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The Pillmore Family Foundation at a glance

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The Pillmore Family Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$488k
Granted FY2017
42
Grants FY2017
18
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

86% of The Pillmore Family Foundation’s FY2018 grant dollars went to Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2018 names 30 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2017, the last year The Pillmore Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 29 organizations, $488k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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

01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Philanthropy$3.0MReligion$252kHuman Services$125kHealth$114kCommunity Improvement$93kCivil Rights$87kHousing & Shelter$83kEducation$73kOther$0
02FY2017 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k25 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $357k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
$5,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY$54,667
CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH$48,300
AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY$42,500
Individual grant recipient$41,872
HELPING HAND RESCUE MISSION$40,000
COMPASSION MINISTRIES LTD$27,000
THE CHUCK COLSON CENTER FOR$26,295
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM$20,000
CHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION$16,000
CANYON MINISTRIES$15,100
NM ALLIANCE FOR LIFE$15,000
CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$12,654
SAVE THE STORKS$12,500
FORGIVEN MINISTRY INC$10,000
CEO FORUM$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 43% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%HUMAN COALITION: $10k → 5%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%METHODIST SERVICES: $7k → 22%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

ID
IN
OH
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
AR
TN
NC
DC
OK
MS
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$893k · 35 repeat orgs$95k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2017, 0 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2017 (too recent to call). Read against FY2017, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
13

Total granted

$893k
$95k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+46%

Still filing today

63%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
HealthReligionInternationalEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • HH
    Helping Hand Rescue Mission
    2× · 2017–2018 · $82k · revenue +40%
  • CM
    COMPASSION MINISTRIES LTD
    2× · 2017–2018 · $58k · revenue +151%
  • ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM
    2× · 2017–2018 · $53k · revenue +134%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $42k
  • CC
    CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $13k · revenue +107%
  • AW
    A WOMAN'S HAVEN PREGNANCY CRISIS
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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.

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Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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2
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
3
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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4
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
5
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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6
Global Media Outreach

Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.

Religion
7
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
8
New Life Solutions Inc

To protect the unborn, share the gospel, and transform our communities one life at a time.

Health
9
Catholic Answers Inc

Catholic answers is an apostolate dedicated to serving christ by bringing the fullness of catholic truth to the world. we help good catholics become better catholics, bring former catholics home, and lead non-catholics into the fullness of…

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10
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
11
247 Media Ministries

The mission of worship 24/7 is to ignite a passion for god through worship that results in a life of generosity, discipleship, evangelism, generosity and service.

Religion
12
Alliance for Transformational Ministry

Enable christian organizations worldwide to initiate and strenghten ministries that lead people to become followers of jesus and transform communities out of cycles of poverty and disease.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Global Outreach International Inc; the most unlike its peers is Canyon Ministries. 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

29 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. 29 of the 49 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
23/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $2,972,064 · PhilanthropyRenaissance Charitable Foundation IncCarmel Christian School: $113,315 · OtherCarmel Christian S…FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $96,667 · OtherFOCUS ON THE FAMIL…Helping Hand Rescue Mission: $81,500 · OtherHelping Hand Rescu…THE CHUCK COLSON CENTER FOR: $66,295 · OtherTHE CHUCK COLSON C…Individual grant recipient: $41,872 · OtherIndividual grant r…NM ALLIANCE FOR LIFE: $34,500 · OtherNM ALLIANCE FOR LI…PRISON FELLOWSHIP: $23,000 · OtherFREEDOM ALLIANCE: $27,000 · Other+24 more: $148,034 · Other+24 moreSave the Storks: $27,500 · HealthCHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION: $26,000 · HealthCARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF ALBUQUERQUE INC: $18,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $6,500 · HealthTWLOHA INC: $6,000 · Health+1 more: $2,700 · HealthAZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $46,500 · EducationCEO FORUM INC: $26,750 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $7,500 · EducationFORGIVEN MINISTRY INC: $25,000 · ReligionPrecept: $18,500 · ReligionCANYON MINISTRIES: $17,700 · ReligionCHRIST OUR SHEPHERD MINISTRIES INC: $15,000 · Religion+1 more: $2,300 · ReligionCOMPASSION MINISTRIES LTD: $57,500 · Community ImprovementALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $52,500 · Civil Rights
Philanthropy$2,972,064Other$632,183Health$86,700Education$80,750Religion$78,500Community Improvement$57,500Civil Rights$52,500

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 budgetRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc: $2,972,064 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHelping Hand Rescue Mission: $81,500 over 2y, 16% of budgetCOMPASSION MINISTRIES LTD: $57,500 over 2y, 15% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $52,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $46,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Storks: $27,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFREEDOM ALLIANCE: $27,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCEO FORUM INC: $26,750 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION: $26,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFORGIVEN MINISTRY INC: $25,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetPrecept: $18,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF ALBUQUERQUE INC: $18,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCANYON MINISTRIES: $17,700 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetLIFE TRAINING INSTITUTE: $15,500 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetCHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $12,654 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMAN COALITION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMETHODIST SERVICES: $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTWLOHA INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGLOBAL OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GLADWYNE MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION: $2,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Action International: $2,450 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $2,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 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.

Servant FoundationChristian Community F…Natl Christian Charit…Raymond James Charita…Foundation for the Ca…American Endowment Fo…The US Charitable Gif…Duke Energy FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…Renaissance Charitabl…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…
Servant FoundationKS16.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Foundation for the Carolinas · American Endowment Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Duke Energy Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Pillmore Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Pillmore Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    3report 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 49 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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