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Robert J and Jennifer J Banks Charitable Trust at a glance

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Robert J and Jennifer J Banks Charitable Trust

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.

$5.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$4.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Health$7.8MEducation$520kArts & Culture$217kHuman Services$153kHousing & Shelter$96kAnimals$87kPhilanthropy$22kReligion$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $44k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+2 grants · $5.4M
$13,654
Median grant
5
States reached
$8.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SPRING LAKE RANCH INC$4,520,025
SPRING LAKE RANCH INC$861,660
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$50,000
MUNSON MEDICAL CENTER$20,000
SPRING LAKE RANCH INC$13,654
COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC INC$10,000
OAKHURST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$5,000
OPERATION HEALING FORCES INC$1,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$500
LEVEEN-ROACH SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF SECESSION GOLF CL$200
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $189k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HERNANDO-PASCO HOSPICE INC: $1k → 13%WHEELING FORWARD INC: $1k → 17%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $20k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $20k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $20k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $5k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $700 → 13%OPERATION HEALING FORCES INC: $1k → 13%RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $200 → 12%READY FOR LIFE INC: $30k → 12%READY FOR LIFE INC: $25k → 12%READY FOR LIFE INC: $20k → 12%READY FOR LIFE INC: $15k → 12%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

VT
MI
NY
PA
RI
VA
SC
DC
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.8M · 25 repeat orgs$122k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
27

Total granted

$8.8M
$106k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+28%

Still filing today

76%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • SL
    SPRING LAKE RANCH INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $6.3M · revenue +23% · 59% of their budget
  • MP
    MORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $1.3M · revenue +125%
  • METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $96k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • MH
    MUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONSgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +44%
  • PY
    Pinellas Youth Symphony Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +4%
  • EJ
    EAST JORDAN FAMILY HEALTH CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +52%
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
St Joseph's Hospital of Tampa Foundation Inc

St. joseph's hospitals foundation secures, manages and stewards philanthropic support to benefit the health care mission of st. joseph's hospital, st. joseph's women's hospital, st. joseph's children's hospital of tampa, st. joseph's…

Health
2
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc

Sarasota memorial healthcare foundation is the philanthropic partner that helps sarasota memorial health care system bring world-class care to our community.

Health
3
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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4
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast Inc

Suncoast hospice's mission is to be the center to improve life for those touched by advanced illness, death, dying, grief, bereavement and other end-of-life issues.

Human Services
5
Shands Jacksonville Healthcare Inc

As a part of UF Health, the organization's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across…

Health
6
Mclaren Port Huron

Mclaren healthcare, through its subsidiaries, will be the best value in healthcare as defined by quality outcomes and cost.

Health
7
Central Maine Medical Center

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment and compassion of ourfamily of caregivers.

Health
8
St Martin Hospital Inc

To improve, maintain and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
9
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital Corporation

Henry ford health macomb hospital (hfmh) is an affiliate of henry ford health system dba henry ford health ("hf health") serving the northeastern metropolitan detroit michigan communities. as an integrated component of one of the nation's…

Health
10
Munson Healthcare Charlevoix Hospital Foundation

The mission of the munson healthcare charlevoix hospital foundation is to raise, manage,and grant funds to support munson healthcare charlevoix hospital's mission to provide accessible, quality, compassionate healthcare services to improve…

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11
The Hospice Institute of the Florida Suncoast Inc

Suncoast hospice institute is now inactive.

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12
Morton Plant Mease Health Care Inc

To improve the health of all we serve through community-owned health care services that set the standard for high-quality, compassionate care. AS a part of BayCare Health System, Morton Plant Mease Health Care is the best place to work,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Hospice Foundation of the Florida Suncoast Inc; the most unlike its peers is Humane World for Animals 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

41 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. 41 of the 56 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
32/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SPRING LAKE RANCH INC: $6,344,909 · OtherSPRING LAKE RANCH INCPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $401,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY+23 more: $281,700 · OtherMORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $1,300,000 · HealthMORTON PLANT MEASE…+10 more: $153,450 · Health+10 moreMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $95,700 · Human ServicesREADY FOR LIFE INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesCLEARWATER SALVATION ARMY TRUST: $15,500 · Human Services+4 more: $3,200 · Human ServicesGreat Lakes Center for the Arts: $70,000 · Arts & CultureTRAVERSE CITY FILM FESTIVAL: $26,000 · Arts & CulturePinellas Youth Symphony Inc: $20,000 · Arts & CultureSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC: $35,500 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF PINELLAS INC: $30,600 · AnimalsSUNCOAST ANIMAL LEAGUE INC: $10,000 · AnimalsSEASIDE SEABIRD SANCTUARY: $10,000 · Animals+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsSUNCOAST VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Crime & LegalADMIRAL FARRAGUT ACADEMY INC: $5,000 · EducationMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · EducationJOHN P BURKE MEMORIAL FUND: $500 · Education
Other$7,027,609Health$1,453,450Human Services$204,400Arts & Culture$116,000Animals$87,100Crime & Legal$40,000Education$10,000

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 budgetSPRING LAKE RANCH INC: $6,344,909 over 5y, 59% of budgetMORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $1,300,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $95,700 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetREADY FOR LIFE INC: $90,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetGreat Lakes Center for the Arts: $70,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetSAINT PAUL'S SCHOOL INC: $66,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMUNSON MEDICAL CENTER: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSUNCOAST VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC: $35,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetQUANTUM LEAP FARM INC: $35,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF PINELLAS INC: $30,600 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTRAVERSE CITY FILM FESTIVAL: $26,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetClearwater Free Clinic Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCLEARWATER SALVATION ARMY TRUST: $15,500 over 6y, 12% of budgetEAST JORDAN FAMILY HEALTH CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Horses For Handicapped Foundati: $10,500 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetSUNCOAST ANIMAL LEAGUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCommunity Dental Clinic Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSEASIDE SEABIRD SANCTUARY: $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetThe American Stage Company Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF THE FLORIDA SUNCOAST INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetADMIRAL FARRAGUT ACADEMY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHARGERS SOCCER CLUB INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION HEALING FORCES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHEELING FORWARD INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHernando Pasco Hospice Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGROSSE POINTE WOODS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetDress for Success Tampa Bay Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOHN P BURKE MEMORIAL FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCLEARWATER FOR YOUTH INC: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH ST JOHN FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $200 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.

Community Foundation …Pinellas Community Fo…Dwayne Hawkins Family…Top Jewish Foundation…Vinik Family Foundati…Debartolo Family Foun…The Ruth & J O Stone …Duke Energy FoundationPublix Super Markets …Guardian Trust Founda…The H FoundationCopperhead Charities …
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay IncFL35.6× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Pinellas Community Foundation · Dwayne Hawkins Family Foundation Inc D/B/A Crown Automotive Charities · Top Jewish Foundation Inc · Vinik Family Foundation · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · The Ruth & J O Stone Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Guardian Trust Foundation Inc · The H Foundation · Copperhead Charities 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 J and Jennifer J Banks Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert J and Jennifer J Banks Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Hope Villages of America Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Seaside Seabird Sanctuary: 0% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
9report 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.
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How do I get to Robert J and Jennifer J Banks Charitable Trust?

Find your warmest path to Robert J and Jennifer J Banks Charitable Trust 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 56 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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