California · Private foundation
Pure Good Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $549k
- Granted FY2019
- 18
- Grants FY2019
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
63% of Pure Good Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to American Online Giving Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Pure Good Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $549k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $8,875
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 7
- Total assets, FY2019
- $18M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 44% of the organizations Pure Good Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $185k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 16 | $463k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $398k | 74% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $209k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team4tech Foundation | $454,500 | 4 | 14% |
| Kaboom Inc | $392,250 | 5 | 1% |
| Rewriting the Code Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii | $150,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $77,674 | 4 | 0% |
| Kidspire | $75,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Visit Org Philanthropic Foundation | $31,563 | 2 | 0% |
| Project Helping | $26,583 | 2 | 1% |
| Urban Green Lab | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Aim High | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pure Good Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Atkinson Foundation · LPL Financial Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About Pure Good Foundation
- How much does Pure Good Foundation give?
- Pure Good Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $549,009 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Pure Good Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (78%), Education (9%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
- Who are Pure Good Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Team4tech Foundation ($455k), Kaboom Inc ($392k), Rewriting the Code Inc ($300k).
- Does Pure Good Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pure Good Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pure Good Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Atkinson Foundation.
- Where is Pure Good Foundation based?
- Pure Good Foundation is based in CA.
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