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Pledge Good Foundation Inc

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.

$98k
Granted FY2024still arriving
35
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$297kHealth$61kAnimals$57kEnvironment$44kYouth Development$35kEducation$27kHuman Services$20kPhilanthropy$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k32 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$500
Median grant
13
States reached
$30k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRIGTHER BITES$50,000
MIGHTY MILLIE FOUNDATION$10,300
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$10,000
THE KATELLE FOUNDATION DBA THE KINDNESS CAMPAIGN$5,000
TANKPROOF$5,000
DOWNTOWN BENTONVILLE INC$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,200
NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS INC$1,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF SAN ANTONIO$500
CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION FOR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL$500
SUNSHINE HOUSE INC$500
GUARDIAN OF THE FAITH INC$500
Individual grant recipient$500
PORCHLIGHT INC$500
MISSION MSA$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 70% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $1k → 8%PROJECT PURPOSE CORPORATION: $500 → 7%POWER PACKS PROJECT: $1k → 9%COMMUNITY MAINSTREAMING ASSOCIATES INC: $1k → 6%EVERYONE COOPERATING TO HELP OTHERS INC (ECHO INC): $1k → 10%BERT'S BIG ADVENTURE: $1k → 13%THE SOPHIA WAY: $1k → 9%MIDWEST FOOD BANK: $1k → 11%EVERYONE COOPERATING TO HELP OTHERS INC: $1k → 10%GLOBAL IMPACT INITIATIVE: $1k → 10%EVERYONE COOPERATING TO HELP OTHERS INC: $500 → 10%AUSTIN AREA URBAN LEAGUE: $5k → 10%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

WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
AZ
AR
NC
DC
HI
OK
LA
GA
TX
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$451k · 36 repeat orgs$152k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
69

Total granted

$451k
$137k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+7%

Still filing today

92%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsHuman ServicesFood & NutritionEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • Feeding America
    2× · 2021–2022 · $150k · revenue +23%
  • BB
    Brighter Bites Inc
    3× · 2021–2024 · $105k · revenue +38%
  • BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY
    3× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • CITY YEAR INC
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -6%
  • IF
    IOLA Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue -47%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $6k
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
Feeding Texas

To lead a unified effort for a hunger-free texas.

Community Improvement
2
Wedontwaste Inc

We Dont Waste increases food access and protects the planet by rescuing and repurposing food, while educating and advocating to increase food security and decrease food waste.

Food & Nutrition
3
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
4
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
5
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
6
Animal Equality

Animal equality is an international organization working with society, governments, and companies to end cruelty to farmed animals.

Animals
7
Donor Alliance Inc

Donor Alliance saves and heals lives through organ and tissue donation. Donor Alliance is one of 55 Federally designated, non-profit organ procurement organizations serving Colorado and most of Wyoming. Additionally, it is a member of the…

Health
8
Mercy for Animals Inc

Mercy for animals' mission is to construct a compassionate food system that is not just kind to animals but essential for the future of our planet and all who share it. our vision of a world where animals are respected, protected, and free…

Animals
9
Loving All Animals Inc

To maximize programs intended to stop killing of adoptable animals.

Philanthropy
10
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
11
Behavior Analyst Certification Board Inc

We protect consumers of behavior analysis services by systematically establishing, promoting, and disseminating professional standards.

Employment
12
Spca of Texas

The spca of texas is dedicated to providing every animal exceptional care and a loving home.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Miracle Network; the most unlike its peers is Whole Foods Market Foundation. 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

102 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. 102 of the 127 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
102/102
Grantees still filing
65/102
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Feeding America: $150,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding AmericaBrighter Bites Inc: $104,790 · Food & NutritionBrighter Bites IncBig Green: $23,349 · Food & NutritionBig Green+3 more: $7,884 · Food & NutritionCITY YEAR INC: $20,000 · OtherCITY YEAR INCIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherTANKPROOF: $10,060 · OtherTANKPROOF+75 more: $124,522 · Other+75 moreBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $30,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIEN…EMANCIPET INC: $8,906 · AnimalsEMANCIPET …Wags and Walks: $5,300 · AnimalsWags and W…AUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $4,000 · AnimalsAUSTIN PET…+10 more: $8,500 · Animals+10 moreMIGHTY MILLIE FOUNDATION INC: $22,340 · HealthARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,500 · HealthTRISOMY 18 SUPPORT INC DBA TRISOMY 18 FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Health+11 more: $9,500 · HealthIOLA Foundation: $15,272 · PhilanthropyPAUL MCBETH FOUNDATION: $4,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 · PhilanthropyLANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyMARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyWhole Foods Market Foundation: $23,000 · Community ImprovementKEEP AUSTIN BEAUTIFUL INC: $13,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS LILITH FUND: $2,000 · EnvironmentHEAL THE BAY: $2,000 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EnvironmentPINES AND PRAIRIES LAND TRUST: $1,000 · Environment+1 more: $500 · Environment
Food & Nutrition$286,023Other$160,582Animals$56,706Health$41,340Philanthropy$24,272Community Improvement$23,000Environment$19,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFeeding America: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBrighter Bites Inc: $104,790 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBig Green: $23,349 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWhole Foods Market Foundation: $23,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMIGHTY MILLIE FOUNDATION INC: $22,340 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIOLA Foundation: $15,272 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKEEP AUSTIN BEAUTIFUL INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTANKPROOF: $10,060 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetEMANCIPET INC: $8,906 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWags and Walks: $5,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKATELLE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAustin Area Urban League: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTURKISH PHILANTHROPY FUNDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $4,850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN AREA ART FROM THE STREETS: $4,140 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDowntown Bentonville Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPAUL MCBETH FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONSCIOUS ALLIANCE: $3,384 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhole Kids Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPhilabundance: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCARITAS OF AUSTIN: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA IMPACT INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERYONE COOPERATING TO HELP OTHERS INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEPILEPSY FLORIDA INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGROUND FLOOR THEATRE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALI FORNEY CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOut Youth Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SAFE ALLIANCE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS LILITH FUND: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEAL THE BAY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMERS TEXAS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEQTX Equality Texas Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUARDIAN OF THE FAITH INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPORCHLIGHT INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA HELPING HANDS INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST ARKANSAS WOMEN'S SHELTER: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERS IN PARENTING: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTRISOMY 18 SUPPORT INC DBA TRISOMY 18 FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.8% 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.

Austin Community Foun…St David's FoundationUnited Way for Greate…The Moody FoundationI Live Here I Give He…McKesson Foundation I…Better Business BureauShell USA Company Fou…Faye L & William L Co…James & Beatrice Sala…Topfer Family Foundat…Alice Kleberg Reynold…
Austin Community Foundation IncTX35.2× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · St David's Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · The Moody Foundation · I Live Here I Give Here · McKesson Foundation Inc · Better Business Bureau · Shell USA Company Foundation · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · James & Beatrice Salah Charitable Trust Dtd 08-09-2001 · Topfer Family Foundation · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800

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 Pledge Good Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pledge Good Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Epilepsy Florida Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
27report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Pledge Good Foundation Inc 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 127 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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