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Charles Nelson Pease Foundation at a glance

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Charles Nelson Pease 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.

$22k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$92kEducation$41kArts & Culture$22kPhilanthropy$21kCommunity Improvement$20kEmployment$20kReligion$12kRecreation & Sports$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,130
Median grant
2
States reached
$266k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$10,000
JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH$5,130
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$5,000
JEWEL CHARITY$2,200
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 90% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COLGATE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 11%SUSAN G KOMEN: $2k → 14%COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES: $800 → 14%KALAMAZOO ANIMAL RESCUE: $1k → 12%CENTRAL CITY OPERA: $1k → 6%KENT DENVER SCHOOL: $5k → 8%CENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE: $6k → 12%DENNISON UNIVERSITY: $4k → 10%NEW TRIER HOCKEY CLUB: $1k → 14%KELLY BRUSH FOUNDATION: $1k → 10%COLGATE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 11%NEIGHBORHOOD CU FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%CENTRAL CITY OPERA: $1k → 6%CENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE: $4k → 12%DENNISON UNIVERSITY: $3k → 10%COLGATE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 11%DENNISON UNIVERSITY: $3k → 10%NEW TRIER HOCKEY CLUB: $1k → 14%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $25k → 11%DENVER DEBUTANTE BALL: $2k → 12%DENNISON UNIVERSITY: $3k → 10%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $17k → 11%NEW TRIER HOCKEY CLUB: $1k → 14%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $10k → 11%FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $3k → 14%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $10k → 11%FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $2k → 14%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $8k → 11%WELLSHIRE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $3k → 12%CHICAGO LIGHTS: $900 → 14%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $6k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH: $5k → 11%CHALLENGE DENVER: $2k → 12%JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH: $5k → 11%WILMETTE HOCKEY CLUB: $1k → 14%JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH: $5k → 11%CENTER FOR WORK EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT: $13k → 12%WILMETTE HOCKEY CLUB: $1k → 14%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $5k → 11%CENTER FOR WORK EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT: $5k → 12%JEWEL CHARITY: $2k → 11%CENTER FOR WORK EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT: $3k → 12%JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH: $2k → 11%JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH: $2k → 11%ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $2k → 11%ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $1k → 11%ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $1k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
MI
NY
OH
CO
DC
TX
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$211k · 20 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
23

Total granted

$211k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+34%

Still filing today

60%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthAnimalsArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementEmploymentOther
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

  • TJ
    THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $20k · revenue +46%
  • CW
    COLORADO WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT & EDUCATION INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $15k · revenue +23%
  • DU
    DENISON UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2018–2021 · $13k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR WORK EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • KD
    KENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +75%
  • LB
    LE BAL DE BALLET
    one grant, 2019 · $4k
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
Dallas Citizens Council

To lead and serve in the moments that matter the most for the people of dallas.

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2
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc

The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

Environment
3
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
4
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
5
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
6
Denver Bar Association

To promote justice, its administration, and its availability to all sectors of society; to support and assist the membership in the delivery of legal services; to uphold the honor and dignity of the bar, and foster respect for the legal…

—
7
The Ku Endowment Charitable Gift Fund

To strengthen the University and communities that have touched the lives of KU alumni and friends, the mission of The KU Endowment Charitable Gift Fund is to receive and administer gifts and bequests to further the charitable objectives of…

Philanthropy
8
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
9
Dallas International University

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

Education
10
Dallas County Medical Society

The mission of the dallas county medical society is to promote public health and advocate for physicians and their relationship with patients, while upholding professionalism in the practice of medicine.

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11
Dallas College Foundation Inc

Dallas college foundation enhances the level of achievement and excellence of dallas college by providing scholarships, eliminating barriers that prevent students from attending and graduating, and supporting innovation.

Education
12
The Chicago Bar Foundation

The chicago bar foundation brings the legal community together through advocacy, funding, and innovation to improve access to justice for people in need and to make the legal system more fair, equitable, and effective.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewel Charity Ball Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is North Texas Boxer Rescue. 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

25 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. 25 of the 43 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
19/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $80,875 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INCJEWEL CHARITY BALL INCORPORATED: $5,000 · HealthJEWEL CHARITY BALL INCORPORATED+2 more: $3,200 · HealthJEWEL CHARITY: $20,800 · OtherJEWEL CHARITYCENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSE: $10,000 · OtherCENTRAL CITY OPERA HOUSECENTER FOR WORK EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT: $5,000 · OtherCENTER FOR WORK EDUCATION EMPLOYME…FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $4,600 · OtherFOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $4,100 · OtherALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCHLE BAL DE BALLET: $4,000 · OtherLE BAL DE BALLETWELLSHIRE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $3,000 · OtherNEW TRIER HOCKEY CLUB INC: $3,000 · OtherCENTRAL CITY OPERA: $2,600 · OtherNEIGHBORHOOD CU FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Other+17 more: $14,550 · Other+17 moreDENISON UNIVERSITY: $12,500 · EducationDENISON UNIVERSIT…COLGATE UNIVERSITY: $10,500 · EducationCOLGATE UNIVERSIT…UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COL…KENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationKENT DENVER COUNT…+1 more: $500 · EducationTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH INC: $20,045 · Community ImprovementTHE JUNIO…COLORADO WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT & EDUCATION INC: $15,000 · EmploymentDenver Ballet Guild: $5,075 · Arts & CultureKALAMAZOO ANIMAL RESCUE: $1,000 · AnimalsNorth Texas Boxer Rescue: $400 · AnimalsSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $235 · AnimalsDFW RESCUE ME INC: $200 · Animals
Health$89,075Other$74,150Education$38,500Community Improvement$20,045Employment$15,000Arts & Culture$5,075Animals$1,835

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 budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $80,875 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF FORT WORTH INC: $20,045 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCOLORADO WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT & EDUCATION INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDENISON UNIVERSITY: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDenver Ballet Guild: $5,075 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetJEWEL CHARITY BALL INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW TRIER HOCKEY CLUB INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $2,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Anne's Episcopal School Inc: $1,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER DEBUTANTE BALL INC: $1,500 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetKALAMAZOO ANIMAL RESCUE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE KELLY S BRUSH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHICAGO LIGHTS: $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUTLEDGE CANCER FOUNDATION: $800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF BURLEY: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnBound North Texas: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHEDD AQUARIUM SOCIETY: $235 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDFW RESCUE ME INC: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA WISH WITH WINGS INC: $150 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.

Baird Foundation IncThe Roach Foundation …Thomas M Helen McKee …The Janus Henderson F…Communities Foundatio…Community Foundation …Colorado Gives Founda…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Texas Instruments Fou…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…
Baird Foundation IncWI15.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baird Foundation Inc · The Roach Foundation Inc · Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · The Janus Henderson Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Colorado Gives Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Charles Nelson Pease Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles Nelson Pease 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s 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 · 0–90%
    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 43 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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