California · Public charity
Pledges Inc
To support social development and humanitarian causes across the globe, especially for technical training in developing countries.
- $309k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $235k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 24
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Pledges Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $235k | 80% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $250k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $1.3M | 83% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $700k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Systems Solutions Inc | $451,565 | 1 | 51% |
| Sunflower Fund | $360,457 | 1 | n/a |
| Palestine Children's Relief Fund | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Heal Palestine Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Comprehensive Disaster Relief | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Tigray Development Association in North America | $56,709 | 2 | 0% |
| Apricot Inc | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hidden Humanity | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Collective of Concerned Black | $46,516 | 2 | n/a |
| Opencollective Foundation | $43,920 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Systems Solutions Inc | $451,565 | 1 | 51% |
| Sunflower Fund | $360,457 | 1 | n/a |
| Palestine Children's Relief Fund | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Heal Palestine Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Comprehensive Disaster Relief | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Tigray Development Association in North America | $56,709 | 2 | 0% |
| Apricot Inc | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hidden Humanity | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Collective of Concerned Black | $46,516 | 2 | n/a |
| Opencollective Foundation | $43,920 | 1 | 0% |
| Health Professionals Network for Tigray | $39,570 | 2 | 4% |
| Seemore Impact Labs | $35,200 | 1 | 7% |
| Sab Saath Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Hopewell Helpers LLC | $28,874 | 1 | n/a |
| Pledges Inc | $26,859 | 1 | 2% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lucky Animal Protection Shelter | $21,616 | 1 | n/a |
| World United Ministry Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vasona Hill Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Leash Life Unlimited Inc | $19,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Artic Tern | $17,485 | 2 | n/a |
| Trips Beyond the Classroom | $16,191 | 1 | n/a |
| Catalyte | $9,603 | 1 | n/a |
| Empowerment Works Inc | $5,770 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($684k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Pledges Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 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.
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How this is measured
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About Pledges Inc
- How much does Pledges Inc give?
- Pledges Inc reported 5 itemized grants totaling $235,000, out of $309,263 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 24 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Pledges Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (35%), Environment (18%), Philanthropy (13%).
- Who are Pledges Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: World Systems Solutions Inc ($452k), Sunflower Fund ($360k), Palestine Children's Relief Fund ($200k).
- Does Pledges Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pledges Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Pledges Inc based?
- Pledges Inc is based in CA.
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