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Pestone Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Pestone Family 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.

$9k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Health$18kHuman Services$10kCivil Rights$10kEducation$6kAnimals$5kHousing & Shelter$4kFood & Nutrition$2kReligion$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$90k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$1,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$1,000
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION$1,000
VALERIE FUND$1,000
ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER$1,000
PEOPLE TO PEOPLE$1,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$1,000
THE SALVATION ARMY GREATER NY DIVISION$500
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$500
SUSAN G KOMEN$500
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 (FY20–25, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 70% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $1k → 6%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $1k → 6%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $2k → 14%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $1k → 6%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $1k → 6%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE: $1k → 17%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.
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$51k · 9 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +74% since the first grant, against -19% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
8

Total granted

$51k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+74%
-19%

Still filing today

89%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
Human ServicesHealthCivil RightsReligionEducationFood & NutritionOther
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

  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $8k · revenue +50%
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    THE VALERIE FUND
    5× · 2020–2025 · $8k · revenue +108%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $6k · revenue +112%

Funded once

  • SF
    STFRANCIS FOOD PANTRIES
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • PROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +7%
  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -39%
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
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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2
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
5
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
6
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
7
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
8
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
9
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
10
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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11
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
12
Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Hi-Tor Animal Care Center 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

15 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. 15 of the 19 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
8/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE VALERIE FUND: $8,000 · OtherTHE VALERIE FUNDMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $5,000 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICARONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $4,500 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSESTFRANCIS FOOD PANTRIES: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · Other+3 more: $1,500 · Other+3 moreWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT IN…ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $4,000 · Human ServicesISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FO…COVENANT HOUSE: $1,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSEAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 · Human ServicesHELP FROM PEOPLE TO PEOPLE INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsHELP FROM PEOPLE TO…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $6,400 · EducationSTEPHEN SILL…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,000 · HealthST JUDE C…MARCH OF DIMES INC: $500 · HealthMARCH OF …The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $500 · HealthThe Susan…PROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · InternationalChristian Herald Association Inc: $1,000 · Religion
Other$21,000Human Services$13,500Civil Rights$10,000Education$6,400Health$5,000International$1,000Religion$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHELP FROM PEOPLE TO PEOPLE INC: $10,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VALERIE FUND: $8,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $6,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHI-TOR ANIMAL CARE CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY HARVEST INC: $500 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Pestone Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pestone Family Foundation Inc. 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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 19 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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