· Private foundation
The Pearlstone Fund Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $11k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $114k
- $250k+1 grant · $400k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| The Associated | $400,000 |
| Aspen Community Foundation | $39,000 |
| Aspen Family Connections | $30,000 |
| Aspen Santa Fe Ballet | $20,000 |
| Johns Hopkins Medical Center | $15,000 |
| Aspen Film | $10,000 |
| An End to Ignorance | $5,000 |
| Believe in Tomorrow | $5,000 |
| Enoch Pratt Library - Contemporaries | $1,000 |
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 (FY21–22, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% 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.
12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AFASPEN FILM5× · 2021–2025 · $50k · revenue +133%
- BIBELIEVE IN TOMORROW NATIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION4× · 2021–2025 · $15k · revenue +582%
- COCASA OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC3× · 2020–2022 · $6k · revenue +28%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $3k
- TLThe Living Classrooms Foundationone grant, 2020 · $3k
- EPEnoch Pratt Library - Dept of Inst'l Advancementone grant, 2024 · $1k
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.
Entertain, enlighten, enrich, educate and challenge the residents and visitors of the roaring fork valley through professional quality theatrical productions, new play development initiatives and a broad spectrum of educational programs.
The foundation provides support for a variety of aspen santa fe ballet needs, including the creation of new works, touring, instruction and financial aid.
To create, to present, to preserve, and to extend the great repertoire of classical dancing through exciting performances and educational programming of the highest quality, presented to the widest possible audience. american ballet…
Boulder ballet creates engaging dance performances and educational initiatives that enrich human connections through the transformative power of the arts.
The goal of the colorado ballet foundation (the "foundation") is to maintain and grow the endowment fund over time to provide a reliable source of funds to colorado ballet and to supplement colorado ballet revenues from operations so that…
See schedule othe mission of the washington ballet is: to bring the joy and artistry of dance to the nation's capital and the world's stage through the professional presentation of the best in classic and contemporary ballet to provide the…
The specific purposes for which bafta na is organized is to promote, maintain, improve and advance original and creative work among individuals employed professionally in film and television production and allied industries, to create and…
See schedule o for the description of pittsburgh ballet theatre inc.'s primary mission.the ballet is pittsburgh's source and ambassador for extraordinary ballet experiences that give life to the classical tradition, nurture new ideas and,…
To produce investigative journalism, as well-informed citizens make better decisions.
Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.
Colorado ballet's mission is to present exceptional classical ballet and contemporary dance through performances, training, education and community engagement while inspiring and growing an increasingly diverse audience base.
Texas ballet theater creates, presents, and tours world class ballet, from classical to cutting edge, and promotes its appreciation, accessibility, and technical mastery among students, pre-professionals, and audiences of all ages.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 18 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 ASPEN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET ↗
- Who funds ASPEN FILM ↗
- Who funds AN END TO IGNORANCE INC ↗
- Who funds BELIEVE IN TOMORROW NATIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LITTLE STAR FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CASA OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds EVERYMAN THEATRE 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.
Open a dossier: Aspen Community Foundation · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 The Pearlstone Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Pearlstone Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Casa of Baltimore County Inc: 38% of income from government
- Everyman Theatre Inc: 15% of income from government
How this is measured
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