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The Palomaki Foundation at a glance

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The Palomaki Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4k
Granted FY2020
13
Grants FY2020
2
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of The Palomaki Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Palomaki Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $4k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

2
’17
4
’19
7
’20
0
’21

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Education$5kPhilanthropy$2kReligion$1kArts & Culture$1kEnvironment$711Health$150Food & Nutrition$105Human Services$100Other$0
02FY2020 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLGATE UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT$1,000
Individual grant recipient$500
A MAGICAL JOURNEY THRU STAGES$500
GEVA THEATRE CENTER$500
SPENCER VAN ETTEN ALUMNI SOCIETY$262
GREENTOPIA$258
ALLENDALE COLUMBIA SCHOOL$250
FOODLINK$105
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS ACCELERATOR OF THE GENESEE-FINGER LAKES REGION$103
Individual grant recipient$100
Individual grant recipient$100
FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF ROCHESTER$82
Individual grant recipient$10
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TAKEDOWN CANCER: $100 → 5%INSPIRE: $2k → 11%COLGATE UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT: $1k → 11%ROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $50 → 13%FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF ROCHESTER: $1k → 14%NY STATE PTA: $10 → 14%USGBC: $300 → 14%SPENCER VAN ETTEN ALUMNI SOCIETY: $262 → 11%FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF ROCHESTER: $82 → 14%LCVINC: $50 → 14%GREENTOPIA: $258 → 14%CLIMATE SOLUTIONS ACCELERATOR OF THE GENESEE-FINGER LAKES REGION: $103 → 14%A MAGICAL JOURNEY THRU STAGES: $500 → 14%TEEN EMPOWERMENT: $100 → 14%FOODLINK: $105 → 14%GEVA THEATRE CENTER: $500 → 14%ALLENDALE COLUMBIA SCHOOL: $2k → 14%ALENDALE COLUMBIA SCHOOL: $1k → 14%ALLENDALE COLUMBIA SCHOOL: $250 → 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.
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 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
Allied Climate Partners Inc

Allied climate partners' (acp) mission is to invest catalytic capital to resolve climate finance bottlenecks in emerging markets and developing economies by fostering, supporting, promoting, and conducting programs, projects, and…

Environment
2
Terraset

Terraset uses philanthropic capital to purchase permanent, high-quality carbon removal. we pool donations from individuals, foundations, family offices, and donor advised funds, and make strategic purchases of high-quality carbon removal…

Environment
3
Finreglab Inc

Finreglab is a d.c.-based research organization working at the intersection of financial innovation and public policy. our mission is to advance technology and data use to help people and small businesses manage their financial lives,…

Science & Tech
4
Acmg Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine

Support the american college of medical genetics and genomics' (acmg) educational mission to "translate genes into health" by raising funds to attract the next generation of medical geneticists and genetic counselors, to sponsor important…

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5
Coalition for Green Capital D/B/a American Green Bank Consortium

Cgc operates as a nonprofit financial institution that invests directly and through partners to transform financial markets by using public and private investing to accelerate the deployment of projects that strengthen the grid, reduce…

Environment
6
Climate Catalyst Inc

Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.

Environment
7
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation

To aid the alliance for clinical trials in oncology national clinical trials cooperative group and support the clinical trials and laboratory research of the alliance, as well as efforts to educate the medical community on methods of…

Health
8
Open New York Education Inc

Open new york education, inc. supports public education, awareness, and engagement around housing issues to help build a movement for a more abundant and inclusive new york.

Housing & Shelter
9
Feedback Labs

Feedback labs' mission is to support philanthropy, nonprofits, and other social sector organizations to regularly listen and act on feedback in high-quality, equitable, and inclusive ways. these supported organizations will exchange…

Philanthropy
10
Watertower Theatre Inc

To create innovative, diverse theatre that builds community by fostering empathy and dialogue.

Arts & Culture
11
Climate Breakthrough Inc

To launch breakthrough climate mitigation efforts by identifying, supporting, and unleashing innovative leaders with transformative strategies.

Human Services
12
Great Mn Schools

We believe that great schools are the cornerstone of a just and thriving community. ensuring that every child is able to attend a school that works is our moral and social imperative - our children deserve no less.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Geva Theatre Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Gardenaerial 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

9 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. 9 of the 19 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)
9/9
Grantees still filing
8/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INSPIRE: $2,000 · OtherINSPIREFIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF ROCHESTER: $1,282 · OtherFIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF ROCHESTERCOLGATE UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT: $1,000 · OtherCOLGATE UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENTIndividual grant recipient: $500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUSGBC: $300 · OtherUSGBCSPENCER VAN ETTEN ALUMNI SOCIETY: $262 · Other+4 more: $260 · OtherALLENDALE COLUMBIA SCHOOL: $3,100 · EducationALLENDALE COLUMBIA SCHOOL+1 more: $21 · EducationFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $2,198 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INVESTMENTS…GEVA THEATRE CENTER INC: $500 · Arts & CultureGEVA THEA…A MAGICAL JOURNEY THRU STAGES INC: $500 · Arts & CultureA MAGICAL…FRIENDS OF THE GARDENAERIAL INC: $258 · Recreation & SportsFOODLINK INC: $105 · Food & NutritionClimate Solutions Accelerator of the Genesee-Finger Lakes Region: $103 · EnvironmentROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $50 · Philanthropy
Other$5,604Education$3,121Community Improvement$2,198Arts & Culture$1,000Recreation & Sports$258Food & Nutrition$105Environment$103Philanthropy$50

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 budgetALLENDALE COLUMBIA SCHOOL: $3,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $2,198 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEVA THEATRE CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA MAGICAL JOURNEY THRU STAGES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE GARDENAERIAL INC: $258 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOODLINK INC: $105 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClimate Solutions Accelerator of the Genesee-Finger Lakes Region: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $21 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.

Rochester Area Commun…Rochester Area Commun…The Joan and Harold F…Esl Charitable Founda…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Rochester Area Community FoundationNY17.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rochester Area Community Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · The Joan and Harold Feinbloom Supporting Foundation Inc · Esl Charitable Foundation · 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 Palomaki Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Palomaki Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 19 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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