California · Private foundation
George T Pfleger 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.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $775,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations George T Pfleger Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $1.0M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $672k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $737k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $858k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $504k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $726k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $782k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $870k | 11% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research | $3,659,000 | 8 | 57% |
| Fristers | $462,000 | 9 | 13% |
| Giving It Back to Kids Inc | $286,740 | 8 | 2% |
| Lifeline Recovery Services Foundation | $283,192 | 3 | 80% |
| Cri-Help Inc | $257,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Partners Fore Golf Inc The First Tee Tri-Valley | $125,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Huntington Medical Research Institutes | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Orange County Bar Foundation | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $17,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mariners Church | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research | $3,659,000 | 8 | 57% |
| Fristers | $462,000 | 9 | 13% |
| Giving It Back to Kids Inc | $286,740 | 8 | 2% |
| Lifeline Recovery Services Foundation | $283,192 | 3 | 80% |
| Cri-Help Inc | $257,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Partners Fore Golf Inc The First Tee Tri-Valley | $125,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Huntington Medical Research Institutes | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Orange County Bar Foundation | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $17,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mariners Church | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| International Game Fish Association Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Behappy Living Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mission Basilica School | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
George T Pfleger Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About George T Pfleger Foundation
- How much does George T Pfleger Foundation give?
- George T Pfleger Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $1,022,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does George T Pfleger Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (55%), Health (13%), Social Science (12%).
- Who are George T Pfleger Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research ($3.7M), Fristers ($462k), Giving It Back to Kids Inc ($287k).
- Does George T Pfleger Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does George T Pfleger 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 George T Pfleger Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is George T Pfleger Foundation based?
- George T Pfleger Foundation is based in CA.
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