· Private foundation
Pulley 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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k16 grants · $360k
- $50k–250k10 grants · $525k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VAIL PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY | $75,000 |
| VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| COMMUNITY CARE CLINIC | $50,000 |
| THE LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER | $50,000 |
| BETTY FORD ALPINE GARDENS | $50,000 |
| BRIGHT FUTURES FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY | $50,000 |
| VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| DARLINGTON SCHOOL | $50,000 |
| VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| FOOD DEPOT SANTA FE | $40,000 |
| NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY | $30,000 |
| CHATHAM HALL | $30,000 |
| GODS PANTRY | $30,000 |
| WILD SALMON CENTER | $30,000 |
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, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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.
19 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 17 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, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $445k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CICENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF8× · 2017–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +1%
- TBTOM BROWNING BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB8× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +29% · 32% of their budget
- WOWASHINGTON OPERA HOUSE INC8× · 2017–2024 · $550k · revenue +108% · 88% of their budget
Funded once
- HFHAYSWOOD FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $250k · revenue +164%
- GPGOD'S PANTRY FOOD BANK INCone grant, 2024 · $250k · revenue +16%
- BVBRAVO VAILone grant, 2024 · $100k
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.
To inspire and nurture a love of theatre and the arts with the following mission: the maintenance of a permanent multi-arts and theatre facility. the sponsorship and coordination of education and cultural programming in visual arts,…
The purposes and objectives of the vilar performing arts center is to promote and develop awareness of and appreciation of the arts and to educate the general public about the arts through the ownership and operation of a theater by…
To present the highest-quality performances of great music, bringing national and international distinction to the orchestra and its community; to delight and educate audiences of all ages and backgrounds, and enhance the cultural vitality…
To inspire and engage through the beauty, power and passion of dance
The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…
The oregon shakespeare festival creates world-class theater, revealing our collective humanity through illuminating interpretations of new and classic plays, and inspiring a love of our art form for current and future generations.
We are a non-profit that creates positive change through the arts by bringing together people, businesses and organizations to create and enjoy cultural experiences.
Building community by celebrating the art and diversity of film.
Through all of its programs, richmond ballet strives to expand access to dance for the benefit of the entire community. at the heart of the organization's mission, to awaken, uplift, and unite human spirits, is the conviction that the…
To create, to present, to preserve, and to extend the great repertoire of classical dancing through exciting performances and educational programming of the highest quality, presented to the widest possible audience. american ballet…
Professional production of opera for the public, and education about opera and the performing arts for audiences of all ages.
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.
How this is measured
26 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. 26 of the 44 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 CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF ↗
- Who funds TOM BROWNING BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON OPERA HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park ↗
- Who funds Webster University ↗
- Who funds CHATHAM HALL ↗
- Who funds Opera Theatre of Saint Louis ↗
- Who funds HAYSWOOD FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds GOD'S PANTRY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ↗
- Who funds VAIL PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES ↗
- Who funds Betty Ford Alpine Gardens ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds Darlington School Inc ↗
- Who funds CINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY CARE CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds Lydia's House Inc ↗
- Who funds WILD SALMON CENTER ↗
- Who funds VAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ROCK 4 RESCUE ↗
- Who funds Highlands Biological Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET ↗
- Who funds Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust Inc ↗
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: Claire Adair Hendrickson Foundation Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · The Winmax Foundation Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Pulley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pulley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wild Salmon Center: 49% of income from government
How this is measured
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