· Private foundation
The Pelican 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k14 grants · $36k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $79k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $225k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $150,000 |
| TUMTUM TREE FOUNDATION | $75,000 |
| UVA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION | $34,000 |
| VA ATHLETICS FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| RED BARN FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| DOMINICAN SISTERS OF ST CECILIA | $10,000 |
| ALABAMA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $7,500 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES | $5,000 |
| WORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES | $5,000 |
| THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BIRMINGHAM | $2,500 |
| EWTN | $2,500 |
| CHILDREN'S HARBOR | $2,500 |
| ST VINCENTS FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| YOUNG CATHOLIC PROFESSIONALS | $2,500 |
| ST FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH | $1,500 |
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 (FY17–23, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 27% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
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 +78% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TTTUM TUM TREE FOUNDATION7× · 2018–2024 · $451k · revenue +81%
- TRTHE RED BARN6× · 2017–2024 · $163k · revenue +91%
VIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC2× · 2018–2023 · $83k · revenue +59%
Funded once
- VLVARGONDA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $60k
- TFTREE FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +162% · 54% of their budget
- UAUVA ATHLETICS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $50k
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 primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).
University education grounded in the traditions and faith of the roman catholic church
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
The association of catholic colleges and universities, founded in 1899, serves as the collective voice of u.s catholic higher education. through programs and services, the association strengthens and promptes the catholic identity and…
Provide post-secondary education of excellence.
See Disclosure Above.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
Organization's mission loyola marymount university maintains a three-fold mission: 1)the encouragement of learning, 2) the education of the whole person, and 3)the service of faith and the promotion of justice.
To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…
How this is measured
30 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. 30 of the 72 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 TUM TUM TREE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE RED BARN ↗
- Who funds VIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED PHYSICS ↗
- Who funds TREE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds RED MOUNTAIN THEATRE COMPANY INC ↗
- Who funds UNLESS U INC ↗
- Who funds HOLY FAMILY CRISTO REY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds THE ALTAMONT SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HARBOR INC ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC ANSWERS INC ↗
- Who funds WORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds LA PROMESA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds FRATERNUS 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: The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · The Lee Bruno Foundation · Dunn-French Foundation · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Altecstyslinger Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Arlington Partners Charitable Foundation Inc · The Hackney Foundation · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Thomas H Lowder Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Pelican Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Pelican Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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