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Robert & Paulette File Foundation at a glance

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Robert & Paulette File 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.

$5k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$2k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$14kHuman Services$12kYouth Development$9kInternational$6kCommunity Improvement$5kHealth$4kCrime & Legal$2kEducation$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$259k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARM IN ARM INC$1,750
HOMEFRONT INC$1,500
UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC$1,000
AMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID INC$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ARM IN ARM INC: $2k → 11%ARM IN ARM INC: $2k → 11%ARM IN ARM INC: $2k → 11%ARM IN ARM INC: $3k → 11%ARM IN ARM INC: $2k → 11%ARM IN ARM INC: $1k → 11%ARM IN ARM INC: $1k → 11%ARM IN ARM INC: $550 → 11%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

IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
MO
MD
TN
NC
DC
MS
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$50k · 11 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
4

Total granted

$50k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+329%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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
InternationalHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • ARM IN ARM INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $12k · revenue +79%
  • HOMEFRONT INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $11k · revenue +60%
  • LC
    Lwala Community Alliance
    6× · 2018–2023 · $5k · revenue +961%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CLEAR FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $800 · revenue +815%
  • AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +102%
  • CJ
    COOPERATION JACKSON OF MISSISSIPPI
    one grant, 2020 · $305 · revenue +93%
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
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
2
Accion International

Our mission is to create a fair and inclusive economy where underserved people have quality financial choices and opportunities to improve their economic well-being. we find and help build innovative companies with the potential to reach…

International
3
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
4
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
5
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
6
Impact Community Action Partnership Inc

Reducing the barriers and burdens that families in poverty experience by increasing access to essential needs.

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7
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
8
Common Impact Inc

Common impact's mission is to strengthen the capacity of social change organizations, enabling them to better run and scale their programs. through its partnership with companies, common impact taps into the business skills and expertise…

Unclassified
9
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
10
Counterpart International Inc

For over 60 years, counterpart international has partnered with communities worldwide to turn local ideas into lasting solutions, connecting local vision with global opportunity. (continued on schedule o)we believe people closest to the…

International
11
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
12
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Thread Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cooperation Jackson of Mississippi. 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

17 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARM IN ARM INC: $12,300 · Human ServicesARM IN ARM INC+1 more: $305 · Human ServicesHOMEFRONT INC: $10,500 · EducationHOMEFRONT INCUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $1,000 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUN…Lwala Community Alliance: $5,050 · InternationalLwala Community Allia…FONKOZE USA INC: $2,330 · InternationalFONKOZE USA INCIMPACT GLOBAL HEALTH ALLIANCE: $2,200 · InternationalIMPACT GLOBAL HEALTH …AMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $500 · InternationalTHREAD INC: $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHREAD INCEMBARC INC: $2,800 · Youth DevelopmentEMBARC INCTHE POSSIBILITY PROJECT INC: $2,750 · Crime & LegalTHE POSSI…COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES INC: $1,700 · Crime & LegalCOMMUNITY…LAST MILE HEALTH: $4,250 · HealthPATHWAYS TO HOUSING - PA: $3,575 · Housing & ShelterTHE CLEAR FUND: $800 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $500 · OtherMISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE: $300 · Other
Human Services$12,605Education$11,500International$10,080Youth Development$5,800Crime & Legal$4,450Health$4,250Housing & Shelter$3,575Other$1,600

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 budgetARM IN ARM INC: $12,300 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHOMEFRONT INC: $10,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLwala Community Alliance: $5,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLAST MILE HEALTH: $4,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPATHWAYS TO HOUSING - PA: $3,575 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHREAD INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEMBARC INC: $2,800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE POSSIBILITY PROJECT INC: $2,750 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFONKOZE USA INC: $2,330 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIMPACT GLOBAL HEALTH ALLIANCE: $2,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES INC: $1,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEAR FUND: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATION JACKSON OF MISSISSIPPI: $305 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSOURI JOBS WITH JUSTICE: $300 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.

The Robert Wood Johns…Vanguard Charitable E…AbbVie FoundationNational Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…
The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationNJ16.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · AbbVie Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Robert & Paulette File Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert & Paulette File Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Thread Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Homefront Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Arm in Arm Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 17 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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