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The Trainor 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.

$6k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$37kReligion$10kHuman Services$7kHousing & Shelter$7kHealth$6kArts & Culture$5kRecreation & Sports$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$252k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOSPITALITY HOUSE$2,529
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$1,650
ST LEO FOOD CONNECTION$1,000
ST JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$500
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 23%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CASA DE PEREGRINOS: $6k → 23%CASA DE PEREGRINOS: $3k → 23%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

AK
WA
NY
NV
CA
MD
NM
DC
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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$49k · 7 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
17

Total granted

$49k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
+33%

Still filing today

57%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalFood & 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

  • MR
    MELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $6k · revenue +13%
  • CENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $3k · revenue +76%
  • MH
    MERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST
    2× · 2020–2021 · $2k · revenue +124%

Funded once

  • MA
    MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +14%
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NORTHERN Ngraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +66%
  • WT
    WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +33%
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
Second Harvest North Central Food Bank

Engaging the community to end hunger

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2
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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3
Northwest Harvest Emm

The organization's mission is growing food justice through collective action. the organization's vision is ending hunger in washington state.

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4
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
5
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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6
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
7
Northland Foundation

The northland foundation supports northeastern minnesota people and communities working toward a future where everyone feels they belong and can thrive.

Philanthropy
8
North Olympic Healthcare Network

To provide patient-centered, quality-driven, whole-person healthcare services, accessible to everyone in our community.

Health
9
Senior Life Resources Northwest

To preserve and enhance the quality of life at home, with dignity and care.

Human Services
10
Wedontwaste Inc

We Dont Waste increases food access and protects the planet by rescuing and repurposing food, while educating and advocating to increase food security and decrease food waste.

Food & Nutrition
11
Museum of Northwest Art

The museum of northwest art collects, preserves, interprets and exhibits art created in the pacific northwest, supports artists, and strives to integrate art into the lives of all people. the museum is free and open to the public seven…

Arts & Culture
12
Northwest Consumer Law Center

The northwest consumer law center zealously advocates, litigates, and promotes access to justice for low and moderate income clients, and through its education programs, empowers consumers with the knowledge and resources to protect their…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Making a Difference Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Children's Museum of Northern N. 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

10 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. 10 of the 28 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST LEOS PARISH: $19,897 · OtherST LEOS PARISHMELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $6,285 · OtherMELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATIONCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5,000 · OtherCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICESCARMEL OF OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAINS: $5,000 · OtherCARMEL OF OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAINSWASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $3,000 · OtherWASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATIONHOSPITALITY HOUSE: $2,529 · OtherCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: $2,500 · OtherSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $2,000 · Other+13 more: $8,800 · Other+13 moreCASA DE PEREGRINOS: $8,650 · Human ServicesCASA DE PERE…THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NORTHERN N: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHILDRE…CENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION: $2,850 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR …MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · InternationalENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $2,500 · Community ImprovementInterfaith Food Ministry Nevada County: $1,000 · Food & NutritionSAFE STREETS CAMPAIGN: $250 · Crime & Legal
Other$55,011Human Services$8,650Arts & Culture$7,850International$5,000Community Improvement$2,500Food & Nutrition$1,000Crime & Legal$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 budgetCASA DE PEREGRINOS: $8,650 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $6,285 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAKING A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NORTHERN N: $5,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetWASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION: $2,850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInterfaith Food Ministry Nevada County: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE STREETS CAMPAIGN: $250 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.

  • Who funds CASA DE PEREGRINOS ↗
  • Who funds MELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NORTHERN N ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION ↗
  • Who funds ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds MERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST ↗
  • Who funds Interfaith Food Ministry Nevada County ↗
  • Who funds SAFE STREETS CAMPAIGN ↗

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.

Fuchsg & M Fdn TaiMN13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Trainor Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Trainor Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Enterprise Community Partners Inc: 22% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–25%
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 28 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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