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Julie and Mark Pulte Charitable 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.

$89k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$499kEducation$208kRecreation & Sports$177kHuman Services$57kHousing & Shelter$20kCommunity Improvement$17kCivil Rights$11kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k22 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $33k
$2,670
Median grant
7
States reached
$144k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEUMANN CATHOLIC CAMPUS MINISTRIES$12,000
BEYOND BASICS$11,000
TRINITARIANS OF MARY$10,000
GUARDIAN OF THE FAITH$7,500
HER 2ND CHANCE$5,000
ST AMBROSE CHURCH$5,000
APOSTOLIC SOCIETY OF ST BENEDICT JOSEPH LABRE$5,000
RUGIERO PROMISE FOUNDATION$5,000
FRANCISCAN FRIARS OF OUR LADY OF GOOD SUCCESS$5,000
ACTS 29$5,000
ST REGIS CHURCH$4,700
FREELY GIVEN INC$3,000
PIOUS UNION OF SAINT JOSEPH$2,670
MOTHERS AND UNBORN BABY$1,250
IMPACT 100$1,025
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 (FY17–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 34% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF VENICE: $100 → 9%ACTS 29: $5k → 21%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $200 → 8%ANGELS PLACE: $6k → 8%ANGELS PLACE: $2k → 8%ANGELS' PLACE: $1k → 8%ANGELS' PLACE: $650 → 8%ANGELS PLACE: $250 → 8%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

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IN
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CA
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NC
DC
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FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 19% of Julie and Mark Pulte Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Julie and Mark Pulte Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$702k · 42 repeat orgs$141k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against -12% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
66

Total granted

$702k
$101k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
-12%

Still filing today

17%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

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

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

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Human ServicesEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureReligionHealthOther
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

  • AP
    ANGELS' PLACE
    5× · 2017–2022 · $9k · revenue +84%
  • H2
    HER 2ND CHANCE INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $5k · revenue +40%
  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR A CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $4k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • AO
    ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • BT
    BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP FIREFIGHTERS CHARITIES
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • DB
    DRY BONES MINISTRIESgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +32%
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
Newman University Inc

We are a catholic university named for saint john henry newman and founded by the adorers of the blood of christ for the purpose of empowering graduates to transform society. our core values (see schedule o for continuation)

Education
2
University of Dayton

The university of dayton is a top-tier independent, catholic research educational institution founded in 1850. the primary exempt purpose is providing post secondary education through undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and continuing…

Education
3
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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4
Marquette University

As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.

Education
5
Desales University

Desales is a catholic, salesian university that inspires transformative learning through the liberal arts and professional studies by energizing students to be who they are and be that well.

Education
6
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
7
Trustees of Boston College

Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…

Education
8
Dominican University New York

Promote educational excellence, leadership, & service via a strong commitment to our students.

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9
Mount Mary University Inc

Mount mary university, an urban catholic university for women sponsored by the school sisters of notre dame, provides an environment for the development of the whole person. the university encourages leadership, integrity, and a deep sense…

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10
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
11
Marian University

To be a great catholic university dedicated to excellence in learning, achieved by teaching, research, & scholarly activities in franciscan & liberal arts tradition.

Education
12
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Her 2ND Chance Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dry Bones Ministries. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

27 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. 27 of the 120 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/27
Grantees still filing
15/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SACRED HEART ACADEMY: $104,775 · OtherSACRED HEART ACADEMYIndividual grant recipient: $86,540 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTRINITARIANS OF MARY: $70,336 · OtherTRINITARIANS OF MARYBROTHER RICE HIGH SCHOOL: $51,820 · OtherBROTHER RICE HIGH SCHOOLST AMBROSE CHURCH: $45,010 · OtherST AMBROSE CHURCHACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART: $41,480 · OtherGUARDIAN OF THE FAITH: $40,200 · OtherMOTHERS AND UNBORN BABY: $35,925 · OtherAPOSTOLIC SOCIETY OF ST BENEDICT JOSEPH LABRE: $32,000 · OtherARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $30,000 · Other+93 more: $243,762 · Other+93 moreUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $176,250 · EducationUniversity of Notre D…BEYOND BASICS: $11,000 · EducationBEYOND BASICS+4 more: $5,100 · EducationANGELS' PLACE: $9,450 · Human ServicesACTS29: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHOMAS MORE LAW CENTER: $1,500 · Human Services+2 more: $300 · Human ServicesDRY BONES MINISTRIES: $10,000 · ReligionTHE FOUNDATION FOR A CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION INC: $4,100 · ReligionHER 2ND CHANCE INC: $5,350 · Public BenefitRUGIERO PROMISE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Science & TechTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $4,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $50 · Arts & Culture
Other$781,848Education$192,350Human Services$16,250Religion$14,100Public Benefit$5,350Science & Tech$5,000Arts & Culture$4,550

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $176,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBEYOND BASICS: $11,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDRY BONES MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetANGELS' PLACE: $9,450 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHER 2ND CHANCE INC: $5,350 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetRUGIERO PROMISE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR A CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION INC: $4,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWIWD FOUNDATION: $2,700 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSWEET DREAMZZZ INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS MORE LAW CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUrban Alliance Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE-SPAN: $475 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSROADS FOR YOUTH: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Liver Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMDRC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH BROTHERS CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION: $150 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOAKLAND HILLS SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF VENICE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARENTS TELEVISION COUNCIL INC: $50 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.

  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND BASICS ↗
  • Who funds DRY BONES MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds ANGELS' PLACE ↗
  • Who funds HER 2ND CHANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds ACTS29 ↗
  • Who funds RUGIERO PROMISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR A CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WIWD FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Catholic Foundation of MichiganMI21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Catholic Foundation of Michigan · Pulte Family Charitable Foundation · University of Notre Dame du Lac · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Mutual of America Foundation · Anastasia & KR Jenkins Foundation · Lourdes Mercy Foundation · The Carlesimo Family Foundation · The A&S Giancristofaro Family Foundation Inc · Alexander and Linda Milley Foundation · The Halprin Family Foundation B · B & R Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Julie and Mark Pulte Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Julie and Mark Pulte Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 20%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
    2get no government money at all
    6report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Julie and Mark Pulte Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Julie and Mark Pulte Charitable 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 120 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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