· Private foundation
Steve Pearson Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 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, FY2020 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k5 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $90k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CRITTENTON CENTER | $50,000 |
| SEASONS CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALT | $20,000 |
| MIRACLE LEAGUE OF ARIZONA | $20,000 |
| CAMP FOSTER YMCA | $20,000 |
| UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST | $10,000 |
| PEOPLE FOR PETS | $10,000 |
| WORLD VISION | $10,000 |
| HOOKER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| EMMETT COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER | $5,000 |
| LOVE TAKES ROOT | $5,000 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF NW IOWA | $5,000 |
| SPIRIT LAKE PROTECTIVE ASSOC | $2,000 |
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 (FY20–26, $165k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2026, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (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 FY2026, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MLMIRACLE LEAGUE OF ARIZONA7× · 2020–2026 · $172k · revenue +194%
- TCTHE CRITTENTON CENTER4× · 2023–2026 · $110k · revenue +62%
- LTLOVE TAKES ROOT INC7× · 2020–2026 · $35k · revenue +52%
Funded once
- YCY Camp Fosterone grant, 2022 · $20k
- PLPEARSON LAKES ART CENTERone grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +9%
- BMBlack Mountain United Church of Christone grant, 2024 · $12k
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.
The des moines county humane society provides shelter and rescue operations for animals in des moines county, secures permanent, loving homes for abandoned, abused, or neglected animals, and teaches responsible pet ownership and compassion…
Our organization believes it is our moral responsibility to protect and improve the lives of rescued animals and place them in loving permanent homes in st. louis metro.
Humane Treatment of all animals and to enhance the Human-Animal bond
Animal lifeline is a special needs no kill animal shelter that helps dogs & cats that are abused, seriously ill, handicapped, pregnant & nursing moms, orphan babies that need to be bottle fed & abandoned. we provide vet care, surgery,…
The primary purpose of the corporation is to provide support for charitable and educational causes primarily, but not exclusively, in the state of iowa in the okoboji area.
Provide books and research capabilities to the public
Noahs Hope Animal Rescue accepts unwanted and street animals; restores health and then places the animals in homes around the metro Siouxland area.
Provide for shelter, food, veterinary services and adoption of small animals. this shelter operates as a no kill shelter in north central iowa.
Established in 2005, La Crescent Animal Rescue (LAR) is an all-volunteer, non-profit 501(c) 3 organization dedicated to the protection and welfare of animals in La Crescent, Minnesota. Our rescue shelter depends solely on the support and…
How this is measured
12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 25 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 PEOPLE FOR PETS ↗
- Who funds MIRACLE LEAGUE OF ARIZONA ↗
- Who funds THE CRITTENTON CENTER ↗
- Who funds NORTHWEST IOWA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER ↗
- Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
- Who funds LOVE TAKES ROOT INC ↗
- Who funds Camp Foster Young Mens Christian Association Inc ↗
- Who funds HOOKER CTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONINC ↗
- Who funds PEARSON LAKES ART CENTER ↗
- Who funds EMMET COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds SPIRIT LAKE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN P BRATKOWSKI MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
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: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Maser Family Foundation · Krause Gentle Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Steve Pearson Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Steve Pearson Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
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