· Private foundation
Pontikes Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $4k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $280k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SOC-F | $100,000 |
| TOMAHAWK CHARITABLE SOLUTIONS FOUNDATION INC | $80,000 |
| THE STATION FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| THE VETERANS CENTER | $50,000 |
| STRINGS MUSIC FESTIVAL | $10,000 |
| PORTLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $1,971 |
| TOMAHAWK CHARITABLE SOLUTIONS FOUNDATION INC | $1,815 |
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 (FY21–21, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TCTOMAHAWK CHARITABLE SOLUTIONS FOUNDATION INC5× · 2021–2025 · $309k · revenue +21%
- TSTHE STATION FOUNDATION2× · 2024–2025 · $125k · revenue +5%
- SMSTRINGS MUSIC FESTIVAL3× · 2023–2025 · $26k · revenue +16%
Funded once
University of Chicagoone grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +15%- SOSPECIAL OPERATIONS CARE FUND INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +31%
- SFSPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +12%
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.
The special operators transition foundation ("sotf") assists special operation forces veterans transition from the military into their next successful career.
Msofc's mission is to enable the sustained success of america's special ops warriors and families through collaborative health and well-being research and programs. these programs include virtual education events, training & workshops for…
The special forces foundation provides immediate and ongoing support to the special forces community and their families.
The purpose of the special forces scholarship fund (sfsf) is to award merit based post secondary educational scholarships to the daughters and sons of current and veteran special forces soldiers.
To be north carolina's state orchestra, an orchestra achieving the highest level of artistic quality and performance standards, and embracing its dual legacies of statewide service and music education.
Special ops survivors advances the mission "to embrace and empower surviving spouses of fallen special operations heroes to build healthy post-loss futures as they transition and rebuild their new lives." the foundation provides programs…
We are committed to American interests, both domestic and abroad. We strive to enhance national security and enrich our democracy, elevating our communitys voice and promoting the Ground Truth to the highest levels of government. We are…
The Special Operations Fund (the "Fund") is a nonprofit organization that provides educational grants and support to the families of special mission unit warriors killed in action, killed in training, died in the line of duty, suicide, and…
The Special Operations Association Foundation supports Special Operations veterans and active-duty members, along with their families and survivors. The goals are to support the educational awards program, provide emotional support to…
We are committed to american interests, both domestic and abroad. strive to enhance national security and enrich our democracy, elevating our community's voice and promoting the ground truth to the highest levels of government. committed…
To receive and hold the endowment of the north carolina symphony society, inc. (the "society"), solicit additions to the endowment, safeguard assets, and expend funds for the exclusive use and benefit of the society.
Provide a forum for the interchange of medical knowledge as it relates to the practice of care for military personnel.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 11 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 TOMAHAWK CHARITABLE SOLUTIONS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE STATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds STRINGS MUSIC FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds University of Chicago ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OPERATIONS CARE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Working Bikes ↗
- Who funds PORTLAND MAINE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
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: National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Pontikes Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pontikes Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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