California · Private foundation
Pulse
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.
- $1k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $10k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Pulse funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $1k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $650 | 20% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $7k | 46% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $5k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $6k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $7k | 73% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $18k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $24,350 | 8 | 0% |
| White Heart Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Children's Diabetes Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Agape Child and Family Services Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Childrens Lifesaving Foundation | $2,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Lange Foundation | $1,925 | 5 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $1,125 | 4 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $1,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Environmental Media Associationinc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc | $750 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $24,350 | 8 | 0% |
| White Heart Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Children's Diabetes Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Agape Child and Family Services Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Childrens Lifesaving Foundation | $2,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Lange Foundation | $1,925 | 5 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $1,125 | 4 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $1,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Environmental Media Associationinc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc | $750 | 5 | 0% |
| Paw Works Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc | $225 | 2 | 0% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $150 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $125 | 2 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Mission Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| North Shore Animal League America Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Union Rescue Mission | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Westside German Shepherd Rescue of Los Angeles | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane Farming Association | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| The Seeing Eye Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($3k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pulse supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Pulse
- How much does Pulse give?
- Pulse reported 2 grants totaling $1,100 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Pulse fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (61%), Human Services (17%), Animals (11%).
- Who are Pulse's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($24k), White Heart Foundation ($5k), Children's Diabetes Foundation ($3k).
- Does Pulse fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pulse accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pulse?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charities Aid Foundation America, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Pulse based?
- Pulse is based in CA.
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