California · Private foundation
The Pion Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $7k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2026
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $212
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $5,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 3
- Total assets, FY2026
- $223k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 25% of the organizations The Pion Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 5 | $7k | 20% |
| FY2025 | 4 | $7k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $22k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $6k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $34k | 78% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $39k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $14k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vassar College | $91,965 | 4 | 0% |
| Women Helping Youth | $20,165 | 6 | 3% |
| Westside Family Health Center | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Adc Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation | $1,600 | 1 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $1,312 | 3 | 0% |
| Direct Relief | $1,035 | 1 | n/a |
| City Year Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Epilepsy Foundation of America | $868 | 3 | 0% |
| Alliance for Children's Rights | $604 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vassar College | $91,965 | 4 | 0% |
| Women Helping Youth | $20,165 | 6 | 3% |
| Westside Family Health Center | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Adc Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation | $1,600 | 1 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $1,312 | 3 | 0% |
| Direct Relief | $1,035 | 1 | n/a |
| City Year Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Epilepsy Foundation of America | $868 | 3 | 0% |
| Alliance for Children's Rights | $604 | 2 | 0% |
| Metrosquash Nfp | $522 | 1 | 0% |
| The Children's Partnership | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Lincoln Project | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Connections for Children | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Movember Foundation | $403 | 2 | 0% |
| Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service | $350 | 2 | 0% |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| One Sea Star Inc | $105 | 1 | 3% |
| A Woman's Nation | $103 | 1 | 0% |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn | $103 | 1 | 0% |
| Windward School | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Ready to Succeed | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Harold Robinson Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Palisades Pride Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwestern University | $52 | 1 | 0% |
| Gettysburg Elementary School Parent-Teacher Club | $15 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($72k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Pion Family 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: California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Tides Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Pion Family Foundation
- How much does The Pion Family Foundation give?
- The Pion Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $7,465 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Pion Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (75%), Human Services (11%), Youth Development (7%).
- Who are The Pion Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Vassar College ($92k), Women Helping Youth ($20k), Westside Family Health Center ($3k).
- Does The Pion Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Pion Family 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 Pion Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation, Conrad N Hilton Foundation.
- Where is The Pion Family Foundation based?
- The Pion Family Foundation is based in CA.
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