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Pearson Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Pearson Family Charitable 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.

$118k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$223kEnvironment$125kHousing & Shelter$34kRecreation & Sports$25kHealth$24kHuman Services$23kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kSocial Science$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$3,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE RIVERS SCHOOL$50,000
NOBLE & GREENOUGH SCHOOL$10,000
METROWEST WOMEN'S FUND$10,000
ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY$7,500
THE FENN SCHOOL$7,500
TUFTS UNIVERSITY$5,000
RUNWAY FOR RECOVERY$3,500
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$3,500
AMERICAN FUND FOR LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS$3,500
HEADING HOME$3,500
AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY$2,500
NORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST$2,500
LEXINGTON REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LEXRAP)$2,500
LEXINGTON FOOD PANTRY$2,500
SUNANTHA CAMILA FOUNDATION$2,500
02The need
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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 (FY21–25, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%RUNWAY FOR RECOVERY INC: $10k → 10%LEXINGTON REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LEXRAP): $3k → 8%RUNWAY FOR RECOVERY: $4k → 10%METROWEST WOMEN'S FUND: $10k → 8%METROWEST WOMEN'S FUND: $5k → 8%METROWEST WOMEN'S FUND: $5k → 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

ME
VT
NY
MA
RI
VA
NM
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.

26%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$102k · 7 repeat orgs$287k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
11

Total granted

$102k
$198k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+15%

Still filing today

86%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $89k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterAnimalsRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • HU
    HOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    2× · 2021–2023 · $21k · revenue +17%
  • MW
    METROWEST WOMEN'S FUND INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $20k · revenue +727%
  • CC
    Collier County Audubon Society Inc Audubon Western Everglades
    2× · 2020–2021 · $18k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDAgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +167%
  • AC
    AMERICAN CAMP ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
4
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
5
Dean College

Dean college is a private, residential new england college grounded in a culture and tradition that all students deserve the opportunity to discover and exceed their greatest aspirations. a personal and transformative community since 1865,…

Education
6
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
7
Williams College

Williams College strives to achieve educational excellence by fostering a community of learning in collaboration with students, faculty, staff, devoted alumni and parents.

Education
8
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
9
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
10
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
11
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
12
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wellesley College; the most unlike its peers is The Conservancy of Southwest Florida. 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

24 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. 24 of the 31 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $100,000 · OtherTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDATHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION: $50,000 · OtherTHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATIONAMERICAN CAMP ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · OtherAMERICAN CAMP ASSOCIATIONHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $20,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYTHE FENN SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherWESTON POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT: $10,000 · Other+5 more: $17,000 · Other+5 moreBROWN UNIVERSITY: $95,000 · Community ImprovementBROWN UNIVERSITYHOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION: $21,000 · EducationHOLLINS UNIVERSI…ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $12,500 · EducationST LAWRENCE UNIV…VERMONT ACADEMY: $10,000 · EducationVERMONT ACADEMYNOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationNOBLE AND GREENO…Trustees of Tufts College: $5,000 · EducationTrustees of Tuft…Wellesley College: $5,000 · EducationWellesley Colleg…The George Washington University: $3,500 · EducationSunantha Camila Foundation Inc: $2,500 · EducationMETROWEST WOMEN'S FUND INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesRUNWAY FOR RECOVERY INC: $13,500 · Human ServicesLEXRAP CORP: $2,500 · Human ServicesCollier County Audubon Society Inc Audubon Western Everglades: $17,500 · EnvironmentAppalachian Mountain Club: $5,000 · EnvironmentNORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST CORPORATION: $2,500 · EnvironmentHEADING HOME: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterHEADING HOME INC: $3,500 · Housing & ShelterAGAWAM COUNCIL: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsAmerican Bird Conservancy: $2,500 · Animals
Other$237,000Community Improvement$95,000Education$69,500Human Services$36,000Environment$25,000Housing & Shelter$13,500Recreation & Sports$5,000Animals$2,500

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: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $95,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RIVERS SCHOOL CORPORATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION: $21,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMETROWEST WOMEN'S FUND INC: $20,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetCollier County Audubon Society Inc Audubon Western Everglades: $17,500 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetRUNWAY FOR RECOVERY INC: $13,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FENN SCHOOL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEADING HOME: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVERMONT ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAppalachian Mountain Club: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWellesley College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAGAWAM COUNCIL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe George Washington University: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEADING HOME INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCare Dimensions Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST CORPORATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEXRAP CORP: $2,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $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.

National Philanthropi…Fidelity FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA12.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Pearson Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pearson Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Heading Home Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Care Dimensions Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club: 1% of income from government
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 Pearson Family Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Pearson Family 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 31 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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