· Private foundation
Mickey & Keely Pearson Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k10 grants · $8k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| 3D ROBOTICS | $13,970 |
| HEARTLY NATURE CENTER | $6,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| SPACE CENTER | $215 |
| DULUTH DEVO MOUNTAIN BIKE PROGRAM | $208 |
| DULUTH SUPERIOR SAILINT ASSOCIATION | $150 |
| WNYC | $143 |
| PROPUBLICA | $114 |
| PRX | $106 |
| ZEITGEIST CENTER | $85 |
| WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION | $59 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 66% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HNHARTLEY NATURE CENTER4× · 2020–2025 · $24k · revenue +11%
- TNTHE NC ZEITGEIST FOUNDATION INC2× · 2023–2024 · $11k · revenue +19%
- MPMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA3× · 2020–2022 · $4k · revenue +11%
Funded once
- DADULUTH ART INSTITUTE ASSOCone grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue 0%
- DDDEVILDOGS DBA - 3D Robotics Duluthone grant, 2022 · $1k
- CSCatalyst Stories & Content Festivalone grant, 2020 · $1k
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.
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.
The great northern celebrates our cold, creative winters through ten days of diverse programming that invigorate mind and body. in an era of changing climate that threatens our signature season, we seek to create community, inspire action,…
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The mission is "to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it." the academy implements its mission through understanding the diversity of life; developing and applying science to protect the environment; and informing…
The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
The mission of Texas Public Radio is to engage, inspire and inform, bringing people together to better understand their community and world.
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The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…
To entertain your curiosity.
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Serve the public as a community-based institution and educational resource that is dedicated to advancing public interest, knowledge and understanding of science, industry and technology.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 26 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 HARTLEY NATURE CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE NC ZEITGEIST FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
- Who funds DULUTH ART INSTITUTE ASSOC ↗
- Who funds DEVILDOGS DBA - 3D Robotics Duluth ↗
- Who funds REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ↗
- Who funds DULUTH DEVO MOUNTAIN BIKE PROGRAM ↗
- Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
- Who funds SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA ↗
- Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Mickey & Keely Pearson Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mickey & Keely Pearson Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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