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The Perry Family 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.

$69k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$315kCivil Rights$91kEducation$45kReligion$39kEnvironment$33kRecreation & Sports$26kAnimals$16kArts & Culture$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k24 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
$500
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRIGHT FOCUS FOUNDATION$20,000
ESCAMBIA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$20,000
SUNDAY'S CHILD$5,000
COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,000
JAZZ SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA INC$5,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
KNOWLEDGE MINISTRIES INC$2,500
BANDING COALITION OF THE AMERICAS$2,000
INDEPENDENCE FOR THE BLIND OF WEST FLORIDA$1,000
IMPACT DEVELOPMENT FUND$1,000
CARLISLE FLOYD AT 100$1,000
HOSPICE OF THE UPSTATE INC$502
OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION$500
THE ARC GATEWAY INC$500
MANNA FOOD PANTRY$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $700) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%EPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $500 → 16%OKALOOSA AIDS SUPPORT AND INFORMATIONAL SERVICES (OASIS): $200 → 16%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

WI
NY
MA
PA
CO
VA
MD
SC
DC
OK
AL
GA
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$544k · 33 repeat orgs$30k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
20

Total granted

$544k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+14%

Still filing today

61%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHealthCivil RightsEnvironmentEducationArts & CultureOther
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

  • BF
    BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $280k · revenue +94%
  • EC
    ESCAMBIA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $42k · revenue +53%
  • CR
    CHESAPEAKE REGION ACCESSIBLE BOATING INC
    4× · 2018–2022 · $26k · revenue +202%

Funded once

  • PW
    PT WASHINGTON MEDICAL CLINIC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • HA
    HEALTH AND HOPE CLINIC INC
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -18%
  • PM
    PENSACOLA MUSEUM OF ART
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
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
Florida Animal Protection Foundation
Animals
2
Florida Pointer Rescue Inc

Rescue pointer dogs and treat back to health and f

Animals
3
North Florida Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Inc

The primary purpose of north florida wildlife rehabilitation center is to rescue,rehabilitate, and release native wildlife and provide sanctuary, individualized care, and provide a voice for other needy animals. the organization provides…

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4
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.

Animals
5
Caloosa Humane Society Inc

The mission of Caloosa Humane Society is to serve, shelter, and protect the homeless pets in our care. We are dedicated to finding permanent and loving adoptive homes for our companion animals in need. Our no-kill facility provides low…

Education
6
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Tampa Bay Florida Inc

Spca tampa bay is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates pinellas county's only nonprofit for-all animal shelter assisting all animals in need, regardless of species or circumstance, at its 10-acre campus in largo. (continued on…

Animals
7
Florida Wildlife Hospital & Sanctuary Inc

Florida wildlife hospital & santuary, inc is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping florida wildlife and migratory birds with the mission of returning them to their place in the environment.

Animals
8
Protectors of Companion Animals Inc D/B/a Snip-It of Central Florida

To provide central florida residents humane solutions to the pet overpopulation problem through low cost spay/neuter services and community education.

Youth Development
9
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
10
The Humane Society of the Nature Coast Inc

To support and care for animals sheltered resulting from abandonment, abuse or misfortune.

Animals
11
Florida Conservation Group Inc

Mission is to seek protection of land and water resources through restoration and conservation; and conducting education and outreach on the ecological and economic importance of natural lands. we protect land from development and protect…

Environment
12
Cape Coral Animal Shelter Corporation

To engage a special bond between people and animals by means of adoption services, medical care, education and training for the prevention of cruelty and abandonment and to provide a safe place where animals will be cared for until they…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alaqua Animal Refuge Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cancer Freeze 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

40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 69 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
28/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $280,325 · HealthBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATIONOklahoma Medical Research Foundation: $19,500 · HealthOklahoma Medical Research Foundation+3 more: $2,100 · HealthPOINT WASHINGTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH INC: $36,000 · OtherPOINT WASHINGTON UNITED ME…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $32,600 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYACLU OF FLORIDA: $20,000 · OtherACLU OF FLORIDAIndividual grant recipient: $8,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJAZZ SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA INC: $5,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherPT WASHINGTON MEDICAL CLINIC: $5,000 · Other+41 more: $32,542 · Other+41 moreSUNDAY'S CHILD INC: $46,000 · Civil RightsSUNDAY'S CHI…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC: $22,600 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIV…+1 more: $500 · Civil RightsESCAMBIA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE INC: $42,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $2,800 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationCHESAPEAKE REGION ACCESSIBLE BOATING INC: $26,000 · Recreation & SportsKNOWLEDGE MINISTRIES INC: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsROSALIE AND FRIENDS INC: $4,000 · AnimalsALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC: $3,100 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA FL INC: $3,000 · AnimalsSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY MD INC: $1,000 · AnimalsEVERETT ANIMAL WELFARE GROUP INC: $1,000 · AnimalsWILDLIFE SANCTUARY OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $500 · AnimalsFeeding the Gulf Coast: $3,000 · Food & NutritionPensacola United Methodist Community Ministries In: $2,000 · Food & Nutrition
Health$301,925Other$144,142Civil Rights$69,100Education$45,300Recreation & Sports$28,500Animals$12,600Food & Nutrition$5,000

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 budgetBRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION: $280,325 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSUNDAY'S CHILD INC: $46,000 over 9y, 5.0% of budgetESCAMBIA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE INC: $42,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $32,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE REGION ACCESSIBLE BOATING INC: $26,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC: $22,600 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetOklahoma Medical Research Foundation: $19,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJAZZ SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetROSALIE AND FRIENDS INC: $4,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC: $3,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding the Gulf Coast: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA FL INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $2,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKNOWLEDGE MINISTRIES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetPensacola United Methodist Community Ministries In: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetINDEPENDENCE FOR THE BLIND OF WEST FLORIDA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Arc Gateway Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY MD INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTH AND HOPE CLINIC INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERETT ANIMAL WELFARE GROUP INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCANCER FREEZE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPENSACOLA LITTLE THEATRE INC: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE UPSTATE INC: $502 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE SANCTUARY OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTIE RESCUE INC: $500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetBRIGHTSIDE CHILD AND FAMILIY ADVOCACY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD FOR THOUGHT OUTREACH INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEPWORTH CHILDREN'S HOME: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMERALD COAST CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENSACOLA OPERA INC: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHORAL SOCIETY OF PENSACOLA: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR RESCUE AT SEA INC: $100 over 1y, 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.

Robert H Kahn Jr Fami…Gulf Power Foundation…International Paper C…Impact 100 Pensacola …The Bear Family Found…Applecorps IncThe Chadbourne-Demari…Art Culture and Enter…United Way of West Fl…Sansing Foundation IncRed Ribbon Charitable…The Kugelman Family F…
Robert H Kahn Jr Family Foundation Dtd 6/16/98FL24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Robert H Kahn Jr Family Foundation Dtd 6/16/98 · Gulf Power Foundationinc · International Paper Company Foundation · Impact 100 Pensacola Bay Area Inc · The Bear Family Foundation Inc · Applecorps Inc · The Chadbourne-Demaria Foundation Inc · Art Culture and Entertainment Inc · United Way of West Florida Inc · Sansing Foundation Inc · Red Ribbon Charitable Foundation Inc · The Kugelman Family Foundation Inc

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 Perry Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Perry Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation: 31% of income from government
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Pensacola Little Theatre Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Arc Gateway Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
10report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Perry Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Perry Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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.

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 69 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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