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The Park Foundation at a glance

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The Park Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
74
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$10MArts & Culture$4.0MEducation$3.7MPhilanthropy$1.2MPublic Safety & Disaster$926kAnimals$500kReligion$500kCommunity Improvement$436kOther$0
02FY2025 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k32 grants · $621k
  • $50k–250k31 grants · $2.5M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.8M
$25,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEVELAND CLINIC - KEEP MEMORY ALIVE$1,000,000
SCRIPPS RESEARCH TRANSLATIONAL INSTITUTE$500,000
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$250,000
THE PARK ACADEMY$200,000
PALM BEACH SYMPHONY$100,000
PALM BEACH ZOO & CONSERVATION SOCIETY$100,000
MISO-MIAMI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$100,000
SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC$100,000
PALM BEACH SYMPHONY$100,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$100,000
CARSON SCHOLARS FUND$100,000
UCLA FOUNDATION$100,000
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC$100,000
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$100,000
CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION$100,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $267k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 59% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RUN HOME CAMPS: $25k → 14%MARKLUND CHARITIES: $10k → 8%MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $3k → 13%NATHAN ADELSON HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $25k → 13%NATHAN ADELSON HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $24k → 13%RAINBOW KITCHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20k → 11%RAINBOW KITCHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $15k → 11%RIVERBEND FARM FOUNDATION: $50k → 7%RAINBOW KITCHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 11%RAINBOW KITCHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 11%VISION MEXICO: $25k → 14%RIVERBEND FARM FOUNDATION: $50k → 7%PHILLIS WHEATLEY ASSOCIATION: $1k → 17%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

NH
MN
IL
MI
NY
OR
NV
WY
OH
PA
CT
CA
MO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
GA
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16M · 78 repeat orgs$6.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

78 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2025, 29 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

78
83

Total granted

$16M
$4.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+14%

Still filing today

55%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M 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
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • THE PARK ACADEMY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.9M · revenue +81%
  • TP
    THE PALM BEACH SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $500k · revenue +32%
  • MS
    MIAMI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $500k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • KM
    KEEP MEMORY ALIVE - CLEVELAND CLINIC LOU RUVO CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M
  • SC
    SOUTH CHARLESTON MUSEUM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $250k
  • OC
    OHIO CITY INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue +43%
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
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

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…

Community Improvement
2
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
3
Miami Valley Hospital Foundation

Enhance the patient and family experience at miami valley hospital by raising community support for cutting-edge programs and services which help build healthy communities.

Health
4
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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5
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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6
The Cleveland Foundation

Enhance the lives of all residents of greater cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues.

Philanthropy
7
Highmark Health

As the parent entity of a blended health organization, highmark health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.

Health
8
University of New Haven

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…

Education
9
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation

To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.

Health
10
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
11
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
12
Inova Health System Foundation

Inova health system foundation is the parent of inova health system (ihs). ihs provides healthcare and related services throughout northern virginia and the greater metropolitan washington, d.c. area, including certain contiguous counties…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Nevada; the most unlike its peers is Integrated Health Corporation. 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

87 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. 87 of the 181 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
85/87
Grantees still filing
57/87
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KEEP MEMORY ALIVE: $1,991,500 · OtherKEEP MEMORY ALIVECLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $1,710,000 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONCLEVELAND CLINIC - KEEP MEMORY ALIVE: $1,000,000 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINIC - KEEP MEMORY ALIVEKEEP MEMORY ALIVE - CLEVELAND CLINIC LOU RUVO CENTER: $1,000,000 · OtherKEEP MEMORY ALIVE - CLEVELAND CLINIC LOU RUVO CENTERSCRIPPS RESEARCH TRANSLATIONAL INSTITUTE: $1,000,000 · OtherSCRIPPS RESEARCH TRANSLATIONAL INSTITUTEPALM BEACH ZOO & CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $500,000 · OtherMIAMI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $500,000 · Other+110 more: $7,083,000 · Other+110 moreTHE PARK ACADEMY: $1,936,600 · EducationTHE PARK ACADEMYUCLA FOUNDATION: $595,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONCLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC: $375,000 · EducationCLEVELAND INSTITUT…THE EDUCATION ALLIANCE-BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $201,000 · EducationCARSON SCHOLARS FUND INC: $200,000 · Education+13 more: $627,000 · Education+13 moreTHE PALM BEACH SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PALM B…CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION: $400,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR…SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $350,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTH FLOR…BEAVERTON ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $270,000 · Arts & CultureBEAVERTON …The Musical Arts Association: $263,580 · Arts & CultureThe Musica…THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $97,833 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $347,000 · Arts & Culture+8 moreMAYO CLINIC: $1,100,000 · HealthMAYO CLIN…American Heart Association Inc: $197,600 · HealthAmerican …PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $159,795 · HealthPROVIDENC…HOPEKIDS INC: $125,000 · HealthHOPEKIDS …PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $124,725 · HealthPROVIDENC…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $105,000 · HealthThe Curetivity Foundation: $100,000 · HealthIntegrated Health Corporation: $75,000 · Health+7 more: $124,080 · Health+7 moreLEADERS IN FURTHERING EDUCATION INC: $300,000 · PhilanthropyTIGER WOODS CHARITY EVENT CORP: $104,000 · PhilanthropyNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $236,000 · Food & NutritionMOUNTAINEER FOOD BANK INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionFOX VALLEY FOOD FOR HEALTH INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionRIVERBEND FARM FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Human ServicesRAINBOW KITCHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $55,000 · Human ServicesNathan Adelson Hospice Foundation Inc: $48,750 · Human ServicesVISION MEXICO DBA CENTRO FOX: $25,000 · Human ServicesRUN HOME CAMPS: $25,000 · Human ServicesMARKLUND CHARITIES: $10,000 · Human Services+2 more: $3,500 · Human Services
Other$14,784,500Education$3,934,600Arts & Culture$2,328,413Health$2,111,200Philanthropy$484,000Food & Nutrition$271,000Human Services$267,250

