Rhode Island · Private foundation
Pisa Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $356k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $46,400
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $217,557
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Pisa Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $356k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $294k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $341k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $395k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $357k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $339k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $308k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $309k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation | $703,286 | 3 | 4% |
| Lincoln School | $639,974 | 7 | 1% |
| Project Undercover Inc | $532,890 | 5 | 39% |
| Hope and Comfort Inc | $120,409 | 4 | 3% |
| The USA Veteran and Military Support Foundation Inc | $98,608 | 2 | 57% |
| North Kingstown Food Pantry Inc | $73,324 | 3 | 7% |
| St Johns Episcopal Parish Day School Inc | $47,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Chopchop Family Inc | $45,155 | 2 | 2% |
| Castros Kids | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Make a Difference Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation | $703,286 | 3 | 4% |
| Lincoln School | $639,974 | 7 | 1% |
| Project Undercover Inc | $532,890 | 5 | 39% |
| Hope and Comfort Inc | $120,409 | 4 | 3% |
| The USA Veteran and Military Support Foundation Inc | $98,608 | 2 | 57% |
| North Kingstown Food Pantry Inc | $73,324 | 3 | 7% |
| St Johns Episcopal Parish Day School Inc | $47,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Chopchop Family Inc | $45,155 | 2 | 2% |
| Castros Kids | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Make a Difference Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida Inc | $25,307 | 2 | 0% |
| Gregg's Giving Tree Inc | $22,500 | 4 | 26% |
| Mary Martin Pettingell Foundation | $11,000 | 2 | 59% |
| Support the Soupman Corp | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ivu Med | $6,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Children's Museum Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Military Support Foundation Inc | $3,088 | 1 | 0% |
| Make A Difference Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Horses Bring Hope | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Narragansett Council Boy Scouts of America | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($292k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Pisa Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Pisa Foundation
- How much does Pisa Foundation give?
- Pisa Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $355,957 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Pisa Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (57%), Education (26%), Religion (8%).
- Who are Pisa Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation ($703k), Lincoln School ($640k), Project Undercover Inc ($533k).
- Does Pisa Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pisa 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 Pisa Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation, Amica Companies Foundation, Eastern Bank Foundation.
- Where is Pisa Foundation based?
- Pisa Foundation is based in RI.
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