Connecticut · Private foundation
The Pinkus 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.
- $921k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 34
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $901k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California Berkeley Foundation | $650,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Huntington's Disease Foundation | $500,000 | 2 | 10% |
| The Niskanen Center Inc | $250,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ideagarden Institute Incorporated | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Blue Forest Finance Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Legacy Global Programs | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City Harvest Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Acumen Fund Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington Square Park Conservancy Inc | $21,450 | 2 | 1% |
| Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation | $18,176 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($13k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Pinkus Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Impactassetsinc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Pinkus Foundation
- How much does The Pinkus Foundation give?
- The Pinkus Foundation reported 34 itemized grants totaling $900,541, out of $920,541 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing.
- What does The Pinkus Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (12%), Education (11%), Public Benefit (6%).
- Who are The Pinkus Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2024: University of California Berkeley Foundation ($650k), Huntington's Disease Foundation ($500k), The Niskanen Center Inc ($250k).
- Does The Pinkus 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 Pinkus Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The New York Community Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The Pinkus Foundation based?
- The Pinkus Foundation is based in CT.
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