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The Charles L Perkins Sr Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Charles L Perkins Sr Charitable Trust

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.

$200k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$1.1MRecreation & Sports$553kPhilanthropy$165kHealth$103kFood & Nutrition$26kEducation$16kCrime & Legal$16kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$557k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOEY PIZZANO MEMORIAL FUND$100,000
VICTORY JUNCTION$100,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–20, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CITY OF FALLS CHURCH LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION: $10k → 6%LANGLEY RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICES: $50 → 6%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
MI
NY
NE
MO
WV
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
GA
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 17 repeat orgs$140k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against -18% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
15

Total granted

$1.8M
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
-18%

Still filing today

47%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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
HealthHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • VJ
    VICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $470k · revenue +108%
  • PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $1k · revenue +24%
  • SO
    Special Olympics Virginia Inc
    2× · 2017–2018 · $200 · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • GM
    GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $13k
  • CO
    CITY OF FALLS CHURCH LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -89% · 100% of their budget
  • AH
    AMERICAN HOUSE
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
2
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
3
Association of Clinical Research Professionals

Acrp promotes excellence in clinical research. we support clinical research professionals through training and development, the exchange of ideas and expertise, and certification. we serve as the preferred source for quality tools,…

Health
4
Vcu Health Tappahannock Hospital

To deliver important healthcare services with exceptional quality and patient-centered care.

Health
5
Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation

The mission of vt-arc is to extend the impact of the virginia tech research and innovation enterprise, delivering superior analytic and technology solutions to government and non-government customers.

Science & Tech
6
Mcv Associated Physicians

The mission of the organization is to provide physicians and other healthcare professionals to support the needs of the community, as well as the academic mission of the vcu school of medicine.

Health
7
Vcu Investment Management Company

To provide investment and investment management and related services to the rector and the board of visitors of virginia commonwealth university (vcu), and/or to the private and independent foundations and other entities affiliated with…

Education
8
Paralyzed Veterans of America Spinal Cord Research Foundation

Pva research foundation inc., a non-profit organization founded in washington, dc in 1976, is controlled by the paralyzed veterans of america ("pva"), a national organization chartered by the u.s. congress on august 11, 1971. pva research…

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9
Medical College of Va Foundation

To support and foster vcu health and vcu health sciences through philanthropy, stewardship, innovation, communication, and collaboration.

Education
10
Virginia Sheriffs' Association Inc

Vsa represents sheriffs and their staff on criminal justice issues on a state level and provides information about emerging law enforcement issues, corrections and crime prevention to sheriff's offices and the public.

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11
The Vermont Community Foundation

The vermont community foundation helps to build philanthropic resources to sustain healthy and vital vermont communities. the foundation connects and mobilizes people through giving to multiply the impact of philanthropy.

Philanthropy
12
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Victory Junction Gang Camp Inc; the most unlike its peers is City of Falls Church Law Enforcement Association. 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. 17 of the 34 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
8/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLUMBIA BAPTIST CHURCH: $800,000 · OtherCOLUMBIA BAPTIST CHURCHTONEDA BAPTIST CHURCH: $275,000 · OtherTONEDA BAPTIST CHURCHJOEY PIZZANO FUND: $247,500 · OtherJOEY PIZZANO FUND+17 more: $62,055 · OtherVICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP INC: $470,300 · Youth DevelopmentVICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP …THE JOEY PIZZANO MEMORIAL FUND INC: $100,000 · Health+4 more: $2,135 · HealthCITY OF FALLS CHURCH LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Human Services+2 more: $187 · Human ServicesVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $3,404 · EducationFALLS CHURCH VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $1,050 · Public Safety & DisasterVOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER ALLIANCE INC: $500 · Public Safety & DisasterSpecial Olympics Virginia Inc: $200 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL UNION MISSION: $150 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,384,555Youth Development$470,300Health$102,135Human Services$10,187Education$3,404Public Safety & Disaster$1,550Recreation & Sports$200Housing & Shelter$150

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP INC: $470,300 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetTHE JOEY PIZZANO MEMORIAL FUND INC: $100,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetCITY OF FALLS CHURCH LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $3,404 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFALLS CHURCH VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $1,050 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S CANCER SOCIETY: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Virginia Hospital Center Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER ALLIANCE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Virginia Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA STATE POLICE ASSOCIATION INC: $195 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL UNION MISSION: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $137 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLANGLEY RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICES INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $35 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 Charles L Perkins Sr Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Charles L Perkins Sr Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 The Charles L Perkins Sr Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to The Charles L Perkins Sr 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 34 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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