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Pearson Family Foundation-Tr

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.

$123k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$33k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Environment$202kArts & Culture$177kEducation$140kPhilanthropy$28kInternational$16kReligion$10kRecreation & Sports$9kHuman Services$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $79k
$3,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EARTH JUSTICE$33,333
YOUNG AUDIENCES INC$21,000
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE TRADITIONAL ART$15,000
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY$10,000
ANTIRECIDIVISM COALITION$6,000
MNFF INC$5,000
CITY LORE INC$5,000
THE OSBORN FOUNDATION$5,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$3,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA$3,000
PUBLIC MEDIA BRIDGE FUND$3,000
COPLAND HOUSE$2,800
RISEBORO COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP$2,500
CHRIST'S CHURCH RYE$2,000
KURN HATTIN HOME AND SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 54% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%HOME IS HERE NOLA: $1k → 23%RISEBORO COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: $3k → 20%PORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER: $1k → 9%KURN HATTIN HOMES FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 11%KURN HATTIN HOMES FOR CHILDREN: $1k → 11%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

VT
MT
IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
CO
MD
LA
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$567k · 21 repeat orgs$41k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
9

Total granted

$567k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+19%

Still filing today

81%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentHousing & ShelterInternationalOther
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

  • EARTHJUSTICE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $184k · revenue +49%
  • YA
    YOUNG AUDIENCES INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $91k · revenue +76%
  • WU
    WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $57k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2024 · $9k · revenue +8%
  • AS
    ATLANTIC SALMON FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • HF
    HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
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
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
2
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
3
American Museum of Natural History

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."

Arts & Culture
4
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
5
Boston Architectural College

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

—
6
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
7
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
8
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
9
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
10
University of Miami

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

Education
11
The Trustees of Grinnell College

To educate students in the liberal arts through free inquiry and the open exchange of ideas.when grinnell college framed its charter in the iowa territory of the united states in 1846, it set forth a mission to educate its students "for…

Education
12
Mitchell College

Mitchell college educates students through a highly individualized educational approach that brings forward each student's potential, reveals their strengths, and fosters personal growth.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Audiences New York Inc; the most unlike its peers is Metropolitan Museum of Art. 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

26 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. 26 of the 36 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
19/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EARTHJUSTICE: $183,999 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE+2 more: $9,400 · EnvironmentYOUNG AUDIENCES INC: $91,000 · Arts & CultureYOUNG AUDIENCES INCNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE TRADITIONAL ARTS: $34,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE TRADIT…YOUNG AUDIENCES NEW YORK INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureYOUNG AUDIENCES NEW YORK INCCITY LORE INC: $14,000 · Arts & CultureCITY LORE INCCOPLAND HOUSE INC: $8,200 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $4,000 · Arts & CultureWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $57,000 · EducationWESLEYAN UNIVERSITYPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $50,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of …UNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $20,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DENVERCATE SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationCATE SCHOOL+1 more: $1,000 · EducationMNFF INC: $12,500 · OtherMNFF INCTHE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION: $8,500 · OtherTHE BOSTON A…CHRIST'S CHURCH: $6,000 · OtherCHRIST'S CHU…ATLANTIC SALMON FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherATLANTIC SAL…CHRISTS CHURCH RYE: $4,000 · OtherCHRISTS CHUR…PUBLIC MEDIA BRIDGE FUND: $3,000 · OtherHOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY: $2,500 · OtherRISEBORO COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP INC: $2,500 · OtherTHE ANTI-RECIDIVISM COALITION: $6,000 · OtherTHE ANTI-REC…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $3,000 · Other+8 more: $12,000 · Other+8 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $16,000 · InternationalThe Osborn Foundation: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterLOUISIANA GREEN CORPS INC: $8,500 · Employment
Environment$193,399Arts & Culture$171,200Education$138,000Other$65,000International$16,000Housing & Shelter$15,000Employment$8,500

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 budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $183,999 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG AUDIENCES INC: $91,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $57,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE TRADITIONAL ARTS: $34,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG AUDIENCES NEW YORK INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Osborn Foundation: $15,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCITY LORE INC: $14,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCATE SCHOOL: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION: $8,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOUISIANA GREEN CORPS INC: $8,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCOPLAND HOUSE INC: $8,200 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION: $6,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANTI-RECIDIVISM COALITION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF RYE NATURE CENTER: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMNFF INC: $3,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetRISEBORO COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND KURN HATTIN HOMES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Jazz Philharmonic: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPORT CHESTER CARVER CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROCKEFELLER 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.

The New York Communit…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
The New York Community TrustNY12.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Foundation-Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pearson Family Foundation-Tr. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%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%
  • National Council for the Traditional Arts: 53% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
  • Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
  • New England Kurn Hattin Homes: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 36 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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