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The Papa John's Foundation Inc

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.

$2.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
267
Grants FY2024
199
Organizations funded FY2023
48%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$382,500
Organizations funded a year
5 to 199
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
34
Total assets, FY2024
$1.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 48% of the organizations The Papa John's Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $449k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Youth DevelopmentFood & NutritionHuman ServicesEducationHealthPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving239$2.6M36%
FY2023199$2.3M48%
FY2022186$3.5M69%
FY2021103$2.7M98%
FY20205$1.4M60%
FY20196$1.1Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Youth Development$6.9MFood & Nutrition$2.1MEducation$2.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$458kHuman Services$399kCommunity Improvement$324kPhilanthropy$301kRecreation & Sports$271kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 404 grantees
All grantees of The Papa John's Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$5,559,33161%
United Negro College Fund Inc$615,00030%
Bennett College$500,00012%
American Association of Colleges and Universities$500,00022%
Food Recovery Network Inc$255,00039%
World Central Kitchen Inc$170,00040%
Greater Louisville Foundation Inc$150,000410%
Papa John's Disaster Relief Fund Inc$125,000383%
Papa John's Team Member Emergency Relief$125,000355%
Dare to Care Inc$92,50040%
Kentucky Harvest Inc$80,000411%
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc$80,00040%
Second Helpings Atlanta Inc$75,00030%
Concrete Jungle Inc$75,00032%
Feeding the Valley Inc$65,00040%
University of Louisville Foundation Inc$60,00020%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc$55,00040%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc$50,00011%
3D Girls Incorporated$50,000116%
Farmlink Project$50,00010%
The Shaquille O'Neal Foundation$50,00015%
America's Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia Inc$35,00040%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc$35,00040%
United Food Bank$35,00040%
The Houston Food Bank$35,00040%
Eastern Illinois Foodbank$35,00040%
Derrick Thomas Neil Smith Third And$32,50046%
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Inc$32,50040%
Youth Resources of Southwestern Indiana Inc$32,50043%
Junior Achievement of West Kentucky Inc$32,50042%
Kids' Meals Inc$30,00040%
Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation$30,00040%
Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas Inc$30,00030%
Children's Health Care Foundation$30,00040%
Valley of the Sun United Way$30,00040%
Council for Economic Education$30,00030%
Dreaam Opportunity Center$30,00041%
Junior Achievement of SW Indiana Inc$30,00041%
Second Harvest Inland Northwest$30,00020%
Tempe Community Action Agency Inc$30,00040%
Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana Inc$30,00021%
Do the Right Thing Inc$30,00047%
Meals on Wheels of Central Marylandinc$27,50030%
Weekend Backpacks Baltimore Inc$27,50031%
Young Aspirations Young Artists Inc$27,50032%
Broward County Council PTAPTSA$27,500418%
Urbana Neighborhood Connections Center$27,50042%
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank$27,50030%
Chattanooga Area Food Bank Inc$25,00030%
Food Bank for the Heartland$25,00030%
Hope Ignites New Orleans$25,00031%
Community Kitchen of Monroe County Inc$25,00031%
Southeast Texas Food Bank Inc$25,00020%
Utah Food Bank$25,00030%
Feeding America Kentucky's Heartland Inc$25,00010%
Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank$25,00020%
Lawrence Meals on Wheels Inc$25,00033%
Mid-South Food Bank$25,00020%
Hoosier Hills Food Bank Inc$25,00030%
Junior Achievement of Georgia$25,00010%
Harvest Hope Food Bank$25,00030%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay Inc$25,00030%
Lowcountry Food Bank Inc$25,00030%
Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana Inc$25,00020%
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank$25,00020%
Joe Dimaggio Children's Hospital Foundation Inc$25,00030%
United Way of Southeast Louisiana$25,00030%
Women Aware Inc$22,50030%
Sasha Bruce Youthwork Inc$22,50030%
Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida Inc$22,50030%
Regional East Texas Food Bank$22,50020%
Reach One Teach One UCA$22,500437%
Three Square$22,50030%
Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc$22,50030%
Crispus Attucks Association of York Pa$22,50030%
Next Steps Employment Services Corp$21,50041%
The Boys & Girls Clubs Inc$21,03530%
Lee Initiative Inc$20,00011%
Florida Leadership Venture$20,00021%
