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The Carson Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Carson Family Foundation Inc

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.

$44k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$26k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Religion$135kFood & Nutrition$42kAnimals$40kHealth$31kScience & Tech$19kEducation$17kHuman Services$11kPhilanthropy$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $26k
$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$947k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD$25,925
SOUTH FORT MYERS FOOD PANTRY COALITION$5,000
DAUGHTERS OF DIVINE CHARITY$3,000
THE PAGE LEGACY FOUNDATION$2,500
OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY$2,000
THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY$1,500
NORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$1,000
FC PORTLAND SOCCER ACADEMY$1,000
NAPLES ZOO INC$1,000
UNITED WAY OF LEE COUNTY INC$500
OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION$220
OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY$120
FRIENDLY HOUSE$60
FRENCH INTL' SCHOOL OF OREGON$50
CLASS ACADEMY PARENT ASSOCIATION$50
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 (FY19–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FAMILY SERVICES OF THE PIEDMONT: $2k → 16%FAMILY SERVICES OF THE PIEDMONT: $900 → 16%FRIENDLY HOUSE: $60 → 12%CHRISTIAN & MISSIONARY ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $250 → 11%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $3k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $786 → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $72 → 16%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
OR
OH
PA
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$272k · 35 repeat orgs$42k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
31

Total granted

$272k
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+20%

Still filing today

66%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthArts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TN
    THE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO INC DBA GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER
    3× · 2019–2021 · $16k · revenue +210%
  • TE
    THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE
    7× · 2019–2025 · $12k · revenue +59%
  • SF
    SOUTH FORT MYERS FOOD PANTRY COALITION INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $10k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • SP
    ST PIUS CATHOLIC CHURCH
    one grant, 2019 · $7k
  • MC
    MERRIMANS CULINARY SCHOLARSHIP
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • AC
    ABUSE COUNSELING & TREATMENT INC
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +6%
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
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
2
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
3
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
4
Amazement Square

The museum's mission is dedicated to motivating children and adults of all backgrounds and abilities toward greater creativity and understanding of themselves and the world through hands-on learning.

Arts & Culture
5
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
6
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
7
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
8
North Carolina Museum of Life & Science Inc

To create a place of lifelong learning where people, from young child to senior citizen, embrace science as a way of knowing about themselves, their community, and their world.

Arts & Culture
9
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
10
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
11
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

—
12
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Carolina Zoological Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

42 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. 42 of the 71 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
28/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD: $60,675 · OtherCHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORDSOUTH FORT MYERS FOOD PANTRY: $31,500 · OtherSOUTH FORT MYERS FOOD PANTRYDAUGHTERS OF DIVINE CHARITY: $19,000 · OtherDAUGHTERS OF DIVINE CHARITYST COLUMBKILLE CATHOLIC CHURCH: $16,000 · OtherST COLUMBKILLE CATHOLIC CHURCHSAINT COLUMBKILLE CATHOLIC CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherST PIUS X CHURCH: $8,000 · OtherST PIUS CATHOLIC CHURCH: $7,000 · Other+35 more: $53,757 · Other+35 moreTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $11,500 · AnimalsTHE ELEPHA…NORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $7,000 · AnimalsNORTH CARO…NAPLES ZOO INC: $6,000 · AnimalsNAPLES ZOO…THE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION: $2,895 · AnimalsTHE OREGON…OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,250 · AnimalsOREGON HUM…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $9,000 · HealthST JUDE C…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,600 · HealthAMERICAN …Reelin' for Research Inc: $4,600 · HealthReelin' f…ABUSE COUNSELING & TREATMENT INC: $3,000 · HealthABUSE COU…American Heart Association Inc: $2,250 · HealthAmerican …ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,750 · HealthALZHEIMER…THE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO INC DBA GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER: $15,500 · Arts & CultureOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $3,245 · Arts & CultureSUMMIT ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $675 · Arts & CultureClass Academy Parent Association Inc: $5,025 · EducationMERRIMANS CULINARY SCHOLARSHIP: $5,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · EducationCornerstone Charter Academy A Challenge Foundation Academy Inc: $1,000 · EducationFINDLEY PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC: $1,000 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG: $830 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationSOUTH FORT MYERS FOOD PANTRY COALITION INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $800 · Food & NutritionSOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $4,995 · PhilanthropyLEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyThe United Way of Lee County Inc: $2,500 · Philanthropy
Other$205,932Animals$29,645Health$26,200Arts & Culture$20,420Education$15,355Food & Nutrition$10,800Philanthropy$10,495

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 budgetTHE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO INC DBA GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER: $15,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $11,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FORT MYERS FOOD PANTRY COALITION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES ZOO INC: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetClass Academy Parent Association Inc: $5,025 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetMERRIMANS CULINARY SCHOLARSHIP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $4,995 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReelin' for Research Inc: $4,600 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $4,277 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $3,245 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetABUSE COUNSELING & TREATMENT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION: $2,895 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $2,650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe United Way of Lee County Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LEE COUNTY INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPORTLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $1,220 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF AKRON INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFC Portland Soccer Academy: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFINDLEY PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSUMMIT ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $830 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST ANDREW LEGAL CLINIC: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREENSBORO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LEE COUNTY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERGREEN AVIATION AND SPACE MUSEUM: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRICE NORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ROCKS AND MINER: $275 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMULTNOMAH BAR FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChristian & Missionary Alliance Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDLY HOUSE INC: $60 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRENCH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF OREGON: $50 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.

  • Who funds THE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO INC DBA GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH FORT MYERS FOOD PANTRY COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds NAPLES ZOO INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Class Academy Parent Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds MERRIMANS CULINARY SCHOLARSHIP ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Reelin' for Research Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY ↗
  • Who funds ABUSE COUNSELING & TREATMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICE OF THE PIEDMONT INC ↗
  • Who funds The United Way of Lee County Inc ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF LEE COUNTY INC ↗

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.

OCF Joseph E Weston P…The Oregon Community …Clark FoundationRose E Tucker Charita…The Jackson FoundationHillsdale FundGrace Jones Richardso…The Cannon Foundation…Meyer Memorial TrustAmg Charitable Gift F…Ibm International Fou…Duke Energy Foundation
OCF Joseph E Weston Public FoundationOR15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Clark Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Jackson Foundation · Hillsdale Fund · Grace Jones Richardson Testamentary Trust C/O Piedmont Trust Co · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Meyer Memorial Trust · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Duke Energy 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 The Carson Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Carson Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4% of income from government
  • Friendly House Inc: 3% of income from government
  • St Andrew Legal Clinic: 2% of income from government
  • Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum: 2% of income from government
  • The United Way of Lee County Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 71 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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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home