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Rpm Foundation

The RPM Foundation supports restoration and preservation training programs for the next generation of automotive, motorcycle and marine craftsmen.

$119k
Granted FY2022
6
Grants FY2022
6
States reached
$30k
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 2022.

Education$536kArts & Culture$22kRecreation & Sports$8k
02FY2022 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $90,825, the rows itemized in this filing. The $118,903 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $28,078 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 $10k2 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $73k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$599k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
McPherson College$30,000
Pennsylvania College of Technology$23,000
The Apprenticeshop$10,000
IYRS School of Technology & Trade$10,000
Gilmore Museum$9,825
Center for Wooden Boats$8,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 40% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%East Valley Institute of Technology: $21k → 11%Canyon del Oro Parent Organization: $8k → 15%Pennsylvania College of Technology: $40k → 12%Independence Seaport Museum: $5k → 22%Bitney Prep High School: $7k → 11%Alfred State College: $8k → 19%Rocking the Boat: $8k → 28%Gilmore Museum: $10k → 9%Great Lakes Boat Building School: $15k → 14%McPherson College: $60k → 10%Central Carolina Community College Inc: $22k → 16%IYRS School of Technology & Trade: $10k → 7%Rocky Mountain Wooden Boat School: $5k → 7%Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automotive Museum: $8k → 9%Indianapolis Motor Speedway Fnd: $11k → 16%Lake Washington Institute of Technology: $6k → 9%LeMay - Americas Car Museum: $7k → 9%Thornton Fractional High School: $8k → 14%Madison Automotive Apprentices: $7k → 29%The Apprenticeshop: $24k → 11%Pennsylvania College of Technology: $23k → 12%McPherson College: $47k → 10%IYRS School of Technology & Trade: $9k → 7%Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation Inc: $10k → 16%Center for Wooden Boats: $8k → 9%Harbor History Museum: $9k → 9%Madison Automotive Apprentices: $7k → 29%The Apprenticeshop: $10k → 11%Pennsylvania College of Technology: $20k → 12%McPherson College: $40k → 10%Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation Inc: $7k → 16%Center for Wooden Boats: $8k → 9%Penn College Foundation: $20k → 12%McPherson College: $30k → 10%Pennsylvania College of Technology: $9k → 12%McPherson College: $20k → 10%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
IL
MI
NY
IN
PA
RI
CA
CO
VA
AZ
KS
NC
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$420k · 8 repeat orgs$146k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +71% since the first grant, against +52% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2022, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
14

Total granted

$420k
$137k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+71%
+52%

Still filing today

88%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22
EducationArts & CultureInternationalRecreation & 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

  • MC
    MCPHERSON COLLEGE
    5× · 2017–2022 · $197k · revenue +129%
  • PC
    PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2017–2022 · $63k · revenue +353%
  • AC
    ATLANTIC CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC DBA THE APPRENTICESHOP
    2× · 2021–2022 · $34k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $22k · revenue +96%
  • EV
    East Valley Institute of Technology
    one grant, 2017 · $21k
  • GL
    GREAT LAKES BOAT BUILDING SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +598%
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
Webb Institute

To inspire and educate tomorrows leaders in an extraordinary learning community focused on engineering and design in the marine field.

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
Maritime Industry Museum At Fort Schulyer

To operate and maintain suny maritime museum

Arts & Culture
4
The Landing School of Boatbuilding & Design

The Landing School effectively prepares men and women for careers in the marine industry as practical designers, builders and systems technicians, who work professionally on today's vessels, adapt to the industry's evolving technology,…

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5
Maine Maritime Museum

To connect people to the past, present, and future of Maine's waterways and their global reach.

Arts & Culture
6
Museum of American Speed
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7
Camden Shipyard Maritime Museum

To educate the world about camden's rich maritime heritage and significant contributions to global shipbuilding and seafaring exploration.

Arts & Culture
8
Columbia River Maritime Museum

We collect, preserve, display, and interpret the maritime history, culture and art of the columbia river, its tributaries, and the waters of the north pacific for the education and enjoyment of the public.

Arts & Culture
9
The Antique Boat Museum

To collect, preserve, interpret and celebrate boats and related artifacts to advance public understanding of the importance of boating to the cultural history of north america and the st. lawrence river in particular.

Arts & Culture
10
Chicago Maritime Museum

Operation of a nautical history museum.

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11
Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding

The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding (NWSWB) is a post-secondary trade school that teaches craftmanship through boatbuilding at its 7-acre campus in Port-Hadlock, Washington. Incorporated as a non-profit corporation 40 years ago,…

Arts & Culture
12
Allegheny College

Allegheny's undergraduate residential education prepares young adults for successful, meaningful lives by promoting students' intellectual, moral, and social development and encouraging personal and civic responsibility.allegheny's faculty…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Iyrs School of Technology & Trades Inc; the most unlike its peers is Genevieve and Donald S Gilmore Fdn. 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

18 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. 18 of the 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MCPHERSON COLLEGE: $197,000 · EducationMCPHERSON COLLEGECENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUND: $22,000 · EducationCENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDGREAT LAKES BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL: $15,000 · EducationGREAT LAKES BOAT BUILDING SCHOOLMADISON AUTOMOTIVE APPRENTICES INC: $13,500 · Education+2 more: $14,500 · Education+2 morePENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION INC: $63,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDAT…PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY: $49,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGYINDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOUNDATION INC: $28,104 · OtherINDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOUNDATION INCEast Valley Institute of Technology: $20,600 · OtherEast Valley Institute of TechnologyGENEVIEVE AND DONALD S GILMORE FDN: $9,825 · OtherGIG HARBOR PENINSULA HISTORICAL SOC: $9,400 · OtherCANYON DEL ORO PARENT ORGANIZATION: $8,000 · OtherALFRED STATE COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $8,000 · OtherThornton Fractional Twp Hsd 215: $7,500 · Other+2 more: $11,365 · OtherIYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INC: $19,310 · Arts & CultureAUBURN AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE INC: $7,750 · Arts & CultureLEMAY-AMERICAS CAR MUSEUM: $7,000 · Arts & CultureIndependence Seaport Museum: $5,472 · Arts & CultureATLANTIC CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC DBA THE APPRENTICESHOP: $33,850 · InternationalCenter For Wooden Boats: $16,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$262,000Other$214,794Arts & Culture$39,532International$33,850Recreation & Sports$16,000

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 budgetMCPHERSON COLLEGE: $197,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION INC: $63,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetATLANTIC CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC DBA THE APPRENTICESHOP: $33,850 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOUNDATION INC: $28,104 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUND: $22,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetIYRS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY & TRADES INC: $19,310 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCenter For Wooden Boats: $16,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGREAT LAKES BOAT BUILDING SCHOOL: $15,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMADISON AUTOMOTIVE APPRENTICES INC: $13,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetGENEVIEVE AND DONALD S GILMORE FDN: $9,825 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGIG HARBOR PENINSULA HISTORICAL SOC: $9,400 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetALFRED STATE COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAUBURN AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE INC: $7,750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROCKING THE BOAT INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBitney Preparatory High School: $7,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLEMAY-AMERICAS CAR MUSEUM: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLAKE WASHINGTON COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY8.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Rpm Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rpm 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report 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.

    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 23 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 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 $101k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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