Palm Beach County Pal Inc$20,00034%
From the Barrio Foundation$20,000410%
Philabundance$20,00020%
Pace Center for Girlsinc$20,00020%
FP YouthOutcry Foundation Inc DBA The Hubb Arts & Trauma Center$20,00021%
Junior Achievement of Greater Baton Rouge Inc$20,00021%
Dfoww Incorporated$20,0002n/a
Dream Center of Lakeland Inc$20,00030%
Baltimore Hunger Project LLC$20,00021%
Baton Rouge Youth Coalition Inc$20,00021%
Next Generation Initiative Inc$20,0002n/a
Hebni Nutrition Consultants Inc$20,00021%
Beaumont Chamber Foundation$20,00027%
Parks Alliance of Louisville Inc$20,0001n/a
Completely Kids$20,00030%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Lanier Inc$20,00010%
Girls on the Run Minnesota Inc$20,00031%
United Way of Southwestern Indiana Inc$20,00020%
Inspiration Corporation$20,00030%
Starting Right Now$20,00020%
Junior Achievement$20,00023%
Dinomights$20,00032%
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia$20,00030%
United Service Organizations Inc$20,00010%
Philanthropy Tank Inc$20,00022%
Daily Bread Soup Kitchen Inc$20,00031%
Akron Community Service Center & Urban League Inc$20,00020%
Washington Nationals Philanthropies$17,50020%
Northwest Louisiana Food Bank$17,50020%
Under 21$17,50020%
Just Food of Douglas County Ks Inc$17,50020%
Fly High Youth Services Incorporated$17,500313%
Urban Harvest Stl$17,50022%
Kelcurt Foundation Inc$17,50039%
SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc$17,50030%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Butler County Inc$15,00021%
Friends of Harrison Bay State Park$15,0003n/a
St Louis Crisis Nursery$15,00020%
Greenwood Cultural Center Inc$15,00012%
Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast$15,00020%
El Pasoans Fighting Hunger$15,00020%
Montana Food Bank Network Inc$15,00020%
Junior League of Omaha Inc$15,00034%
Girls Incorporated of Memphis$15,00021%
Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia$15,00020%
Virginia Peninsula Foodbank$15,00020%
Clean Memphis Inc$15,00021%
North Texas Food Bank$15,00020%
Mission West Virginia Inc$15,00030%
Deep Center Incorporated$15,00021%
Georgia State University Foundation Inc$15,00020%
Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc$15,00024%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Chattanooga$15,00020%
Junior Achievement of Oklahoma Inc$15,00020%
Heart of Alabama Food Bank Inc$15,00020%
Cunningham Childrens Home of Urbana Il$15,00030%
Food Bank of Lincoln Inc$15,00020%
Girls Inc of Chattanooga$15,00021%
The Underprivileged Children Foundation$15,00021%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Philadelphia Region$15,00030%
Ronald McDonald House of New York Inc$15,00030%
Focus St Louis$15,00021%
Greater Tampa Bay Area Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$15,00020%
Operation Food Search Inc$15,00020%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati Inc$15,00021%
Ozarks Food Harvest Inc$15,00020%
Food Bank of Delaware Inc$15,00020%
The School District of Osceola County Fl$15,0002n/a
Idaho Foodbank Warehouse$15,00020%
The Food Bank of Central Louisiana$15,00010%
Junior Achievement of Dallas Inc$14,00011%
Child of This Culture Foundation Inc$12,50022%
Special Olympics Kentucky Inc$12,50020%
Extra Table Feeds Inc$12,50021%
Jefferson County Public Education Foundation Inc$12,50012%
CASA of Harrison and Stone Counties$12,50022%
Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc$12,50021%
Foba Foundation Inc$12,500212%
Prairie Grit Adaptive Sports$12,50041%
Akron Community Farms$12,500111%
United Way of Coshocton County Inc$12,50032%
Toys for Kids$12,50032%
Martha's Table Inc$12,50020%
Umom New Day Centers Inc$11,50020%
Minnesota Congress of Parents and Teachers$11,0003n/a
Doors Open Jazz Inc$10,000136%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chattanooga Inc$10,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of Evansville Inc$10,00011%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Florida Inc$10,00010%
Boys and Girls Club of the River Region Inc$10,00011%
Northern Kentucky University Research Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tampa Bay Inc$10,00010%
Boys and Girls' Club of the Berkshires Inc$10,00010%
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc$10,00010%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Springfield Inc$10,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of Bangor$10,00011%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Valley Inc$10,00010%
Harvest Texarkana Regional Food Bank Inc$10,00020%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast Inc$10,00020%
University of South Florida Foundation Inc$10,00020%
Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance Inc$10,00010%
Solid Ground Washington$10,00020%
Flourish Foster Care Closet & Support Inc$10,0001n/a
Kids Hub$10,00021%
