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Trevor and Caren Putrah Foundation at a glance

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Trevor and Caren Putrah 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.

$125k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
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, FY2023 to 2024.

Education$1.1MPublic Benefit$20kHuman Services$15kReligion$15kHealth$10kRecreation & Sports$3kPhilanthropy$1k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EPISCOPAL HOMES FOUNDATION$50,000
SHATTUCK- ST MARY'S SCHOOL$35,000
UNION GOSPEL MISSIONS TWIN CITIES$10,000
CHRISTOPHER AND DANA REEVE FOUNDATION$10,000
THE BRETT BOYER FOUNDATION$10,000
MONTANA LAND RELIANCE FOUNDATION$10,000
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 (FY23–23, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%THE BELIEVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%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.
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.
$1.2M · 6 repeat orgs$129k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
7

Total granted

$1.2M
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
-4%

Still filing today

83%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
EducationHealthPublic BenefitHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • SM
    SHATTUCK-ST MARY'S SCHOOL
    3× · 2023–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +10%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +50%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FOLDED FLAG FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -4%
  • ES
    EVAN'S SCHOLARS FUND
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • OS
    OUR SAVIOR'S LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $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
St Joseph's Hospital of Tampa Foundation Inc

St. joseph's hospitals foundation secures, manages and stewards philanthropic support to benefit the health care mission of st. joseph's hospital, st. joseph's women's hospital, st. joseph's children's hospital of tampa, st. joseph's…

Health
2
St John's University New York

St. john's university is a catholic, vincentian, metropolitan, and global institution of higher education (continued on schedule o).

Education
3
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
4
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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5
St Francis Foundation

We, st. francis foundation and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.st. francis foundation is a member of st. francis healthcare and trinity…

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6
St Peter's Hospital Foundation Inc

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. peter's hospital foundation is a member of st. peter's health…

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7
Saint John's University

To foster the vitality of community through learning and the pursuit of wisdom.

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8
Saint Mary's Foundation

We, saint mary's foundation and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.saint mary's foundation is a member of trinity health-michigan and…

Health
9
University of Sioux Falls

The university of sioux falls, a christian university in the liberal arts tradition, educates students in the humanities, sciences and professions. the traditional motto of the university is culture for service, that is, we seek to foster…

Education
10
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
12
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation (foundation) is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. (npr). the foundation supports npr through various activities (e.g., conducting…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Union Gospel Mission 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

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 18 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)
3
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

SHATTUCK-ST MARY'S SCHOOL: $1,105,000 · EducationSHATTUCK-ST MARY'S SCHOOL+2 more: $20,000 · EducationEPISCOPAL HOMES FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherUNION GOSPEL MISSIONS TWIN CITIES: $10,000 · OtherSHRINERS CHILDRENS TWIN CITIES: $10,000 · OtherUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $10,000 · OtherEVAN'S SCHOLARS FUND: $5,000 · OtherOUR SAVIOR'S LUTHERAN CHURCH: $5,000 · Other+3 more: $4,000 · OtherTHE BRETT BOYER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · HealthTHE FOLDED FLAG FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Public BenefitMONTANA LAND RELIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentBELIEVE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human Services
Education$1,125,000Other$94,000Health$30,000Public Benefit$20,000Environment$10,000Human Services$5,000

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 budgetSHATTUCK-ST MARY'S SCHOOL: $1,105,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetTHE FOLDED FLAG FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTOPHER REEVE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN - ST PAUL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBELIEVE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Trevor and Caren Putrah Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Trevor and Caren Putrah 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 Trevor and Caren Putrah Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Trevor and Caren Putrah 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 18 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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