Washington · Private foundation
The Pless 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.
- $320k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The Pless Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $320k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $175k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $150k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $175k | 69% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $93k | 92% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $225k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $195k | 79% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $135k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engedi Refuge Ministries | $100,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Veterans First Limited | $75,000 | 3 | 16% |
| Arizona Justice Center Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 31% |
| Animals as Natural Therapy | $70,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Village of the Valley | $55,000 | 3 | 46% |
| Whatcom County Pregnancy Clinic | $55,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Community Food Bank Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Therapeutic Riding of Tucson Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Tu Nidito Children and Family Services Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 44 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($312k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Pless Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Arizona Community Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · American Express Foundation · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Whatcom Community Foundation · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · Phoenix Suns Charities Inc · The Foundation for Community and Health Advancement · Arizona Food Bank Network · John F Long Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Pless Foundation
- How much does The Pless Foundation give?
- The Pless Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $320,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Pless Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (38%), Food & Nutrition (12%), Health (11%).
- Who are The Pless Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Engedi Refuge Ministries ($100k), Veterans First Limited ($75k), Arizona Justice Center Inc ($70k).
- Does The Pless Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Pless 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 Pless Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Thunderbirds Charities, The Albertsons Companies Foundation.
- Where is The Pless Foundation based?
- The Pless Foundation is based in WA.
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