Florida · Private foundation
The Pearson Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $219k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $691k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Pearson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $119k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $104k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $80k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $44k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $60k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $51k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $36k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $24k | 75% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation | $120,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Resource Central | $44,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Veriditas Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Realness Project | $38,741 | 3 | 11% |
| Tara Institute of the Performing Arts | $34,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Boulder Symphony Inc | $32,600 | 2 | 1% |
| Legacy Labyrinth Project | $30,647 | 5 | n/a |
| Pride Network Inc | $27,500 | 3 | 10% |
| Blair Academy | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Curesearch for Children's Cancer | $10,445 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Pearson 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: Colorado Gives Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · The Denver Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Pearson Foundation
- How much does The Pearson Foundation give?
- The Pearson Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $219,173 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Pearson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (29%), Recreation & Sports (16%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are The Pearson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation ($120k), Resource Central ($44k), Veriditas Inc ($40k).
- Does The Pearson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Pearson 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 The Pearson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Community Foundation Boulder County, The Denver Foundation.
- Where is The Pearson Foundation based?
- The Pearson Foundation is based in FL.
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