· Private foundation
Pneuma 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k27 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OAK KNOLL SCHOOL | $10,400 |
| JESUIT RELIEF SERVICES | $5,055 |
| ST TERESA OF AVILA | $3,800 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| FRANCISCAN CHARITIES INC | $1,500 |
| VISITATION CHURCH | $1,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,050 |
| ST BENEDICT PREP SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| SACRED HEART CHURCH | $775 |
| BHYC FOUNDATION | $750 |
| BECKET FUND | $500 |
| JUNIOR LEAGUE OF ELIZABETH INC | $500 |
| ST JUDE HOSPITAL | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.
41 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FCFRANCISCAN CHARITIES7× · 2017–2024 · $19k · revenue +12%
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY8× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +47%- TBThe Becket Fund3× · 2022–2024 · $2k · revenue +26%
Funded once
- UCUNION CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2021 · $9k
- THTRINITAS HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENTone grant, 2021 · $5k
- SVST VINCENT FERRER ROMANone grant, 2023 · $4k
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.
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.
Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education
Keeping faith with the teachings of the roman catholic church and guided by the bishop of metuchen, saint peter's university hospital is committed to humble service to humanity, especially the poor, through competence and good stewardship…
Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.
Rwj barnabas health, inc. operates as the parent entity of a tax-exempt multi-entity healthcare system. the organization coordinates, supervises and ensures the continuation and improvement of the quality of healthcare services in a cost…
The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)
Saint peter's healthcare system, inc. is a not for-profit holding company based in new brunswick, new jersey. saint peter's healthcare system, inc. is the sole corporate member of a number of not for-profit entities and the sole…
The spirit that infuses newark beth israel medical center and children's hospital of new jersey is its commitment to excellence. our mission is to achieve this excellence through: - the delivery of primary health care to all who need our…
The organization's mission is to offer healthcare services with compassion and dignity. the organization provides patients, their families and all in need, excellence in hospital and healthcare services and programs to enhance community…
Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…
The mission of robert wood johnson university hospital is to improve the health and well-being of the patients and communities we serve by fostering an environment of excellence in all areas including the provision of the highest quality,…
(see schedule o)
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
How this is measured
24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 98 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds FRANCISCAN CHARITIES ↗
- Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Dottie's House Inc ↗
- Who funds The Becket Fund ↗
- Who funds Northwestern University ↗
- Who funds SAVE BARNEGAT BAY INC ↗
- Who funds CONNIE DWYER BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR LEAGUE OF ELIZABETH - PLAINFIELD NJ INC ↗
- Who funds REEVES - REED ARBORETUM ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
- Who funds TRINITAS FOUNDATION ↗
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: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Investors Foundation Inc · Healey Family Foundation · Ej Grassmann Trust · Verizon Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Lipper Family Charitable Foundation · The Sandy Hill Foundation · The McJ Amelior Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Brian & Joelle Kelly Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Pneuma Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pneuma Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Reeves - Reed Arboretum: 1% of income from government
- Fairfield University: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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