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Pearsall Family Foundation at a glance

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Pearsall Family Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$141k
Granted FY2019
22
Grants FY2019
7
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Environment$160kPhilanthropy$45kAnimals$28kEducation$23kHealth$22kReligion$10kCommunity Improvement$8kHuman Services$3kOther$0
02FY2019 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k18 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $36k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$3,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONSERVANCY OF SW FLORIDA$50,000
OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS$14,400
MORTON ARBORETUM$12,000
AMERICAN BAPTIST ASSEMBLY$10,000
GREEN LAKE CONSERVANCY FOUNDATION$8,000
Individual grant recipient$8,000
GREEN LAKE RENEWAL$8,000
SMITH COLLEGE$5,410
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$4,000
CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$4,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ILLINOIS$3,000
METRO FAMILY SERVICES$2,000
AMHERST COLLEGE$2,000
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$2,000
LAKEVIEW PANTRY$2,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $500 → 14%OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: $1k → 14%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

IL
WI
MI
MA
WY
CA
DC
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$273k · 12 repeat orgs$51k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +141% since the first grant, against +87% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2019, 2 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
5

Total granted

$273k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+141%
+87%

Still filing today

75%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
EnvironmentEducationHealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementAnimalsOther
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

  • THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
    3× · 2017–2019 · $89k · revenue +561%
  • TM
    THE MORTON ARBORETUM
    3× · 2017–2019 · $37k · revenue +26%
  • GL
    GREEN LAKE CONSERVANCY INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $27k · revenue +371%

Funded once

  • ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKESgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +87%
  • OT
    OLD TOWN SCHOOL
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
  • OT
    OLD TOWN FOLK MUSIC
    one grant, 2017 · $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.

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
Huron Pines Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc

It is our mission at huron pines to conserve and enhance northern michigan's natural resources to ensure healthy water, protected places and vibrant communities. for alomst 50 years, our work across the forests, lakes and streams of…

Environment
2
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
3
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
4
Lincoln Park Zoological Society

Lincoln park zoo is dedicated to connecting people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, horticulture, education, science and…

Animals
5
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
6
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
7
Minnesota Environmental Partnership

The minnesota environmental partnership is a coalition that strengthens member effectiveness and builds collective power to secure a healthy environment for all minnesotans.

Environment
8
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
9
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
10
Wildlands Trust Inc

The wildlands trust works throughout southeastern massachusetts to conserve and permanently protect native habitats, farmland, and lands of high ecologic and scenic value that serve to keep our communities healthy and our residents…

Environment
11
Lake Leelanau Lake Association

The lake leelanau lake association is dedicated to protecting and enhancing the quality and beauty of lake leelanau and its surrounding watershed for current and future generations.

Environment
12
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alliance for the Great Lakes; the most unlike its peers is Green Lake Renewal Inc. 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

18 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. 18 of the 29 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
17/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $89,390 · OtherTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDAOTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS: $40,500 · OtherOTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONSGREEN LAKE ANIMAL SHELTER: $27,100 · OtherGREEN LAKE ANIMAL SHELTERNorthwest Community Hospital Foundation: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherAMERICAN BAPTIST ASSEMBLY: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $8,000 · Other+10 more: $22,500 · Other+10 moreTHE MORTON ARBORETUM: $37,000 · EnvironmentTHE MORTON ARBORETUMGREEN LAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $27,000 · EnvironmentGREEN LAKE CONSERVANCY I…WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $4,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC+1 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE: $15,410 · EducationAMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $6,000 · EducationGreen Lake Renewal Inc: $8,000 · Community ImprovementPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $3,000 · HealthPCC COMMUNITY WELLNESS CENTER: $2,435 · HealthOPPORTUNITY KNOCKS INCORPORATED: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $500 · Human ServicesNAPLES ZOO INC: $1,000 · Animals
Other$217,490Environment$69,000Education$21,410Community Improvement$8,000Health$5,435Human Services$1,500Animals$1,000

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 budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $89,390 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MORTON ARBORETUM: $37,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREEN LAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $27,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE: $15,410 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Community Hospital Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGreen Lake Renewal Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $6,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetAMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPCC COMMUNITY WELLNESS CENTER: $2,435 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOAK PARK EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNOURISHING HOPE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREEN LAKE ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOPPORTUNITY KNOCKS INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAPLES ZOO INC: $1,000 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.

Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA9.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Pearsall Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pearsall Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
  • Amherst College Trustees: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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
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 29 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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