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The Pelton Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Pelton Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$137k
Granted FY2025still arriving
59
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Housing & Shelter$287kReligion$216kEnvironment$151kHealth$56kArts & Culture$27kPublic Safety & Disaster$23kFood & Nutrition$21kRecreation & Sports$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 59 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k57 grants · $86k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
$1,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LA PUENTE HOME INCORPORATED$40,176
ST ALBANS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$10,000
REEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC$9,558
REEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC$6,500
REEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC$6,500
UNITED METHODIST COMMITTEE ON RELIEF$5,000
REEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC$5,000
RENOVARE INC$3,500
DIOCESE OF TYLER$3,227
EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT$3,000
CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK INC$2,500
ST ALBANS EPISCOPAL CHURCH$2,442
EL BUEN SAMARITANO EPISCOPAL MISSION$2,000
METAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC$1,750
REEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC$1,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HONDURAS GOOD WORKS: $920 → 6%FEED THE NEED MISSIONS: $500 → 12%HONDURAS GOOD WORKS: $580 → 6%FEED THE NEED MISSIONS: $500 → 12%FEED THE NEED MISSIONS: $250 → 12%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN: $700 → 10%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN: $700 → 10%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN: $700 → 10%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN: $500 → 10%AUSTIN REGION JFON: $2k → 10%AUSTIN REGION JFON: $1k → 10%AUSTIN REGION JFON: $1k → 10%AUSTIN REGION JFON: $1k → 10%AUSTIN REGION JFON: $1k → 10%AUSTIN REGION JFON: $1k → 10%AUSTIN REGION JFON: $1k → 10%AUSTIN REGION JFON: $1k → 10%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN: $500 → 10%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $500 → 10%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $500 → 10%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $250 → 10%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

IL
WI
NY
OR
IA
CA
CO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
NC
DC
OK
GA
TX
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$857k · 55 repeat orgs$8k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

55 repeat relationships: 42 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
5

Total granted

$857k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+8%

Still filing today

78%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHealthEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • LP
    LA PUENTE HOME INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $278k · revenue +445%
  • RE
    REEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $132k · revenue +262%
  • RI
    Renovare Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $28k · revenue +184%

Funded once

  • SB
    SEA BASE ALUMNI & FRIENDS ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $500
  • TU
    TROUT UNLIMITED
    one grant, 2024 · $500
  • LH
    LINCOLN HILLS CARESgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue +29%
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
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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2
Texas a&M Research Foundation

To facilitate research and development within the texas a&m university system and selected other entities.

Education
3
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
4
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
5
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
6
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
7
National Comprehensive Cancer Network

To define and advance quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care and prevention so all people can live better lives.

Health
8
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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9
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
10
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

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…

Education
11
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
12
Colorado Gives Foundation

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

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Park Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Texas Jazz Society Inc. 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

52 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. 52 of the 69 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/52
Grantees still filing
36/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LA PUENTE HOME INC: $277,864 · OtherLA PUENTE HOME INCST ALBANS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $127,436 · OtherST ALBANS EPISCOPAL CHURCHUNITED METHODIST CHURCH & ITS AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS: $40,000 · OtherUNITED METHODIST CHURCH & ITS AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONSRenovare Inc: $28,000 · Other+43 more: $122,719 · Other+43 moreREEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $132,158 · Recreation & SportsREEF ENVIRONMENTAL …DIVERS ALERT NETWORK: $10,500 · Recreation & SportsDIVERS ALERT NETWOR…The Colorado Trail Foundation: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsEPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: $14,800 · Human ServicesHONDURAS GOOD WORKS: $13,750 · Human ServicesAUSTIN REGION JFON: $9,600 · Human ServicesAARP FOUNDATION: $6,550 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN: $4,350 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,275 · Human Services+1 more: $1,250 · Human ServicesBREAST CANCER RESOURCE CENTER: $9,950 · HealthMETAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC: $7,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $7,450 · HealthCONSPIRARE INC: $6,500 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION: $3,500 · Arts & CultureTexas Jazz Society Inc: $3,500 · Arts & CultureCAPITAL OF TEXAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL: $2,950 · Arts & CultureROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $2,600 · Arts & CultureTHE AUSTIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $718 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $14,500 · Public Safety & DisasterCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $11,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$596,019Recreation & Sports$147,658Human Services$54,575Health$24,900Arts & Culture$20,268Public Safety & Disaster$14,500Food & Nutrition$11,000

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 budgetLA PUENTE HOME INC: $277,864 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetREEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $132,158 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetRenovare Inc: $28,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetEPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: $14,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $14,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHONDURAS GOOD WORKS: $13,750 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $11,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDIVERS ALERT NETWORK: $10,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBREAST CANCER RESOURCE CENTER: $9,950 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetAUSTIN REGION JFON: $9,600 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetDRIPPING SPRINGS HELPING HANDS INC: $8,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCAPITOL BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION INC: $8,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetEl Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMETAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC: $7,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $7,450 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAARP FOUNDATION: $6,550 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMERS TEXAS INC: $6,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCONSPIRARE INC: $6,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetThe Colorado Trail Foundation: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR RESTORATIVE PROGRAMS: $4,600 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN: $4,350 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,275 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Allen Camp & Conference Center: $4,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN MO-RANCH ASSEMBLY: $4,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Jazz Society Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetEQUAL REPRESENTATION OF MEDIA ADVOCACY C: $3,300 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetACLU Foundation of Texas Inc: $3,100 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $3,050 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL OF TEXAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL: $2,950 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $2,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $2,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $2,600 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDR SUSAN LOVE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $2,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSERVANCY: $1,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFeed The Need Missions: $1,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLamar University Foundation Inc: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOklahoma State University Foundation: $1,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHT PINK NFP: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AUSTIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $718 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN HILLS CARES: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetColumbine Community Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE SEEDSSOUTHWESTERN ENDANGERED: $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.

  • Who funds LA PUENTE HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds REEF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Renovare Inc ↗
  • Who funds EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HONDURAS GOOD WORKS ↗
  • Who funds Central Texas Food Bank Inc ↗
  • Who funds DIVERS ALERT NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds BREAST CANCER RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN REGION JFON ↗
  • Who funds DRIPPING SPRINGS HELPING HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPITOL BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission ↗
  • Who funds METAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds AARP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMERS TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds CONSPIRARE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Colorado Trail Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR RESTORATIVE PROGRAMS ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AUSTIN ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Camp Allen Camp & Conference Center ↗
  • Who funds PRESBYTERIAN MO-RANCH ASSEMBLY ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION ↗
  • Who funds Texas Jazz Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds EQUAL REPRESENTATION OF MEDIA ADVOCACY C ↗
  • Who funds ACLU Foundation of Texas Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL OF TEXAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK 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.

Austin Community Foun…Shell USA Company Fou…Better Business BureauSt David's FoundationUnited Way WorldwideGreater Houston Commu…Texas Instruments Fou…The Moody FoundationXcel Energy FoundationIbm International Fou…Donald D Hammill Foun…Greater Austin Perfor…
Austin Community Foundation IncTX23.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation · Better Business Bureau · St David's Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Donald D Hammill Foundation · Greater Austin Performing Arts Center 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 Pelton Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Pelton Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Coral Restoration Foundation Inc: 16% of income from government
  • The Innovation Foundation at Oklahoma State University Inc: 6% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 69 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 endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home