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Purjes Foundation

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.

$150k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
19
Grants FY2024
31
Organizations funded FY2023
48%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$300
Largest grant, FY2024
$139,500
Organizations funded a year
19 to 31
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$11M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 48% of the organizations Purjes Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $87k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving19$150k26%
FY202331$202k48%
FY202224$150k46%
FY202119$80k47%
FY202024$20k79%
FY201923$25k65%
FY201820$76k55%
FY201728$203kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$442kEducation$205kHealth$168kInternational$19kArts & Culture$18kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kEnvironment$11kPhilanthropy$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
ID
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
KY
MD
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 65 grantees
All grantees of Purjes Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Sylvia Center$368,500828%
New York University$125,00010%
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$73,00030%
Montefiore Health System Inc$50,00010%
Ethos Farm Project Inc$27,00025%
Montefiore Medical Center$25,00010%
The Plantrician Project$15,00011%
The Esselstyn Family Foundation Inc$10,00013%
A Cure in Our Lifetime Inc$7,50012%
The Greenleaf Foundation Inc$6,0002n/a
Save the Wasatch Bench Inc$5,500253%
Embrace Foundation$5,24611%
Cannon Point Preservation Corp$5,00011%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$4,00010%
Nutritionfactsorg Inc$3,83770%
American Friends of the Rambam Medical Center$2,50010%
America Gives Inc$2,50010%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$2,50010%
University of Louisville Foundation Inc$2,14010%
Friends of Alta Inc$2,05040%
United States Fund for Unicef$2,00010%
Deerfield Valley Rescue Inc$1,90060%
Captains for Clean Water Inc$1,83250%
The Salt Lake Film Society$1,70030%
Care for the Homeless$1,51010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,50020%
Gofundmeorg$1,50010%
Sarasota Film Society Inc$1,07520%
Equal Justice Initiative$1,00010%
Children's Hope India LLC$1,00010%
Bayit Brigade$1,00010%
Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation$90030%
National Parks Conservation Association$76030%
Ted Foundation Inc$53040%
Vermont Journalism Trust Ltd$50030%
Plant Based Nutrition Support Group$50011%
Silent Angels Inc$5001n/a
Florida Studio Theatre Inc$50010%
School Board of Sarasota County$5001n/a
The Salt Lake Tribune Inc$30010%
Footsteps Inc$30010%
American Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$30010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$30020%
Good Shepherd Hospice$30010%
Marble House Project Inc$30010%
Preservation Trust of Vermont Inc$30010%
International Rescue Committee INC$30010%
Salt Lake Astronomical Society$3001n/a
Consumer Reports Inc$28520%
Greater Dayton Public Television dba Think TV$27550%
Earth and Sky Inc$20320%
Utah Symphony & Opera$20010%
Because International Corp$20010%
National Park Foundation$20010%
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$15310%
Camp Nejeda Foundation Inc$15010%
Hospice of Murray County Inc$1501n/a
Salt Lake Acting Company$10010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$10010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10010%
Deerfield Valley Community Cares$1001n/a
Special Olympics Utah Inc$5010%
The American Tinnitus Association$4010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$2510%
Yosemite Foundation$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($139k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Purjes Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 59 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Sylvia Center: $368,500 over 8y, 28% of budgetNew York University: $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Florida Foundation Inc: $73,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMontefiore Health System Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEthos Farm Project Inc: $27,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetMontefiore Medical Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Plantrician Project: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Esselstyn Family Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetA Cure in Our Lifetime Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSave the Wasatch Bench Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 53% of budgetEmbrace Foundation: $5,246 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCannon Point Preservation Corp: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNutritionfactsorg Inc: $3,837 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Rambam Medical Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerica Gives Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Louisville Foundation Inc: $2,140 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Alta Inc: $2,050 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDeerfield Valley Rescue Inc: $1,900 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCaptains for Clean Water Inc: $1,832 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Salt Lake Film Society: $1,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCare for the Homeless: $1,510 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGofundmeorg: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSarasota Film Society Inc: $1,075 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hope India LLC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBayit Brigade: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOsteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $760 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTed Foundation Inc: $530 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVermont Journalism Trust Ltd: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlant Based Nutrition Support Group: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFlorida Studio Theatre Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Salt Lake Tribune Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFootsteps Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGood Shepherd Hospice: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarble House Project Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPreservation Trust of Vermont Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConsumer Reports Inc: $285 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Dayton Public Television dba Think TV: $275 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEarth and Sky Inc: $203 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUtah Symphony & Opera: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 59.

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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.

American Express FoundationNY15.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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How do I get to Purjes Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Purjes Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Purjes Foundation

How much does Purjes Foundation give?
Purjes Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $149,820 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Purjes Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (48%), Education (23%), Health (18%).
Who are Purjes Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Sylvia Center ($369k), New York University ($125k), The University of Florida Foundation Inc ($73k).
Does Purjes Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Purjes Foundation 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 Purjes Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Express Foundation, J M Smith Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
Where is Purjes Foundation based?
Purjes Foundation is based in FL.

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 115 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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