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William S Barnickel Foundation at a glance

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William S Barnickel Foundation

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.

$85k
Granted FY2022
12
Grants FY2022
5
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$190kHuman Services$40kAnimals$20kEducation$15kEnvironment$10kYouth Development$10kPhilanthropy$10kFood & Nutrition$5kOther$0
02FY2022 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $75,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $85,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $10,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k10 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$653k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Salvation Army$15,000
Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc$10,000
All Star Childrens Foundation Inc.$5,000
Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation$5,000
Childrens Council of Watauga County Inc.$5,000
Childrens Playhouse Inc.$5,000
Juniors in Boating Inc$5,000
San Diego Humane Society & Spca$5,000
Scripps Health$5,000
Smile Train Inc$5,000
Wildlife Center of Venice Inc.$5,000
Kids Vision for Life$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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%SEE ATTACHED STMT B: $90k → 11%SEE ATTACHED: $85k → 11%SEE ATTACHED: $85k → 11%SEE ATTACHED STMT B: $80k → 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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$110k · 9 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2022, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
3

Total granted

$110k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+14%

Still filing today

89%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22
AnimalsPhilanthropyEnvironmentHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
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

  • AS
    ALL STAR CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $10k · revenue +8%
  • BR
    BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2022 · $10k · revenue +113%
  • WC
    WILDLIFE CENTER OF VENICE INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $10k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • Meals on Wheels of Sarasota Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +20%
  • Children First Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +5%
  • WA
    Words Alive
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +14%
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
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
2
Variety Children's Hospital

To inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child.

Health
3
The Florida Center for Early Childhood Inc

The florida center supports the healthy development of young children, specializing in those with delays, disabilities or mental health challenges. our mission- "to help build and foster strong families and expand the potential of young…

Human Services
4
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
5
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
6
Children's Council of San Francisco

By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has…

Human Services
7
Children's Hospital Colorado

To improve the health of children through the provision of high-quality, coordinated programs of patient care, education, research and advocacy.

Health
8
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters

Dedicated to the mission of providing the best possible care and services for all children who come to us because of sickness and injury.

Health
9
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
10
Richie Mcfarland Children's Center

The center is an early childhood program whose purpose is to help young children reach their full developmental potential and to support their families through that process.

—
11
The Children's Home of Pittsburgh

The children's home of pittsburgh, established in 1893, is an independent, non-profit licensed organization whose purpose is to promote the health and well-being of infants and children through services which establish and strengthen the…

Health
12
The Children's Clinic 'Serving Children and Their Families'

TCC Family Health mission is to provide innovative, integrated, quality health care that will contribute to a healthy community, focusing on those in need and working with patients and the community as partners in their overall well-being.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is All Star Children's Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Michael D and Margaret Ann Latta Charitable 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

13 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. 13 of the 15 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
11/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Salvation Army: $30,000 · OtherThe Salvation ArmySMILE TRAIN INC: $10,000 · OtherSMILE TRAIN INCTHE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF WATAUGA COUNTY INC: $10,000 · OtherTHE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF WATAUGA COUNTY INCKids Vision for Life: $5,000 · OtherKids Vision for LifeMeals on Wheels of Sarasota Inc: $5,000 · OtherMeals on Wheels of Sarasota IncJUNIORS IN BOATING INC: $5,000 · OtherJUNIORS IN BOATING INCALL STAR CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyALL STAR CHILDR…GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyGULF COAST COMM…WILDLIFE CENTER OF VENICE INC: $10,000 · AnimalsWILDLIFE CENTER…SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $10,000 · AnimalsSAN DIEGO HUMAN…BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EnvironmentSCRIPPS HEALTH: $10,000 · HealthThe Children's Playhouse Inc: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentChildren First Inc: $5,000 · EducationWords Alive: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$65,000Philanthropy$20,000Animals$20,000Environment$10,000Health$10,000Youth Development$10,000Education$5,000Arts & Culture$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 budgetALL STAR CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWILDLIFE CENTER OF VENICE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetGULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCRIPPS HEALTH: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL OF WATAUGA COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Children's Playhouse Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Sarasota Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChildren First Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWords Alive: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 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 William S Barnickel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William S Barnickel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%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 · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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 William S Barnickel Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to William S Barnickel 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 15 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $90k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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