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The Dan Paul Foundation at a glance

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The Dan Paul Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$42k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$20k
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 2024.

Arts & Culture$110kInternational$54kFood & Nutrition$47kHealth$47kHuman Services$42kYouth Development$31kEducation$30kHousing & Shelter$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$754k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOHNSON CO CENTER FOR THE ARTS$20,000
CENTER FOR MUSIC BY PEOPLE WITH DIS$10,000
KISMET ROCK FOUNDATION$6,000
MIGHTY WRITERS$6,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%GALLOP NYC: $5k → 13%ANDERSON AREA YMCA: $3k → 15%THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: $5k → 16%WHITES RESIDENTIAL & FAMILY SERVICE: $4k → 12%ANDERSON AREA YMCA: $3k → 15%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

NH
WA
MT
WI
NY
MA
WY
IN
PA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
SC
DC
GA
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.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$174k · 16 repeat orgs$240k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
51

Total granted

$174k
$220k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+23%

Still filing today

69%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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
InternationalEducationHuman ServicesHealthReligionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • MF
    MONA FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2023 · $43k · revenue +24%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR MUSIC BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
    3× · 2017–2024 · $25k · revenue +66%
  • MIGHTY WRITERS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $11k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • JC
    JOHNSON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -96%
  • JC
    JOHNSON CO ARTS CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
  • JC
    JOHNSON CO SAFE HAVEN
    one grant, 2020 · $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
Childfund International Usa

Childfund's mission is to help deprived, excluded and vulnerable children have the capacity to become young adults, parents and leaders who bring lasting and positive change to their communities, and to promote societies whose individuals…

International
2
Children International

We connect people around the world in the fight to end poverty. working together, we invest in the lives of children and youth, build the healthy environments they need to thrive, and empower them to create lasting change in their own…

International
3
World Vision Inc

World vision, inc. is a christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. (continued on schedule…

International
4
Children of the Nations

To provide holistic, christ-centered care for orphaned and destitute children, enabling them to create positive and lasting change in their nations.

Human Services
5
Chariots for Hope Inc

Chariots for hope shares the hope of christ by loving kenyan children through christian discipleship and long-term physical, emotional, and educational care and provision. the vision of chariots for hope is to create a transformed future…

International
6
Children's Heartlink

We save children's lives by transforming pediatric heart care in underserved parts of the world.

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7
Children of Uganda

The mission of children of uganda is to confront poverty and social injustice in uganda through the education and empowerment of its most vulnerable children. to realize a future for uganda where all hiv/aids orphans and other vulnerable…

International
8
Children's Rights Inc

Children's rights is a national advocacy organization that investigates, exposes, and combats violations of the rights of children. through strategic advocacy and civil rights impact litigation, children's rights holds governments…

Civil Rights
9
World Without Orphans Global

World without orphans (wwo) global's vision is that every child would grow up in a safe and loving family, know their heavenly father, and reach their god-given purpose. wwo global's mission is to call and equip national leaders to…

International
10
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
11
Save the Children Federation Inc

Save the children is an international nonprofit children's relief and development organization. our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

International
12
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Defense Fund; the most unlike its peers is Johnson County Arts Council. 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

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 68 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/37
Grantees still filing
27/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $23,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJOHNSON CO ARTS CENTER: $20,000 · OtherJOHNSON CO ARTS CENTERJOHNSON CO CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $20,000 · OtherJOHNSON CO CENTER FOR THE ARTSCENTER FOR MUSIC BY PEOPLE: $14,000 · OtherCENTER FOR MUSIC BY PEOPLEJOHNSON CO SAFE HAVEN: $10,000 · OtherMILDRED ACEVEDO-DUNCAN PH D: $10,000 · OtherDENVER CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $8,500 · Other+39 more: $141,500 · Other+39 moreCENTER FOR MUSIC BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR M…JOHNSON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL: $20,000 · Arts & CultureJOHNSON COUN…MONA FOUNDATION: $42,500 · PhilanthropyMONA FOUNDA…+1 more: $200 · PhilanthropyMIGHTY WRITERS: $11,000 · EducationMIGHTY WR…KISMET ROCK FOUNDATION: $8,500 · EducationKISMET RO…COMMUNITY-WORD PROJECT INC: $6,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY…PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $5,000 · EducationPERKINS S…URBAN HOPE INC: $2,500 · EducationURBAN HOP…GIVING ALTERNATIVE LEARNERS UPLIFTING OPPORTUNITIES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ANDERSON SOUTH CAROLINA: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: $5,000 · Human ServicesWHITE'S RESIDENTIAL & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesTHE SHACK: $7,500 · ReligionKNOXVILLE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · ReligionLOWCOUNTRY COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY: $2,500 · ReligionORPHANS AFRICA: $5,000 · InternationalBUILDING YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD: $2,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $2,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS FOR KIDS: $2,000 · International+1 more: $50 · International
Other$247,000Arts & Culture$45,000Philanthropy$42,700Education$33,000Human Services$19,000Religion$14,000International$13,550

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMONA FOUNDATION: $42,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR MUSIC BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: $25,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetMIGHTY WRITERS: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKISMET ROCK FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTHE SHACK: $7,500 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetLA PUENTE HOME INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION OF SOUTHOLD TOWN INC: $6,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY-WORD PROJECT INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $5,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORKIDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohnson County Senior Center: $5,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIVING ALTERNATIVE LEARNERS UPLIFTING OPPORTUNITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS GROW CORP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ANDERSON SOUTH CAROLINA: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetORPHANS AFRICA: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHILD CRISIS ARIZONA: $4,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKNOXVILLE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHITE'S RESIDENTIAL & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN HOPE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY: $2,500 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetFREEDOM HOUSE MINISTRIES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBUILDING YOUTH AROUND THE WORLD: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetREFLECTIONS OF TRINITY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS TENNESSEE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS FOR KIDS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFaith Hope & Love Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $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.

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.

The Tapestry Foundati…American Endowment Fo…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…
The Tapestry Foundation IncNY13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Tapestry Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 The Dan Paul Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dan Paul Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report 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 68 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$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