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The Picard Family Foundation at a glance

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The Picard 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.

$123k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Philanthropy$3.1MEducation$783kArts & Culture$519kScience & Tech$223kHealth$59kHuman Services$48kInternational$26kYouth Development$26kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $108k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SEATTLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL$40,000
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY$35,000
WATTS FOUNDATION$22,500
NORTHWEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$10,000
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MUSICAL STUDIES$5,000
VILLA ACADEMY$5,000
THE HEALING CENTER$5,000
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 (FY20–20, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMARA: $10k → 9%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

WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
CT
CA
MO
MD
DE
NM
TX
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.

31%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 25 repeat orgs$3.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
17

Total granted

$1.5M
$3.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
-3%

Still filing today

76%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHealthInternationalScience & TechOther
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

  • VA
    VILLA ACADEMY
    5× · 2018–2025 · $248k · revenue +46%
  • SJ
    ST JOHN'S COLLEGE
    2× · 2018–2019 · $115k · revenue +61%
  • RF
    ROCKHOUSE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2022 · $80k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • DR
    Dead Relatives Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $1.6M · 99% of their budget
  • PF
    Picabu Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $1.4M
  • NF
    NISHIMACHI FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -37%
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
Berggruen Institute
Education
2
The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico
—
3
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Inc
—
4
California Institute of Contemporary Art
—
5
International Foundation for Arts & Culture Inc
Arts & Culture
6
Willapa Bay AiR
Arts & Culture
7
Kadist Collection Manager Inc
Arts & Culture
8
Arts Letters and Numbers
Arts & Culture
9
New Art Association
Arts & Culture
10
San Francisco Art Studio Foundation
—
11
The Russian Arts Theatre and Studio

Develop recognition of international theater

Arts & Culture
12
Think Global Arts Foundation
International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Picabu Foundation. 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

36 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. 36 of the 43 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/36
Grantees still filing
18/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Dead Relatives Foundation: $1,620,575 · PhilanthropyDead Relatives FoundationPicabu Foundation: $1,440,632 · PhilanthropyPicabu FoundationPIVOT FOR HUMANITY INC: $221,650 · OtherPIVOT FOR HUMANITY IN…BEARGRASS WRITERS WORKSHOP INC: $146,800 · OtherBEARGRASS WRITERS WOR…ODEA HIGH SCHOOL: $135,500 · OtherODEA HIGH SCHOOLNORTHWEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $60,100 · OtherNORTHWEST SYMPHONY OR…NISHIMACHI FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherNISHIMACHI FOUNDATIONSEATTLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL: $40,000 · OtherWATTS FOUNDATION: $37,500 · OtherAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MUSICAL STUDIES: $37,500 · OtherKENNING EDITIONS NFP: $30,000 · Other+11 more: $120,500 · Other+11 moreVILLA ACADEMY: $247,500 · EducationVILLA ACADEMYST JOHN'S COLLEGE: $115,000 · EducationST JOHN'S COL…ROCKHOUSE FOUNDATION: $79,800 · EducationROCKHOUSE FOU…BAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $75,000 · EducationBAYLOR UNIVER…GROTON SCHOOL: $19,750 · Education+3 more: $20,000 · EducationSHOTGUN PRODUCTIONS INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureSIXTY INCHES FROM CENTER NFP: $30,000 · Arts & Culture516 Arts: $18,000 · Arts & CultureWOODLAND PATTERN INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureLINKS HALL INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureFACILITY: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCITY LIGHTS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $9,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HEALING CENTER: $36,400 · HealthTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · HealthBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KING COUNTY: $25,500 · Recreation & SportsRussian Children's Welfare Society Inc: $16,000 · International
Philanthropy$3,061,207Other$879,550Education$557,050Arts & Culture$157,000Health$48,900Recreation & Sports$25,500International$16,000

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 budgetDead Relatives Foundation: $1,620,575 over 1y, 99% of budgetVILLA ACADEMY: $247,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetPIVOT FOR HUMANITY INC: $221,650 over 4y, 78% of budgetBEARGRASS WRITERS WORKSHOP INC: $146,800 over 5y, 59% of budgetST JOHN'S COLLEGE: $115,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROCKHOUSE FOUNDATION: $79,800 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $60,100 over 7y, 8.5% of budgetNISHIMACHI FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MUSICAL STUDIES: $37,500 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetTHE HEALING CENTER: $36,400 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetSIXTY INCHES FROM CENTER NFP: $30,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KING COUNTY: $25,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetGROTON SCHOOL: $19,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budget516 Arts: $18,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetRussian Children's Welfare Society Inc: $16,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetSmall Press Distribution Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWOODLAND PATTERN INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetLINKS HALL INC: $15,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetMAKE LITERARY PRODUCTIONS NFP: $14,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetTHE MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS - ARTS INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHeartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMARA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOFFEE HOUSE PRESS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEVERY HOUSE HAS A DOOR: $6,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetTIBETAN ASSOCIATION OF SANTA FE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetSANTA FE ART INSTITUTE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWILD TERRA FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNEW YORK SUN WORKS INC: $1,000 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.

The Poetry FoundationSeattle FoundationGaylord and Dorothy D…Fidelity FoundationThe Ford FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Mightycause Charitabl…The Chicago Community…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…The Blackbaud Giving …
The Poetry FoundationIL15.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Poetry Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • St John's College: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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 · 0–50%
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.
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How do I get to The Picard Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Picard 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 43 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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