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The Poole Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Poole Family 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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
55
Grants FY2024still arriving
21
States reached
$294k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

International$2.8MReligion$1.7MHuman Services$778kEducation$744kCrime & Legal$729kHealth$568kCivil Rights$375kHousing & Shelter$345kOther$0
02FY2024 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k28 grants · $73k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $275k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $800k
  • $250k+1 grant · $294k
$9,247
Median grant
21
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL$293,977
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY$200,000
PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES$150,000
ST MATTHEW'S HOUSE$100,000
CHATHAM DAY SCHOOL$50,000
LIGONIER MINISTRIES$50,000
BIGLIFE$50,000
ECHO INC$50,000
UNTOLD (CARE FOR AIDS)$50,000
PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER$50,000
MOVEMENTORG$50,000
Individual grant recipient$30,000
OPERATION MOBILIZATION$30,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE INTERNAT'L RELIEF$25,000
WYCLIFFE ASSOCIATES$25,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $146k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SHARE INTERNATIONAL: $33k → 17%GOODWILL RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 16%SHARE INTERNATIONAL: $20k → 17%SHARE INTERNATIONAL: $16k → 17%SHARE INTERNATIONAL: $15k → 17%SHARE INTERNATIONAL: $15k → 17%SHARE INTERNATIONAL: $15k → 17%SHARE INTERNATIONAL: $14k → 17%SHARE INTERNATIONAL: $14k → 17%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $500 → 14%LIFE RELAUNCH: $500 → 11%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $500 → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $500 → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $500 → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $350 → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $350 → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $350 → 14%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
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
OK
AL
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.4M · 62 repeat orgs$163k to everyone else

62 repeat relationships: 46 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

62
22

Total granted

$8.4M
$54k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+98%

Still filing today

50%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $109k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationReligionInternationalHuman ServicesHealthPublic BenefitOther
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

  • Compassion International Incorporated
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +16%
  • PF
    PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $729k · revenue +82%
  • BI
    BIGLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $401k · revenue +141%

Funded once

  • MV
    MISSIONARY VENTURES INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • M
    MAKE-A-WISH
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • PC
    PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NEW PROVIDENCE
    one grant, 2018 · $5k
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
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
2
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
3
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
4
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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5
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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6
Kingdom Advisors Inc

Kingdom advisors is a discipleship ministry serving christian financial professionals. the organization encourages, educates, and empowers christian financial professionals with biblical wisdom to be effective disciples of jesus christ in…

Religion
7
Freedom in Christ Ministries

To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.

Religion
8
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
9
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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10
Criswell College

The mission of criswell college is to provide ministerial and professional higher education for men and women preparing to serve as christian leaders throughout society, while maintaining an institutional commitment to biblical inerrancy.

Education
11
Welch College

Welch college is a christian higher education institution that educates leaders to serve christ, his church, and his world through biblical thought and life

Education
12
Arizona Christian University

Arizona christian university provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the lord jesus christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chalmers Center for Economic Development; the most unlike its peers is North Naples Education Center 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

50 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. 50 of the 93 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/50
Grantees still filing
38/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COVENANT CHURCH OF NAPLES: $642,500 · OtherCOVENANT CHURCH OF NAPLESFOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $550,000 · OtherFOCUS ON THE FAMILYOPERATION MOBILIZATION: $365,000 · OtherOPERATION MOBILIZATIONSAMARITAN'S PURSE INTERNAT'L RELIEF: $225,000 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSE INTERNAT'L RELIEFWYCLIFFE ASSOCIATES INC: $220,000 · OtherWYCLIFFE ASSOCIATES INCIndividual grant recipient: $205,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNTOLD (CARE FOR AIDS): $150,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $125,000 · OtherYOUNG LIFE: $185,000 · OtherSHARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $141,000 · Other+60 more: $925,300 · Other+60 moreCompassion International Incorporated: $2,080,243 · InternationalCompassion International Incorpo…ECHO Inc: $340,000 · InternationalECHO Inc+3 more: $43,254 · InternationalPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $729,250 · Crime & LegalPRISON FE…+1 more: $750 · Crime & LegalThe New York City Leadership Center Inc: $410,000 · EducationCHATHAM DAY SCHOOL: $50,000 · EducationCALVIN UNIVERSITY: $28,500 · EducationReformation Bible College Inc: $20,000 · Education+7 more: $53,947 · EducationBIGLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $401,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $345,000 · Housing & ShelterPREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $335,500 · Civil Rights+1 more: $8,750 · Civil Rights
Other$3,733,800International$2,463,497Crime & Legal$730,000Education$562,447Recreation & Sports$402,000Housing & Shelter$345,000Civil Rights$344,250

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 budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $2,080,243 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $729,250 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe New York City Leadership Center Inc: $410,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetBIGLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $401,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $345,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetECHO Inc: $340,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetPREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $335,500 over 8y, 21% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $185,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $141,000 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetLigonier Ministries Inc: $123,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNEW JERSEY FAMILY POLICY COUNCIL INC: $97,500 over 2y, 20% of budgetUFM WORLDWIDE (USA) INC: $92,000 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetUntold Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetDISCIPLEMAKERS INC: $55,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCHATHAM DAY SCHOOL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCHALMERS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCALVIN UNIVERSITY: $28,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSTOWN MINISTRIES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetAMOR MINISTRIES INC: $18,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEckerd College: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $15,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF CREATIVES: $15,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetWESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $10,754 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT COLLEGE: $9,247 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $8,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH NAPLES EDUCATION CENTER INC: $5,250 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE IMMOKALEE FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLeadership Institute: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $3,050 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetKENT PLACE SCHOOL: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $2,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Healing Center Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDSHIP MINISTRIES: $2,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Becket Fund: $2,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,450 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKISORO CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetOVERLOOK FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIBLEPROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGoodwill Rescue Mission Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS MORE SOCIETY: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLife Relaunch Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.3% 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 Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds The New York City Leadership Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds BIGLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds ECHO Inc ↗
  • Who funds PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds SHARE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Ligonier Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW JERSEY FAMILY POLICY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds UFM WORLDWIDE (USA) INC ↗
  • Who funds Untold Inc ↗
  • Who funds DISCIPLEMAKERS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CHALMERS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds CALVIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CROSSTOWN MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Reformation Bible College Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMOR MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Eckerd College ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF CREATIVES ↗
  • Who funds WESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗

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.

Christian Community F…Servant FoundationThe Signatry Charitab…Natl Christian Charit…The Ayco Charitable F…Christian Community F…Johnson Charitable Gi…Chattanooga Christian…Seeds of Faith IncAlbert R & Louise C G…Verizon FoundationTyndale House Ministr…
Christian Community Foundation IncCO20.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation · Seeds of Faith Inc · Albert R & Louise C Gillespie Charitable Trust UA Dated 2797 · Verizon Foundation · Tyndale House Ministries

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Eckerd College: 0% of income from government
  • North Naples Education Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 93 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home