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David & Molly Pyott 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.

$2.4M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
10
Grants FY2025
19
Organizations funded FY2024
68%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,310,449
Organizations funded a year
19 to 31
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$5.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 68% of the organizations David & Molly Pyott Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving10$2.4M10%
FY202419$3.4M68%
FY202320$3.9M55%
FY202231$4.9M35%
FY202131$2.5M35%
FY202027$2.3M44%
FY201927$2.9M52%
FY201725$3.1Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$8.6MPhilanthropy$7.7MHealth$3.5MEducation$3.2MScience & Tech$1.3MYouth Development$302kArts & Culture$246kEnvironment$68kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
WY
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
NM
SC
DC
OK
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 53 grantees
All grantees of David & Molly Pyott Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Prince of Wales Foundation$5,385,000610%
Project Orbis International Inc$3,910,44931%
The King's Trust USA Inc$2,348,250224%
California Institute of Technology$1,268,00070%
University of California Irvine Foundation$852,50040%
Priory in the USA of the Most Venerable Order of the Hosp / St John of Jerusalem$380,48764%
Eye Corps Inc$274,500224%
Ophthalmology Foundation$163,40225%
University of Edinburgh USA Development Trust Inc$145,00015%
The American Friends of London Business School$130,0001n/a
Glaucoma Research Foundation$125,00041%
Segerstrom Center for the Arts$100,00020%
American Friends of Lacmus Festival Inc$82,164428%
Lions Clubs International Foundation$75,00060%
United Way Inc$50,00010%
Pan American Ophthalmological Foundation$45,50086%
Pure Game$36,28224%
Fountain Valley School of Colorado$30,00030%
Pacific Symphony$29,00020%
United States Fund for Unicef$25,00010%
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$25,00010%
American Skin Association Inc$22,50012%
South Coast Repertory Inc$21,76110%
Concordia University Irvine$20,00010%
Minds Matter of Los Angeles Inc$20,00022%
Eagle Valley Land Trust$20,00030%
Sightlife$16,00030%
Choc Foundation$10,00010%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc$5,00010%
American Glaucoma Society Foundation$5,00012%
The Richard Nixon Foundation$5,00020%
Miracles for Kids Inc$5,00010%
Sewa International Inc$5,00010%
Life Science Cares Inc$3,75020%
The Bright Future Foundation$3,10021%
Anti-Defamation League$2,20010%
Public Media Group of Southern California$2,00030%
Share Our Strength$2,00020%
Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc$1,50020%
The Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology$1,50010%
Research to Prevent Blindness Inc$1,00010%
Pacific Vision Foundation$1,0001n/a
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation$1,00020%
Walking Mountains$1,00010%
Team Rubicon Inc$1,00010%
Chapman University$1,00010%
Farmington Municipal Schools$1,0001n/a
Doheny Eye Institute$1,00010%
Population Services International$50010%
First Descents$50010%
Children's Hunger Fund$50010%
Vilar Performing Arts Center Inc$26210%
Easter Seals Southern California Inc$14210%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

David & Molly Pyott Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 50 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Prince of Wales Foundation: $5,385,000 over 6y, 9.5% of budgetProject Orbis International Inc: $3,910,449 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe King's Trust USA Inc: $2,348,250 over 2y, 24% of budgetCalifornia Institute of Technology: $1,268,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of California Irvine Foundation: $852,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPriory in the USA of the Most Venerable Order of the Hosp / St John of Jerusalem: $380,487 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetEye Corps Inc: $274,500 over 2y, 24% of budgetOphthalmology Foundation: $163,402 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetUniversity of Edinburgh USA Development Trust Inc: $145,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetGlaucoma Research Foundation: $125,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetSegerstrom Center for the Arts: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Lacmus Festival Inc: $82,164 over 4y, 28% of budgetLions Clubs International Foundation: $75,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPan American Ophthalmological Foundation: $45,500 over 8y, 6.4% of budgetPure Game: $36,282 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetFountain Valley School of Colorado: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPacific Symphony: $29,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Skin Association Inc: $22,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSouth Coast Repertory Inc: $21,761 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetConcordia University Irvine: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMinds Matter of Los Angeles Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetEagle Valley Land Trust: $20,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSightlife: $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChoc Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Glaucoma Society Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetThe Richard Nixon Foundation: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMiracles for Kids Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSewa International Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLife Science Cares Inc: $3,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bright Future Foundation: $3,100 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Media Group of Southern California: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetShare Our Strength: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRocky Mountain Public Media Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetResearch to Prevent Blindness Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPulmonary Fibrosis Foundation: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWalking Mountains: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChapman University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDoheny Eye Institute: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPopulation Services International: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Descents: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hunger Fund: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 50.

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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.

American Endowment FoundationOH18.1× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · Orange County Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Alcon Foundation Inc · Banc of California Charitable Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · California Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · 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.

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How do I get to David & Molly Pyott Foundation?

Find your warmest path to David & Molly Pyott 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.

About David & Molly Pyott Foundation

How much does David & Molly Pyott Foundation give?
David & Molly Pyott Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $2,386,871 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does David & Molly Pyott Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (34%), Philanthropy (31%), Health (14%).
Who are David & Molly Pyott Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Prince of Wales Foundation ($5.4M), Project Orbis International Inc ($3.9M), The King's Trust USA Inc ($2.3M).
Does David & Molly Pyott Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 68% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does David & Molly Pyott Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as David & Molly Pyott Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Orange County Community Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
Where is David & Molly Pyott Foundation based?
David & Molly Pyott Foundation is based in CO.

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 103 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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