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The Copham Family Foundation at a glance

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The Copham Family Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$303k
Granted FY2018
17
Grants FY2018
3
States reached
$105k
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 2018.

Philanthropy$107kEducation$90kFood & Nutrition$45kHealth$38kRecreation & Sports$35kHousing & Shelter$28kArts & Culture$20kAnimals$15kOther$0
02FY2018 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k8 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $158k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $105k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$7k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SWFL CHILDRENS CHARITIES$105,000
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN - ST PAUL$41,000
FL SOUTHWESTERN STATE COLLEGE$30,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF LEE COUNTY FL$27,000
HOPE HOSPICE$20,000
HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC$10,000
FLORIDA REPERTORY COMPANY INC$10,000
LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC$10,000
BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$10,000
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC$5,000
MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO$5,000
ST OLAF COLLEGE$5,000
THE HEIGHTS FOUNDATION$5,000
SPECIAL EQUESTRIANS INC$5,000
COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE MINISTRIES INC$5,000
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 (FY18–18, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%HOPE HOSPICE: $20k → 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.
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.

40%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$158k · 7 repeat orgs$238k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
3

Total granted

$158k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+329%

Still filing today

57%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN - ST PAUL
    2× · 2017–2018 · $42k · revenue +32%
  • HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $30k · revenue +140%
  • CC
    COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $15k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • BA
    BRAINERD AMATEUR HOCKEY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +21%
  • FR
    FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • NL
    NORTHERN LIGHTER PYROTECHNICS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +329%
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
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
2
Florida Police Chiefs Association Inc

Fpca's mission is to continuously enhance law enforcement by providing a unified voice for police chiefs statewide and nationally, serving as the public face of law enforcement executive leadership, and providing a forum for executive…

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3
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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4
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
Florida Southern College

Florida southern college (florida southern or the college) is committed to educational excellence and is a selective comprehensive, private, united methodist affiliated college with a strong liberal arts core and signature programs. (see…

Education
7
American Academy of Physician Associates Inc

To ensure the professional growth, personal excellence, and recognition of physician associates, and to support efforts to enable them to improve the quality, accessibility, and cost-effectiveness of patient-centered health care.

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8
Central Florida Development Council Inc

Grow an economy based on high-skill, high-wage sustainable businesses. we focus on business recruitment and expansion, business advocacy, facilitating collaborative partnerships and advancing strategic initiatives in central florida's polk…

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9
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
10
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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11
Children's Physicians

Children's physicians delivers the highest quality pediatric primary care while supporting education and research.

Health
12
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Special Equestrians 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

16 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. 16 of the 21 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
15/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SWFL CHILDREN'S CHARITIES INC SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINE & FOOD FEST: $105,000 · PhilanthropySWFL CHILDREN'S CHARITIES INC …+1 more: $2,474 · PhilanthropyFL SOUTHWESTERN STATE COLLEGE: $30,000 · OtherFL SOUTHWESTERN STATE COLLEGEHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF LEE COUNTY FL: $28,271 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF LEE COUN…NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOLINESS CH URCHES: $15,000 · OtherNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOLINESS…THE HEIGHTS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherTHE HEIGHTS FOUNDATIONLEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC: $12,519 · OtherLEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INCFLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE: $5,000 · OtherSPECIAL EQUESTRIANS INC: $5,000 · OtherMOHONK PRESERVE INC: $5,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN - ST PAUL: $42,201 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NOR…BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationBRAINERD PUBLIC S…ST OLAF COLLEGE: $5,000 · EducationST OLAF COLLEGENORTHERN LIGHTER PYROTECHNICS INC: $3,000 · EducationBRAINERD AMATEUR HOCKEY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsBRAINERD …CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsCENTRAL P…HOPE HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesHOPE HOSP…COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY…HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionFLORIDA REPERTORY COMPANY INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$107,474Other$115,790Education$60,201Recreation & Sports$35,000Human Services$35,000Food & Nutrition$30,000Arts & Culture$15,000

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 budgetSWFL CHILDREN'S CHARITIES INC SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINE & FOOD FEST: $105,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN - ST PAUL: $42,201 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRAINERD AMATEUR HOCKEY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE HOSPICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY COOPERATIVE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC: $12,519 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA REPERTORY COMPANY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSPECIAL EQUESTRIANS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetST OLAF COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOHONK PRESERVE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHERN LIGHTER PYROTECHNICS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetSOUTHWEST FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,474 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.

Southwest Florida Com…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Southwest Florida Community Foundation IncFL15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 The Copham Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Copham Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Special Equestrians Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Lee Memorial Hospital Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report 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 21 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home