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Pine Tree 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2025
33
Organizations funded FY2024
15%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$165,000
Organizations funded a year
18 to 41
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$21M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Pine Tree Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationEnvironmentHealthCivil RightsInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving36$1.2M14%
FY202433$1.1M15%
FY202341$1.2M29%
FY202233$1.2M33%
FY202126$1.0M31%
FY202023$1.1M22%
FY201918$1.1M11%
FY201819$1.2M5%
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$3.0MArts & Culture$2.0MHuman Services$1.1MInternational$1.0MHousing & Shelter$875kEnvironment$820kHealth$598kRecreation & Sports$180kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
CO
MD
AR
TN
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 49 grantees
All grantees of Pine Tree Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The College of Wooster$900,00030%
Teach for America Inc$800,00090%
Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation$700,00052%
The Pennsylvania Ballet Association$600,00061%
Habitat for Humanity Inc$560,000769%
Elevate 215$500,00051%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$460,00090%
Vox Ama Deus$425,000717%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$410,00050%
The Trust for Public Land$395,00060%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$275,00090%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$235,00040%
Crested Butte Land Trust$195,00093%
Gemma Services$180,00060%
Adaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Inc$180,00091%
Denver Rescue Mission$155,00090%
Project Home$150,00020%
The Center for the Arts$145,00041%
A Precious Child Inc$125,00040%
Duke University$100,00020%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$80,00050%
Natural Lands Trust Inc$75,00030%
Squashsmarts Inc$70,00031%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$62,50030%
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc$50,00021%
The Philadelphia Education Fund$50,00050%
Broad Street Ministry$50,00012%
Ccsa Foundation$40,00011%
Educating Communities for Parenting Inc$40,00051%
Girls Who Code Inc$40,00020%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$37,50020%
Women for Afghan Women Inc$37,50020%
Trevor Project Inc$37,50020%
Hba Foundation Dba Home Builders Foundation$30,00021%
Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia$30,00030%
International Rescue Committee INC$30,00020%
Environmental and Energy Study Institute$30,00021%
Some Inc$27,50020%
Patriot Paws Service Dogs$22,50020%
Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association Inc$20,00022%
Family Promise of Greater Denver Inc$15,00011%
Crested Butte State of Mind$12,50013%
The Loveland Foundation Inc$12,50010%
Hias Inc$12,50010%
Second Chance Center Inc$10,00010%
Mental Health America of Colorado$10,00010%
St James School$10,0001n/a
Domino Service Dogs$5,0001n/a
Knights of Heroes Foundation$5,00012%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Pine Tree Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe College of Wooster: $900,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $800,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFree Library of Philadelphia Foundation: $700,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetThe Pennsylvania Ballet Association: $600,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Inc: $560,000 over 7y, 69% of budgetElevate 215: $500,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $460,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetVox Ama Deus: $425,000 over 7y, 17% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $410,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $395,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $275,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $235,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCrested Butte Land Trust: $195,000 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetGemma Services: $180,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAdaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Inc: $180,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetDenver Rescue Mission: $155,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetProject Home: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Center for the Arts: $145,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetA Precious Child Inc: $125,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetDuke University: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $80,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Lands Trust Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSquashsmarts Inc: $70,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $62,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetProject Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetThe Philadelphia Education Fund: $50,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBroad Street Ministry: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCcsa Foundation: $40,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEducating Communities for Parenting Inc: $40,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetGirls Who Code Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $37,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWomen for Afghan Women Inc: $37,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTrevor Project Inc: $37,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHba Foundation Dba Home Builders Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetChildren's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental and Energy Study Institute: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSome Inc: $27,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPatriot Paws Service Dogs: $22,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetFamily Promise of Greater Denver Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCrested Butte State of Mind: $12,500 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetThe Loveland Foundation Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHias Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Chance Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMental Health America of Colorado: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKnights of Heroes Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 47.

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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.

Colorado Gives FoundationCO25× affinity11 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Hamilton Family Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Dea Family Foundation · Connelly Foundation · Caroline Alexander Buck Foundation · Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley · Hamilton Family Charitable Trust · The Cedarcrest Charitable Foundation Aka Blbb Charitable · The Gordon Charter Foundation · Anschutz Family 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.

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How do I get to Pine Tree Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Pine Tree 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.

About Pine Tree Foundation

How much does Pine Tree Foundation give?
Pine Tree Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $1,200,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Pine Tree Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (29%), Arts & Culture (20%), Human Services (10%).
Who are Pine Tree Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The College of Wooster ($900k), Teach for America Inc ($800k), Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation ($700k).
Does Pine Tree Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Pine Tree Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Pine Tree Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation, Hamilton Family Foundation.
Where is Pine Tree Foundation based?
Pine Tree Foundation is based in PA.

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 70 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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