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The Pearson Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$222kRecreation & Sports$122kArts & Culture$114kReligion$95kEnvironment$53kCrime & Legal$39kEducation$34kCivil Rights$28kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $160k
$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$691k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAYO CLINIC$100,000
US OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION$60,000
BOULDER SYMPHONY$30,000
REALNESS PROJECT$14,776
MUSEUM OF BOULDER$5,000
TAMIL PROJECT$2,500
CURESEARCH FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER$2,500
US SWIMMING$1,064
LEGACY LABYRINTH PROJECT$1,025
Individual grant recipient$1,000
RESOURCE CENTRAL$1,000
HUEY P NEWTON FOUNDATION$308
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%YWCA USA INC: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
MA
NV
IN
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MD
NM
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$454k · 15 repeat orgs$104k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
28

Total granted

$454k
$96k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+48%

Still filing today

80%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureRecreation & SportsCivil RightsEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • RC
    RESOURCE CENTRAL
    7× · 2019–2025 · $44k · revenue +125%
  • VI
    VERIDITAS INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $40k · revenue +33%
  • RP
    REALNESS PROJECT
    3× · 2023–2025 · $39k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • BA
    BLAIR ACADEMY
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +13%
  • TW
    THE WORK FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue +105%
  • W
    WONDERHAVEN
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue -84%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc

The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

Environment
2
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
3
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
4
Mighty Earth Inc

Mighty earth is a global advocacy organization working to defend nature, climate, and communities. our goal is to protect half of earth for nature and secure a stable climate that allows life to flourish.

Environment
5
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
6
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
7
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
8
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
9
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
10
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
11
Western Conservation Foundation

Building leaders to protect the west's land, air, and water.

Environment
12
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ywca Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Etheridge Family Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

33 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. 33 of the 48 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
20/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAYO CLINIC: $200,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICCURESEARCH FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER: $10,445 · Health+5 more: $8,215 · HealthST MARY MAGDALENE: $48,750 · OtherST MARY MAGDALENELEGACY LABYRINTH PROJECT: $30,647 · OtherLEGACY LABYRINTH PROJECTYWCA BOULDER COUNTY: $7,500 · OtherPRIDE NETWORK INC: $27,500 · OtherPRIDE NETWORK INCCONSERVATION COLORADO: $8,000 · OtherBLAIR ACADEMY: $25,000 · OtherBLAIR ACADEMYBOULDER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Other+22 more: $54,212 · Other+22 moreUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $120,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STATES OLYM…+2 more: $2,064 · Recreation & SportsTARA INSTITUTE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS: $34,500 · Arts & CultureTARA INSTITU…BOULDER SYMPHONY INC: $32,600 · Arts & CultureBOULDER SYMP…THE WORK FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureTHE WORK FOU…BOULDER HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBOULDER HIST…CENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR A…RESOURCE CENTRAL: $44,000 · Environment+1 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentVERIDITAS INC: $40,000 · ReligionREALNESS PROJECT: $38,741 · Crime & Legal
Health$218,660Other$209,109Recreation & Sports$122,064Arts & Culture$84,600Environment$45,000Religion$40,000Crime & Legal$38,741

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMAYO CLINIC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $120,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRESOURCE CENTRAL: $44,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetVERIDITAS INC: $40,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetREALNESS PROJECT: $38,741 over 3y, 11% of budgetTARA INSTITUTE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS: $34,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetBOULDER SYMPHONY INC: $32,600 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetPRIDE NETWORK INC: $27,500 over 3y, 10.0% of budgetBLAIR ACADEMY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCURESEARCH FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER: $10,445 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCONSERVATION COLORADO: $8,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WORK FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetBOULDER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetYWCA BOULDER COUNTY: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWONDERHAVEN: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL HIGH: $4,090 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEVERY MOTHER COUNTS: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $3,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMINDING YOUR MIND: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ETHERIDGE FAMILY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAPPINESS IS CAMPING: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTWLOHA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget350ORG: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL END OF LIFE DOULA ASSOC: $515 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDR HUEY P NEWTON FOUNDATION: $411 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $261 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Colorado Gives Founda…Community Foundation …The Denver FoundationRaymond James Charita…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO17.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Pearson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Pearson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Blair Academy: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 48 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home