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Pulvermacher Family Foundation Inc

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.

$8k
Granted FY2023
6
Grants FY2023
4
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$15kReligion$12kPublic Benefit$7kEducation$2kYouth Development$750Housing & Shelter$500Human Services$350Health$220Other$0
02FY2023 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$138k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHABAD OF PARADISE VALLEY$2,500
PROJECT VERITAS$1,500
FRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO$1,500
JUDICIAL WATCH$1,500
Individual grant recipient$750
Individual grant recipient$250
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 (FY18–21, $520) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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.

area typical 10%AGAPE HOUSE OF PRESCOTT: $500 → 14%KIDS WISH NETWORK: $20 → 11%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

MI
NY
MA
PA
CA
VA
AZ
KS
DC
FL
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$33k · 9 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
13

Total granted

$33k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-6%
+43%

Still filing today

67%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesPublic BenefitHealthOther
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

  • JUDICIAL WATCH INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $6k · revenue +16%
  • AM
    ARIZONA MUSICFEST INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $2k · revenue +225%
  • THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2021 · $900 · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF PENN LAW SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO KBACH
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
  • AH
    AGAPE HOUSE OF PRESCOTT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue +178%
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
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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2
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
3
100 Club of Arizona

To provide immediate financial assistance to families of public safety officers and firefighters who are seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, and to provide resources to enhance their safety and welfare.

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4
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
5
Pro Publica Inc

Pro publica is an independent, non-profit, pulitzer prize-winning newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories. [see continuation on schedule o] we produce…

Arts & Culture
6
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
7
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
8
Npr International Operations Inc

Npr international operations, inc. ("nprio") supports the international newsgathering activities of national public radio, inc. through bureaus and offices established locally in foreign countries.

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9
National Veterans Legal Services Program Inc

To provide at no cost legal assistance to veterans of the u.s. armed forces and current service members.

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10
Jewelers of America Inc

Jewelers of america, the most trusted and influential voice of the jewelry industry, empowers and unites its members through expert guidance and advocacy, driving excellence, integrity, and success in an ever-changing marketplace.

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11
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
12
The Santa Fe Opera

To further the operatic art form by presenting ensemble performances of the highest quality in a varied repertoire of new as well as rarely performed and standard works, to ensure excellence of opera's future through its apprentice…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Board of Visitors. 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

12 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. 12 of the 24 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHABAD OF PARADISE VALLEY: $11,986 · OtherCHABAD OF PARADISE VALLEYPROJECT VERITAS: $4,250 · OtherPROJECT VERITASFRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO: $1,950 · OtherFRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIOUNIVERSITY OF PENN LAW SCHOOL: $1,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PENN LAW SCHOOLFRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO KBACH: $1,000 · Other+10 more: $3,350 · Other+10 moreARIZONA OPERA COMPANY: $5,150 · Arts & CultureARIZONA OPERA COMPANYARIZONA MUSICFEST INC: $2,400 · Arts & CultureARIZONA MUSICFEST INC+1 more: $100 · Arts & CultureJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $5,500 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INCTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $900 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUND…AGAPE HOUSE OF PRESCOTT INC: $500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 · Human Services+1 more: $20 · Human ServicesTHE BOARD OF VISITORS: $200 · Health
Other$24,036Arts & Culture$7,650Public Benefit$6,400Human Services$620Health$200

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 budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA OPERA COMPANY: $5,150 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT VERITAS: $4,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA MUSICFEST INC: $2,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCOTTSDALE ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION: $750 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAGAPE HOUSE OF PRESCOTT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF VISITORS: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS WISH NETWORK INC: $20 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.

  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA OPERA COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT VERITAS ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA MUSICFEST INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SCOTTSDALE ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AGAPE HOUSE OF PRESCOTT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF VISITORS ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS WISH NETWORK 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.

Arizona Community FoundationAZ15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Pulvermacher Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pulvermacher Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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 24 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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