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Raymond B Preston Family Foundation at a glance

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Raymond B Preston 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.

$678k
Granted FY2022
67
Grants FY2022
8
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$515kYouth Development$116kHuman Services$110kPhilanthropy$100kReligion$61kArts & Culture$56kCommunity Improvement$28kAnimals$24kOther$0
02FY2022 · 67 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 67 grants below total $511,349, the rows itemized in this filing. The $677,849 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $166,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k52 grants · $92k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $198k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $221k
$1,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$9.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
College Foundation, Inc.$60,000
College Heights Foundation$60,000
Cliff Hagan Boys & Girls Club$51,179
Alice Lloyd College$50,000
American Legion Post 3$42,545
Alice Lloyd College$25,000
Community Foundation of Louisville$20,000
June Buchanan School$20,000
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga$20,000
Humane Society of Henderson County$15,000
Henderson Area Arts Alliance$15,000
South Middle School$10,350
Kentucky Wesleyan College$10,000
Antioch College$10,000
Bainbridge Community Foundation$10,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$560k · 20 repeat orgs$404k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2022, 0 since wound down; 26 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
23

Total granted

$560k
$232k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+14%

Still filing today

50%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $172k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • AL
    ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE
    2× · 2021–2022 · $155k · revenue +63%
  • HA
    HENDERSON AREA ARTS ALLIANCE INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $41k · revenue +121%
  • KENTUCKY WESLEYAN COLLEGE
    2× · 2021–2022 · $16k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • HC
    Henderson Co. Public Library Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $83k
  • E
    Easterseals
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • TF
    THE FATHER BRADLEY SHELTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INC
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue -19%
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.

03Its 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
Kentucky College of Art Design

The kentucky college of art and design opens the door to a creative and productive life through an undergraduate education in the contemporary arts.

Education
2
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
3
Calvin University

The mission of calvin university is to equip students to think deeply, to act justly, and to live wholeheartedly as christ's agents of renewal in the world.

Education
4
Georgetown College

Georgetown college is a fully accredited liberal arts institution of higher learning located in georgetown, kentucky. the college is committed to providing opportunities for excellence in higher learning under christian influences so as to…

Education
5
LaGrange College

Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…

Education
6
Art Academy of Cincinnati

Our mission is to operate, maintain, and oversee an independent college of art and design.

Education
7
Carthage College

Seeking truth, building strength, inspiring service - together

Education
8
Carleton College

See schedule o.founded in 1866, carleton college is a private, coeducational liberal arts college of 2,007 students located in the historic river town of northfield, minnesota. nationally recognized as the nation's top college for…

Education
9
Kentucky Christian University

The mission of kentucky christian university is to educate students for christian leadership and service in the church and in professions throughout the world.

Education
10
Lindsey Wilson University Inc

The mission of lindsey wilson university is to serve the educational needs of students by providing a living-learning environment within an atmosphere of active caring and christian concern where every student, every day, learns and grows…

Education
11
Union University

Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.

Education
12
Transylvania University

Through an engagement with the liberal arts, transylvania university prepares its students for a humane and fulfilling personal and public life by cultivating independent thinking, open-mindedness, creative expression and commitment to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Leadership Evansville Inc; the most unlike its peers is Thrive Non-Profit Family Medical Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

35 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. 35 of the 72 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
21/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Henderson Co. Public Library Foundation: $83,334 · OtherHenderson Co. Public Library FoundationHENDERSON CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $51,050 · OtherHENDERSON CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OUTREACH INCEasterseals: $50,000 · OtherEastersealsJune Buchanan School: $45,000 · OtherJune Buchanan SchoolAmerican Legion Post 3: $42,545 · OtherAmerican Legion Post 3Henderson Chamber Education Foundation: $17,400 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF HENDERSON COUNTY: $15,000 · Other+40 more: $117,633 · Other+40 moreALICE LLOYD COLLEGE: $155,000 · EducationALICE LLOYD COLLEGECOLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $67,500 · EducationCOLLEGE FOUNDATION INCCOLLEGE HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · EducationCOLLEGE HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INCKENTUCKY WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $16,000 · EducationADMIRAL FARRAGUT ACADEMY INC: $13,000 · Education+6 more: $24,750 · Education+6 moreCLIFF HAGAN BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $102,458 · Youth DevelopmentCLIFF HAGA…THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC: $40,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUN…The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc: $40,000 · PhilanthropyThe Commun…BAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyBAINBRIDGE…HENDERSON AREA ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $41,000 · Arts & CultureWave Foundation Inc: $8,000 · Arts & CultureMADISON OPERA INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureOHIO VALLEY ART LEAGUE INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S CENTER FOR DANCE EDUCATION: $2,000 · Arts & CultureYOUTH FIRST: $12,500 · HealthThrive Nonprofit Family Medical Center: $10,000 · HealthTHE FATHER BRADLEY SHELTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF EVANSVILLE: $1,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $600 · Housing & Shelter
Other$421,962Education$336,250Youth Development$102,458Philanthropy$100,000Arts & Culture$59,000Health$22,500Housing & Shelter$21,600

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 budgetALICE LLOYD COLLEGE: $155,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCLIFF HAGAN BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $102,458 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCOLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $67,500 over 2y, 23% of budgetCOLLEGE HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHENDERSON CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $51,050 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetHENDERSON AREA ARTS ALLIANCE INC: $41,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBAINBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FATHER BRADLEY SHELTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN INC: $20,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetKENTUCKY WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF HENDERSON COUNTY: $15,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetADMIRAL FARRAGUT ACADEMY INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH FIRST: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLEADERSHIP EVANSVILLE INC: $10,508 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetThrive Nonprofit Family Medical Center: $10,000 over 1y, 58% of budgetANTIOCH COLLEGE CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWave Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetOakland City University: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRAIN INJURY ADVENTURE CAMP INC: $6,900 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetMADISON OPERA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEvansville Trails Coalition Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S PLACE ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOHIO VALLEY ART LEAGUE INC: $3,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetLowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAPPY FEET EQUALS LEARNING FEET INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetButler University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S CENTER FOR DANCE EDUCATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarian University: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF EVANSVILLE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetITNBLUEGRASS INC: $700 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Caring Shelters Inc: $600 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Joyce and Vd Scott Fo…Community Foundation …Baird Foundation IncCecil a and Mabel Len…Community Foundation …Koch Foundation IncHonorable Order of Ke…Centerpoint Energy Fo…The Community Foundat…Edgar and Roberta Mul…Lester E Yeager Chari…Deaconess Hospital Inc
Joyce and Vd Scott FoundationNJ26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Joyce and Vd Scott Foundation · Community Foundation Alliance Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Cecil a and Mabel Lene Hamman Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of West Kyinc · Koch Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Edgar and Roberta Mulzer Foundation · Lester E Yeager Charitable Trust B · Deaconess Hospital Inc

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.
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Find your warmest path to Raymond B Preston 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 72 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $759k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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