Share Our Strength$10,00010%
Miami-Dade County Public Schools$10,0001n/a
Metropolitan Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Fort Wayne$10,00010%
Mentoring Alliance$10,00010%
United Way of Northeast Florida Inc$10,00020%
Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood Inc$10,00011%
Gladden Community House$10,00010%
Ft Myers Police Athletic League Inc$10,000116%
The United Way of Lee County Inc$10,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Louisiana Inc$10,00010%
Youth Odyssey Inc$10,00021%
Achieve Twin Cities$10,00020%
Tri-State Food Bank$10,00010%
Ms National Guard Challenge Foundat$10,000238%
Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation$10,00010%
Youth Advocate Programs Inc$10,00010%
Bridges USA Inc$10,00010%
Kent State University Foundation$10,00010%
Special Olympics West Virginia Inc$10,00031%
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Memphis$10,00010%
Autism Hope Center Inc$10,0001n/a
Oscar Cross Boys & Girls Club Inc$10,00011%
Renaissance Covington Inc$10,00013%
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc$10,00020%
Oklahoma City Public Schools Foundation Inc$10,00030%
Chattanooga Room in the Inn Inc$10,00021%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands$10,00010%
Literacy Network of Greater Cincinnati Dba Queen City Book Bank$10,00021%
PTA Florida Congress$10,0002n/a
US or Else Corp$10,0001n/a
Boys and Girls Club of Worcester Inc$10,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence Region$10,00010%
Dunbar Community Garden$10,000220%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma Inc$10,00020%
Boys & Girls Club of Las Cruces$10,00011%
United Way of Central Georgia Inc$10,00020%
Austin Area Urban League$10,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County$10,00011%
Artportunity Knocks Inc$10,00021%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10,00010%
Youth Services of Tulsa Inc$10,00020%
Hope Atlanta Inc$10,00010%
Abbie Rogers Civitan Camp Endowment Fund$10,00032%
Helping Advance and Nurture the Development of Youth Inc (Handy Inc)$10,00010%
Nacogdoches Hope$10,00014%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati$10,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central and Northern Nh Inc$10,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Arkansas$10,00021%
Dolls for Daughters$10,00011%
Olde Towne Hall Theatre$10,0001n/a
Education Works Inc$10,0001n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Manchester$10,00010%
Forkids Inc$10,00020%
Homeless Coalition of Palm Beach County Inc$10,00020%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio$10,00010%
Every Meal$10,00010%
Health in the Hood Inc$10,00012%
Yescarolina$10,0001n/a
United Way of Charlotte County Inc$10,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of Pbc$10,00010%
Community Tampa Bay Inc$10,00012%
Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Inc$10,00020%
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Newark Inc$10,00010%
Reed Charitable Foundation Inc$9,50021%
The Shepherds Table Inc$7,50011%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$7,50020%
Orange County Police Athletic League$7,50023%
Police Athletic League of Tampa Inc$7,50027%
Mentors Project of Bibb County Inc$7,50011%
Civic Works Inc$7,50010%
Youth Volunteer Corps of Hampton Roads Inc$7,50012%
H O P E Mission Inc$7,50013%
South Mississippi Soccer Club Inc$7,50030%
Food for Others Inc$7,50010%
Street Teens$7,50011%
Slow Food USA Inc$7,5001n/a
Meals on Wheels of Chesapeake Inc$7,50012%
Uempower of Maryland Inc$7,50011%
Atlantic Street Center$7,50020%
Covenant House$7,50010%
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council$7,50010%
So What Else Inc$7,50010%
Lighthouse$7,50020%
Minnies Food Pantry Inc$7,50010%
Cents of Pride$7,500217%
The University of Georgia Foundation$7,50010%
Project 150$7,50010%
My Possibilities$7,50010%
Watch Me Grow Ohio$7,5001n/a
Kentucky Future Farmers of America Foundation Inc$7,50010%
DC Greens Inc$7,50010%
Freshfarm Markets$7,50010%
Issaquah Food and Clothing Bank$7,50010%
Food & Friends Inc$7,50010%
Youth Business Exchange$7,5002n/a
Voices of Change Animal League Inc$6,50021%
Daytona Beach Sports Club Inc$6,0001n/a
Indienomicon Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Baylor Health Care System Foundation$5,00010%
The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Tulsa$5,00010%
Atx Kids Club$5,00011%
Houston Texans Foundation$5,00010%
Food Research & Action Center$5,00010%
Ciudad Nueva Community Outreach In$5,00010%
Sports Life Global$5,0001n/a
Friends of Switchpoint Inc$5,00010%
Children's Advocacy Center of Southwest Florida Inc$5,00010%
Cowan Community Action Group Inc$5,00011%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona Inc$5,00010%
G-I-R-L-S-Corp$5,0001n/a
