $50,000 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetSOCIAL SECURITY WORKS EDUCATION FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMORE PERFECT UNION FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN CLUB: $22,500 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetEMILY KRZYZEWSKI CENTER INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHOLLYS NEST: $20,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetOHIODANCE INC: $17,500 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetLAKE ERIE INK: $17,200 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetCENTRAL COMMUNITY HOUSE: $16,970 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHEATRE RALEIGH INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLife With Pigs: $10,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetLoving Farm Animal Sanctuary: $10,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetARTS ACCESS INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER COLUMBUS: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPRO MUSICA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF COLUMBUS INC: $8,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSUMMER JAM WEST INC: $8,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetMOMENTUM-EXCELLENCE INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MOVEMENT PROJECT INC: $6,700 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetGATEWAY FILM FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYELLOWSTONE ART MUSEUM: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTEAMPUNK FARMS RESCUE BARN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetConcord Counseling Services: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHELPING PAWS ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetEquitas Health Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Look Institute Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHICAGO ST MARY'S HOME: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIRD TREATMENT & LEARNING CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% 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.

Greater Columbus Arts…Columbus FoundationL Brands FoundationIngram-White Castle F…Cardinal Health Found…American Electric Pow…United Way of Central…The Reinberger Founda…Tom E Dailey Foundati…Encova Foundation of …Arts Midwest Incorpor…Faye Kaplan Charitabl…
Greater Columbus Arts CouncilOH37.7× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Columbus Arts Council · Columbus Foundation · L Brands Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · The Reinberger Foundation · Tom E Dailey Foundation Inc · Encova Foundation of Ohio · Arts Midwest Incorporated · Faye Kaplan Charitable 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 Puffin Foundation West Ltd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Puffin Foundation West Ltd. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Dolphin Research Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
40report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 159 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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