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Pugh Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$79k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$39kInternational$22kEnvironment$22kPhilanthropy$21kHuman Services$16kFood & Nutrition$16kArts & Culture$8kEducation$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k23 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $23k
$2,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$151k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIRCH CREEK SERVICE RANCH$23,000
THE MATTHEWS HOUSE$6,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
GIVEWELL TOP CHARITIES FUND$5,000
SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE$5,000
EARTHJUSTICE$5,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$5,000
FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES$4,000
REAGAN HIGH SCHOOL$3,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$2,600
UTAH FOOD BANK$2,200
THE TREVOR PROJECT$2,000
CROSSROADS URBAN CENTER$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,750
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$1,700
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE MATTHEWS HOUSE: $6k → 11%CROSSROADS URBAN CENTER: $2k → 8%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
ID
MN
IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
DC
HI
TX
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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$108k · 15 repeat orgs$73k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
29

Total granted

$108k
$44k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+20%

Still filing today

67%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
EnvironmentPhilanthropyInternationalCivil RightsHuman ServicesFood & NutritionOther
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

  • BC
    BIRCH CREEK SERVICE RANCH
    4× · 2018–2024 · $39k · revenue +35%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $8k · revenue +39%
  • EARTHJUSTICE
    2× · 2022–2024 · $8k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • GP
    GATES PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -88%
  • Feeding Americagraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +40%
  • HT
    HEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue +23%
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
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
3
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
4
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
5
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
6
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
7
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
8
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
9
Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah

Heal utah's mission is to protect utah's environment and its people by promoting clean air, clean energy, and comprehensive solutions to radioactive and toxic waste.

Environment
10
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
11
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
12
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Trout Unlimited Inc. 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

37 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. 37 of the 60 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
24/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GIVEWELL TOP CHARITIES FUND: $15,500 · OtherGIVEWELL TOP CHARITIES FUNDUTAH FOOD BANK: $5,700 · OtherUTAH FOOD BANKIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientREAGAN HIGH SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherREAGAN HIGH SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $3,500 · OtherUTAH COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT: $6,000 · OtherUTAH COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT+34 more: $45,500 · Other+34 moreBIRCH CREEK SERVICE RANCH: $38,500 · Youth DevelopmentBIRCH CREEK SERVICE RAN…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $7,700 · InternationalMEDECINS SA…International Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 · InternationalInternation…ALIGHT: $3,500 · InternationalALIGHTHEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,500 · InternationalHEART TO HE…EARTHJUSTICE: $7,500 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTI…Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $6,000 · EnvironmentSouthern U…OCEANA INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentOCEANA INCWAIKOLOA DRY FOREST INITIATIVE INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentWAIKOLOA D…WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILD…THE MATTHEWS HOUSE: $6,000 · Human ServicesGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesCrossroads Urban Center: $2,000 · Human ServicesFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $4,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $3,000 · Food & NutritionGATES PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS: $3,000 · PhilanthropyKARAM FOUNDATION: $2,500 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $750 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING: $500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $200 · Philanthropy
Other$86,200Youth Development$38,500International$18,700Environment$16,500Human Services$10,500Food & Nutrition$7,000Philanthropy$6,950

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBIRCH CREEK SERVICE RANCH: $38,500 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $7,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT: $6,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTHE MATTHEWS HOUSE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $5,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALIGHT: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGATES PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION USA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKARAM FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTER THE HOMELESS INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrossroads Urban Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITIZENS COMMITTEE TO SAVE OUR: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOCEANA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAIKOLOA DRY FOREST INITIATIVE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL DAY LABORER ORGANIZING NETWORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom for Immigrants: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SAN ANTONIO (AUDIT): $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH'S PROMISE: $200 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The Community Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Sorenson Legacy Found…Shell USA Company Fou…Sempra FoundationAbbVie FoundationEnterprise Holdings F…The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…
The Community Foundation of UtahUT15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Utah · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Sempra Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 60 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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