New Orleans Youth Alliance$5,00010%
Piney Woods Golf Youth and Development Foundation$5,00012%
Kids in Crisis Intervention Team$5,00012%
Metropolitan Richmond Sports Backers$5,00010%
Partners in Education of Douglas County$5,0001n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities$5,00010%
One Way Love Inc$5,00015%
Broward House Inc$5,00010%
Iron County Care and Share$5,00011%
Adrienne Arsht Center Trust Inc$5,00020%
The Ann Richards School Foundation$5,00010%
Historic Grafton School Inc$5,0002n/a
PTA Florida Congress$5,0001n/a
Transform Scott County Inc$5,00012%
Brighton Center Inc$5,00010%
Compassion for Community$5,0001n/a
Ruston Community Theatre$5,00012%
The Exceptional Foundation$5,00010%
Cobb County Public Schools Educational Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Gigis Playhouse Inc$5,0001n/a
Bear Be a Resource for Cps Kids$5,00010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southwest Florida Inc$5,00020%
Banister's Leadership Academy$5,00010%
Soddy Daisy Food Bank Inc$5,00020%
Aidnow$5,00014%
PTA Florida Congress$5,0001n/a
Tarrant Area Food Bank$5,00010%
Children's Bureau Inc$5,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands$5,00010%
Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless Program Inc$5,0001n/a
Determined to Be Mentor & Leadership Program$5,0001n/a
Children First Ceo Kansas Inc$5,00010%
Food Rescue US Inc$5,00010%
United Way of Central Texas Inc$5,00010%
Caritas of Waco$5,00010%
The Center for Children & Young Adults$5,00010%
Arkansas Foodbank$5,00010%
Peacemaker Minnesota$5,00021%
The Children Deserve a Chance Foundation$5,00010%
You Eat I Eat Community Unity Food$5,0001n/a
Acres of Diamonds$5,00020%
Foundation for Chamber Economic Partnership$5,00011%
Houston Police Foundation$5,00010%
Be Concerned Inc$5,00010%
Mentors in Motion Inc$5,0001n/a
Community Food Bank$5,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Miami Valley Inc$5,00011%
Great Explorations Inc$5,00010%
United States Soccer Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Building Equal Bridges Inc$5,00018%
Annie Gardner Foundation$5,00010%
The Childrens Scholarship Fund$5,00010%
Central Texas Youth Services Bureau$5,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of Fullerton Inc$5,00010%
Williamsburg House of Mercy$5,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lincoln$5,00011%
Grove Christian Outreach Center$5,00010%
804 Coaches for Change Inc$5,0001n/a
Youthlinc$4,00010%
Greater Atlanta Chamber Foundation Inc$4,00010%
Casa of Southeast Mississippi Inc$3,50020%
Center for Child and Family Services Inc$3,50010%
Open Doors Homeless Coalition$2,50010%
Giving Garden Inc$2,50011%
Food Fort$2,50011%
Atlanta Music Project Inc$2,50010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of South$2,50010%
Timpanogos Arts Foundation$2,50010%
Flanders Fields Ltd Flanders Fields$2,50011%
Helping Hands Community Foundation$2,5001n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Ozarks Inc$2,50010%
Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 598 Bikes for Tikes Charity$2,50012%
Roman Catholic Bishop of Louisville$2,5001n/a
The Cat Corner Inc$2,50021%
Autismoklahomaorg Inc$2,50010%
Oaks United Inc$2,5001n/a
Gigis Playhouse Inc$2,5001n/a
Miami Police Athletic League Inc$2,50010%
Breakthrough Atlanta$2,50010%
Sertoma Center Inc$2,50010%
Fish Inc$2,50010%
We Fight Monsters Ltd$2,50011%
Sunshine Foundation$2,50010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities - Upper Midwest$2,50010%
Thrive Peninsula Formerly Duco$2,50010%
My Angel Foundation Inc$2,5001n/a
Florida Film House International$2,5001n/a
First Things First Inc$2,50010%
Sunshine Social Services Inc$2,50010%
Dreams Go on Inc$2,50012%
Care to Learn$2,50010%
Maxx Crosby Foundation$2,50011%
The Kentucky Science Center Inc$2,50010%
Project Umoja Inc$2,5001n/a
Compass Housing Alliance$2,50010%
The Whas Crusade for Children Inc$2,50010%
The Home of the Innocents Inc$2,50010%
Police Athletic League of Hollywood$2,50011%
Lumberton Civic Womens League$2,5001n/a
The Cedars Home for Children Foundation$2,50010%
Tykes Need Bikes$2,5001n/a
Hugh Obrian Youth Leadership$2,5001n/a
Ginn Foundation$2,50011%
Jacksonville Humane Society Inc$2,50010%
Texas Network of Youth Services Inc$2,50010%
Humane Society of Greater Miami-Dade for Pocta Aap$1,00010%
World Senior Games Inc World Senior Games Inc$1,00010%
The Dragonfly Foundation$1,00010%
Utah Summer Games Foundation$1,0001n/a
