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The Elizabeth M Webster & Maricich -Paen Family Foundation

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.

$274k
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$362kRecreation & Sports$282kHuman Services$248kHealth$203kReligion$163kInternational$99kCrime & Legal$85kHousing & Shelter$76kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k22 grants · $113k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $161k
$8,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORWICH UNIVERSITY$25,000
WORD OF HONOR FUND$20,000
ST LUKES WR FOUNDATION$20,000
HIGHER GROUND SUN VALLEY$15,000
WOOD RIVER EXTREME SKIJORING ASSOC$11,000
THE ADVOCATES$10,000
STEPHEN MICHAEL SULES FOUNDATION$10,000
TEEN COURT$10,000
CAMPANILE FOUNDATION$10,000
GUARDIAN REVIVAL$10,000
TWIN FALLS OPTIMIST YOUTH HOUSE$10,000
CHARLES HUMPHREY KEATING FOUND$10,000
STEPHEN J WAMPLER FOUNDATION$8,000
BRIDGE BASKETBALL CLUB INC$8,000
BLINKNOW FOUNDATION$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $300k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SERVICE WOMENS ACTION NETWORK: $5k → 14%OPERATION BBQ RELIEF: $8k → 8%HANDS OF THE CARPENTER: $5k → 7%EDUCATION FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION: $4k → 12%BLINKNOW FOUNDATION: $40k → 4%HANDS OF THE CARPENTER: $5k → 7%BLINKNOW FOUNDATION: $15k → 4%HANDS OF THE CARPENTER: $5k → 7%BLINKNOW FOUNDATION: $8k → 4%BLINKNOW FOUNDATION: $8k → 4%BLINKNOW FOUNDATION: $8k → 4%BLINKNOW FOUNDATION: $5k → 4%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $10k → 12%DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $8k → 12%BALD MOUNTAIN RESCUE FUND: $3k → 7%WORD OF HONOR FUND: $25k → 7%WORD OF HONOR FUND: $25k → 7%WORD OF HONOR FUND: $20k → 7%WORD OF HONOR FUND: $20k → 7%WORD OF HONOR FUND: $20k → 7%WORD OF HONOR FUND: $14k → 7%WORD OF HONOR FUND: $14k → 7%SWIFTSURE RANCH: $5k → 7%SWIFTSURE RANCH: $5k → 7%SWIFTSURE RANCH: $5k → 7%SWIFTSURE RANCH: $5k → 7%SWIFTSURE RANCH: $5k → 7%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
VT
ID
MN
IL
NY
IN
OH
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KS
AR
SC
DC
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 42 repeat orgs$188k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
25

Total granted

$1.6M
$157k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+7%

Still filing today

57%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationHealthAnimalsPublic BenefitOther
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

  • HG
    HIGHER GROUND USA INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $175k · revenue +73%
  • WO
    Word of Honor Fund
    7× · 2018–2024 · $138k · revenue +34%
  • NU
    Norwich University
    4× · 2021–2024 · $125k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • BF
    BARBELLS FOR BOOBS
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue -100%
  • UO
    UNITED OSTOMY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
  • TR
    TEAM RUBICON INC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +10%
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.

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Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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2
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
3
Robert Irvine Foundation Inc

The robert irvine foundation is a not-for-profit entity and is tax exempt under 501(c) (3) of the internal revenue code (irc). the organization supports and strengthens the physical and mental well-being of our service members, veterans,…

Human Services
4
Homes for Veterans a Nj Non Profit Corporation

Our mission is to provide a holistic approach to support veterans with disabilities by removing barriers in every aspect of their lives. this includes funding customized, barrier-free home modificationssuch as wheelchair-accessible…

Housing & Shelter
5
Swords to Plowshares Veterans Rights Organization

Swords to plowshares' mission is to heal the wounds of war, to restore dignity, hope and self-sufficiency to all veterans in need, and to significantly reduce homelessness and poverty among veterans.

Public Benefit
6
Warriors for Freedom

The mission of the warriors for freedom foundation is to provide a safe community, constant support, and year round activities, where we can restore hope, renew purpose, and revitalize our veterans and their families.

Human Services
7
Lead the Way Fund Inc

Army ranger lead the way fund is an active duty, casualty assistance, recovery, transition and veterans organization that provides financial support to u.s. army rangers and the families of those who have died, have been disabled or who…

Human Services
8
Special Forces Foundation

The special forces foundation provides immediate and ongoing support to the special forces community and their families.

Philanthropy
9
Special Ops Survivors

Special ops survivors advances the mission "to embrace and empower surviving spouses of fallen special operations heroes to build healthy post-loss futures as they transition and rebuild their new lives." the foundation provides programs…

Human Services
10
Sheep Dog Impact Assistance

At Sheep Dog Impact Assistance (SDIA), our mission is to engage, assist, and empower Sheep Dogs - military personnel, veterans, and first responders and their families, through transformative "Get Off The Couch" programming. By connecting…

Human Services
11
Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region

To offer compassionate care to animals, support safe communities, and provide socially conscious sheltering. (continued on schedule o)

Animals
12
The Veterans and First Responders
Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Stephen Michael Sules Foundation. 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, 2017–2026.

