· Private foundation
The Palmer 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $41k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $452k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $307k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE CROHN'S & COALITIS FOUNDATION | $92,000 |
| GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY - MCDONOUGH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | $65,000 |
| SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER | $50,000 |
| ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD | $50,000 |
| THE NEO FUND | $50,000 |
| FOREST PLANET | $46,000 |
| LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL | $45,000 |
| HIGHWATER FARM | $40,000 |
| WEYMOUTH CENTER | $35,000 |
| ALDEA | $35,000 |
| KEMPER CENTER | $35,000 |
| NORTHERN DOOR CHILDCARE PROJECT INC | $32,000 |
| A LEG TO STAND ON INC | $30,000 |
| KENOSHA YMCA | $26,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $341k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 29% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
49 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 30 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $220k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
PENINSULA SCHOOL OF ART INC7× · 2018–2024 · $313k · revenue +96%- TMTHE MIRACLE FOUNDATION INC7× · 2017–2024 · $232k · revenue +103%
CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC4× · 2017–2022 · $185k · revenue +53%
Funded once
- TOTOWN OF GIBRALTARone grant, 2019 · $75k
- WOWRITE ON THE DOOR COUNTYone grant, 2020 · $75k
- HFHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE NC SANDHILLS INCgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $55k · revenue +32%
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.
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.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
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The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…
Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…
Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…
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…
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
How this is measured
99 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. 99 of the 128 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 PENINSULA SCHOOL OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds THE MIRACLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER ↗
- Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FORESTPLANET INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds Partner for Surgery Inc ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES ↗
- Who funds DOORWAYS FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC ↗
- Who funds HOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Neo Fund ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
- Who funds CARTHAGE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Kemper Center Inc ↗
- Who funds FABRETTO CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATION TO PRESERVE CAPE COD INC ↗
- Who funds SANDHILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC ↗
- Who funds FOTOKIDS INC ↗
- Who funds ROOT-PIKE WATERSHED INITIATIVE NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE SANDHILLS INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE NC SANDHILLS INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Latino Community Fund of Washington State ↗
- Who funds WINGATE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds HOPE FOR HAITI INC ↗
- Who funds THE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Door County Community Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Hislop Family Foundation · Ellsworth and Carla Peterson Charitable Foundation · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Tiaa Charitable Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Charles & Marcia Larsenanthony & Priscilla Beadell Foundation · Mmg Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Palmer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Palmer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Association to Preserve Cape Cod Inc: 100% of income from government
- National Marine Sanctuary Foundation: 88% of income from government
- Hacienda Community Development Corporation: 48% of income from government
- Medstar Health Research Institute Inc: 25% of income from government
- Greater Boston Legal Services Inc: 3% of income from government
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
- Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc: 1% of income from government
- Bruce Museum Inc: 0% of income from government
- Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
- Hope for Haiti Inc: 0% of income from government
- Animal Rescue League of Boston: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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