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The Palmer Family Foundation at a glance

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The Palmer Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$104k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Animals$150kHealth$33kHuman Services$32kFood & Nutrition$24kReligion$21kEducation$11kYouth Development$10kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOLLYPOP FARM$50,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
ST ANDREW'S AREA FOOD CUPBOARD$5,000
WILLOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER$5,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ROCHESTER$5,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$5,000
VICTOR COMMUNITY CHURCH$3,000
CONVOY OF HOPE$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
MAYO CLINIC$2,500
HILLSIDE$1,532
VICTOR FARMINGTON AMBULANCE$500
WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY$500
VICTOR FIRE DEPARTMENT$500
FOOD FOR THE POOR$500
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 (FY21–25, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%EPISCOPAL SENIORLIFE COMMUNITIES: $5k → 14%HILLSIDE: $2k → 14%HILLSIDE: $1k → 14%WILLOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER: $5k → 14%WILLOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER: $5k → 14%WILLOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER: $5k → 14%WILLOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER: $3k → 14%WILLOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER: $1k → 14%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

MN
IL
NY
IN
OH
MO
TN
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$239k · 14 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
6

Total granted

$239k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+21%

Still filing today

57%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationAnimalsPhilanthropyHealthYouth 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

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $20k · revenue +59%
  • WD
    WILLOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $19k · revenue +41%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF ROCHESTER INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $10k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • BG
    BOCA GRANDE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • CG
    CHRISTINE G WATT SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • ES
    EPISCOPAL SENIORLIFE COMMUNITIES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +3%
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
Rochester General Health System

Rochester general health system, provides patient care, senior housing, laboratory services, and community outreach to residents and other clients in monroe county, new york and several surrounding counties.

Health
2
Rochester General College of Health Careers

The rochester general college of health careers is dedicated to preparing adult learners with the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary to pursue health careers, advanced education, and lifelong learning.

Education
3
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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6
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Rit Global Delivery Corporation

Provide administrative and other support services to academic programs sponsored by rochester institute of technology both in the united states and abroad.

Education
10
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
St Joseph's Medical Pc

We, st. joseph's medical and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. joseph's medical is a member of st. joseph's health and trinity health.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Convoy of Hope; the most unlike its peers is The Humane Society of Rochester & Monroe County for the Prevention of Cruelty to. 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

13 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. 13 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO: $150,000 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY FOR THE…Individual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCITY CHURCH FOR ALL NATIONS DBA CITY CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherCITY CHURCH FOR ALL NATIONS…ST ANDREW'S AREA FOOD CUPBOARD: $10,000 · OtherST ANDREW'S AREA FOOD CUPBO…VICTOR COMMUNITY CHURCH: $5,550 · OtherVICTOR COMMUNITY CHURCHBOCA GRANDE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherBOCA GRANDE UNITED METHODIS…MAYO CLINIC: $5,000 · OtherMAYO CLINICCHRISTINE G WATT SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $5,000 · OtherCHRISTINE G WATT SCHOLARSHI…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $5,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEIndividual grant recipient: $2,750 · OtherGOLISANO AUTISM CENTER INC: $5,000 · OtherGOLISANO AUTISM CENTER INC+2 more: $1,500 · OtherWILLOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $19,250 · Human ServicesWILLOW DO…EPISCOPAL SENIORLIFE COMMUNITIES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesEPISCOPAL…HILLSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $2,572 · Human ServicesHILLSIDE …ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $20,000 · HealthMAYO CLINIC: $3,000 · HealthCONVOY OF HOPE: $12,500 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $1,500 · InternationalBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF ROCHESTER INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentIndiana University Foundation: $5,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WITTENBERG COLLEGE: $1,000 · Education
Animals$150,000Other$74,800Human Services$26,822Health$23,000International$14,000Youth Development$10,000Education$6,000

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 budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER & MONROE COUNTY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO: $150,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWILLOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER INC: $19,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF ROCHESTER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEPISCOPAL SENIORLIFE COMMUNITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLISANO AUTISM CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $2,572 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WITTENBERG COLLEGE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVICTOR FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $750 over 2y, 0.1% 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.

Max and Marian Farash…United Way of Greater…Paychex Charitable Fo…Daisy Marquis Jones F…The Gap FoundationDonor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Max and Marian Farash Charitable FoundationNY15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · The Gap Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Palmer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Palmer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–20%
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 23 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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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