· Private foundation
The Pocket 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $37k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $55k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| EXPEDITION INSPIRATION | $20,000 |
| SANTA BARBARA AGG AND FARM FDN | $15,000 |
| GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND | $10,000 |
| HAVEN | $10,000 |
| CROSSCUT MOUNTAIN SPORTS CENTER | $8,000 |
| SAGE GARDENERS | $8,000 |
| THE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE | $8,000 |
| GALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST | $8,000 |
| ALI CAT RESCUE | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +90% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BTBEAR TRUST INTERNATIONAL6× · 2018–2024 · $95k · revenue +48%
- GVGALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST8× · 2017–2025 · $72k · revenue +234%
- TMTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE9× · 2017–2025 · $72k · revenue +248%
Funded once
- SBSANTA BARBARA AGRICULTURE & FARM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue +17%
- IGInt'l Guiding Eyes dba Guide Dogs for the Blindone grant, 2020 · $10k
- MVManhattan Volunteer Fire Deptone grant, 2019 · $10k
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.
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.
Protecting the open land and special places of the roaring fork and middle colorado river valleys for wildlife, agriculture, and community forever.
The mission of the crested butte land trust is to forever protect and steward open lands for vistas, recreation, wildlife and ranching, thus contributing to the preservation of gunnison countys unique heritage and quality of life
Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.
Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…
Mountain area land trust's mission is to save natural areas, wildlife habitat, streams and rivers, working ranches and historic lands, for the benefit of the community and as a legacy for future generations.
To conserve natural resources, agricultural land and open spaces for present and future generations.
Rangeland wild is dedicated to ensuring wolves, livestock, and people can successfully coexist and thrive on shared landslong-term. we envision resilient ranch operations that support healthy and ecologically diverse wild-working…
The Mountain Lion Foundation's mission is to ensure that mountain lions survive and flourish in the wild. We do this work by championing broad protections for mountain lions and their habitats across the United States, fostering…
The principal mission of the land trust is to work with landowners to protect agricultural and forest lands, water resources, wildlife habitat and scenic open spaces, and to serve our community by facilitating parks and trail in custer,…
The montana wildlife federation is a statewide conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and public access for outdoor recreation.
Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…
Placer Land Trust works with willing landowners and conservation partners to permanently protect and care for natural and agricultural lands in Placer County for current and future generations.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 25 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BEAR TRUST INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds GALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds THE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE ↗
- Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
- Who funds HAVEN ↗
- Who funds AMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC ↗
- Who funds EXPEDITION INSPIRATION FUND ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA AGRICULTURE & FARM EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CROSSCUT MOUNTAIN SPORTS CENTER ↗
- Who funds CORVALLIS ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds BOZEMAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds ALI CAT RESCUE INC ↗
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Pocket Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Pocket Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Corvallis Environmental Center: 18% of income from government
How this is measured
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