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 budgetTHE PARK ACADEMY: $1,936,600 over 6y, 19% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $1,100,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $595,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PALM BEACH SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $500,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetMIAMI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $500,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetCENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION: $400,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetCLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC: $375,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $350,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetLEADERS IN FURTHERING EDUCATION INC: $300,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetBEAVERTON ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $270,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $263,580 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BRENT SHAPIRO FOUNDATION FOR DRUG AWARENESS: $255,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetOHIO CITY INCORPORATED: $250,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $236,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOCHRAN HOSE COMPANY INC: $225,000 over 3y, 41% of budgetTHE EDUCATION ALLIANCE-BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC: $201,000 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetCARSON SCHOLARS FUND INC: $200,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF PALM: $200,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $197,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $159,795 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHOPEKIDS INC: $125,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetPROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $124,725 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $105,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTIGER WOODS CHARITY EVENT CORP: $104,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFAMICOS FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BENJAMIN PRIVATE SCHOOL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLEVELAND CULTURAL GARDENS FEDERATION: $100,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetRIVERBEND FARM FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 96% of budgetThe Curetivity Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetJOHN F KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $97,833 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIntegrated Health Corporation: $75,000 over 2y, 86% of budgetCLEARVIEW LEGACY FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION PRESERVATION & RESEARCH: $75,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetYOUTH MUSIC PROJECT: $70,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetSEWICKLEY ACADEMY: $70,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $62,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPLAY IT FORWARD: $60,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetCLEVELAND BALLET: $60,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetNEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRAINBOW KITCHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $55,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetMEDINA BASEBALL FEDERATION INC MEDINA BASEBALL FEDERATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetOREGON MUSIC HALL OF FAME: $50,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetTHE TURN: $50,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetMEDINA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $50,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetMEDINA CREATIVE HOUSING INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetNATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND POLICE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 24% 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 THE PARK ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE PALM BEACH SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds MIAMI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC ↗
  • Who funds LEADERS IN FURTHERING EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BEAVERTON ARTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The Musical Arts Association ↗
  • Who funds THE BRENT SHAPIRO FOUNDATION FOR DRUG AWARENESS ↗
  • Who funds OHIO CITY INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds COCHRAN HOSE COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE EDUCATION ALLIANCE-BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds CARSON SCHOLARS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF PALM ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPEKIDS INC ↗

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.

The Cleveland Foundat…Jewish Federation of …The George Gund Found…OCF Joseph E Weston P…Sisters of Charity Fo…The Jackson FoundationThe Oregon Community …Marie Lamfrom Charita…Maybelle Clark Macdon…Juan Young TrustSamuel J & Connie M F…The Albert B & Audrey…
The Cleveland FoundationOH24.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The George Gund Foundation · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland · The Jackson Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Juan Young Trust · Samuel J & Connie M Frankino Charitable Foundation · The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family 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 Park Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Park Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Play It Forward: 30% of income from government
  • New Avenues for Youth Inc: 20% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Providence Portland Medical Foundation: 5% of income from government
  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4% of income from government
  • Trillium Family Services: 2% of income from government
  • Center for Creative Education: 2% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Youth Music Project: 1% of income from government
  • The Palm Beach Symphony Society Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Beaverton Arts Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • World Forestry Center: 0% of income from government
  • Randall Childrens Hospital Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
15report 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 181 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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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home