Win the Day Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Memorial Hermann Foundation$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($310k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Papa John's Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of America: $5,559,331 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $615,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBennett College: $500,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetAmerican Association of Colleges and Universities: $500,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetFood Recovery Network Inc: $255,000 over 3y, 9.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $170,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Louisville Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 4y, 9.9% of budgetPapa John's Disaster Relief Fund Inc: $125,000 over 3y, 83% of budgetPapa John's Team Member Emergency Relief: $125,000 over 3y, 55% of budgetDare to Care Inc: $92,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKentucky Harvest Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetAtlanta Community Food Bank Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Helpings Atlanta Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetConcrete Jungle Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetFeeding the Valley Inc: $65,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Louisville Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budget3D Girls Incorporated: $50,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetFarmlink Project: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Shaquille O'Neal Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetAmerica's Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Food Bank: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEastern Illinois Foodbank: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDerrick Thomas Neil Smith Third And: $32,500 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetNegro Leagues Baseball Museum Inc: $32,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetYouth Resources of Southwestern Indiana Inc: $32,500 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetJunior Achievement of West Kentucky Inc: $32,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetKids' Meals Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUrban Ventures Leadership Foundation: $30,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJunior Achievement of Southeast Texas Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Health Care Foundation: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetValley of the Sun United Way: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil for Economic Education: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDreaam Opportunity Center: $30,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetJunior Achievement of SW Indiana Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetSecond Harvest Inland Northwest: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTempe Community Action Agency Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJunior Achievement of Kentuckiana Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetDo the Right Thing Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Central Marylandinc: $27,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWeekend Backpacks Baltimore Inc: $27,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetYoung Aspirations Young Artists Inc: $27,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetBroward County Council PTAPTSA: $27,500 over 4y, 18% of budgetUrbana Neighborhood Connections Center: $27,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetCentral Pennsylvania Food Bank: $27,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

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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.

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Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Papa John's Foundation Inc

How much does The Papa John's Foundation Inc give?
The Papa John's Foundation Inc reported 267 grants totaling $2,570,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 199 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does The Papa John's Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (51%), Food & Nutrition (15%), Education (15%).
Who are The Papa John's Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Boys & Girls Clubs of America ($5.6M), United Negro College Fund Inc ($615k), Bennett College ($500k).
Does The Papa John's Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Papa John's Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Papa John's Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Inspire Brands Foundation Inc, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Publix Super Markets Charities Inc.
Where is The Papa John's Foundation Inc based?
The Papa John's Foundation Inc is based in DE.

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 424 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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