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The Pergo Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$72k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$39k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Education$514kHealth$35kArts & Culture$27kEnvironment$18kAnimals$8kPublic Benefit$7kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kReligion$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $49k
$1,538
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VARIOUS SCHOLARSHIP GRANTSCONTRIBUT$39,250
THE UCLA FOUNDATIOIN$10,000
PALM SPRINGS FRIENDS PHILHARMONIC$5,000
THE STEADMAN PHILLIPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE$5,000
FRIENDS OF ASPEN ANIMAL SHELTER$2,588
PROSTATE CANCER FUND$2,500
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,538
BABY2BABY$1,030
DIRECT RELIEF$1,024
MCCALLUM THEATRE$1,000
CHABAD OF MELROSE$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
CHALLENGE ASPEN$633
CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY GREATER ST LOUIS$515
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 (FY22–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 73% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 14%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $633 → 6%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $500 → 14%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $300 → 6%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
NY
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 10% of The Pergo Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Pergo Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$555k · 23 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
11

Total granted

$555k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+44%

Still filing today

57%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • WU
    WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2022–2024 · $40k · revenue +47%
  • RF
    ROARING FORK CONSERVANCY
    3× · 2022–2024 · $13k · revenue +66%
  • VF
    VILLAGE FOR VETS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $7k · revenue +123%

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR SPINAL RESTORATION
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -37%
  • AA
    ASPEN ANIMAL SHELTER
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • NP
    NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $500 · revenue -37%
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
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
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
4
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
5
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
7
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…

—
8
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
9
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
10
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
11
United States Naval Institute

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.

—
12
The Trust for Public Land

The trust for public land creates parks and protects land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. in the past year, we helped communities to plan for parks and conservation, fund parks and conservation,…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Park Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

29 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. 29 of the 43 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
19/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VARIOUS SCHOLARSHIP GRANTSCONTRIBUT: $241,725 · OtherVARIOUS SCHOLARSHIP GRANTSCONTRIBUTUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELESMCCALLUM THEATRE: $14,500 · Other+21 more: $45,375 · Other+21 moreUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $166,800 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATIONWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $40,000 · EducationWESLEYAN UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $25,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAUCLA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Education+3 more: $3,103 · EducationTHE FOUNDATION FOR SPINAL RESTORATION: $10,000 · HealthSTEADMAN PHILIPPON RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $5,000 · HealthCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF GREATER ST LOUIS: $2,515 · Health+1 more: $150 · HealthROARING FORK CONSERVANCY: $13,260 · EnvironmentASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $900 · Environment+1 more: $406 · EnvironmentCONCERN FOUNDATION: $7,159 · PhilanthropyVILLAGE FOR VETS: $7,021 · Public BenefitAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,538 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCHALLENGE ASPEN: $933 · Human Services
Other$326,600Education$244,903Health$17,665Environment$14,566Philanthropy$7,159Public Benefit$7,021Human Services$3,471

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $166,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROARING FORK CONSERVANCY: $13,260 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR SPINAL RESTORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCONCERN FOUNDATION: $7,159 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetVILLAGE FOR VETS: $7,021 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF GREATER ST LOUIS: $2,515 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,538 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTHENTITY: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO STATE FIRE FIGHTERS FOUNDATION: $1,108 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $1,024 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHALLENGE ASPEN: $933 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $512 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $406 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBASALT EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMountain Lion Foundation: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Art Base: $52 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION: $50 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.

Aspen Community Found…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Aspen Community FoundationCO13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aspen Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Pergo Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Pergo Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Pergo Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Pergo Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 43 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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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