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. 42 of the 73 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)
42/42
Grantees still filing
28/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST LUKES WR FOUNDATION: $155,000 · OtherST LUKES WR FOUNDATIONMIAMI UNIVERSITY: $80,000 · OtherMIAMI UNIVERSITYCHARLES HUMPHREY KEATING FOUND: $50,000 · OtherCHARLES HUMPHREY KEATING FOUNDBLAINE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 61 EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $41,000 · OtherBEAMAN HOUSE: $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $34,000 · Other+43 more: $446,000 · Other+43 moreWord of Honor Fund: $138,000 · Human ServicesWord of Honor FundBLINKNOW FOUNDATION A NJ NONPROFIT: $84,000 · Human ServicesBLINKNOW FOUNDATIO…SWIFTSURE RANCH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesSWIFTSURE RANCH TH…DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $18,000 · Human ServicesDENVER RESCUE MISS…SparkHope Automotive: $15,000 · Human Services+5 more: $25,000 · Human Services+5 moreHIGHER GROUND USA INC: $175,000 · Recreation & SportsHIGHER GROUND U…Stephen J Wampler Foundation Camp WAMP: $36,000 · Recreation & SportsStephen J Wampl…Wood River Extreme Ski Joring Association Inc: $24,000 · Recreation & SportsWood River Extr…Sawtooth Sports Foundation Inc: $19,000 · Recreation & SportsSawtooth Sports…Norwich University: $125,000 · EducationNorwich Univer…PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $58,000 · EducationPEPPERDINE UNI…THE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $48,000 · EducationTHE CAMPANILE …+1 more: $5,000 · EducationSHARE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthCRISIS TEXT LINE INC: $36,000 · HealthRange Of Motion Project: $21,000 · HealthStephen Michael Sules Foundation: $52,000 · Arts & CultureTWIN FALLS OPTIMIST YOUTH HOUSE INC: $26,000 · Housing & ShelterSt Jude House Inc: $25,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$841,000Human Services$305,000Recreation & Sports$254,000Education$236,000Health$107,000Arts & Culture$52,000Housing & Shelter$51,000

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 budgetHIGHER GROUND USA INC: $175,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetWord of Honor Fund: $138,000 over 7y, 5.4% of budgetNorwich University: $125,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBLINKNOW FOUNDATION A NJ NONPROFIT: $84,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $58,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Michael Sules Foundation: $52,000 over 6y, 95% of budgetSHARE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION: $48,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 61 EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $41,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetCRISIS TEXT LINE INC: $36,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetStephen J Wampler Foundation Camp WAMP: $36,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetTWIN FALLS OPTIMIST YOUTH HOUSE INC: $26,000 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetSWIFTSURE RANCH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSt Jude House Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetWood River Extreme Ski Joring Association Inc: $24,000 over 4y, 67% of budgetRange Of Motion Project: $21,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetGUARDIAN REVIVAL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSawtooth Sports Foundation Inc: $19,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTOUCHED BY AN ANIMAL: $16,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetSparkHope Automotive: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBARBELLS FOR BOOBS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeyond The Teams: $9,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION BBQ RELIEF: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHONOR BELL FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetSOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL HOLY SPIRIT CONFERENCE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDenver Inner City Parish Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAVEN OF HOPE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY DBA MOUNTAIN HUMANE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPIPE HITTER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSERVICE WOMENS ACTION NETWORK: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHINSDALE HUMANE SOCIETY: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEDUCATION FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetBald Mountain Rescue Fund: $3,000 over 1y, 1.4% 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 HIGHER GROUND USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Word of Honor Fund ↗
  • Who funds Norwich University ↗
  • Who funds BLINKNOW FOUNDATION A NJ NONPROFIT ↗
  • Who funds PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Stephen Michael Sules Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SHARE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CAMPANILE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BLAINE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 61 EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CRISIS TEXT LINE INC ↗
  • Who funds Stephen J Wampler Foundation Camp WAMP ↗
  • Who funds TWIN FALLS OPTIMIST YOUTH HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SWIFTSURE RANCH THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds St Jude House Inc ↗
  • Who funds Wood River Extreme Ski Joring Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Range Of Motion Project ↗
  • Who funds GUARDIAN REVIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Sawtooth Sports Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds DENVER RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds WORKSHOPS FOR WARRIORS INC ↗
  • Who funds TOUCHED BY AN ANIMAL ↗
  • Who funds SparkHope Automotive ↗
  • Who funds BARBELLS FOR BOOBS ↗

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.

Boswell Family FoundationID15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boswell Family Foundation · Idaho Community Foundation Inc · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · The Denver Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good

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 Elizabeth M Webster & Maricich -Paen Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Elizabeth M Webster & Maricich -Paen Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Norwich University: 4% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report 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 73 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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